Fighting

Canelo Alvarez will return to action on Saturday, May 4, which has been expected, and the leading candidate to face the Mexican superstar appears to be Jermall Charlo. Joseph Santoloquito of The RING reported yesterday that Jermall, twin to Canelo’s most recent opponent Jermell, would be Canelo’s next opponent, and that belief has picked up

Regardless of whether they intend to fork over money for PBC’s inaugural Prime Video PPV on March 30th or even own a Prime subscription, boxing fans will enjoy two free matchups before Keith Thurman and Tim Tszyu kick off PBC’s new era. The featured attraction pits 20-year-old middleweight prospect Elijah Garcia (16-0, 13 KO), last

IBF super lightweight champion Subriel Matias has officially joined forces with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which announced a “multi-fight co-promotional deal” alongside original promoter Fresh Productions. I am very excited about the deal we’ve reached with Matchroom,” said Matias. I can’t wait to show DAZN, Matchroom, all the big names out there and the world

As Devin Haney heads into his big fight with Ryan Garcia in April, he talks to DAZN about the matchup, what this fight means for his career, and his prediction for the fight. Check out some of what Haney had to say below. Haney on what he remembers of Garcia from their six amateur matchups

It’s another week, and while it’s not the week we were hoping, we do have a podcast for you all the same! First Half: Super Bowl! Puppy Bowl Hall of Fame! Girl Scout cookie hard sell! Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia official, Teofimo Lopez and Subriel Matias, and the state of 140 right now! Intermission:

Both John Evans and Mike Coppinger report that the long-brewing rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall is set for April 27th at First Direct Arena in Leeds. Per Coppinger, the bout will air on ESPN+ in the Sates, TSN in Canada, and DAZN elsewhere. DAZN already has another rematch between Ja’Rico O’Quinn and Peter

We’ve got a south London ding-dong and something resembling a Matchroom bachelors party in Las Vegas this weekend, as Buatsi and Azeez turn friends to fren-emies and Conor Benn lines up the midday shots against Peter Dobson. Azeez a healthy 3/1 dog Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez square off in north London on Saturday night

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to Fight Hub TV about the launch of PBC on Amazon Prime, starting with a PPV event headlined by Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu. Hearn admits that he thinks as a fan the card will provide a fun night of boxing, but doesn’t see how any of the fights will

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk already have a new date for their fight, as the two will meet on May 18 in Riyadh. The news comes a day after their Feb. 17 date was postponed due to a cut Fury suffered in training. Turki Alalshikh announced the news today on The MMA Hour with Ariel

Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will finally square off in an undisputed light heavyweight championship fight on June 1 in Saudi Arabia. Turki Alalshikh announced the news today on a special edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, while also announcing the new date for Fury vs Usyk. Alalshikh said the undercard for Beterbiev

Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez square off today in London, with two domestic light heavyweight titles and a key spot in the division on the line. The undefeated fighters were meant to meet late in 2023, but injury postponed the bout, and we’ve got it today from OVO Arena Wembley. On the undercard, Adam Azim

Former Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza took some time to discuss PBC’s upcoming debut on Amazon Prime under their new deal, and how he’s been helping to facilitate the change as PBC must not build out their infrastructure to produce all of their own shows. Here’s some of what he had to say below. Stephen Espinoza

Joshua Buatsi won a 12-round decision over Dan Azeez in their WBA light heavyweight eliminator today in London. The victory also nets Buatsi the British and Commonwealth titles, which Azeez was defending in the main event fight. Judges officially saw the fight on scores of 116-110, 117-109, and 117-109 for Buatsi. The win also puts

Highlights! Teofimo Lopez returns to face Jamaine Ortiz in a THURSDAY BOXING THURSDAY main event, on Thursday! Otherwise, kind of a short week, but there are two UK cards on Saturday! Hamzah Sheeraz faces Liam Williams, and Matchroom returns with Liam Dillon vs Reece Bellotti! There are other things I wouldn’t really call “highlights.” Tuesday,

Kenshiro Teraji and Carlos Canizales lived up to all the hype, with Teraji escaping by majority decision to retain his WBC and WBA 108 lb titles today in Osaka, Japan. Teraji won two cards of 114-112, with the third even, 113-113. Bad Left Hook unofficially scored the fight 114-112 for Teraji. This was a fantastic

Tuesday day! Podcast day! What a day! First Half: Jaime Munguia takes on John Ryder this Saturday and it looks like a pretty good card from Golden Boy overall! PLUS: Stop trying to make everyone well-rounded, it’s boring! Matchroom has a show on Saturday with a possible sleeper main event! Intermission: Neighbors! What’s their problem,

Matchroom has unveiled a quartet of shows for this coming spring, including world title fights, a final eliminator, a clash of two top super featherweights, and a rematch of one of last year’s biggest upsets. Things kick off on March 23rd when British/Commonwealth super lightweight champion Dalton Smith (15-0, 11 KO) steps onto the world

A solid UK domestic tussle is on the horizon, as Florian Marku and Chris Kongo have signed on for a grudge match “expected to take place in March.” The pair’s longstanding animosity boiled over last August when Kongo (14-2, 7 KO) crashed an interview with Marku (13-0-1, 8 KO) ahead of “The Albanian King’s” 54-second