Fighting

Back in 1969, a teenage and not-yet-Marvelous Marvin Hagler first laced up gloves and learned to box at the Petronelli Gym in Brockton, Massachusetts. 52 years later, the Brockton City Council voted unanimously to memorialize the late, great fighter with a street named in his honor: Marvin Hagler Drive. Hagler, who died last month at
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Showtime’s May 29th Nordine Oubaali vs. Nonito Donaire card is set to land in Carson, California’s Dignity Health Sports Park with a limited capacity, with tickets releasing tomorrow (April 29th). The announcement also confirms the reported co-feature between Subriel Matias and Batyrzhan Jukembayev, though it does not mention the Raymart Gaballo-Emmanuel Rodriguez rematch previously linked
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Months after scoring the biggest win of his storied career, WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka has a potentially nastier fight on his hands. Kyodo News and other sources report that Ioka tested positive for marijuana following his December victory over Kosei Tanaka. Ioka’s (26-2, 15 KO) attorney claims that the police questioned Ioka after
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Today at 2:30 pm ET on BT Sport in the United Kingdom, Denzel Bentley and Felix Cash headline from York Hall on a card that also features the return of light heavyweight contender Callum Johnson. The main event is expected no earlier than 5 pm ET. We’ll be here with live coverage, including round-by-round for
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Emanuel Navarrete returns to defend his WBO featherweight title against Christopher Diaz, with Edgar Berlanga back in the co-feature tonight against Demond Nicholson. Live coverage starts with the undercards at 6 pm ET on ESPN+. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call for the main event and co-feature fights starting at 10 pm ET
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The much respected, all-action Colombian boxer Oscar ‘The Jaguar’ Negrete announced his retirement from the ring on Thursday. Speaking to the hosts of Boxeo de Colombia (while wrapping Deiner Berrio’s hands ahead of his matchup with Juan Pablo Romero on Ring City USA’s fight card in West Point), Negrete stated. “Today… on the microphones of
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With Chris Eubank Jr set to make his boxing return on May 1st against Marcus Morrison, Eubank talks to Sky Sports about how he’s improved under the guidance of the legendary Roy Jones Jr, who he believes will help extend his professional fighting career due to better tactics and strategies. Eubank Jr specifically makes reference
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Tonight on NBCSN and Twitch, Jelena Mrdjenovich defends her WBA featherweight title against Erika Cruz in the Ring City USA main event from West Point, NY, which should be another unique atmosphere from the series. Live coverage will start at 6:30 pm ET with the undercards streaming on Twitch, and continue at 9 pm ET
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