Fighting

DAZN and Social Media, 3:00 pm ET, Rungvisai vs Cuadras 2 weigh-in. PPV, 3:00 pm ET, Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Williams, Claressa Shields vs Ema Kozin. FITE have this one for $30, also airing on Sky Sports for those of you in the United Kingdom. Eubank-Williams is a really good matchup, one I’m excited

A slow month of boxing wrapped up on ESPN from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Robson Conceicao bounced back from his decision loss to Oscar Valdez with a clear and unanimous victory over Xavier Martinez. Martinez started out well, applying pressure and staggering Conceicao (17-1, 8 KO) with a nice left hook late in the third round.

There’s a fair bit of news from the WBO to get through, so we’ll start a bit that slipped under the radar on Wednesday: bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero’s mandatory title defense against Paul Butler has been rescheduled for April 23rd in Liverpool. The approval report doesn’t end there, however; it also notes that Casimero

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN is back tonight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, with Robson Conceicao facing Xavier Martinez in a junior lightweight main event set for 10 rounds. John Hansen will be on the live coverage tonight starting at 10 pm ET with the main card, with updates and commentary coming in the comments section below.

Here’s a new update on the “Demetrius Andrade to super middleweight” news that broke earlier this week. The WBO has officially ordered a pair of interim title fights: Andrade vs. Zach Parker at super middleweight and Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Esquiva Falcao at middleweight. All parties have 10 days to come to terms and avoid purse

Around two weeks back, Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler stated his desire to pit Teofimo Lopez against undefeated Arnold Barboza in the former’s super lightweight debut. Now, Lopez manager David McWater tells Dan Rafael that while “there have been no offers yet or a specific date,” they are “looking at” staging the fight in April

Chris Colbert and Roger Gutierrez are set for a main event fight on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, Feb. 26, with the winner set to come away as the true recognized WBA champion at 130 lbs, with Gervonta Davis giving up their “super world” title belt, leaving only Gutierrez’s previously secondary “world” title strap recognized

There’s a bizarre saga that’s flown under the radar these past few months: the WBA’s attempts to pit “super” light flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi against “world” champ Esteban Bermudez. They first ordered it back in June, but Matchroom tried to pull a fast one and have Bermudez defend his belt against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, prompting

It took two weeks to finalize, but it’s here. Undisputed lightweight titlist Katie Taylor and seven-division champion Amanda Serrano, two of the top pound-for-pound women on the planet, are officially set to duke it out at Madison Square Garden on April 30th. And yes, it’s MSG proper, not Hulu Theater. Taylor (20-0, 6 KO) was

Thus ends the middleweight reign of Demetrius Andrade. With a purse bid looming for his mandated WBO middleweight title defense against Janibek Alimkhanuly, Chris Mannix reports that “Boo Boo” will instead vacate the title and move to super middleweight, where his team is “working on completing” a deal to meet Zach Parker in a final

Less than a month into 2022 and the Canelo Sweepstakes is already in full swing. Though Alvarez’s trainer Eddie Reynoso previously declared an interest in pitting his charge against WBC cruiserweight champ Ilunga Makabu, who defends his title this Saturday against Thabiso Mchunu, Mike Coppinger reports that Alvarez has received offers from both Al Haymon’s

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