Fighting

Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler meet in Tokyo for the undisputed bantamweight championship of the world, with Inoue putting up his three belts and Butler his one, as all four titles will go home with the winner. This is widely expected to be Inoue’s final fight at 118 lbs, as he struggled a bit to

Shakur Stevenson caught up with Marcos Villegas over the weekend and spoke a bit about what he’s got planned for his move to 135 lbs, mentioning that some of the names he’s been targeting have been flatly turning down offers to fight him. Check out some of what he had to say below. Stevenson on

Naoya Inoue has won world titles in three weight classes already, but he’s never gone undisputed. On Tuesday in Tokyo, he tries to change that, as he faces Paul Butler for all four major world titles in the bantamweight division. Inoue (23-0, 20 KO) is an enormous favorite, but can WBO titlist Butler (34-2, 15

The reported fight between Ryan Garcia and Mercito Gesta, meant as Garcia’s January tune-up for Gervonta Davis in April, is now reportedly signed for Jan. 28 in Phoenix, which could also mean Glendale, Ariz. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reports that both fighters have signed the contracts, and the fight will be at 140 lbs. Garcia plans

ESPN+, 2:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler. For undisputed! at 118 lbs, as Naoya Inoue brings his three belts and Paul Butler his one belt, and they’ll git-r-done, as Laurence Cable says. This doesn’t have quite the undercard of, say, Teraji vs Kyoguchi from earlier this year, but it’s not bad. Yoshiki Taikei

Luis Alberto Lopez took the IBF featherweight title from Josh Warrington, shocking the crowd in Leeds, England, when the majority decision scores were read in his favor. Lopez won the fight on tallies of 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113. Bad Left Hook unofficially scored the fight 114-114, with Warrington rallying down the stretch to even it

Teofimo Lopez is back on Heisman night and back in Madison Square Garden, taking on Sandor Martin in an ESPN and ESPN+ main event this evening. The main card is set to go live as soon as the Heisman Trophy presentation broadcast ends on ESPN, and there will be four fights, including three blue chip

Terence Crawford returns tonight for a hometown bout against David Avanesyan, where Crawford will defend the WBO welterweight title in Omaha, Neb. We’ll be here with LIVE coverage starting from 9 pm ET for the full pay-per-view card, which also includes Cris Cyborg in a definitely sanctioned boxing bout, plus Arnold Khegai vs Eduardo Baez,

Ilunga Junior Makabu will defend his WBC title against Noel Mikaelyan on Saturday, Jan. 21, headlining a Don King-promoted card at Casino Miami Jai-Alai. King has titled the card, “Let Freedom Ring! Clash of the Champions!” because he always has to name it something goofy and couldn’t settle on one thing. Makabu (29-2, 25 KO)

Terence Crawford will defend his WBO welterweight title on Saturday night against David Avanesyan, as the two meet in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, Neb., live on BLK Prime PPV. Bad Left Hook will be here on Saturday with live coverage of the show, so even if you’re not ponying up the $39.99 for the event

We’re coming down to the wire! Three of the four prediction combatants are right in the race to pull this thing out with just a handful of fights left to pick! Who will it be? Not me! But someone! Let’s get to this weekend’s picks. Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez Scott Christ (87-38) As

Teofimo Lopez sat down with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV to talk about his upcoming fight against Sandor Martin, expecting a dominant performance, and goes on to talk about potentially facing Regis Prograis next after Prograis had some things to say about him on social media. “We’ve been going back and forth somewhat,” Lopez

When Ricky Hatton came to the United States, he brought the party from Manchester, England. The singers, the drummers, the drinkers — the boisterous fans that had made him a boxing icon in his home city and country traveled across an ocean first to see him fight Luis Collazo in Boston, then both Juan Urango

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Timothy Bradley Jr are both in the news this week, with Davis having a press conference for his Jan. 7 Showtime PPV main event against Hector Luis Garcia, and Bradley being elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley, who won world titles at 140 and 147 and had a

Hey, it’s December! Actually, it has been for a week, so this is a bit later than it’ll normally be, but the holidays are quite a time, folks, I tell you what. Anyway, on with the show! The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson. The total results for Dec.

Terence Crawford returns to action this Saturday night on pay-per-view, facing David Avanesyan in another defense of his WBO welterweight title. Crawford will be back home in Omaha, Neb., for this fight, which is a gamble on the side of BLK Prime, the company putting major money behind this independent pay-per-view effort. There’s also no

The Reno Gazette Journal reports that Mills Lane, one of boxing’s most legendary third men, died earlier this morning at the age of 85. Per son Tommy, Lane “was comfortable and he was surrounded by his family” in hospice care. He had previously suffered a stroke in 2022. Lane, who went 10-1 (6 KO) as

Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza took some time to chat with our friends at Fight Hub TV following the official press conference for Gervonta Davis vs Hector Garcia. Espinoza would discuss his feelings about Davis’ upcoming match with a much bigger one against Ryan Garcia to come, and expresses his enthusiasm for putting together what he