Fighting

Artur Beterbiev retained his WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles in Montreal, knocking out Marcus Browne in a Montreal main event that saw both fighters bloodied, but only one truly battered. Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KO) and Browne (24-2, 16 KO) both lost a good amount of blood starting in round four, as an accidental clash

Israil Madrimov won his WBA junior middleweight eliminator over Michel Soro today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but there’s a lot more to the story than that. In a compelling fight where both Madrimov (8-0, 6 KO) and Soro (35-3-1, 24 KO) had success, but Madrimov seemed to be getting the better of things through eight rounds

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jake Paul was supposed to be fighting Tommy Fury on Saturday, but instead will be rematching Tyron Woodley, four months after their first bout, once again on Showtime pay-per-view. Paul (4-0, 3 KO) saw his stoppage streak end with an eight-round decision over UFC veteran Woodley, who was making

As revealed at the end of October, top super lightweights Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza will headline a February 5th ESPN+ show in Fresno, which also features the pro debut of Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Richard Torrez Jr. As Scott pointed out in the above-linked piece, it’s an excellent matchup, one of the best

Jake Paul is set to headline a Showtime PPV this Saturday night when he takes on Tyron Woodley in an unexpected rematch, but Paul is at least saying he has eyes on much bigger fights in the boxing world for his future, including one against the biggest star in the sport in Canelo Alvarez. Of

Keith Idec reports and Mike Coppinger confirms that former Money Team super featherweight prospect Xavier Martinez has signed with Top Rank, a partnership that begins January 29th when Martinez faces Robson Conceicao in Tulsa, OK. The parting appears to have been amicable, as Leonard Ellerbe took to Twitter to wish Martinez (17-0, 11 KO) the

Matchroom has made a slight adjustment to its upcoming schedule. Dan Rafael reports that Liam Smith’s pending grudge match with Jessie Vargas, previously slated for January 29th, will now take place a week later on February 5th. The initial date would have seen it go head-to-head with Xavier Martinez vs. Robson Conceicao on ESPN and

During an Instagram live stream, lightweight Ryan Garcia addresses and responds to fan questions and explains why he’s confident he’s got what it takes to beat Devin Haney. Garcia also goes on to say that he’s first trying to land a fight against Isaac Cruz who’s just recently coming off a decision loss to Gervonta

A triangle is a simple shape, but intellectual property law in the United States is very, very complex. When Triller announced Triad Combat as “a revolutionary, new combat team sport,” our own Patrick Stumberg summarized things as “basically BKFC, but dumber.” The event seemed like a hasty effort to compete with the scheduled date for

In a rather unexpected turn of events, Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix reports that super middleweights Daniel Jacobs and John Ryder are in “advanced negotiations” to face off early next year. It’s a bit of an understatement to say that the road to this one has been winding. Ryder (29-5, 16 KO) got the order to

Showtime will look to start 2022 strong next month with a ShoBox tripleheader composed of six undefeated fighters. A lightweight clash between Luis Nunez and Carlos Arrieta headlines the January 7th event, which takes place at Orlando, Florida’s Caribe Royale Resort. The 22-year-old Nunez (15-0, 11 KO) has fought the entirety of his three-year pro

Lamont Roach Jr is an unabashed fan of boxing. When the 26 year old super featherweight isn’t in the ring himself, odds are he’s watching the show. Spotlight pay-per-view fights? All-time action classics? Shocking upsets? Controversial situations? Even when the action involves less-than-thrilling, occasionally underwhelming performances? Lamont is tuned in, just like any other boxing

According to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, Mexican sensation and pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez might be on the hunt for another fight aside from Ilunga Makabu. Makabu appears to be caught in a situation that forces him to make a mandatory title defense against Thabiso Mchunu next instead of taking an optional defense against Canelo,

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)