Fighting

As WBA titleholder Mario Barrios gets prepared to take on Gervonta Davis next month in Atlanta in a Showtime PPV set for June 26, Barrios showed up to today’s press conference to tell the world that he’ll be well prepared for Davis and isn’t taking him lightly as Davis jumps two weight classes to meet

Former European super welterweight champion Sergio Garcia has officially vacated his title ahead of a planned summer clash with Sebastian Fundora, and as a result, the EBU has ordered fellow Spaniard Kerman Lejarraga to face unbeaten Frenchman Dylan Charrat for the belt. The pair have until June 9th to negotiate. Lejarraga (32-2, 25 KO) has

Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger,

After winning titles at super featherweight and lightweight, Gervonta Davis is officially set to challenge WBA “world” super lightweight champion Mario Barrios on June 26th in the main event of a four-fight Showtime pay-per-view. Davis (24-0, 23 KO) took the IBF super featherweight title from Jose Pedraza in 2017 and defended it with a three-round

During the latest installment of Brian Custer’s the Last Stand Podcast, former junior middleweight titleholder Jarrett Hurd talks about his upcoming bout against Luis Arias, losing his father to COVID, and still looking towards some big junior middleweight fights before making a permanent move to 160. Hurd on why he’s fighting at 160 on June

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has clearly been floored by recent news of an arbitration judge ordering Tyson Fury to face Deontay Wilder next, especially after spending so much time and effort over the past few months to put together a deal for the undisputed heavyweight title with Anthony Joshua. Not to be, it would appear.

Despite reports that last week’s announcement was premature, DAZN’s July 9th doubleheader in Los Angeles is official. Former super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez takes on light heavyweight veteran Sullivan Barrera in the main event, while recently stripped super featherweight champion Joseph Diaz Jr. moves up in weight to challenge Javier Fortuna in Ryan Garcia’s

Just when we thought we were finally on our way to an undisputed heavyweight title unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, an arbitration judge ruled that Deontay Wilder is still owed his third fight against Fury, which must take place before September 15. While the ruling also paved way for potential delay to Fury-Wilder

Chris McKenna of the Daily Star broke the news Monday that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Deontay Wilder, determining that Tyson Fury is contractually obligated to face the “Bronze Bomber” for a third time. In their last match-up in Feb. 2020, Fury dominated the fight from the opening bell, dropping and eventually stopping

Showtime’s May 29th tripleheader is official. As previously established, Nordine Oubaali will defend his WBC bantamweight title against Nonito Donaire in the main event, while Subriel Matias and Batyr Jukembayev duke it out in an IBF eliminator one fight prior. “I’m very excited that this fight is finally here,” said Oubaali. “I know that fans

After months of negotiation and delays, Tyson Fury says the deal is finally done. Fury announced on social media earlier today that his highly anticipated heavyweight unification against Anthony Joshua is happening on August 14th in Saudi Arabia. It has been a long and uncertain road to this four belt undisputed heavyweight unification. Seven months

Fightzone (UK), TBA, Myron Mills vs Lucas Ballingall. Fightzone is a UK streaming service with, being honest, lower-tier fights, but lower-tier fights aren’t always a bad thing, necessarily. Look how great Jake Paul is! This is for the English lightweight title, which is a stepping stone toward a British title. You may have seen Mills

Brandon Figueroa TKO-7 Luis Nery Tonight’s Showtime main event largely lived up to Carson, CA standards with a fast-paced action fight between titleholder Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa before Figueroa ultimately scored the stoppage to win the WBC and WBA ‘regular’ world title. Nery actually got off to a fast start in this fight, finding

Tonight at 10 pm ET live on Showtime, Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa headline a three-fight card, with the WBC and WBA “regular” junior featherweight titles on the line. We’ll have live updates for the event, and and all of those, including round-by-round from Wil Esco, will update in this stream: Nery made a somewhat

Former WBC heavyweight champion and self-destructive cosplay enthusiast Deontay Wilder has declared Malik Scott his new trainer. The move comes 6 months after Wilder accused his former trainer Mark Breland of plotting against him, drugging his water, and scheming with nefarious accomplices in the United Kingdom. Over the past few weeks, Wilder has shared multiple

An excellent super welterweight battle is on the horizon, as promoter Sampson Lewkowicz revealed that unbeaten contenders Sebastian Fundora and Sergio Garcia have signed to square off on FOX later this year. The date and location will “be announced shortly.” The announcement doesn’t say whether it’s an eliminator of any kind, but considering the pair

Former world titleholder Danny Roman (28-3-1, 10 KOs) is set to take on Ricardo Espinoza Franco (25-3, 21 KOs) in tomorrow evening’s Showtime co-main event and during yesterday’s final press conference Roman shared his final thoughts about fight before the two square off in the ring. “I’m a former unified champion and I’m still overlooked,”

During today’s final press conference Brandon Figueroa shared his final thoughts before going head-to-head with Luis Nery this weekend in Showtime’s world title main event. Figueroa says he’s in tremendous shape for this bout and is believes that Nery is in for a tougher fight than he’s expecting. “I had what was probably one of