The big boys aren’t the only ones getting marching orders. The IBF has ordered a final eliminator between Wales’ Jay Harris and California’s Ricardo Sandoval for a crack at the flyweight title, which Moruti Mthalane has held since 2018. You’ll recall Harris (18-1, 9 KO), the #6 contender, from last February’s terrific scrap with Julio
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As Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang (22-0, 17 KOs) prepares for this weekend’s outing against Jerry Forrest (26-4, 20 KOs), Zhang and his team are looking towards bigger and better opportunities as Zhang tries to build his profile. In fact, Zhang’s advisor Terry Lane tells Sky Sports that they’re looking for a step-up fight for Zhang
Good news for boxing fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as the Feb. 27 fight in New Zealand between Joseph Parker and Junior Fa will be aired live on DAZN. Parker (27-2, 21 KO) and Fa (19-0, 10 KO) have amateur history, and there’s plenty of rivalry here, and a lot of pride on
It was one year ago today that Tyson Fury went into the ring in Las Vegas, destroyed Deontay Wilder as he’d promised he would, and lifted the WBC heavyweight title. Fury and Wilder had going to a controversial draw in Dec. 2018, and after spending 2019 looking to make the WBC-ordered rematch bigger, they finally
Canelo Alvarez’s next fight is just six days away, as the Mexican superstar returns to DAZN to face WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim in a main event from Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO) will be defending his WBC and WBA super middleweight titles, and while he’s heavily favored and not expected to
Miguel Berchelt no longer has the WBC junior lightweight title after a devastating knockout loss to Oscar Valdez on Saturday night, but the good news is that the 29-year-old Mexican fighter says his post-fight exams went alright, and he’s going to be back in the ring. “I want to tell you that I’m fine, thank
Conor Benn was on hand yesterday in London as David Avanesyan broke down and stopped Josh Kelly in the sixth round. Benn and Kelly (10-1-1, 6 KO) have been positioned for a possible future showdown, maybe even this year, but obviously that’s not going to be in the cards with the 26-year-old Kelly needing to
It was an eventful weekend in boxing, with Oscar Valdez staking his claim in a big way at 130 pounds, Adrien Broner returning at 140 147 pounds with a so-so performance, David Avanesyan doing what he said he’d do against Josh Kelly, and much more. So what comes now for the fighters of note? Oscar
Tonight on ESPN and streaming live on ESPN+, Miguel Berchelt defends his WBC junior lightweight world title against former featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez in the Top Rank Boxing main event. Coverage will start at 6:30 pm ET for the undercard prelim bouts on ESPN+, and then we’ll have live, round-by-round updates for the two main
Tonight at 9 pm ET on Showtime, Adrien Broner returns in the main event against Jovanie Santiago, with Broner fighting for the first time in over two years. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call for all three fights. Broner, 31, is the favorite here, but we’ll have to see what the former four-division
Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN (7 pm UK time on Sky Sports), David Avanesyan defends his European welterweight title against Josh Kelly in the Matchroom main event from London. We’ll have fight-by-fight results as they come in, plus live commentary and discussion in the comments section below. Avanesyan, 32, and Kelly,
Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez made weight and are set for their main event tomorrow night (Saturday, Feb. 20, 10 pm ET, ESPN and ESPN+), with Berchelt’s WBC junior lightweight title on the line. Berchelt and Valdez both weighed in at the 130-pound limit for the fight, and we’re now officially, fully set, all things
Saturday night on Showtime (Feb. 20, 9 pm ET), Adrien Broner will make his return to the ring after 25 months of inactivity, taking on unknown Jovanie Santiago in the 140-pound main event, while Otto Wallin and Dominic Breazeale meet in a heavyweight matchup that keeps the winner in the mix and drops the loser
Adrien Broner’s Saturday night comeback fight on Showtime was supposed to be at a 140-pound limit, but the fight will now have a 147-pound limit, which Showtime announced as a “mutual decision from both fighters.” Broner, who has recently said he had to lose about 35 pounds in a relatively short period of time to
With Josh Kelly (10-0-1, 6 KOs) set challenge David Avanesyan (26-3-1, 14 KOs) this Saturday for the European welterweight title on DAZN, Kelly tells RingTV that he’s studied the flaws in Avanesyan’s game and expects to take advantage of them when they meet inside the ring. And Kelly says if Avanesyan takes that personally it
Janelson Figueroa Bocachica stayed unbeaten with a majority decision win over Mark Reyes Jr in tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event, edging scores of 96-94 and 97-93 on two cards, with the third even, 95-95. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 96-94 for Bocachica (17-0, 11 KO), with a good handful of swing rounds
During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, former junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer talks about what he’s planning for his boxing return, why the JoJo Diaz rematch never happened, and his eventual plans to move up to lightweight. On who he wants to face in his next outing being that he’s been out of
Just over a month after seeing one of its marquee signings fall in her debut, BKFC will return to its usual stomping grounds of Biloxi, Mississippi for its latest pay-per-view, which pits UFC veteran Leonard Garcia against Joe Elmore in the main event and features a familiar journeyman’s bare knuckle debut. The 41-year-old Garcia (18-13-1