Fighting

Janibek Alimkhanuly will return to the ring today in Australia, defending his IBF and WBO middleweight titles against Andrei Mikhailovich in Pyrmont, New South Wales. The live stream will start at 5:00 am ET on ESPN+, and we’ll be here with updates and commentary down in the comments of this post. Janibek (15-0, 10 KO)

Janibek Alimkhanuly scored a ninth round stoppage win over a game but overmatched Andrei Mikhailovich today in Australia, retaining his IBF and WBO middleweight titles. The fight was never all that competitive, with Janibek (16-0, 11 KO) pretty much having it his way from the opening bell. He dropped Mikhailovich (21-1, 13 KO) late in

Anthony Yarde, a former light heavyweight title contender, will officially make his return to the ring on Oct. 19, serving as chief support for London’s Copper Box headliner between Adam Azim vs Ohara Davies, as reported by Sky Sports. “On October 19 I’m back in my home city and I can’t wait,” Yarde said. “Everything

North American viewers won’t need to pay anything more than their existing subscriptions to catch all of next week’s Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol Riyadh Season show. DAZN announced that the entire undercard will air on their standard site, no PPV required. That said, at $15 compared to DAZN’s $19.99 monthly price, it’s cheaper to

Anthony Joshua suffered a crushing and one-sided defeat today at the hands of Daniel Dubois, dropped four times and stopped in the fifth round of their IBF title fight at Wembley Stadium, but promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t see any reason that the fight would be the last of Joshua’s career. Hearn does acknowledge that the

Friday, Sep. 27 DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Shakiel Thompson vs River Wilson-Bent. A GBM show out of Sheffield, England. Thompson is a 6’3” middleweight nicknamed “Dr. Steel.” Wilson-Bent lost to Hamzah Sheeraz, another 6’3” middleweight, by 2nd round TKO about two years ago. Maxi Hughes and Hughie Fury are listed on the undercard! Channel 5

Anthony Joshua suffered another big setback this past weekend when he was beat down by Daniel Dubois, forcing a fifth round knockout. Joshua has designs on winning the IBF world title from Dubois en route to making a run at undisputed, but now those plans appear much less likely. Many have offered their opinions that

Following Anthony Joshua’s knockout loss to Daniel Dubois over the weekend, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn took to the post-fight press conference to share his thoughts on what he admits was a disastrous outing for his heavyweight star and where they could go from here. Check out some of what Hearn had to say about Joshua’s

Despite a bevy of domestic accomplishments and a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan-American Games, one could argue that Richard Torrez Jr’s biggest pre-Tokyo spotlight came when Mauricio Sulaiman used a clip of his loss to Bakhodir Jalolov to disingenuously claim that letting pros into the Olympics posed a clear a present danger. Suffice to

Daniel Dubois scored the biggest win of his career over the weekend by stopping Anthony Joshua in under five full rounds, and in the immediate aftermath of the fight he spoke at the post-fight press conference to discuss his thoughts on the achievement. Check out some of what he had to say about the fight

Anthony Joshua is making very clear that he has no plans to retire from boxing following last weekend’s loss to Daniel Dubois, with his eyes still set on becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion. Dubois retained the IBF title in Saturday’s dominant win over Joshua. “It’s far from over yet. We’ve done it once, we’ve

Jaime Munguia is looking to make 2024 his busiest year since 2018, as Salvador Rodriguez reports that he’ll meet Ronald Gavril on December 14th in his native Tijuana. 2024 has already seen Munguia (44-1, 35 KO) stop John Ryder, fall to Canelo Alvarez, and most recently batter Erik Bazinyan this past Friday. The hope was

Josh Kelly has a new opponent for this coming Saturday after Liam Smith’s exit, as Turki Alalshikh announced that undefeated super welterweight Ishmael Davis has answered the call. Davis (13-0, 6 KO) was preparing for a date with Uisma Lima on Matchroom’s October 26th Jack Catterall vs Regis Prograis show, his first bout since March’s

Matchroom’s reveal that Josh Warrington would challenge Anthony Cacace for the latter’s newly won IBF super featherweight title was perplexing for a number of reasons. Not only did Cacace have a standing order to face knockout artist Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez, Warrington was 1-3-1 in his previous five, unranked, and had yet to compete at 130.

The supporting cast is coming together for next month’s Adam Azim vs Ohara Davies show, as Boxxer announced today that Dan Azeez will meet Lewis Edmondson in the light heavyweight co-feature. Edmondson (9-0, 3 KO) will be taking a significant step up in class, having just won his first eight-rounder over Joel McIntyre in May.

Following Caleb Plant’s stoppage win over Trevor McCumby this weekend, he speaks to the media about his experience in the ring, getting this win, as well as his performance in the outing. Check out some excerpts of what Plant had to say below. “He was awkward and strong and unorthodox,” Plant said of McCumby. “He

WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios will make his second defense of the year against Abel Ramos as part of Netflix’s November 15th Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson show in Arlington, Texas. Barrios (29-2, 18 KO) becomes the latest WBC champion to get a free pass from their “the champion must face their mandatory challenger every

Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson met for a face to face meeting with DAZN and it wasn’t all that long before tensions flared between the two. Buatsi denied claims of Hutchinson supposedly handing him a beating in a past sparring session, and then Hutchinson got annoyed by Buatsi’s insinuations in return. But when asked specifically