Fighting

Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (9) Michael Hunter vs Jerry Forrest, Dec. 2 Middleweight: (4) Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs Carlos Adames, Dec. 5 Junior Middleweight: (7) Sebastian Fundora vs (10) Sergio Garcia, Dec. 5 Junior Welterweight: (9) Montana Love vs Carlos Diaz, Dec. 4 Lightweight: (5) Devin Haney vs (9) Joseph

Japan’s long tradition of rapid action in response to COVID continued today, as the country set forth a tentative one-month ban on foreign travelers due to the newly emerging Omicron variant. While the December 14th Naoya Inoue vs. Aran Dipaen card remains intact thanks to Dipaen and co-main eventer Wilfredo Mendez entering the country before

It’s official! For real this time! Longtime British rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook have reached terms and are officially scheduled to square off in the ring in a February 19th Matchroom welterweight main event, headlining in Manchester on Sky Sports Box Office. Both fighters held an official press conference early this morning (U.S. time,

In the immediate aftermath of George Kambosos Jr’s stunning upset over Teofimo Lopez to become unified lightweight champion, Teofimo Lopez Sr sat down with Radio Rahim to give his impression of what transpired and why he’s convinced that son fell victim to industry politics. Prepare yourselves for some hardcore denial, folks. On what it felt

George Kambosos Jr is the toast of the boxing world after his upset win over Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, where he out-pointed the heavily-favored ex-titlist to win the WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight straps in New York. Kambosos (20-0, 10 KO) sat down with FightHub TV’s Marcos Villegas the day after the huge win to

George Kambosos Jr did it. After months of being jerked around by incompetent promoters, an opponent who always seemed indifferent to fighting him, and five venues and eight different dates, Kambosos got in the ring with Teofimo Lopez and shocked the world, winning the WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight titles, as well as the Ring

Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr will finally settle things tonight in New York, with prelims action kicking off at 6:15 pm ET and the main card starting at 8:00 pm ET on DAZN. Main event ring walks are expected at approximately 11:00 pm ET. We’ll be here for full coverage all the way, and

Good news for anyone disappointed by a Liam Williams injury scuttling the originally scheduled December 11th showdown between him and Chris Eubank Jr. Sky Sports announced today that the fight will be postponed, and the main event is still on for Cardiff, Wales on January 29th instead. Domestic fight promotions often lean heavily on BAD

Brandon Figueroa and Stephen Fulton Jr headline tonight on Showtime, defending the WBC and WBO 122 lb titles, respectively, in a unification fight between unbeaten young titlists. All live updates including round by round for all three bouts from Wil Esco will come in this stream: The card will also feature another junior featherweight contest,

Amir Khan and Kell Brook are once again in talks for a long-awaited — or overdue, however you want to put it — grudge match to settle a years-long media rivalry. Nick Parkinson of ESPN.com reports that BOXXER, the promotion currently working with Sky Sports, is working on the deal for Feb. 19, 2022, in

We’ve got two big main events on Saturday night, with Teofimo Lopez taking on George Kambosos Jr in a lightweight title bout on DAZN, and Brandon Figueroa and Stephen Fulton Jr unifying junior featherweight titles on Showtime. One fight has the heat and the buzz because the build-up has been so dramatic and theatrical, the

Joe Joyce is eager for his chance at a major heavyweight belt. Unfortunately for him, Oleksandr Usyk is contracted for a rematch with Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte is trying to press his mandatory status against Tyson Fury. With all the belts tied up until well into early 2022, what else could be next for

There was plenty of beefing going on between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr at the Tuesday media workout to hype Saturday night’s Matchroom main event on DAZN. So what was that all about? You may have seen some video snippets going round. In one version from Boxing Social, you hear and see Teofimo’s dad

Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr have brought intensity and nastiness every time they’ve met up, and today’s final press conference ahead of Saturday’s DAZN main event was no different. Lopez (16-0, 12 KO) will be defending his WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight titles against IBF mandatory challenger Kambosos (19-0, 10 KO). While Teofimo will

Jake Paul and Tommy Fury are just about five weeks away from their Showtime pay-per-view main event from Florida, where the two young novice boxers will put their undefeated records on the line in an event way bigger than “two young novice boxers” would indicate. Paul (4-0, 3 KO) will for the first time face

Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr have a habit of bringing heat any time they’re in the same building — and if not them, their teams, as we saw at Tuesday’s media workout — and there seems a good chance we’ll see more emotion and trash talk at today’s final press conference. Lopez and Kambosos

After a satisfying weekend headlined by Terence Crawford’s TKO of Shawn Porter, the boxing world looks ahead to the next major event: Saturday’s long-awaited lightweight showdown between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. As is their custom, Scott and the gang have put up the velvet rope and sequestered themselves in the VIP Employee Lounge

Prior to his September defense against mandatory challenger Francisco Rodriguez Jr., WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka expressed his desire to unify with IBF champ Jerwin Ancajas. It looks like he’ll get his wish, as Mike Coppinger reports that the two are “finalizing a deal” to square off on one of Japan’s annual New Year’s