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May 7, 2021 DALLAS – Eddie Hearn was nervous. On Wednesday, the Matchroom Boxing boss, already with millions invested in a super middleweight unification fight between Saul “Canelo” Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders, had a tense meeting with Saunders. At issue was the size of the ring. It was set to be 18’ x 18’ inside the ropes. Saunders, a mobile fighter, wanted 22’ x 22.’ Fix it, Saunders and his father, Tom, told Hearn, or we’re going home. Hearn went to Canelo. For months, the relationship between the two has been rock solid. Hearn has promoted Álvarez’s last two figh...

Jessica McCaskill and Cecilia Braekhus have different memories of their first fight and different outlooks on the rematch, writes Thomas Gerbasi UNDISPUTED welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill has a singular goal heading into her March 13 rematch with Cecilia Braekhus. “My main goal is to retire her, so I need to do that in a grand fashion.” Those are fighting words, ones we didn’t expect to hear from either combatant after their first bout in August 2020, when WBC and WBA super-lightweight champ McCaskill went up a division and took all the belts from Norway’s Braekhus via 10-roun...

The Greek Golovkin? Andreas Katzourakis honing his craft in Big Bear Katzourakis looking to return in the Spring Andreas Katzourakis alongside trainer Abel Sanchez Photo Credit: Team Katzourakis “I love even the idea of thinking that some kids will start boxing because they watched me or that I will be able to present an opportunity for some good fighters and good talents back in Greece to be on a good show, [so] they can showcase their talent, all of these things excite me.” Some 5000+ miles away from Athens, rising Middleweight talent Andreas Katzourakis is working away in the familiar ...

Education and climbing a corporate ladder wasn’t in his blood, but boxing was, so Bohachuk — who now owns an 18-0 (18 KOs) record — latched on. “It was the only sport I could afford,” he shared. “It was cheaper than any other sport, there was no special equipment. And not many others went, because people don’t want to get punched in the face. ‘Let’s go to the boxing gym, to get punched in the face.’” He dipped his feet in at age nine or 10 at “The Dream Gym,” and remembers his first sparring session well. “He was close to 150 pounds, bigger than me. Getting punche...