Fighting

PPV (Japan), 1:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Aren Dipaen. Inoue vs Dipaen is a pretty huge mismatch on paper, a top pound-for-pound star facing a 12-2 guy BoxRec have ranked No. 50 in the world at bantamweight, who really hasn’t beaten anyone of any note at all. It’s a ridiculous ordered fight by the

It was a busy Saturday in boxing, with three living legends picking up wins, a handful of world titles successfully defended, and a big name prospect continuing a strong run of form with another good win. So what comes next for some of this weekend’s winners? Vasiliy Lomachenko What He Did: Lomachenko won a dominant

Nonito Donaire continued his impressive late-career run tonight in Showtimes’s main event, stopping Reymart Gaballo on a 4th round left hook to the liver that put Gaballo down for the count. Donaire (42-6, 28 KOs) come out pressuring Gaballo (24-1, 20 KOs) but Gaballo was game and was prepared to enact his gameplan, utilizing his

Jared Anderson TKO-2 Oleksandr Teslenko On paper, if you don’t look very closely, this was a “big step up” for the 22-year-old Anderson, who is now 11-0 (11 KO), but if you looked closely, you saw that Teslenko (17-2, 13 KO) was a 29-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian with a paper-thin record and had been stopped in five

Dmitry Bivol returns to the ring in Russia to defend his WBA light heavyweight title against Umar Salamov, with DAZN airing the fights starting at 11:40 am ET. BLH will be here for live coverage. All live updates including round by round for the main event will come in this stream: Bivol (18-0, 11 KO)

Conor Benn will take on Chris Algieri in the main event from Liverpool, with Katie Taylor defending her lightweight crown and much more. John Hansen will be here for live coverage, which will take place in the comments section below. Coverage kicks off with the main card streaming on DAZN at 1 pm ET, with

News broke this morning that WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero had withdrawn from his mandated title defense against Paul Butler due to a bout of “viral gastritis.” Though there were early rumblings that Casimero could be stripped of his title, which would then be up for grabs between Butler and late replacement Joseph Agbeko,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz During this conversation with Fight Hub TV, Nonito Donaire takes some time to chat with Marcos Villegas regarding this weekend’s title defense against Reymart Gaballo, how he’s feeling at this stage of his career, and his expectations moving forward. Check out some excerpts of what Donaire had to say

Early last year, Don King submitted a $2,000,000 bid to claim ownership of Mahmoud Charr vs. Trevor Bryan for the WBA “world” heavyweight title. That wound up devolving into a complete shitshow, leaving Bryan to pummel Bermane Stiverne and Charr to file a lawsuit against King alleging a number of improprieties that kept him from

Matchup: Nonito Donaire vs Reymart Gaballo I said in the schedule post for this week that Nonito Donaire is someone whose career we should all feel blessed to have witnessed, a special fighter in and out of the ring, someone who has been a real leader in the sport over the years. For me, it

Just a day before they were slated to go to purse bids, WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas and mandatory challenger Eimantas Stanionis have “finalized” an agreement for their upcoming title fight. Mike Coppinger reports that the bout is targeted for “springtime” in the States, though “there’s no set date or location yet.” Ugas (27-4, 12

Despite seemingly being on track to face Jeremias Ponce in an IBF final eliminator, Subriel Matias will instead be taking care of some unfinished business his next time out. Matias’ promoters announced and Lou DiBella confirmed that he’ll rematch Petros Ananyan on Showtime’s January 22nd Gary Russell Jr. vs. Mark Magsayo card. Matias (17-1, 17

Today Sky Sports held an official press conference for Josh Taylor vs Jack Catteral, which had originally been postponed and now scheduled for Feb. 26. Both fighters were in attendance in London where they discussed their fight for all of Taylor’s trophies as undisputed junior welterweight champion, and both were promising to bring it come

Seniesa Estrada makes the most of her opportunities in the spotlight. You may know her from her triumph in a “bloody grudge match” against Marlen Esparza. You may have seen viral video highlights of her record-setting KO in just seven seconds against Miranda Adkins, a controversial late replacement opponent. Or, you may have caught her

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The International Boxing Hall of Fame has announced its newest slate of inductees, which will join both the Class of 2020 and 2021 in a ceremony this coming June. This year’s honorees: Four-division champion, pound-for-pound stalwart, and one of the most spectacular fighters in modern history, Roy Jones Jr.

Tommy Fury has come out to give a public statement on his withdrawal from the Jake Paul fight, scheduled for Showtime PPV on Dec. 18, which will now be replaced by Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley 2. During the video Fury details how he contracted a chest infection during training camp before subsequently suffering a

Japan’s new COVID restrictions may have scuttled IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas’ plans to face WBO champ Kazuto Ioka in a New Year’s Eve unification, but he’s still planning to get in the ring before winter’s end. Promoter Sean Gibbons tells Sports Nippon that Ancajas intends to defend his title in January before revisiting

Junior middleweight prospect Hamzah Sheeraz has heard the criticism of himself and referee Steve Gray from this past Saturday’s stoppage win over Bradley Skeete, and Sheeraz is both owning up to the foul and offering Skeete a chance at a rematch to clear the controversy. Sheeraz, 22, had plenty of trouble with the 34-year-old Skeete,