Fighting

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz After earning the rights to stage the bout during last month’s purse bid, Top Rank has officially announced that Artur Beterbiev will defend his WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles against Marcus Browne on December 17th in Montreal. Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KO), the most cursed man on the face

Dubai-based D4G Boxing Promotions has revealed a remarkably name-dense card for Friday, November 26th on ESPN+. The main event sees Ohara Davies challenge WBA “gold” super lightweight champion Ismael Barroso in a title eliminator, while Badou Jack makes his cruiserweight debut and Rocky Fielding returns to action earlier in the evening. “Two Tanks” Davis (22-2,

Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no update on October 4. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Cruiserweight: (1) Mairis Briedis vs Artur Mann, Oct. 16 Middleweight: (6) Chris Eubank Jr vs Wanik Awdijan, Oct. 16 Welterweight: (8) Mikey Garcia vs Sandor Martin, Oct. 16 Featherweight: (2) Emanuel Navarrete vs Joet Gonzalez, Oct.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight war for the ages on Saturday night, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum had, of course, one of the best seats in the house. The 89-year-old Arum was as amazed as anyone by what he saw take place in the fight, where Fury climbed off

Deontay Wilder definitely didn’t get the result he wanted on Saturday, as he was stopped in 11 rounds by Tyson Fury, but the epic heavyweight slugfest may have rehabbed his reputation, anyway, and given a new appreciation for the level of toughness and heart he has. Wilder did not take part in the post-fight press

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are done with their trilogy, settling things with an incredible heavyweight war on Saturday night, where Fury stopped Wilder in the 11th round to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight titles. So what’s next for the two heavyweight stars? One may have a pretty clear direction — he at

UFC Fight Pass, 9:00 pm ET, Lester Martinez vs Raiko Santana. A pretty standard RJJ Boxing bill from Los Mochis. ESPN+, 8:25 pm ET, Emanuel Navarrete vs Joet Gonzalez. Even ESPN.com’s schedule page doesn’t have anything else listed for this show right now, and that’s a late start time when you include a full undercard,

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight slugfest for the ages tonight in Las Vegas, with Fury coming off the canvas twice himself to stop Wilder in the 11th round. Wilder was down three times total in the fight, once in the third, once in the 10th, and then a final time in

Eddie Hearn confirmed today that Anthony Joshua has officially exercised his contractual rematch clause, and will face Oleksandr Usyk in his next fight. Usyk beat Joshua on Sept. 25 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, and while there wasn’t a rematch clause via sanctioning body, Usyk did agree to one being put in the contract

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are just hours away from their third and likely final fight, as the two heavyweight stars do battle once again tonight on pay-per-view. All updates, including round-by-round from Wil Esco for the four PPV bouts, will come in this stream: Fury and Wilder will of course be the night’s main

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are ready to go on Saturday night as the two meet for a third time in Las Vegas, so while we’ve got just over a full day to go before what both believe will be their final meeting, let’s take a look back on their first two bouts. Dec. 2018:

Scott Christ I absolutely love Liam Smith and have never been a huge Anthony Fowler fan. I lead with that so you know I’m not “falling for” the idea that Fowler is an elite fighter. I don’t believe that he is; but I do think he’s a good, talented fighter, a guy who has the

After recently signing a number of noteworthy talents like Eimantas Stanionis and Badou Jack, Richard Schaefer’s new Probellum promotion has won its first purse bid. Their uncontested $105,000 bid has given them control of John Riel Casimero’s mandatory WBO bantamweight title defense against Paul Butler. Purse Bid Bantamweight Casimero/ButlerWinner: Probellum Amount: $105,000.00Fight to be held

Whoever wins Saturday’s trilogy match between between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder won’t have much time to celebrate. The WBC declared yesterday that the winner has 30 days to set up an undisputed clash with IBF/WBA/WBO titlist Oleksandr Usyk; “[i]f no unification bout is secured within that time, the winner of Fury v. Wilder 3

Video of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum getting into a verbal confrontation with boxing reporter Mike Coppinger went viral, and I’m guessing it will have a solid shelf life, because it’s not every day you see an almost 90-year-old man bark and snarl at a guy young enough to be his grandson, who also happens

Jaime Munguia and Gabriel Rosado are set for a 12-round middleweight main event on DAZN, coming Saturday, Nov. 13, from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Munguia (37-0, 30 KO) and Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KO) met up, kind of, at a virtual press conference to discuss and promote the fight. The veteran Rosado, 35, is

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum took some time to share his thoughts on all the fallout behind Triller’s failed plans to stage a lightweight title fight between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos. Arum says all of the postponements only for Triller to eventually pull the plug on promoting the fight hasn’t been good for the

Diego Pacheco expects to fight for a world title by the time he’s 22 years old. But, he’s also trying to make sure he doesn’t rush things. For most boxers, those two statements would be impossible to reconcile. For Pacheco (12-0, 9 KO), the 20 year old super middleweight prospect that’s building his case for