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Showtime’s back on Saturday night with a tripleheader from Connecticut, which may wind up being their last show in the Mohegan bubble. In the main event, Jaron “Boots” Ennis (26-0, 24 KO) takes on Sergey Lipinets (16-1-1, 12 KO), and the welterweight co-feature sees Eimantas Stanionis (12-0, 9 KO) face Thomas Dulorme (25-4-1, 16 KO). We’ve got picks in for both of those fights! ( Note: We didn’t make picks for the Jerwin Ancajas vs Jonathan Rodriguez fight because there is basically ...

Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images Joe Smith Jr and Maxim Vlasov are set to meet in Saturday night’s ESPN main event, headlining Top Rank’s first show outside of their Las Vegas bubble in over a year, as the show heads to Tulsa. Smith (26-3, 21 KO) had a big 2020, while Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) has been on a good run since moving down from cruiserweight. The pair are fighting for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title, so who wins the strap? Scott Christ (18-6-1) Of all the f...

Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images Samuel Vargas isn’t new to the sort of role he’ll be in on Saturday against Conor Benn, taking on a top prospect with high hopes. He faced Errol Spence Jr in 2015 and Vergil Ortiz in 2020, and otherwise, Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KO) has been in the ring with some really good fighters over the years. He is being brought in as a test for the 24-year-old Benn (17-0, 11 KO), who seems to win over a few skeptics basically every time out. But while Benn has certainly ...

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Joe Smith Jr has had some big highlight nights over the years, but has never won a world title. The light heavyweight “Common Man” will look to change that on Saturday, when Smith (26-3, 21 KO) takes on Maxim Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in Tulsa, live on ESPN+ and ESPN. The 31-year-old Smith broke out in 2016, upsetting both Andrzej Fonfara and Bernard Hopkins — retiring a legend with the latter win — and had a world ti...

Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images It took a little longer than usual, but Saturday’s festivities now have their first COVID casualty. WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall confirmed that opponent Femke Hermans has withdrawn from their title bout after the latter’s coach tested positive. Arrived in the bubble today for my fight on Saturday. My original opponent had pulled out due to her coach’s testing positive for covid (can honestly say Iv been there)hoping her team a speedy ...

Khan believes Benn will have his hands full with Vargas this weekend.

] Today at 2:30 pm ET, Jamel Herring headlines against Carl Frampton in Dubai, with Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title on the line in a much-delayed fight that finally hits the ring. The fight will stream live on ESPN+ for those in the U.S., and air on Channel 5 for fans in the U.K. and Ireland. We’ll have live updates throughout the card, including round-by-round scoring and updates for the main event in this stream, no refresh required on your end: ,c(t.firstChild,i)))})(window); Herr...

Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images and Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images and Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images It may not be the most stacked weekend of action that we’ve seen, but there are still plenty of things to consider ahead of this weekend’s boxing. Is Bakhodir Jalolov a genuine heavyweight sleeper? Uzbekistan heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov returns to action on Saturday night, taking on Kristaps Zutis in his eighth professional outing. At 6’7”, the 26-yea...

The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive Teenage Conditional jockey Tom Midgley’s biggest ambition is to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival following his latest win on Bavington Bob at Carlisle. “My biggest ambition is to ride my claim out and ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival,” Malton, Yorkshire born Tom told me. Tom rode his first winner on Start Time at Thirsk in the Betfair Novice Riders Series under the watchful eye of BHA Jockey Coach Russ Garri...

Pokemon GO every two or three days, thanks to the Season of Legends. Over the course of March, we’ve had a large volume of raid boss changes, Fletchling Community Day, the Searching for Legends event, Drowzee Spotlight Hour and so, so much more. That doesn’t seem to be slowing down either, as recently announced, we have a new Incense Day coming to Pokemon GO very soon. This time out, the theme will be focused on both Steel and Psychic-type Pokemon. Here are all the details you need for tha...