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Every issue, back to the first bell. 19 issues and counting.

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Saturday, August 22, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Fight-night preview: Romero-Lopez at 147, Yoenli Hernandez auditioning in a cold middleweight room, Serrano keeping the belts without the viral knockout, Itauma-Hrgovic getting sharper, and Inoue-Bam moving from fantasy toward calendar talk.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Recovered Tuesday Radar: Rolly-Teofimo turns fight week into a weird welterweight test, Shields moves from result to matchmaking pressure, Benavidez eyes a cruiserweight workaround, Haney-Paro opens after Keyshawn exits, and Raven Chapman’s injury demands follow-through.

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17
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Saturday issue, public board updated Aug. 18: Shields-Scott is now graded as a Shields stoppage and the live week-board has shifted to Serrano-Manzur, Rolly-Teofimo, Liddard-Morello, Bivol-Smith paperwork, and the Itauma-Hrgovic tape queue.

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16
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Tuesday aftermath: Usyk's title exit leaves four heavyweight maps, Tank's vacant belt lets lightweight move again, Zuffa's middleweight belt night now needs a real next step, Johnson-Thorslund deserved more oxygen, and Itauma-Hrgovic starts paying adult rent.

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15
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Saturday preview: McKenna-Oliha asks whether Zuffa can stage a normal world-title night, Johnson-Thorslund is the cleanest championship fight on the board, Itauma-Hrgovic now has a live August 29 fast-track edge, Dubois-Wardley is an October recovery fight with teeth, and Keyshawn's Haney no has become a reputation story.

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14
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Weekend fallout: Zepeda gave lightweight a clean WBC champion while Muratalla may leave the easiest unification lane, Roach has a rebuild question, Chamberlain owns the 140-pound upset receipt, Keyshawn declined the ordered Haney shot, and Zuffa's Dublin title show becomes a real platform test.

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13
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Saturday preview: Roach-Zepeda and Muratalla-Conceicao can make lightweight easier to read, Garcia-Benn remains loud before it is licensed, Haney-Keyshawn is still a leverage audit, O'Leary-Chamberlain hides real 140-pound pressure, and MVP-PFL gives boxing promoters a platform warning.

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12
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Tuesday fallout: Tszyu closes the Spence comeback argument, Joshua-Prenga turns a tune-up into a vulnerability clip, Berlanga gives Zuffa useful chaos, Haney-Keyshawn still needs purse-bid clarity, and August 1 gives lightweight a cleaner pressure test.

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11
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Sat · Fight NightReview Edition

Saturday review: Fulton-Wilson collapses at the scale, Spence-Tszyu has to carry a thinner PPV card, Joshua-Prenga becomes a sharpness audit, Kelly banks useful proof, and boxing's paid-card fragility stays on the board.

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10
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Tuesday radar: DAZN pushes Inoue-Bam into real negotiation, Bivol appears ready to drop a belt for Beterbiev III, Spence-Tszyu becomes fight week's truth machine, Haney-Keyshawn heads to purse bid, and Pacheco/Cruz leave a useful weekend grade.

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09
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Fight Night Preview

Saturday preview: Pacheco-Aleem is tonight's quiet lie detector, Andy Cruz still needs a clean reset, Spence-Tszyu absorbs late undercard volatility, Boots-Ortiz moves back into view, and the Joshua-Fury runway keeps crowding.

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08
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Morning Radar

Tuesday radar: PBC/DAZN reshapes the viewing map, Joe Joyce's latest stoppage asks an uncomfortable welfare question, Gassiev still needs public belief, and Pacheco-Aleem sets the Saturday checkpoint before Spence-Tszyu.

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07
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Morning Radar

A thin fight weekend became more revealing than a full board: Olascuaga's San Francisco spectacle fell out, heavyweight asks for belief, Rolly-Teofimo keeps circling 147, and Zuffa's Shakur signing becomes the real power-shift story.

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06
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Morning Radar

Tuesday fallout radar: Abdullah Mason survived Albert Bell and a stoppage argument, welterweight keeps multiplying money fights, and heavyweight paperwork is still trying to become authority.

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Morning Radar

Fight-night radar: Mason-Bell is weighed in, TNT gets its first boxing audition, and heavyweight's post-Usyk belt maze keeps producing status without clarity.

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04
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Morning Radar

Weekend fallout: Boots answered the 154-pound question, heavyweight slid into the post-Usyk paperwork era, and boxing's event economy kept trying to sell chaos as clarity.

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03
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Sat · Fight NightThe Saturday Issue

Saturday fight night: Boots-Zayas is the whole 154-pound question, Usyk vacates and turns heavyweight into a vacancy auction, and Mayweather-Pacquiao II rots into paperwork with gloves on.

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02
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Tue · AftermathThe Tuesday Issue

Zayas-Boots turns into a reputation trial, Tank's lightweight lane fogs over again, and heavyweight runs on two clocks — Usyk's June 30 deadline and Itauma's August leap.

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01
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Sat · Fight NightThe Saturday Issue

Boots-Zayas becomes the 154-pound truth serum, the heavyweight title picture hits a June 30 fork, and Tank's mandatory turns into a credibility check.

BootsUsykSaturday's slate is modest,
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