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LAS VEGAS — Boxing financier Turki Alalshikh joined Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya inside the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas for an impromptu live interview Saturday. World Boxing News attended the event and heard the influential execs discuss plans for a double-header super event featuring...

Crawford vs Ortiz, Stevenson vs Zepeda double verbally agreed

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After 21 fights in the UFC, Derek Brunson left the world's premier MMA organization to sign with the PFL in 2023 but has fought for the promotion just once. After nine months on the shelf, Brunson is looking to make his second walk to the smart cage on just three days' notice.With PFL 8 just days away, the promotion announced on social media that an expected playoff fight between Antonio Carlos Junior and Karl Albrektsson had been canceled due to the latter withdrawing from the matchup. The PFL confirmed that Carlos Junior would remain the light heavyweight alternate for the remainder...

Derek Brunson offers to fight at PFL 8 on short notice

LAS VEGAS — Charles Conwell was not only one of the key fighters on Saturday’s show featuring Vergil Ortiz vs. Serhii Bohachuk. He was also a highly interested observer. That’s because Conwell is a junior middleweight contender who wants the other big names — anyone who would provide the 26-year-old from Cleveland with an opportunity to prove himself.

Charles Conwell: I’m levels above Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk

57% of Conwell’s total landed punches, and 68% of his landed power punches were body punches. Conwell’s last body punch put Gray down and out at 2:32 in round two.

CompuBox punch stats: Charles Conwell-Khiary Gray

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

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PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants has reportedly added a huge lightweight matchup to bolster a card headlined by Francis Ngannou's PFL debut.

PFL News: Huge Lightweight Fight Reportedly Added to PPV Super Fights Card

Omaha, NE

Steven Nelson’s boxing journey traces back to an encounter with an 11-year-old Terence "Bud" Crawford at a park in Omaha, Nebraska. It was an experience and meeting that might just have forged Nelson’s path. Crawford, now a four-division titleholder and considered one of the all-time greats, was already...

Steven Nelson recalls getting punched by an 11-year-old Terence Crawford

LAS VEGAS – Kenneth Sims Jr. has been an undeniable force while reeling off eight consecutive victories, and all the reasons for that streak were on display Saturday in his TKO of replacement foe and former world titleholder Jonathan Romero. After a 15-month layoff connected to a promotional change,...

Kenneth Sims Jr. returns in full force, stops Jonathan Romero

Ghanaian welterweight Alidu Suleman, 23, has vowed to make a statement when he battles home favorite Jake 'Jabs' Abrol for the Commonwealth title in England next month (September 7). Suleman (11-1, 9 KOs) has booked the clash against the undefeated Abrol (10-0-1, 4 KOs) in the headliner of VIP Promotions’...

Aidu Suleman looking to banish away day blues in Blackpool

That’s the lingering question after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where only two non-professionals—Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev and Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak—captured gold in the men’s competition. The women’s tournament offered a slightly more level playing field, but still saw professionals Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting take home gold. Both Khelif and Lin faced controversy before the Olympics, as a questionable organization initially ruled them ineligible due to a chromosome test. Despite the International Olympic Committee later allowing them to compete, the controversy surrounding that test overshadowed their Olympic achievements and performance.

What is the point of Olympic boxing?

Entering an adult workplace as a 16-year-old can be an intimidating prospect. A few unfortunate teenagers are quickly lost after spending their first few months in employment carrying a broom and a list of lunches to get from the shop. Those who are brought along properly are kept busy from...

Aloys Junior ‘was a kid and became a man’ after sparring Daniel Dubois

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Albuquerque, NM

Angelo Leo became a new IBF featherweight champion claiming the belt against Luis Alberto Lopez on August 10 at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The local favorite secured the win by knockout dropping the defending champion of Mexico with a big left hook at 1:16 into the 10th round.

Photos: Angelo Leo KO’s Luis Alberto Lopez to become two-weight champion

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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By Mohamed Bahaa Oscar De La Hoya is among the most revered boxing stars in the sport because of his thorough understanding of both inside and outside of the ri

Oscar De La Hoya Highlights Boxing’s Top Talent

Sacramento, CA

For Sacramento featherweight Malikai Johnson, COVID-19 was more than an inconvenience. It was a life-altering virus that forever changed his family. While many struggled with the financial strains of the pandemic, Johnson faced a far greater loss — the death of his father. This story is about the quest for forgiveness, a journey many find difficult to navigate within the boxing world.

Malikai Johnson and the reality of loss

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez has ruled out any claims of plans for a showdown with Nonito Donaire. The rumored all-legends clash made the media rounds over the weekend, but was quickly dismissed by the Nicaraguan legend. The suggested pairing of former four-division champs is not in play, nor of any interest to a fighter in search of at least one more major title.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez Eyes Another Major Title, Dismisses Claims Of Talks With Nonito Donaire

Angelo Leo has the skills to claim a world title in front of his hometown fans at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, according to ProBox TV analyst Chris Algieri. Algieri is on the ESPN call tonight in New Mexico, deputising for Tim Bradley, and he has seen Leo first hand but Algieri also knows IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez will not go quietly.

Chris Algieri sees opportunities for Angelo Leo to dethrone Luis Alberto Lopez

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Results and Recaps from Albuquerque where Angelo Leo Starched ‘Venado’ Lopez. Fighting in his hometown for the first time in nine years, Angelo Leo scored a dramatic one-punch knockout of defending IBF world featherweight champion Luis Alberto “Venado” Lopez to become a two-time world title-holder. The end for “Venado” came early in the second minute of the 10th frame when Leo brought what had been a competitive fight to a sudden and shocking conclusion, nailing his Mexicali opponent with a left hook to the jaw. Lopez went down flat on his back. The referee tolled the 10-count which was superfluous as Lopez was out cold before he landed.

Results and Recaps from Albuquerque where Angelo Leo Starched ‘Venado’ Lopez

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

The boxing competitions have come to an end at the 2024 Paris Olympics Games, as the final four Olympic gold medals were handed out in the men’s super heavyweight, men’s featherweight, women’s featherweight and women’s middleweight brackets. Bakhodir Jalolov wins second super heavyweight gold. Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir...

Uzbekistan, Bakhodir Jalolov dominate Olympics, prompting debate about pros

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Charles Conwell scores knockout of Khiary Gray, remains in mix at 154

LAS VEGAS – Charles Conwell is continuing to make his case for being involved in the very wide-open, very talented junior middleweight division. The unbeaten contender...

Charles Conwell scores knockout of Khiary Gray, remains in mix at 154

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