Fighting

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,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Gervonta Davis’ close but deserved decision win over Isaac Cruz is kicking up a ton of chatter online, and of course some of that is coming from their fellow boxing pros. Mostly, the fight has gotten good reviews, and both Davis (26-0, 24 KO) and Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KO)

DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs Algieri press conference. ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Lomachenko vs Commey press conference. A pivotal fight in a division that has lapped welterweight for actually being interesting and exciting, despite TV people still holding onto welterweight being so great. Wouldn’t expect much fireworks at

Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to action tonight on Showtime pay-per-view, facing Isaac Cruz in a 12-round lightweight main event from Los Angeles, in what will be the final big fight before the Staples Center is renamed later this month. Live coverage will begin at 8 pm ET. All updates, including round by round and live

George Kambosos Jr was in attendance for Devin Haney’s win over Joseph Diaz Jr tonight in Las Vegas — and even did some analyst work for DAZN while he was there — and was happy to field questions about possibly fighting Haney next in what would be a full undisputed championship fight at lightweight. Kambosos,

Anthony Yarde put in what was surely the best performance of his pro career, knocking out Lyndon Arthur in the fourth round to get some revenge from last year’s first fight between the two, win the Commonwealth light heavyweight title, and likely set himself up for another world title shot. Yarde (22-2, 21 KO) started

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Isaac Cruz will hit the scales today in Los Angeles, as they’re set to headline Sunday night’s Showtime pay-per-view at the Staples Center, in what will be the last boxing event under that name before it changes on Christmas Day. Updates from the weigh-in will come in this stream, if you’re

Kerman Lejarraga retained his European junior middleweight title with a brutal ninth round knockout of Jack Flatley today in Bilbao, Spain, a briefly scary scene that did see Flatley up and OK after quickly receiving medical attention. Lejarraga (34-2, 26 KO) dropped Flatley (17-2-1, 4 KO) in the first round and again in the eighth,

Matchroom return to Spain today, with Kerman Lejarraga defending his European 154 lb title against Jack Flatley in the DAZN main event from Bilbao. We’ll have this post up for live discussion for those watching, and I’ll be somewhat in and out, possibly, but here for most of the show at the very least. It’s

Devin Haney is set to defend his WBC lightweight title against Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr in a Saturday night DAZN main event, another big fight that will help set the stage for 2022 and beyond in the lightweight division. We’ve already seen a shocker with George Kambosos Jr upsetting Teofimo Lopez last weekend, and we’ve

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Isaac Cruz headline a Sunday night pay-per-view from Showtime on Dec. 5, and the two fighters met up at their final press conference today to give some fight week thoughts. Davis (25-0, 24 KO) is a heavy favorite against Cruz (22-1-1, 15 KO), but we’ve

Devin Haney and Joseph Diaz Jr, along with the rest of Saturday night’s DAZN fighters, will take to the stage this afternoon at 4 pm ET for the final press conference ahead of this weekend’s card. The event will stream live in the video up top. Haney (26-0, 15 KO) will be defending the WBC

During a video interview with talkSPORT, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum discusses his company’s plans for the upcoming year, Tyson Fury’s return, potential difficulties posed by the new COVID-19 variant, and towards the end also touches on the subject of Terence Crawford’s free agency after he’s completing his contract with the company. With Arum directly

Though a WBA final eliminator against Michel Rivera was on the table, Jorge Linares is taking a different road. RCC Boxing, with whom Linares recently signed, has confirmed that he’ll face Zaur Abdullaev in Russia on February 22nd. The WBC previously affirmed that the bout will be considered a “semifinal eliminator.” Linares (47-6, 29 KO)

Former lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr received a sentence of two years probation in his trial for simple assault. The sentence comes after Easter revised his plea from “not guilty” to “no contest” and was found guilty of the charge earlier this month. Multiple news outlets in Toledo, Ohio are reporting that Easter Jr will

Dolph Lundgren recently dropped a tantalizing hint about a possible upcoming “Rocky” spinoff film focused on his iconic Ivan Drago character. Lundgren recently gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter while promoting “Castle Falls” — an action film he directed and co-starred in that hits U.S. theaters and streaming this Friday, December 3rd. When discussing

Triller’s next major card has gotten some last-second adjustments. With Andrey Fedosov out of his planned December 2nd TrillerVerz headliner against Junior Wright due to injury, Michael Hunter will now lead the show in a ten-round bout with veteran Jerry Forrest. It’s not exactly a blockbuster attraction, but it’s a hell of a lot more