Fighting

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The oft-delayed purse bid for Tyson Fury’s WBC-ordered mandatory heavyweight defense against Dillian Whyte has been postponed once again. The WBC is calling this a “final extension,” and the new deadline is this Friday, January 28th. Originally reported by ESPN’s Mike Coppinger and announced shortly thereafter by the WBC,

Who’s ready for some beef? While the British public will have to spring for Sky Sports Box Office to watch Amir Khan face Kell Brook on February 19th, BOXXER has revealed that American viewers will have access to both the main event and “select undercard bouts” on ESPN+. As far as what those “select” bouts

A Denver youth boxing organization is asking for help recovering or replacing over $25,000 of boxing equipment stolen last week. Late in the night on Monday, January 19th, thieves drove off with a trailer belonging to Denver Police Brotherhood Youth Boxing. Inside was a boxing ring, medical equipment, gloves, timers and bells, and everything else

With former welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman set to end over two years of inactivity in a February 5th fight against Mario Barrios, PBC on FOX has released it’s promotional preview video on the bout, which can be viewed in its entirety above. “The fact that I’ve been out for two years is one of the

Following recent reports that indicated Anthony Joshua has accepted a step aside deal to pave way for an undisputed title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, well, Joshua claims it’s all bullshit. Coming out to speak directly to the public, Joshua makes it clear that that he hasn’t accepted any sort of deal and

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Bad news for those eager to watch Naoya Inoue do more terrible things to human skulls. Long-running Japanese periodical Sports Hochi reports that with Japan’s tightened travel restrictions extended until at least the end of February, “The Monster’s” ring return is now targeted for June. Unsurprisingly, his main targets

PPV, 6:00 pm ET, Joahnys Argilagos vs Michell Banquez. A Warriors Boxing show from Florida, $15 on FITE TV. Argilagos is a talented Cuban bantamweight but not a blue chip guy or anything; he had some trouble a couple fights ago, not that it means the world, but it is the sort of thing that

Rumors are circulating across multiple British newspapers that Anthony Joshua is about to accept an eight-figure sum to surrender his mandatory rematch with Oleksandr Usyk and make way for a full four belt undisputed heavyweight unification between Usyk and Tyson Fury. Most notably, Gareth A. Davies reports in The Telegraph that Joshua is on the

Showtime Championship Boxing is back this Saturday night, with Gary Russell Jr returning from an amazing two-year layoff instead of his standard one-year absence, making a mandatory defense of his WBC featherweight title against challenger Mark Magsayo. Russell (31-1, 18 KO) has held his title since beating Jhonny Gonzalez in 2015, making a whopping five

Mark Magsayo was a solid underdog and not given too big of a chance by many against Gary Russell Jr, but the Filipino kept his undefeated record and gained the WBC featherweight title, kicking off Showtime’s 2022 boxing schedule with an upset majority decision win. Magsayo (24-0, 16 KO) won on scores of 114-114, 115-113,

Back to the drawing board. Martin Bakole’s recent push to enforce his contracted fight with Tony Yoka has borne fruit, as Dan Rafael reports that the IBF declared Yoka “unavailable” for his planned eliminator against Filip Hrgovic. Bakole’s (17-1, 13 KO) team alleged that Yoka’s (11-0, 9 KO) promoters declared in writing that their doomed

Showtime Championship Boxing returns tonight, with Gary Russell Jr defending his WBC featherweight title against mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo in the main event. We’ll have full round-by-round coverage starting at 9 pm ET. Wil Esco will be on the call for all three fights on the card, with live updates coming in this stream: Along

Kid Galahad’s featherweight campaign is over. The recently deposed IBF champ tells the Sheffield Star that he’ll be fighting at 130 pounds going forward, starting with a March clash against TBA, and could go all the way up to lightweight in the future. “He (Martinez) was getting battered,” Galahad said. “The reason why he won

During this video interview with Ray Flores, Mario Barrios discusses his upcoming welterweight bout against Keith Thurman and bouncing back from his first loss to Gervonta Davis. Barrios takes on Thurman on February 5th and shares some of his thoughts leading into the fight. Check out some of what he had to say below. Barrios

With former welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman set to make his return to the ring after over two years of inactivity, scheduled for a bout with Mario Barrios on Feb. 5, Thurman gives a public statement on coming back after losing in his biggest career fight against Manny Pacquiao and how despite that pain of receiving

We’ve known about it since last week, but now it’s official. Super middleweight up-and-comer Edgar Berlanga’s next fight will see him face veteran Steve Rolls on March 19th, headlining a prospect-filled ESPN tripleheader at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Berlanga (18-0, 16 KO) is looking for a standout performance after last October’s shaky win over

Well, this definitely wasn’t on my 2022 bingo card. Both Mike Coppinger and Keith Idec report that former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and unbeaten Meng Fanlong are “finalizing” a deal to meet atop a March 12th Triller Fight Club card in Los Angeles. Despite both men spending their careers at 175 pounds, they’ll fight

Something was bound to come up. Just under a week after Tony Yoka accepted the IBF’s order to face former Olympic rival Filip Hrgovic in a final eliminator, ESPN reports that Martin Bakole’s team “sent letters to the IBF” requesting that they cancel the bout, as Yoka is allegedly still under contract to meet Bakole