Fighting

Blair “The Flair” Cobbs picked up the most noteworthy win of his career by beating Adrien Broner tonight in Florida, taking a 10-round unanimous decision victory. Judges scored the fight 96-93, 96-93, and 97-91 for Cobbs, who put Broner on the canvas in the second round but otherwise never came close to finishing the fight

Xander Zayas returns to action tonight to face Patrick Teixeira in an ESPN main event from the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas (18-0, 12 KO) continues to work his way up the 154 lb ladder, as the 21-year-old Puerto Rican rising star fights for the first time in 2024, facing former titleholder Teixeira (34-4,

Manny Pacquiao hasn’t fought professionally since losing to Yordenis Ugas back in 2021, but he’s considering a return to the ring this fall as Mike Coppinger of ESPN reports that he’s being considered for a fall WBC world title fight with interim champion Mario Barrios. “I made history at 40 beating Keith Thurman and I

It wasn’t the prettiest fight, but former undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall emerged victorious in her mixed martial arts debut against Mirela Vargas. Marshall (13-1, 10 KO Boxing, 1-0 MMA) was predictably vicious on the feet and inept with her leg kick defense and leg kick defense against the hand-picked Vargas (1-3 MMA); Marshall

Salvador Rodriguez, confirming an earlier report from Viva Promotions, brings word that former featherweight champion Mark Magsayo will meet Eduardo Ramirez in a “WBC Super Featherweight title eliminator” on PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin show in Las Vegas. Magsayo (25-2, 17 KO) is best known for freeing the WBC featherweight title from

Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after Christian Mbilli’s 40-second wipeout of Mark Heffron, Top Rank has officially announced “Solide’s” previously revealed August 17th showdown with Sergiy Derevyanchenko. ESPN and ESPN+ carry the broadcast in the States, Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. As I mentioned in the post above, Mbilli (27-0,

Former undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford is another belt lighter at 147 with the WBC moving to name Crawford their champion in recess as he gets set to challenge Israil Madrimov for a 154 lb WBA world title on Aug. 3. The move presumably makes space for others to either contend or move into the

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet again, with Turki Alalshikh announcing that the heavyweights will square off in their expected rematch on Saturday, Dec. 21, from Saudi Arabia. Usyk defeated Fury on May 18 in Riyadh, becoming boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, unifying the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles.

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Heavyweight Zhilei Zhang will be back in action this weekend when he takes on Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia, and says he still looks as Wilder as the dangerous fighter he was known as a few years ago. But despite his expectations to face a fully motivated Wilder, Zhang

Despite confronting undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in the ring after “The Monster’s” knockout of Luis Nery, IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman isn’t jumping straight into a title fight. No Limit Boxing announced yesterday that Goodman will meet Chainoi Worawut atop a July 10th show in Wollongong. The plan is reportedly to face Inoue

As Dmitry Bivol readies himself to take on a replacement opponent this weekend, he talks to reporters about learning the news of Artur Beterbiev’s injury which will pushed back their heavily anticipated meeting. Instead Bivol will take on Malik Zinad this weekend but is still confident that his fight with Beterbiev will take place at

So, remember how the WBA officially named Jono Carroll the mandatory challenger for Lamont Raoch Jr’s super featherweight title earlier this year, only to turn around and allow Roach to fight the hapless Feargal McCrory in a couple weeks? It turns out that they’ve altered the deal further, as Carroll will now face Tokyo gold

Nearly two months after its initial reveal, Teofimo Lopez’s next title defense is official. Top Rank announced today that “The Takeover” will meet Canadian veteran Steve Claggett on June 29th at Miami, Florida’s James L. Knight Center. It’s worth noting that this ESPN show will almost certainly run head-to-head with Juan Francisco Estrada vs. “Bam”

Heading into this weekend’s rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, Matchroom Boxing and DAZN release behind the scenes footage of the entire build-up to this sequel which has been delayed several times. Taylor, who won a controversial decision over Catterall in the first meeting, will have the opportunity to prove himself the superior fighter

It’s rare in boxing to be offered the perfect moment to bow out. The perfect moment to say goodbye and stroll off into the sunset. Like haunted gamblers gripped by addiction, generations of fighters have found it impossible to cash their chips in at the opportune moment and are still found sitting at the table

Next update will come on Monday, June 3. Ranked fights this period: Heavyweight: (6) Zhilei Zhang vs (9) Deontay Wilder, June 1 Heavyweight: (5) Filip Hrgovic vs Daniel Dubois, June 1 Light Heavyweight: (1) Dmitry Bivol vs Malik Zinad, June 1 Super Middleweight: (3) Christian Mbilli vs Mark Heffron, May 25 Middleweight: (7) Hamzah Sheeraz

Another day, another Queensberry show called “The Magnificent Seven.” Frank Warren announced today that the latest installment will land at Resorts World Casino in Birmingham on July 20th. Rising super bantamweight Liam Davies (16-0, 8 KO) gets the spotlight this time after an impressive two-round mauling of Erik Robles Ayala, battling fellow unbeaten Shabaz Masoud

Step aside, Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury, it’s time for a real heavyweight fight. Matchroom announced today that cult heroes Johnny Fisher and Alen Babic will meet atop a July 6th NXTGEN show at London’s Copper Box Arena. “I have no words other than I am locked in and ready for the hardest fight of