Fighting

Arnold Barboza Jr kept his “0” and Danielito Zorrilla’s had to go, with Barboza winning a clear unanimous decision tonight in Temecula, Calif., though not without some late scares. Barboza (27-0, 10 KO) took the win on scores of 97-93, 97-93, and 98-92, all good scores. Bad Left Hook’s unofficial card was 98-92 for Barboza,

During this media interview ahead of Ryan Garcia’s upcoming fight against Javier Fortuna this weekend, Golden Boy promoter Bernard Hopkins talks about what he believes will be the biggest fight to make in the lightweight division — a matchup between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. Hopkins largely dismisses Devin Haney here, despite reigning as

The British Boxing Board of Control this week ordered a British 154 lb title fight between champion Troy Williamson and Josh Kelly, and Williamson is hoping that his friend Kelly will take the fight and not go another direction. Williamson (18-0-1, 13 KO) took the belt with a tremendous performance last October, overpowering the always-game

During this video interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, former welterweight champion Shawn Porter gives his analysis of Jake Paul’s upcoming fight against Hasim Rahman Jr, and why he believes the fight has been set up to lean heavily in Paul’s favor from the get-go. Check out some of what Porter had to

During a media interview ahead of Ryan Garcia’s upcoming fight against Javier Fortuna, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya continues to say he’s pushing for a major fight between Garcia and Gervonta Davis, and hopes Floyd Mayweather is willing to buy-in on making the bout. Whether or not Davis still remains under the Mayweather

The undercard for Canelo Alvarez’s September 17th trilogy match with Gennadiy Golovkin is starting to come together, first with Monday’s announcement of Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Israel Gonzalez and now with the reveal that top prospect Austin “Ammo” Williams will meet Kieron Conway. Williams (11-0, 9 KO) had a brief mental health scare in 2021,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Chris Algieri admits that at first he was surprised that Anthony Joshua opted to hire Robert Garcia as his new lead trainer, not because Garcia isn’t a top flight trainer, but rather because he’s not known for his work with heavyweight fighters. But thinking more about it, Algieri says

Le’Veon Bell will make his debut inside the squared circle on July 30 when he’ll face fellow running back Adrian Peterson in a July 30 fight scheduled at Los Angeles’ Crypto Arena. And leading into the fight that’s to take place in just a couple of weeks time, Bell is already writing off a potential

The flyweight division’s most desirable fight may be on the horizon, as ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez and IBF champion Sunny Edwards are “close to finalizing” an October 22nd unification. Martinez (18-2, 14 KO) had been ordered to renegotiate with McWilliams Arroyo (21-4, 16 KO) after withdrawing from that mandatory

This week junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson put it out there that he’ll soon be making the move up to lightweight, which would put him in line for several potentially big fights with some big names in the division. The name with all the major titles, howdfever, is Devin Haney and here in this interview

Longtime middleweight contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko and welterweight prospect Vito Mielnicki Jr both have returns set for the Garcia vs Benavidez card on July 30, with both fighters coming back in prelim action. The Showtime tripleheader that night will be Danny Garcia vs Jose Benavidez Jr in the main event, of course, plus Adam Kownacki vs

The WBA have officially ordered light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol to defend his belt against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, potentially ending any speculation about Bivol’s next opponent this fall. Bivol (20-0, 11 KO), of course, is coming off of a huge career-booster win over Canelo Alvarez on May 7, and has been slated to return in

During the post-fight press conference for Showtime’s card headlined by Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas, unified welterweight champion Errol Spence put his promoter’s hat on for a couple minutes to talk to the media about his prospect, Frank Martin. Spence would say that he was happy with the performance Martin put on against Jackson Marinez,

We’ve got a mildly quiet weekend coming in boxing, but at least louder than last week, and on the whole, louder than the next two — boy, this is not a great stretch for the ol’ sweet science, huh? Anyway, Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev will meet again in a DAZN main event from London,

YouTube, 1:00 pm ET, Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr press conference. Not actually 100 percent sure this is streaming, but am guessing that it will. ESPN+ and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Barboza vs Zorrilla press conference. ESPN+ and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Barboza vs Zorrilla weigh-in. DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm

Rey Vargas won a world title in a second weight division tonight, beating Mark Magsayo by split decision in San Antonio to take the WBC featherweight belt. Official scores were 115-112 twice for Vargas, and a card of 114-113 for Magsayo. Both of Bad Left Hook’s unofficial cards were 115-112 in favor of Vargas. Vargas

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Derek Chisora was the underdog, was counted out, and some felt he should have retired before today’s rematch with Kubrat Pulev. But Chisora pulled off the surprise in London, scoring arguably the best win of his career at age 38 Chisora (33-12, 23 KO) won a split decision over

Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev will meet in a rematch that no one was much asking for but makes enough logical sense, headlining a Matchroom show today on DAZN from London’s O2 Arena. Updates and discussion will take place in the comments section of this post, including round by round scores for the fights. We’ll