Fighting

Jamel Herring announced his retirement following his Saturday night loss to Jamaine Ortiz on ESPN, a decision he seemed to be making in the ring during his post-fight interview, but made official via social media. “I love this sport, but I owe it to my family to quit putting them through these moments,” Herring wrote

Joshua Buatsi survived a stern test from Craig Richards, earning a close but unanimous decision after twelve very competitive and entertaining rounds. The main event didn’t have the rock’em sock’em chaos of Alen Babic and Adam Balski (much more on that one later), but it was an active, well balanced and lively showcase that likely

Wladimir Klitschko has, of course, been busy fighting in the war in Ukraine against Russian forces for the past few months, but the former heavyweight champ still thinks about boxing from time to time, and brought up a conversation starter in a media appearance this week. Klitschko recently was a guest on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,”

David Benavidez and David Lemieux will clash tonight on Showtime, with the interim WBC title at super middleweight at stake in their 12-round main event from Benavidez’s stomping grounds in Glendale, Ariz. Live coverage will start at 10 pm ET. All live updates, including round-by-round from Wil Esco, will come in this stream: Along with

Billy Joe Saunders could return to action later this year, at least if Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn gets what he’d like to see. Hearn told talkSPORT that he has been in touch with Saunders’ team if not Saunders himself: “We’re talking to him about possible fights in September [or] October. He has gotta get back

Meng Fanlong will face Jean Pascal in tonight’s ProBox TV main event from Plant City, Florida, with the show kicking off at 7 pm ET and also featuring the quarterfinal round of an eight-man “last chance” tournament at 140 lbs. We’ll be here with live updates and discussion in the comments section of this post.

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz David Benavidez and David Lemieux are just two days away from fight night on Showtime, when they headline a tripleheader from Glendale, Ariz., fighting for the interim WBC super middleweight title. Benavidez (25-0, 22 KO) and Lemieux (43-4, 36 KO) are both promising a hard-hitting fight, and both displayed

DAZN and Golden Boy have announced a “multi-year, multi-fight” renewal of their partnership, which began in 2018 with a five-year deal, and the announcement also noted that Ryan Garcia will be returning to the ring in July. Golden Boy joined the DAZN team in 2018, then boasting Canelo Alvarez as the ace of their stable

David Benavidez has lost the WBC super middleweight title two times without ever losing a fight, and the last time it was because he didn’t make weight for a defense in 2020. Benavidez (25-0, 22 KO) will fight David Lemieux (43-4, 36 KO) for the interim WBC belt on Saturday, and says he’s already on

Cecilia Braekhus, now 40 years old and midway through her 16th year as a professional, will look to conquer a second weight class when she faces undefeated WBC junior middleweight titleholder Patricia Berghult on the Aug. 13 Oscar Rivas vs Lukasz Rozanski show. Former undisputed welterweight queen Braekhus (36-2, 9 KO) held at least one

First came the negotiations for a catchweight bout with Daniel Jacobs. Then Michael Zerafa chimed in to say he’d been offered the fight. Now, Jaime Munguia’s next opponent has been revealed: Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly, whom he’ll face at Anaheim’s Honda Center on June 11th. You may recall Kelly (26-2, 10 KO) from his 2015 mauling

With lightweight hopeful Rolando Romero set for what will by the biggest opportunity of his career when he challenges Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis for his WBA ‘world’ title on May 28, he held an open media workout today and talked about the fight. And just in case there was any doubt, Romero hasn’t shied away from

Not a surprise, but very much welcome. Top Rank has revealed that Naoya Inoue’s June 7th rematch with Nonito Donaire will air on ESPN+ stateside. Inoue (22-0, 19 KO) and Donaire (42-6, 28 KO) put on a truly spectacular Fight of the Year in November 2019. “The Filipino Flash” was seen as past his best

Tuesday is upon us, and the latest episode of Prophets of Goom is here! This week John and myself (I’m Scott) take a look at another busy weekend ahead, including a major sleeper matchup in Spain on DAZN, David Benavidez and Janibek Alimkhanuly fighting for interim belts on Showtime and ESPN, respectively, Buatsi-Richards, John’s insistence

Friday’s Golden Ring show in Aguascalientes, Mexico, which will see a number of Cuba’s top amateurs make their professional debuts, won’t feature one of the country’s most prized pupils. El Nuevo Herald reports that Tokyo 2020 lightweight gold medalist Andy Cruz has been pulled from the show after what his chief trainer called a drop

Fight Hub TV’s Marcos Villegas immediately caught up with junior middleweight Tim Tszyu following Jermell Charlo’s undisputed title unification against Brian Castano over the weekend. Tszyu didn’t hide his enthusiasm for what was a truly exciting fight, and says he’s eager to challenge Charlo, believing he has a better chance to do damage to the

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Saturday was a big day in boxing, with Jermell Charlo becoming undisputed king at 154 lbs, Martin Bakole upsetting Tony Yoka, Sergey Kovalev making a successful cruiserweight debut, and a 200 lb Zurdo Ramirez trampling Dominic Boesel, but it was also the anniversary of something Savannah Marshall and Claressa

Jermell Charlo became undisputed champion at 154 lbs last night, beating Brian Castano in a fantastic rematch via 10th round stoppage to unify all four major titles in the junior middleweight division, the first men’s fighter to go undisputed in that division in the four-belt era. Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KO) has been at 154 since