Fighting

Mike Coppinger reports that unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly’s first fight of 2024 will see him battle IBF no. 4 Andrei Mikhailovich atop a July 13th ESPN doubleheader at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort. New Zealand’s Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KO) was slated to meet no. 3 Denis Radovan in a final eliminator last December, but

Rafael Espinoza will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight title on Friday, June 21, headlining a Top Rank on ESPN+ card from Las Vegas. The 30-year-old Espinoza (24-0, 20 KO) pulled a major upset to take the title from Robeisy Ramirez last December, a huge breakthrough victory for the Mexican. He now takes

It would be rude not to start in Perth as Vasiliy Lomachenko looks to get back on the winning horse against the game home-favourite George Kambosos Jr. Both guys are licking their Devin Haney inflicted wounds having gone a combined 0-3 against the “Dream” between 2022-23, but despite being six years his senior, Lomachenko comes

Shakur Stevenson’s upcoming title defense agaisnt Artem Harutyunyan is now a doubleheader, as Mike Coppinger reports that O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC super featherweight title against Robson Conceicao in the July 6th co-feature. After an absolutely terrific slugfest with “Rocky” Hernandez in his inaugural title defense last October, Foster (22-2, 12 KO) returned to

TMZ brings word that WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was arrested last night and charged with multiple misdemeanors after allegedly crashing his Lamborghini into another car, fleeing police officers for nearly a mile, and registering a BAC higher than .15. Charlo’s attorney tells TMZ that neither party in the original accident were injured. Charlo (33-0,

Trainer Vergil Hunter breaks down Naoya Inoue’s latest big win over Luis Nery and discusses an idea being floated about him possibly facing Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in the future. Here Hunter says that Inoue isn’t in need of coming to the U.S. to grow his star, but if he would be willing to move up

After more than 1,000 days without a title defense, the WBC has finally stripped Jermall Charlo of his middleweight title on the heels of Charlo’s arrest for DWI. The WBC has provided and will continue to do as much as possible to support Jermall Charlo during his difficult times with regards to Mental Wellness. The

Ryan Garcia and his lawyer Darin Chavez seek to have a B-sample of the fighter’s blood tested, which will take place on May 22, following reports that he tested positive for a banned substances following his win over Devin Haney. In a letter that ESPN obtained from Garcia’s lawyer, Chavez states that while Garcia’s A-sample

Speaking with Sky Sports, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has grand designs on a matchup between two of boxing’s best fighters in Vasiliy Lomachenko and Shakur Stevenson later on this year. Lomachenko is currently slated to take on George Kambosos this weekend in Perth and Arum continues to credit Lomachenko’s exceptional skill as a boxing

One of super lightweight’s dark horses could finally get his career back in gear, as Golden Boy Promotions announced today that they’d signed WBA no. 1 Kenneth Sims Jr ahead of a planned summer return. “I’m excited to become a member of the Golden Boy family,” said Kenneth Sims Jr. “Thank you to Oscar De

Today saw Matchroom hold its first press conference for the hotly anticipated super flyweight showdown between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez on June 29th. Though no official undercard bouts came to light, Ramla Ali was on hand to announce that she was in “final talks” to challenge WBC super bantamweight champion Yamileth Mercado.

Dmitry Bivol will still fight on June 1, he just won’t be facing Artur Beterbiev, who withdrew from the date this past week. Instead of an undisputed championship fight — which is still going to happen, just at a later date — Bivol will defend his WBA light heavyweight title against Malik Zinad. Bivol vs

Naoya Inoue returns to defend his undisputed super bantamweight championship against Luis Nery in a Tokyo Dome main event today. The show will start at 4 am ET and streams live on ESPN+ in the United States. Along with the main event, there are three more world title fights, two at bantamweight and one at

Naoya Inoue found himself on the canvas for the first time in his pro career against Luis Nery, but stormed back to dominate in what wound up being business as usual. Inoue was down in round one, but returned the favor in the second and fifth rounds before knocking Nery out to retain his undisputed

The next update will come next Monday, May 20, and it’ll be a big one. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs (2) Tyson Fury, May 18 Heavyweight: (7) Frank Sanchez vs (10) Agit Kabayel, May 18 Cruiserweight: (1) Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis, May 18 Welterweight: (2) Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman

Frank Martin spends a few minutes chatting with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV following his opening press conference with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and discusses his feelings about the promotion and expectations for the fight. Check out what he had to say below. Martin on what he made of his press conference with Tank “It

As David Benavidez prepares to take on Oleksandr Gvozdyk for an interim light heavyweight title fight he talks to media members about moving on with his business after years of being passed over by Canelo, and how that will still be the only fight he returns to the 168-pound division for. Benavidez on his ambition

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz It was as if Luis Nery’s first-round knockdown of Naoya Inoue poked the Monster. Inoue touched the canvas for the first time as a professional on Monday evening in Tokyo, but if anything, that set-back allowed the four-weight world champion to springboard into another career-defining performance — and possibly,