Fighting

Middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo was taken into custody yesterday by local police in Texas after being charged with assaulting a family/household member after already having a previous conviction. Charlo was arrested around 1:30 p.m. by Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and was being held on $10,000 bail. TMZ reports that Charlo allegedly punched or grabbed

John Ryder’s win over Daniel Jacobs won’t go down without any controversy or debate, but in the end, he got the split decision in their WBA super middleweight eliminator in a strangely compelling fight that looked one-sided early but became a lot more interesting in the middle rounds. Ryder (31-5, 17 KO) won two cards

Lightweight Ryan Garcia has make a sudden but perhaps not-all-so surprising change in his team as he’s announced that he’ll be parting ways with lead trainer Eddy Reynoso and enlisting Joe Goosen in his place as he’ll move his training camp to his own gym in San Diego. Garcia is scheduled to make his return

Our live coverage will begin at 2 pm ET. We’ll have fight-by-fight updates, results, and highlights, including round-by-round for the main event: Along with Jacobs vs Ryder, the main card features returns for Matchroom prospects Johnny Fisher, Ellie Scotney, and Austin Williams, plus middleweight contender Felix Cash coming back and looking to move toward a

After recent reports surfaced indicating that Canelo Alvarez may be nearing a fight against Dmitry Bivol for his next outing, David Benavidez took a moment to give his take on that potential fight. When the fight was first seriously mentioned there weren’t many who appreciated my appraisal of Bivol’s style going against someone like Canelo,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Kell Brook is now just little over a week away from his long anticipated showdown with hated rival Amir Khan, and with Brook looking forward to the bout he also mentions to Sky Sports that he watched and learned some lessons from Liam Williams’ recent bout against Chris Eubank

You don’t often see a star prospect’s promoter go on television and tell the world that someone beat his fighter. But that’s exactly what happened last weekend after Raymond Ford won a controversial split decision over Edward Vazquez on the undercard of Cuadras-Rodriguez. Eddie Hearn, Ford’s promoter, said on the DAZN broadcast that he thought

During a media interview with David Benavidez, he talks about his inability to really lure some big names into a fight against him next, namely Jermall Charlo and Caleb Plant, and then goes on to say he expects them to face each other next instead. Benavidez adds that while he may not be in line

Felix Cash is looking to break into the middleweight world title race after taking nearly a year off, and his quest to go past domestic level in the United Kingdom begins Saturday, when he faces Magomed Madiev on the Jacobs-Ryder undercard. Cash, 28, won the Commonwealth title in 2019 and made three defenses, unifying with

So much for that WBC tournament. The WBA has officially ordered unified super flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada to defend his “super” title against “world” champion Joshua Franco, giving the two sides until March 11th to come to terms. It’s a disappointing move, but one that makes sense. Estrada (42-3, 28 KO), who recently withdrew

Shawn Porter made a recent appearance on his podcast yesterday where he called fast-rising welterweight Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis an overrated fighter, saying he needs to back up the hype around him with some notable wins in the welterweight division. “Boots is overrated,” Porter said on his podcast. “Boots is overrated and this is why I

During a press conference officially announcing the April 30th undisputed women’s lightweight unification between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, Serrano spoke on the dais about her wishes to turn their big event into exactly what it would be for their male counterparts — a full twelve rounds with three minutes of action as opposed to

AllStar Boxing announced today that Tony Yoka and Martin Bakole are once again scheduled to trade hands at Paris’ Accor Arena, this time on March 14th. The new date comes almost exactly four months after the original, January 15th, which fell through due to France limiting the venue’s maximum capacity as part of their anti-omicron

“El Alacran” is back after a year away. Mike Coppinger, confirming an earlier report from Salvador Rodriguez, brings word that Miguel Berchelt has “agreed” to face Jeremiah Nakathila in March 26th ESPN main event. Berchelt (38-2, 34 KO) enjoyed a four-year reign as WBC super featherweight champion, ultimately establishing himself as the division’s clear number

The Filip Hrgovic IBF Eliminator Saga may finally be over. Dan Rafael reports that 13th-ranked Zhang Zhilei has accepted the call to face “El Animal” for a shot at the heavyweight title after 12th-ranked Demsey McKean declined. For those counting at home, that makes for a final total of four contenders that declined due to

Toledo’s WTOL 11 reports that former lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. suffered three gunshot wounds while fleeing from an armed robber, who wound up taking “two gold chains, three diamond rings and Easter’s cell phone.” Easter underwent surgery “to remove bullet fragments,” though his father tells Golden Boy’s Ernie Gabion that there’s nothing “life threatening.”

Once again, we won’t have another update next week, as there’s just not much going on this coming weekend. So the next rankings update will come on Monday, February 21. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Super Middleweight: (7) John Ryder vs (8) Daniel Jacobs, Feb. 12 Middleweight: (6) Jaime Munguia vs D’Mitrius Ballard, Feb.

You may remember a couple years ago at the NFC Championship, actor Rob Lowe became an internet sensation by attending the game and wearing a cap that supported neither the Green Bay Packers nor the San Francisco 49ers, but instead the National Football League: Just over two years later, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, attending the