Fighting

Thursday, June 16 ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Beterbiev vs Smith press conference. Friday, June 17 ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Beterbiev vs Smith weigh-in. Channel 5 (UK), 4:00 pm ET, Nathan Gorman vs Tomas Salek. This card also features Marcel Braithwaite vs Thomas Essomba at 115 lbs, and a tentative

Edgar Berlanga stayed unbeaten but may have been give a questionable amount of credit by the judges, beating Roamer Alexis Angulo on very wide scores in New York. Berlanga won on tallies of 98-92, 99-91, and 99-91 in a fight where he spent more time moving and boxing than we’ve ever seen, while Angulo applied

Richard Riakporhe stopped Fabio Turchi in the second round of their cruiserweight main event on Sky Sports, dropping the Italian with a body shot. Turchi (20-2, 14 KO) did get up, and referee Steve Gray was ready to let him try to continue, but Turchi’s cornerman literally raced fully into and across the ring to

Boxing has become a staple of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations in New York City, and this year will be no different, as Edgar Berlanga will headline a card on ESPN this evening, facing Roamer Alexis Angulo at the Hulu Theater. Madison Square Garden — the proper, big room — has been host to many

Hiroto Kyoguchi successfully defended his WBA 108 lb title tonight in Guadalajara, Mexico, stopping Esteban Bermudez in the eighth round of an action-packed, rough, bloody main event. Kyoguchi (16-0, 11 KO) was clearly the better all-around fighter, but the rugged Bermudez (14-4-2, 10 KO) refused to go quietly, fighting back after a very fast start

Cards on the table: I’m no boxing historian, but I am fairly certain you’ll be hard-pushed to name too many contests in our sport between two four-weight world champions. And even if you can, fights involving Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao will be doing most of your heavy lifting. Sure, recognising a “champion” in

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez will square off in a DAZN main event tonight from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in what you might call a “title consolidation” at 108 lbs. Kyoguchi currently holds the WBA “super world” bantamweight title, which is the one people pay attention to, while Bermudez holds the WBA “world” title, aka the

Shakur Stevenson won’t be chasing further unification quite yet, but that delay is for a good cause. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez revealed today that he’s in talks to defend his super featherweight belts against WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete, “tentatively in August or September.” Not that clashes with fellow titlists Joe Cordina and the winner of

Derek Chisora vs. Kubrat Pulev 2 won’t be the only rematch the O2 hosts on July 9th. Matchroom announced today that the card will also feature a WBA final eliminator rematch between Israil Madrimov and Michel Soro. Madrimov (8-0, 6 KO) and Soro (35-3-1, 24 KO) put on eight rounds of solid, competitive action before

Jimmy Kelly has a big opportunity this coming Saturday, as he’ll face Jaime Munguia in a Golden Boy main event in Anaheim, live on DAZN. The bout is advertised as a super middleweight fight, which may mean it’s at a full 168 or a catchweight between 160 and 168. Munguia, of course, is a middleweight

A bout in South Africa between local lightweights Simiso Buthelezi and Siphesihle Mntungwa produced one of the most bizarre endings in recent memory this past Sunday when Buthelezi, after eating a counter jab while pressuring Mntungwa into the ropes, suddenly turned and began swinging at air during the referee’s reset. He was subsequently placed into

With Naoya Inoue smashing Nonito Donaire inside of two rounds in Tuesday’s rematch, the Japanese star now lacks just one of the four major titles in the bantamweight division, and made clear that he wants to take a crack at the undisputed championship in his post-fight interview. That title is the WBO’s, and is currently

During an interview with Lance Pugmire, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about Ryan Garcia’s future and how he’s motivated to strike a deal to make a marquee fight between Garcia and Gervonta Davis this November. De La Hoya reasons that Tank fighting Garcia offers the biggest financial upside and he’s perfectly willing

Naoya “The Monster” Inoue lived up to his moniker in terrifying fashion this morning with a two-round mauling of Nonito Donaire to claim the WBC bantamweight title. He then made clear his desire to become undisputed champion at 118, and it turns out that the feeling’s mutual. WBO champ Paul Butler tells DAZN that his

Ricky Hatton is just under a month away from an exhibition bout with Marco Antonio Barrera in Manchester, England, and took to social media to show off the amount of weight he’s lost since March. Here’s a look at Hatton’s change over three months: It’s a pretty stunning transformation over three months, but not one

Just 12 days before his planned return to the ring against Maciej Sulecki, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo has been forced to withdraw due to a back injury. The card will be “rescheduled to a new date that will be announced pending an assessment of when Charlo can return to training.” The wording suggests that

Immediately following Devin Haney’s undisputed lightweight title win over George Kambosos in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend, trainer Bill Haney spoke with Fight Hub TV about how everything came together for their team when it counted most. On how it felt to get his visa cleared at the last minute “I went to the rest

Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire will have their highly-anticipated rematch on Tuesday, June 7, live from Saitama, Japan, with three bantamweight titles on the line in the sequel to 2019’s Fight of the Year. Inoue (22-0, 19 KO) and Donaire (42-6, 28 KO) are considered the top two bantamweights in the sport today, their first