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One of the best fights of 2022 is just days away. Next Tuesday, arguably the two best Jr. flyweights in the world will lock horns in Saitama, Japan (ESPN+. 4:30 AM EST). 30-year old two-time WBC titlist Kenshiro Teraji (19-1, 11 KO) and 28-year old Ring Magazine/WBA titlist Hiroto Kyoguchi (16-0, 11 KO) has felt

Ashton Sylve is anxious to prove the hype his promoter has generated since Jake Paul’s company signed the undefeated lightweight this past spring. The 18-year-old Sylve has a perfect professional record (7-0, 7 KOs), but the Long Beach, California native will take a step up in competition on the Paul-Anderson Silva undercard Saturday night in

David Avanesyan has officially moved on to the next phase of his career. The streaking welterweight contender landed a premium opportunity to next face WBO titlist and pound-for-pound entrant Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. The bout will take place on December 10, live on BLK Prime Pay-Per-View from CHI Health Center in Crawford’s hometown Omaha, Nebraska. The

Rising cruiserweight Viddal Riley will face unbeaten cruiserweight prospect Ross McGuigan in his next fight on Saturday, November 12th. Riley (6-0, 3 KOs) made light work of Jone Volau back in June with a first round stoppage at Wembley Arena. And the 25-year-old returns to the AO Arena in Manchester, where he defeated Willbeforce Shihepo

The newest promotional outfit in town has secured its second high profile boxer in less than a week. Former four-division titlist Adrien Broner has officially signed with BLK Prime Boxing, the platform formally announced during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Broner joins the upstart outfit just four days after it was confirmed that three-division

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Although Canelo Alvarez has forged a career that will safely place him in the Hall of Fame when he ultimately hangs up his gloves, a shroud of mystery constantly surrounded him. While he never officially suffered defeat at the hands of Gennadiy Golovkin, his two prior results against him,

Rising star, Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (8-0, 8 KOs) captured the vacant super lightweight NABA Silver title this past Saturday when he stopped former world title challenger, Jayson Velez (30-10-1, 21 KOs). Velez, who went the distance with Ryan Garcia and JoJo Diaz, didn’t come out after the sixth round. The event, promoted by Red Promotions,

This past Friday on Thompson’s “New Blood” card at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA, featherweight Sean Brewer (4-0, 3 KOs), of Las Vegas, NV, remained undefeated by scoring a first-round knockout over Christian Renteria (9-14, 8 KOs), from Tijuana, MX. The main event featuring George Acosta vs. Enrique Bernache and co-main showcasing Manuel Flores

The undisputed title dreams of Vasiliy Lomachenko appeared to be his for the taking. Yet, with the former two-time Olympic gold medalist lending a helping hand to his native country of Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, he opted to place his career on hold. Now, after spending approximately a year near the heart of the

Ninety minutes before his bout against Jose Sanmartin would begin, Mauricio Lara sat in a curtained off dressing room area inside the converted bull ring he would be fighting in that night enjoying an airplane-sized bag of salty snacks. Lara was laughing and joking with team members, and his good friend and featherweight titleholder Emanuel

Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas – In the main event of Triller’s “Sons of Legends” card, heavyweight Robert Simms (12-3-1, 3 KOs), 38-years-old, pulled off an upset when he outboxed Kenzie Morrison (20-1-2, 18 KOs), son of former heavyweight champion Tommy “The Duke” Morrison, to secure an eight round unanimous decision. Simms was able to

A rematch with Savannah Marshall won’t be next for Claressa Shields, but Shields’ promoter expects them to fight again within the next year-and-a-half. Dmitriy Salita informed BoxingScene.com that the preliminary plan for Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) is to have her face other opponents in Detroit, somewhere in Africa and/or somewhere in the Middle East before

In less than a week, Youtube star turned boxer – Jake Paul – will finally return to the ring. Paul will collide with UFC legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva in an eight round main event, on October 29th from Desert Diamond Arena, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The fight will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View card.

Leigh Wood still needs to convince the WBA that he is cleared for combat to retain his secondary title status. A reminder letter was sent to Nottingham’s Wood seeking medical proof of a biceps injury that forced him out of a September 24 voluntary WBA ‘World’ (Regular) featherweight title defense against Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara. The

Keyshawn Davis was on an incredible high following his show-stopping victory over Omar Tienda Bahena last month at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Viewed as his stiffest test, the former Olympic silver medalist punished his foe, forcing referee Albert Earl Brown to call a halt to their bout in the fifth round. As

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Marquis Taylor got credit for his work this time around. Eight months after his dubious draw with Paul Kroll, the junior middleweight won an eight-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Detroit native Marlon Harrington on Friday night. Judges Jacklyn Atkins (79-73), Anthony Lundy (80-72) and Joseph Pasquale (79-73) all scored

Mauricio Lara is set for his first fight on home soil in nearly four years. The top-rated featherweight contender will face Colombia’s Jose Sanmartin in a scheduled ten-round bout just above the divisional limit. Both fighters made the contract weight for their DAZN headliner this Saturday from Plaza del Toros in Lara’s hometown of Mexico

A look of both jubilation and awe was etched profoundly across the face of Malik Scott. For countless years, the former heavyweight contender has not only swapped fists with some of the most recognized names in the division’s history but he’s also studied them for a multitude of hours. But while Scott reveres today’s heavyweight