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Michael Conlan is on another revenge mission In his own words Michael Conlan explains why he wants to destroy Ionut Baluta I was supposed to fight in Dubai on April 3 but then Top Rank wanted me on my own date for ESPN. I know Sunny Edwards is the main event here in the UK but in America I’m the main event. I’ve been in camp now 15 weeks. It’s been long, very long. But it’s good I’ve been able to work on different things. I was ready to go for April 3 but I’m even more ready now. So I’m excited to see what happens Friday night.

Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images and Bruce White/SNS Group via Getty Images After initially falling apart due to mutual bouts with COVID, the WBC bantamweight title fight between champion Nordine Oubaali and top contender Nonito Donaire has a new date. Julius Julianis, confirming an earlier report from Dan Rafael, claims that the pair will meet on May 29th in Los Angeles atop a three-fight bill. Oubaali (17-0, 12 KO) has been out of action since a breakout 2019 saw him beat Rau’shee Warren for the belt and subsequently defend it against Arthur Villanueva and Takuma Inoue. Former titlist L...

Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images We had a solid weekend of championship boxing, nothing that blew the doors off on the MEGA-EVENT level or anything, but some good fights, good performances, and plenty to think about coming out of what we saw. Jamel Herring just down to the fact Frampton was too small at 130, or that Frampton is just a bit past it in general. Those are facts, I’m not hyping this as a crazy Superman win for Jamel, but he was really good in that fight. Herring (23-2, 11 KO) was sharp, smart, and worked his game plan very effectively, and the plan that Brian McIntyre and Co....

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images One of boxing’s strongest stables just got a wee bit smaller, as ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that WBC super bantamweight champion Luis Nery will no longer have former Trainer of the Year Eddy Reynoso in his corner going forard. This marks Nery’s (31-0, 24 KO) second trainer change in the past two years, as he linked up with Freddie Roach in 2019 and subsequently separated without ever fighting together. Rodriguez suggests that Reynoso’s workload could be a factor, and the theory’s definitely sound; just the next two months will see Reynoso co...

Gaballo controversially defeated Rodriguez by split decision in December