Breaking: Per both camps, deal has been made for Frank Sanchez-Richard Torrez Jr. IBF heavyweight final eliminator & purse bid scheduled on Tuesday is canceled. The bout is likely to take place March 28 on the undercard of the resked Fundora-Thurman PBC on Prime PPV. #boxing

Full card for Zuffa's 2nd boxing show on Sunday night:
Jose Valenzeula-Diego Torres, 10, 135
Serhii Bohachuk-Radzhab Butaev, 10, 160
Oleksandr Gvozdyk-Hot Rod Kalajdzic, 10, 175
Prelims
Jalil Hackett-Roberto Cruz, 10, 160
Oscar Perez-Justin Viloria, 8, 135
Damoni

In an excellent fight determined by fine margins, Ray Muratalla's intangibles were the difference. His chemistry with Robert Garcia, his execution of the gameplan and his will in the final rounds led to victory over the formidable Andy Cruz.

My column:
http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2026/01/opinions-and-observations-muratalla-cruz.html

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The top two American NHL goal scorers this season are NOT on the Olympic team 🤯🇺🇸

If this doesn't end in gold, it's going to be talked about forever...

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We go to the scorecards in #MuratallaCruz: 114-114, 118-110, 116-112 for the winner by majority decision Raymond Muratalla, who retains the IBF lightweight title. Right guy won but 118-110 is bonkers. #boxing

Muratalla grinds out majority decision, retains 135 title vs. Cruz in stellar, action fight; Coe edges hard-luck Hart; Madrimov routs Salazar; top prospect Omari Jones shuts out Baxter. Read my story & sign up for my #boxing newsletter: https://danrafael.substack.com/p/muratalla-grinds-out-majority-decision @trboxing

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@FredGarvinReal I have 30+ fighters. Some with TR some GB, some with Matchroom, some w Zuffa now and a lot with no promoter. A lot have been sitting on the shelf making $0. So again unless you have somewhere for them to fight and make money don’t worry about what they will be doing

Khalil Coe massively missed weight for his fight vs. Jesse Hart on #MuratallaCruz card. He was 182.8 for a 175 fight — almost 8 pounds over and didn’t tell anyone there was an issue!!! Financial deal was made and the fight will go on but Coe has missed weight multiple times.

Whatever you think of the people at TKO, this is ridiculous criticism; they haven't even started yet. And it's not a league they are selling; it's their belief that #boxing can't be any worse off under their central control, without the sanctioning bodies, than it was when we

Watching the #BarriosGarcia presser. Ryan & his dad moaning and crying that Joe Goossen, who used to train Ryan (and got fired), is now training Barrios against Ryan. What a load of shit. So Joe shouldn't work? Ryan saying he's offended & hurt. Whatever. Grow up, child. #boxing

Raymond Muratalla is very good on offense. Good puncher. Defense is nothing to overly praise though. Andy Cruz is the classic slick Cuban boxer. You know what you are going to get from him for the most part. I never sleep on a fighter trained by the great Robert Garcia. So I’m

Zuffa Boxing has partnered with sports betting integrity firm Integrity Compliance 360 to identify and analyze any unusual wagering activity connected to Zuffa fights, which begin Friday in Vegas. The union follows recent suspicious betting patterns in the UFC probed by the FBI.