Fighting

Ryan Garcia broke a 15-month layoff with a win over Emmanuel Tagoe on Saturday in San Antonio, and now attention will turn to what comes next for the 23-year-old star fighter, one of boxing’s true main event A-sides at the moment. Garcia (22-0, 18 KO) is getting sort of mixed reviews. He went 12 rounds

Gabriel Rosado has often been the underdog in his boxing career, but last night in San Antonio, he came in a solid if not crazy favorite against Shane Mosley Jr, only to find himself taking his 15th loss. It wasn’t the outcome Rosado (26-15-1, 15 KO) or most expected. The 36-year-old veteran has never quite

DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs van Heerden press conference. Note: We’ll add times and listings for the Spence-Ugas fight week events when Showtime releases them. DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs van Heerden weigh-in. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Gavin Gwynne vs Luke Willis. The vacant British lightweight title

Sebastian Fundora and Erickson Lubin put on a fantastic show in Las Vegas, trading brutal punches and thrilling knockdowns in a phenomenally entertaining action fight that ended with Fundora victorious after nine rounds from a courageous and appropriate corner stoppage by Team Lubin. Lubin (24-2, 17 KO) was the gambler’s favorite and a unanimous choice

Gennadiy Golovkin stopped Ryota Murata in the ninth round to unify the IBF and WBA middleweight titles, setting up a September trilogy fight with Canelo Alvarez. Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO) had a slow start in this one, undeniably looking his age at the get-go, and realistically throughout the bout. This was not the Gennadiy Golovkin

Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata are ready to unify middleweight titles in Japan, with DAZN streaming the show today from Saitama’s Super Arena. Live coverage will start at 5 am ET, with the main event ring walks scheduled for around 8 am ET. Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates and round-by-round for

While Eddie Hearn claims that the pending rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua could land in either “late June” or “early-to-mid July,” Dan Rafael claims there’s a more specific working date: July 23, potentially in the Middle East. The initial date on the table was June 25th, but it’s not surprising to see them

With Gabriel Rosado set to make his next appearance against Shane Mosley Jr, the former contender shares a few quick thoughts on some big upcoming fights including Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol and a potential third fight between Canelo and Golovkin. Check out some of what Rosado had to say below. Rosado on Canelo-Bivol “I

Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata made weight today in Japan, setting up Saturday’s fight, which will stream live on DAZN, and we’ll be here in the early morning hours with full live coverage, including round-by-round for the main event. Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KO) and Murata (16-2, 13 KO) both came in at the middleweight limit

Top Rank has no shortage of confidence in unified WBO/IBF super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer’s star power. ESPN reports that Mayer has signed a “multiyear extension with Top Rank that will earn her seven figures over the life of the deal” ahead of Saturday’s clash with Jennifer Han. Said deal mandates three fights per year.

As expected, the WBA has officially ordered “super” featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz to face “world” champion Leigh Wood as part of their surprisingly consistent title reduction effort. The pair have 30 days as of today (meaning until May 6th) to come to terms and avoid a purse bid. Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19 KO) has

Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring, kind of, for a May 14 exhibition bout against club fighter Don Moore, with the bout taking place on a hotel helipad in Dubai. TMZ reported the news this evening. Anderson Silva and Badou Jack will also be part of the event. Mayweather, who turned 45 in February,

Ahead of his scheduled April 16 welterweight title unification with Yordenis Ugas, airing live on Showtime PPV, unified titleholder Errol Spence sits down for a lengthy conversation with Brian Custer of the Last Stand Podcast. During this installment Spence shares thoughts on his recovery from his car crash, this upcoming fight, and what could he’ll

Groupe Yvon Michel recently announced that after nearly two years on the sidelines, former light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez will return to action on May 5th in a cruiserweight bout against TBA. Alvarez (25-2, 13 KO), who famously flattened Sergey Kovalev for the WBO title in 2018 before losing it in their rematch, hasn’t fought

Matchroom head honcho Eddie Hearn, speaking with Ak and Barak on the DAZN Boxing Show, laid out his plans for Ryan Garcia’s immediate future after this Saturday’s bout with Emmanuel Tagoe. With George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney potentially slated for back-to-back bouts and Gervonta Davis busy with Rolando Romero in May, Hearn wants “Kingry”

With towering super welterweight Sebastian Fundora set to take on former world title contender Erickson Lubin this Saturday night on Showtime, Fundora says he’s not looking to get out of his comfort zone, and will willing engage Lubin in an action fight. “I learned against Garcia that I’m in great condition and that I can

For the first time since 1962, Cuban fighters are free to compete professionally without needing to defect. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that the nation’s boxing federation lifted the 60-year ban after striking a deal with Golden Ring promotions, which will host a May 20th show in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Said show tentatively features some of the

This past Saturday, unbeaten super featherweight Joe Cordina retweeted a report from NoSmokeBoxing claiming that he’d challenge IBF champion Kenichi Ogawa “in early June” at Cardiff’s Motorsport Arena. Cordina (14-0, 8 KO), who went 1-1 at the 2016 Olympic Games, sits at #3 in the rankings behind Shavkatzhdon Rakhimov and Zelfa Barrett. He enjoyed a