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Every issue, back to the first bell. 24 issues and counting.

№24
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Ryan Garcia and Isaac Cruz talk up the obvious December fight, Hamzah Sheeraz gives back the WBO belt rather than fight Janibek, Inoue-Nasukawa II carries the weekend's best sporting heat, Zuffa tries to rebuild Johnny Fisher, Pat Brown gets domestic belts early, and the WBA puts Teofimo Lopez-Jack Catterall on a 30-day clock.

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№23
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Katie Taylor finally gets Croke Park with Flora Pili still live in the other corner, Damian Knyba turned Andy Ruiz Jr. into a warning sign, Garcia-Benn becomes Zuffa Boxing's first real attention test, Davis-Hitchins talks heat up at 147, and Vito Mielnicki Jr. made Austin Williams look like the opponent.

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№22
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Hrgovic stopped Itauma and turned the heavyweight board into paperwork, Cameron beat Mayer cleanly, Martinez-Plantic hardened as a WBC result, Ruiz-Knyba and Taylor-Pili anchor the next fight week, and Dubois-Wardley II is now the official heavyweight date ahead.

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№21
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Sat · Fight NightSaturday Radar

Itauma-Hrgovic gets a belt upgrade and weigh-in heat, Mayer-Cameron brings real edge to women’s boxing, Bivol-Smith inches closer, Martinez-Plantic becomes a quiet ProBox filter, and Teofimo’s welterweight belt still needs adult proof.

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№20
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Tue · AftermathTuesday Radar

Weekend fallout: Teofimo Lopez owns a WBA welterweight belt after beating Rolly Romero, but 147 now asks whether he is a real answer or the newest name in a crowded title map.

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№19
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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№18
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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№05
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.

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