Fighting

The WBA have officially denied a request from Dmitry Bivol’s team for permission to face Joshua Buatsi next instead of ordered mandatory challenger Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, meaning Bivol will have to face Zurdo next or be stripped of his 175 lb title. Bivol (20-0, 11 KO) is coming off of a huge win over Canelo

Daniyar Yeleussinov is in somber spirits and has the look of a man who has been worn down by the bureaucracy and red tape of professional boxing. “I don’t really like boxing, I just like to win,” the 31-year-old Kazakh welterweights tells Bad Left Hook. “I need a promoter; I need to fight,” he continued.

Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall was pitched as an all-woman card, and that’s what we’re getting. BOXXER officially revealed the nine-bout undercard, which includes four Tokyo 2020 Olympians. Leading the way is gold medalist Lauren Price (1-0, 0 KO), who debuted in June and now faces Hungary’s Timea Belik (6-6, 2 KO) at 147. Featherweight

Omar Figueroa Jr and Adrien Broner are both in pretty much a must-win position when they meet in their Aug. 20 Showtime main event. Figueroa has lost his last two fights, neither of them competitive, and says he had to look inward to address the issues that led to those performances. “I’m just worried about

When last we left Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence, negotiations had hit an unspecified snag, and it looked as though this sport would once again fail to produce one of the most obvious and desirable matchups on the table. Now, however, Dan Rafael reports that a deal is “nearing completion” for either November 12th or

Tyson Fury may officially be retired, at least in his own public statements, but basically nobody is taking it seriously as something long-term, and that can only change if Fury himself just stays away. Promoter Frank Warren tells talkSPORT that he doesn’t expect that will be the case, saying Fury has “itchy feet” and “wants

As the heavyweight title rematch between unified champion Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua nears, former world champion Carl Frampton shares his account of what Joshua needs to change in the sequel if he’s going to come out on top. Frampton agrees with the idea that Joshua will have to physically impose himself on the smaller

Bernard Hopkins is no longer involved in promoting Canelo Alvarez, but he’s still clearly a big fan of the Mexican superstar, and is picking Canelo to stop Gennadiy Golovkin when those two rivals meet for a third time on Sept. 17. “I think there’s going to be more blows coming from both sides. I’m picking

Vergil Ortiz Jr kept his unbeaten record and stoppage streak intact, putting a game but over-matched Michael McKinson away early in the ninth round tonight in Fort Worth, Tex. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KO) just had too much for McKinson (22-1, 2 KO), whose total lack of power pretty well doomed him, even though he showed

ESPN+ and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Lopez vs Campa press conference. ESPN2, 3:30 pm ET, Lopez vs Campa weigh-in. They’re doing a “Max on Boxing” live special for the weigh-in. They’re treating Teofimo Lopez’s return as a big deal. There’s also an ESPN+ stream starting at 4 ET for the undercard weigh-ins. ESPN+, 6:30

VERGIL ORTIZ JR Opening remarks: First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone for being here. I didn’t like my performance. I’m not going to lie, I was not pleased with it at all. It’s probably the worst one I’ve had so far. But, we only get better. It’s just a

Vergil Ortiz Jr is set to return to action after a one-year layoff tonight, facing Michael McKinson in a welterweight main event tonight on DAZN. Live coverage will kick off with the prelims at 5 pm ET, and we’ll be here at 9 pm ET for the four-fight main card. (To note, the YouTube stream

Tonight was supposed to be the return of Jake Paul to a boxing ring, but his fight with Hasim Rahman Jr was canceled, wrapping up the dumbest couple months of absolute nonsense you’ll ever see in boxing, a sport that specializes in dumb nonsense. But Paul’s team say that he will “directly” pay 50 percent

Kendo Castaneda and Antonio Moran are set for the final of ProBox TV’s “Last Chance” tournament at 140 lbs, with the two winning very different fights on tonight’s show from Plant City, Fla. Castaneda (19-5, 9 KO) punched his ticket first, beating local favorite Joseph Fernandez on scores of 96-94 from all three judges in

Jack Catterall could soon be right back in the mix — at least as far as he sees it — now that he’s just penned a multi-fight contract with Boxxer, led by promoter Ben Shalom. Catterall is coming off what probably should’ve been a career-defining win against former undisputed titleholder Josh Taylor, but tells Sky

Nonito Donaire has been pretty quiet since his June loss to Naoya Inoue, where he got caught and stopped in the second round of a three-belt bantamweight unification in Japan, but the 40-year-old Filipino legend is now speaking up again. And no, he doesn’t plan to retire. Instead, he’s yet again looking to do something

ShoBox is back once again to offer some Friday night violence. The next broadcast, a tripleheader from Atlantic City, airs on September 9th and features a super lightweight main event pitting Shinard Bunch against unbeaten Hugo Alberto Roldan. Trenton’s Bunch (19-1-1, 15 KO), unbeaten since falling to Paul Kroll in his third pro fight, fought

PBC announced a pair of solid matchups yesterday that will lead into their September 4th Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz show. Joey Spencer faces Kevin Salgado on FOX, while Ra’eese Aleem meets Mike Plania immediately beforehand on FS1. Spencer (15-0, 10 KO) vs Salgado (14-0-1, 9 KO) is a really nice clash of young,