It’s being reported by ESPN that WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5 KO) has the stage set for his first world title defense, where she’ll take on Erica Farias (26-4, 10 KO) in a June 19 co-feature to be held in Las Vegas. Mayer, 30, won the vacant world title by outpointing Ewa
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Just hours after its official reveal, Floyd Mayweather’s June 6th exhibition bout with Logan Paul has the beginnings of an undercard. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix reports that Jean Pascal will face Badou Jack in a rematch of their 2019 title fight, while a clash between former unified super welterweight champ Jarrett Hurd and Luis Arias
19-year-old Jordanian amateur boxer, Rashed Al-Swaisat, has died after sustaining a brain injury during an April 16 match at the AIBA Youth World Championships in Kielce, Poland. Al-Swaisat was knocked out in the third round of his light-heavyweight bout. He received treatment in the ring by on-site doctors before being rushed to a Kielce hospital
Jamel Herring has the WBO junior lightweight title for now, but there seems a good chance he may give it up soon. Shakur Stevenson and Jeremiah Nakathila will fight on June 12, with the winner guaranteed a shot at Herring’s title, and Herring has to sign an agreement for that, or he’s going to be
Conor Benn isn’t planning on taking a victory lap after his most impressive victory to date. “The Destroyer” recently sat down with iFL TV to discuss his plans for the rest of 2021, which include a “step up” in July and an interim title bout by the end of the year. He doesn’t say which
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
With the massive financial success of Jake Paul’s pay-per-view win over Ben Askren on April 17, it’s inevitable that Paul is going to fight again, no matter how much diehard boxing fans might want him to go away. Paul (officially 3-0, 3 KO) has faced nobody with a legitimate boxing background to date. 38-year-old entrepreneur
Teofimo Lopez has become a pretty good trash talker along with a world-class professional fighter, but he flipped that switch off to show some public support for fellow young star Ryan Garcia, who has withdrawn from his scheduled July 9 fight with Javier Fortuna to deal with some mental health issues. Lopez posted this on
ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Moruti Mthalane vs Sunny Edwards, Michael Conlan vs Ionut Baluta. Mthalane has been a long-reigning top flyweight, and defends his IBF belt against Edwards in a really good crossroads main event. If Edwards is going to stake his claim as a top flyweight now, he’s trying to do it against a
Shakur Stevenson has wanted to get a big fight for a while now, and he was tuned in as usual on Saturday night, seeing Emanuel Navarrete stop a very game Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz to retain his WBO featherweight title in Florida. Stevenson (15-0, 8 KO) is the former WBO featherweight titlist, winning that belt in
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
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
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
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
Jelena Mrdjenovich lost the WBA featherweight title to Erika Cruz via technical decision on Thursday night, and the 38-year-old veteran said in her post-fight interview on “Inside the Ropes” that she was disappointed the fight was stopped when it was. “She came to fight and go to war,” said Mrdjenovich. “I am super disappointed that
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
Super middleweight phenom Edgar Berlanga returns to the ring this Saturday (ESPN and ESPN+, 10 pm ET), coming in having started his career 16-0 with all 16 wins by first round stoppage. The 23-year-old Berlanga will be taking on veteran Demond Nicholson (23-3-1, 20 KO), who can crack a bit himself does bring some potential
With junior welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez set for an undisputed title unification with Josh Taylor on May 22, Ramirez takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about the upcoming clash and his expectations for the bout. Ramirez on being the underdog against Taylor and what he makes of it “I think it’s based more