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SAN ANTONIO – Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis held court at separate press conferences nearly 1,900 miles apart to sell their next respective fights. However, there still exists the desire for the pair of unbeaten lightweights to eventually meet. Davis’ upcoming secondary WBA lightweight title defense versus heated rival Rolando Romero (14-0, 12KOs) was

WBO/IBF junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer, the Southern California native who is now one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound talents, is ready for her home region title defense. (photos by Mikey Williams) Mayer will defend her belts against former featherweight world champion Jennifer Han on Saturday evening at the Orange County Fair & Event

IBF, WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer is backing Claressa Shields to topple Savannah Marshall in a planned middleweight unification. The two champions traded harsh words, face to face, last Saturday in Newcastle, in the aftermath of Marshall’s most recent defense. Mayer believes Shields’ speed and output will prove to be too much for the power

Mikaela Mayer is not giving up on her quest to become undisputed champion.  The cooperation from her counterparts—or lack thereof—could ultimately determine at which weight division she can transform her vision into a reality.  The reigning IBF/WBO junior lightweight queen—who is also the recognized Ring Magazine champion—has called for showdowns with the remaining champions, WBC

It has been more than two years since Ryota Murata has been able to soak in the ambience that comes with a big fight night. A career-long 28-month inactive stretch will come to an end once Tokyo’s Murata (16-2, 13KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and reigning WBA “Super”

Las Vegas native Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of “The Greatest,” hopes to make a statement for the hometown fans. Ali Walsh will fight Denver’s Alejandro Ibarra in a four-round middleweight attraction Saturday, April 30, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ali Walsh-Ibarra will open the televised broadcast featuring the world junior lightweight title unification showdown

Claressa Shields is not too enamored with the idea of unifying her middleweight titles in her opponent’s backyard. Shields, the WBC, WBA, and IBF women’s middleweight champion, is on a collision course to face WBO middleweight titlist Savannah Marshall in a full unification bout this summer on Sky Sports, which has both fighters under exclusive

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin is taking a very risky fight when he goes up against WBA champion Ryota Murata in a high stakes unification. The bout takes place on Saturday night in Japan. Golovkin is facing Murata on home soil – with the Japanese boxer being a

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz On the same day that undercard was unveiled for Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight championship of the world collision with challenger Dillian Whyte on Saturday, April 23, it was confirmed that 4,000 additional tickets now set to go on sale at midday tomorrow from Ticketmaster making Fury-Whyte the record-breaking sporting

Junior featherweight prospect Jesus Arechiga remained unbeaten Friday night, knocking out Jose Valdes Bernal in the fourth round at the Gimnasio German Evers in his hometown of Mazatlan, Mexico. Arechiga improves to 16-0 (12 knockouts) and has now stopped six of his last eight opponents. From the opening bell, the bigger Arechiga was the more-effective

Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, brought the Big Drama Show and his IBF and IBO world titles to Japan last week.   Golovkin has crossed the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean to face two-time WBA middleweight champion and Japan’s national hero Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) in a long-awaited world title

Former WBO Asia Pacific Youth light flyweight champion and world title contender Vince Paras (16-2) will headline the ninth episode of Sanman’s Bubble Series. Paras will face WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight champion and world title contender Robert Paradero (18-2) in a ten round bout. The fight will take place on April 26 at the Sanman

(video by Ryan Burton) – Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

There is only “one street” in Devin Haney’s mind. In a recent interview, the WBC lightweight titleholder tried to refute the notion that fighters who belong to different promotional entities are more or less consigned to operating within their respective spheres, thus preventing the most competitive matches in the sport from being made. Haney, of

Not even promoter Kathy Duva has any inkling of what to expect from her longtime charge, former light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev, when he enters the ring as a cruiserweight. Kovalev will break a nearly three-year absence from boxing when he takes on Tervel Pulev on May 14 in a 10-round cruiserweight (200-lb limit) bout

At the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, ‘The Albanian King’ Florian Marku (11-0-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended his IBF International welterweight title in his toughest test to date against the former British and Commonwealth titlist Chris Jenkins (23-5-3, 8 KOs). Lasting just four rounds, the fiery Albanian landed a big right hand that rocked Jenkins heavily

Ryan Garcia’s 15-month break from the sweet science will end April 9 when the undefeated lightweight contender takes on Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome in San Antonio on DAZN.  Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has not fought since his Jan. 2, 2021 knockout win against Luke Campbell because of a self-imposed break due to mental health

Derrick James assured Ismael Salas and any other doubter that Errol Spence Jr. is indeed the same fighter that beat Shawn Porter in September 2019. Yordenis Ugas’ trainer stated during the WBA “super” welterweight champion’s open workout Wednesday that the Spence he watched unanimously out-point Danny Garcia in December 2020 “wasn’t the same” as the