Fighting

ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Archie Sharp vs Alexis Boureima, Tursynbay Kulakhmet vs Juan Carlos Abreu. An MTK Global show from the famed York Hall in London, nothing special about it really, but it’s boxing. Bad Left Hook might have live coverage. Telemundo, 11:30 pm ET, Fanlong Meng vs Israel Duffus. Other Shows: Hector Manuel Zepeda

Not even two months ago, when Oscar Valdez scored a controversial (for a few reasons) win over Robson Conceicao, we wrote then that the winner of the Oct. 23 fight between Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson was the only real option for Valdez next, including this bit: Top Rank have guided themselves to what Bob

Matchroom appears to have successfully taken their lemons and made lemonade. Mike Coppinger reports that Joseph Diaz Jr., who was slated to face WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia before “Kingry” injured his hand, has agreed to meet world titlist Devin Haney on December 3rd or 4th. The contracts are “not signed but should be

Jamel Herring defends his WBO junior lightweight title against Shakur Stevenson in the main event of tonight’s Top Rank boxing show on ESPN+ and ESPN, with full coverage beginning here at 7:25 pm ET. The main card, headlined by Herring-Stevenson, goes live at 10:30 pm ET. All updates from the full show, including round-by-round for

Murodjon Akhmadaliev will have something scary waiting for him if he gets past Ronny Rios. The WBA has given Ra’eese Aleem and former title challenger Azat Hovhannisyan until November 5th to come to terms for a super bantamweight final eliminator and avoid a purse bid. While fighters usually get 30 days to negotiate, the WBA

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury just took to Twitter to wish former titleholder and heavyweight rival Deontay Wilder a happy birthday. No, there’s no sarcasm or baiting going on here, just Fury trying to be a classy fellow with his saga with Wilder officially over. “This is a very special happy birthday message to my

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Rolando Romero are set for a Dec. 5 Showtime pay-per-view main event in a 12-round lightweight fight, and the two met up on Thursday to officially announce the event at a press conference. Romero (14-0, 12 KO) is taking a big step up in class, but does have natural power and

Irish middleweight Jason Quigley has a huge opportunity on Friday, Nov. 19, when he challenges Demetrius Andrade for the WBO title in a DAZN main event from Manchester, New Hampshire. Quigley (19-1, 14 KO) has actually fought all but one of his pro fights in the United States, with the other a 2019 bout in

Hard-hitting super middleweight Edgar Berlanga will be out of action for the foreseeable future as the prospect just underwent surgery to repair a torn biceps in his left arm, which is expected to keep him sidelined for at least the next three months as his manager, Keith Connolly, tells ESPN. Berlanga injured his arm during

Canelo Alvarez is just a couple of weeks and change away from his return, as he faces Caleb Plant to crown the first-ever four-belt undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history. Alvarez, 31, is a heavy betting favorite, and believes as many do that his experience in fights of this level will be a big

I’d make a “Nth time’s the charm” joke, but I literally can’t remember which attempt we’re on at this point. Late last week, Mike Coppinger reported that Matchroom would “likely” stage the freshly acquired Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr. fight on November 27th. Now, he claims the fight “will” take place at Madison Square

Otto Wallin is in a big club of fighters who thought they’d booked fights, only to see the matchup fizzle out. Heavyweight Wallin (22-1, 14 KO) said he’s stayed true to his personality and didn’t allow any frustration to boil over. So he stayed close to ready when a battle against Luis Ortiz didn’t materialize,

We knew it was coming, but now we have the deets. WBA “world” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is officially set to defend his title against former interim champion Rolando Romero atop a December 5th Showtime PPV at Staples Center. Tickets go on sale this coming Thursday (Oct. 21st). This digital-turned-analog grudge match came about thanks

It’s with regret that inform you all that former titleholder Moises Fuentes (25-7-1, 14 KOs) was forced to undergo emergency brain surgery stemming from his knockout loss to David Cuellar over the weekend in Mexico. ESPN cites Fuentes’ promoter, Oswaldo Kuchle, who says that Fuentes was discovered to have a blood clot in his brain

David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui will headline on Showtime on November 13, one week after the Showtime pay-per-view return for Canelo Alvarez, who faces Caleb Plant for the undisputed super middleweight championship. Both Benavidez and Uzcategui want the Canelo-Plant winner, of course, and more than that, they feel the winner of their fight deserves the

Premier Boxing Champions have announced the pay-per-view undercard for the Nov. 6 Canelo-Plant Showtime pay-per-view from Las Vegas. If you’re hoping for something big, prepare to be disappointed. In the co-feature, former super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell (33-2-2, 24 KO) will look to get his career back on track at age 37, as he faces

During this video interview with our friend Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, former welterweight champion Keith Thurman gives his analysis of the big upcoming welterweight fight between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. Being that Thurman has experience in facing Porter as an opponent, Thurman tries to put the fight in perspective. Check out what

ESPN+, 8:00 pm ET, Oscar Rivas vs Ryan Rozicki. History will be mad, folks! The WBC’s “bridgerweight” championship is on the line between a veteran second-tier heavyweight and the man deemed by BoxRec to currently be the world’s 43rd best cruiserweight. Nobody other than the WBC are taking “bridgerweight” seriously, and with Oleksandr Usyk so