Paige VanZant makes her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) debut tonight at 9 pm ET streaming live at FITE TV on PPV, as she takes on Britain Hart in the main event of “KnuckleMania.” The card also features a really nice lightweight championship matchup, as Johnny Bedford takes on Dat Nguyen, we’ll also see Chris
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Top Rank’s February 20th ESPN doubleheader, which sees Miguel Berchelt defend his WBC super featherweight title against Oscar Valdez and Stockton youngster Gabriel Flores Jr. face veteran Jayson Velez, will feature a stout prelim lineup on ESPN+. The featured bout pits 2012 Olympic silver medalist Esquiva Falcao (27-0, 19 KO) against two-time middleweight title challenger
It’s been a while since the last update, but it looks like Gennadiy Golovkin vs Jaime Munguia is still on the table. Zanfer’s Fernando Beltran tells ESPN Knockout that “Munguia and his representatives are pushing hard” to stage the fight on Cinco de Mayo weekend, but that they have a backup plan to fight in
Some of Japan’s finest current and former fighters will lace up the gloves to raise money for the country’s medical workers on February 11th. Earlier today, a press conference revealed the exhibition lineup for LEGEND, which features a number of major figures in Japanese combat sports. The six fight roster: Reigning WBA “super” light flyweight
Top tier boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made his usual weekly drop-in on the Ak and Barak program on SiriusXM, and as he’s currently working with superstar Canelo Alvarez on a two-fight deal — Feb. 27 against Avni Yildirim and a May 8 target date for Billy Joe Saunders — he had some thoughts on Canelo’s
Unified WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight titlist Teofimo Lopez has been outspoken for months that boxing needs its promoters and other power plays to simply make the biggest fights possible, and continued that push this week on social media. “In order for us to bring boxing back to its fullest, we have to fight the
Well, it looks like we might be getting the worst-case scenario. Mike Coppinger reports that Canelo Alvarez’s planned unification clash with Billy Joe Saunders, previously targeted for either May 1st or May 8th due to Cinco de Mayo landing on a Wednesday, is “slated” to land on the 8th, seemingly putting it in direct conflict
With Golden Boy welterweight prospects Vergil Ortiz officially scheduled to take on Maurice Hooker on March 20th on DAZN, the fight now has a venue set, as it will take place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, about 40 minutes from Dallas, the hometown of both fighters. “I’m very happy to be fighting in
Tyson Fury, holder of the WBC heavyweight title and also LINEAL!!!!!! champion of the world, looks like he’ll be fighting Anthony Joshua next — that’s not set in stone, but the signs are good from all involved promoters (there are three of them, it’s not the easiest thing), the WBO seem to be on board
Marc Castro won’t be the only elite amateur on the February 27th Canelo Alvarez-Avni Yildirim undercard. Matchroom announced today that Keyshawn Davis, previously considered one of America’s best hopes for gold at the Tokyo Games, will make his professional debut that evening. The 21-year-old Davis, ranked as BoxRec’s #2 amateur super lightweight behind longtime rival
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. It’s a light update this week, and with no ranked fights coming this week, there will be no reason to update next Monday. So for the upcoming fights bit at the top here, we’ll just list what’s coming before our next rankings update on Feb. 15. Upcoming
Way back in 2015, Joanna Jedrzejczyk had established her rule atop UFC strawweight (115 lb.) division with awe-inspiring displays of violence. Despite the Pole’s fan-friendly style and marketable heel persona, however, the promotion instead focused its efforts on 21-year-old young gun Paige VanZant. It seemed like a good move at the time; in addition being
With Caleb Plant’s win last night over Caleb Truax to retain the IBF super middleweight title, the 28-year-old Tennessee native kept his place in line for the real prize at 168 pounds, and in boxing overall: a fight with Canelo Alvarez later this year. Canelo officially moved to 168 to stay in December, beating Callum
More than any other time in modern history, any schedule right now still needs to come with a solid knock on wood, but after a very slow run where we got almost nothing of real note in January, the boxing schedule is set to heat up and get really busy in February. It’s honestly against
Former two-time super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell will return to the ring on Saturday, Feb. 27, headlining a PBC on FOX show that almost nobody will be paying attention to, as it is set to go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez’s return on DAZN. There was some talk of the 36-year-old Dirrell (33-2-1, 24 KO) possibly
Tonight at 8 pm ET on FOX, Caleb Plant returns to action to defend the IBF super middleweight title against former titleholder Caleb Truax, as we finally find out which man is boxing’s top Caleb. Prelims will begin at 6 pm ET on FS1, and Wil Esco will be on round-by-round coverage for the main
Errol Spence Jr and Yordenis Ugas may be heading for a three-belt unification fight at 147 pounds, following Ugas being promoted to WBA “super world champion” with Manny Pacquiao moved to “champion in recess.” The WBA’s move had a pretty clear destination, and this is it. Spence (27-0, 21 KO) has the WBC and IBF
If Ryan Garcia does end up fighting Manny Pacquiao, there won’t be a belt on the line. The cretins at the WBA released a flurry of championship rulings today, two of them regarding Mahmoud Charr’s and Beibut Shumenov’s absence from Don King’s clusterf**k of a show tonight. “World” heavyweight champ Charr is now champion in