Matt and EzRaw discuss the latest in boxing news including:

News and Notes

• David Benavidez joined Brunch Boxing.
• Ye Joon Kim has been named as the replacement opponent for the undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
• Naoya Inoue expected to fight four times in 2025, with his fall bout to land in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Gervonta Davis is back on social media.
• Devin Haney has revealed to BoxingNewsED that he is in the UK to reach a deal with Turki Alalshikh to fight on his cards.
• Contract dispute between Teofimo Lopez and his promoter Top Rank Boxing comes to a head. Lopez turns down Matias.
• Keyshawn Davis vs. Denys Berinchyk officially announced for Valentine’s Day.
• WBO President Gustavo Olivieri has announced that the February 15 bout between Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza Jr. Will be for the Interim WBO Junior Welterweight Championship.
• IBF Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko has been granted a medical exemption by the IBF, as he decides on his future. In related news, the IBF has officially ordered an interim lightweight title bout between Raymond Muratalla and Zaur Abdullaev.
• Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis are “closing in” on a deal to finalize their WBA-IBF welterweight unification bout, according to Ennis’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
• Jose Benavidez Jr. confirms to Brunch Boxing that he returns on the February 1 Benavidez-Morrell card. He wants smoke with Erislandy Lara.
• The IBF has ordered a final elimination bout between former IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Subriel Matias and top contender Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela.
• Corey Langner, Head of Data for Jabbr, tells combat sports journalist Luke Thomas that Jabbr is in talks with commissions to fully score sanctioned bouts using their AI system.
• Jamel Herring Arrested, Faces Domestic Violence Charges.

EZ Money

• The EzRaw Breakdown makes its PBC debut.
• Matt’s Best Bet

The Rumor Report

• Janibek Alimkhanuly is on his way back.
• Spence vs. Fundora?

Quick Hits

• Legendary boxing promoter Don King is being sued by Cecil Miller’s BYD Sports and BYD Management over a failed attempt by Miller to stage a Rumble in the Jungle 2 event in Nigeria.
• In an interview with WBO President Gustavo Olivieri, it was revealed that current Interim WBO Heavyweight Champion Joseph Parker will be stripped of his title when he steps in the ring on February 22 with IBF Heavyweight Champion Daniel Dubois.
• Deontay Wilder is back in April on BLK Prime vs. Curtis Harper.
• Former IBF Lightweight Champion Richard Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs) will return to the ring on February 23 at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.
• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson a MASSIVE Box Office Success.

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