Fighting

Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia were scheduled to throw first pitches on Tuesday at Citi Field, ahead of a game where the New York Mets would host the Pittsburgh Pirates. Chris Mannix reported that Mets officials had concerns after the Empire State Building scuffle earlier in the day, when the two did a photo opp

Deontay Wilder talks about being the ‘captain’ of Matchroom Boxing as he heads into a June 1 showdown with Zhilei Zhang. In particular Wilder says he’s feeling better about working with a group of people who encourage his capacity for homicide inside the ring instead of trying to make him dial back his rhetoric for

Puerto Rican prospect Xander Zayas is all set for his first main event, as Top Rank announced today that the 21-year-old super welterweight will meet former interim champion Patrick Teixeira atop a June 8th ESPN show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. This marks the third 10-rounder of Zayas’ (18-0, 12 KO) career, though

WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza and former titlist Robeisy Ramirez won’t be running it back after “El Divino’s” massive upset, or at least not yet. ESPN’s Salvador Sanchez brings word that Espinoza will meet no. 2 Sergio Chirino Sanchez in Vegas on the 21st or 22nd of June. The 29-year-old Sanchez (22-1, 13 KO), unbeaten

After nearly a year stuck in career limbo, IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis has signed a “multi-fight promotional deal” ahead of a planned summer return. “I’m excited for this partnership with Eddie Hearn, Matchroom and DAZN,” said Ennis. “I can’t wait to continue making my mark and becoming undisputed World champion. I’ve been out

Fresh off the recent news of Jaron Ennis signing a multi-fight deal with Matchroom, Ennis sits down for a promotional interview with the company to discuss the change in his career and what he’s looking to do going forward. Ennis, who isn’t a man of many words, says he’s most excited about the chance to

TBA, that notorious flake, is out of his scheduled May 18th showdown with Richard Torrez Jr on next month’s Emanuel Navarrete vs Denys Berincyk show. In his place steps fellow undefeated heavyweight Brandon Moore. The 6’6” Moore (14-0, 8 KO) signed with Top Rank last year shortly after knocking out Oliver McCall’s son Elijah, his

After beating down Tommy McCarthy in January, Team GB’s Cheavon Clarke was all set for another step up in class against British cruiserweight champ Isaac Chamberlain. Unfortunately for Clarke, Chamberlain pulled what I’ve termed “The Shalom Maneuver” and vacated his title just hours before the purse bid, allegedly to chase the European belt instead. As

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum spent some time talking to the media about a number of topics, including Vasiliy Lomachenko showing signs of slippage, what his plans for Shakur Stevenson are now that he’s nearing the end of his contract, and why Naoya Inoue is such a special talent. Check out some excerpts of what

With Canelo Alvarez scheduled to take on Jaime Munguia on Cinco de Mayo weekend, he talks to the media about the fight, why he’s content to never rekindle a relationship with Oscar De La Hoya, and why he continues to have no interest in a fight against David Benavidez. Canelo on previously saying he didn’t

British cruiseweight Chris Billam-Smith has been on a run lately, but he’s still aware of his sole loss coming at the hands of Richard Riakporhe back in 2019, and tells Sky Sports that he’s looking forward to a rematch where he can prove how much he’s grown as a fighter since then. Billam-Smith says a

Wednesday, April 10 ProBox TV, 8:00 pm ET, Angelo Leo vs Eduardo Baez BLH might have live updates. Your standard solid ProBox main event of these days, a couple of veteran guys who can still fight a bit trying to, frankly, work their way back to bigger shows. Thursday, April 11 ESPN+, 7:00 pm ET,

Following last night’s card headlined by Hitchens vs Lemos, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn spent time talking to media members about a number of topics regarding prospective fights going forward, including Devin Haney vs Teofimo Lopez, Canelo vs Benavidez, Claressa Shields vs Alycia Baumgardner, and Subriel Matias vs Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz. Check out Hearns thoughts on

Following his unanimous decision win over Gustavo Lemos over the weekend, Richardson Hitchins spoke to media members back in his locker room to give his reaction to a much sterner test than he expected from Lemos. Check out some of what he had to say below. Hitchins on his reaction to his fight with Lemos

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya takes some time to talk to boxing media about Ryan Garcia and his upcoming fight against Devin Haney. De La Hoya says he’s confident Garcia will come into the fight well prepared despite whatever rumors may be going around, and that he loves that Garcia has no problem

George Kambosos will have his next big opportunity next month when he’s scheduled to take on Vasiliy Lomachenko in his home country of Australia. Kambosos is fully aware of all the accolades and the class of his opponent, and believes both will be prepared to make for a memorable night. And while Kambosos credits Lomachenko

PBC and Prime Video have unveiled the full pay-per-view lineup for Canelo Alvarez’s May 4th title defense against Jaime Munguia has been revealed. The co-feature sees interim WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios (28-2, 18 KO) defend his title against unranked Fabian Maidana (22-2, 16 KO) in his first fight since last September’s career-saving beatdown of

Oscar De La Hoya was in attendance for Ryan Garcia’s open media workout and spent some time talking to reporters about Garcia’s preparedness for his April 20 fight with Devin Haney, and how he’d be very interested in the idea of Garcia vs Pitbull afterwards. A fight against Rolly Romero, though? Not so much. De