Fighting

Dmitry Bivol will still fight on June 1, he just won’t be facing Artur Beterbiev, who withdrew from the date this past week. Instead of an undisputed championship fight — which is still going to happen, just at a later date — Bivol will defend his WBA light heavyweight title against Malik Zinad. Bivol vs

Naoya Inoue returns to defend his undisputed super bantamweight championship against Luis Nery in a Tokyo Dome main event today. The show will start at 4 am ET and streams live on ESPN+ in the United States. Along with the main event, there are three more world title fights, two at bantamweight and one at

Naoya Inoue found himself on the canvas for the first time in his pro career against Luis Nery, but stormed back to dominate in what wound up being business as usual. Inoue was down in round one, but returned the favor in the second and fifth rounds before knocking Nery out to retain his undisputed

The next update will come next Monday, May 20, and it’ll be a big one. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs (2) Tyson Fury, May 18 Heavyweight: (7) Frank Sanchez vs (10) Agit Kabayel, May 18 Cruiserweight: (1) Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis, May 18 Welterweight: (2) Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman

Frank Martin spends a few minutes chatting with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV following his opening press conference with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and discusses his feelings about the promotion and expectations for the fight. Check out what he had to say below. Martin on what he made of his press conference with Tank “It

As David Benavidez prepares to take on Oleksandr Gvozdyk for an interim light heavyweight title fight he talks to media members about moving on with his business after years of being passed over by Canelo, and how that will still be the only fight he returns to the 168-pound division for. Benavidez on his ambition

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz It was as if Luis Nery’s first-round knockdown of Naoya Inoue poked the Monster. Inoue touched the canvas for the first time as a professional on Monday evening in Tokyo, but if anything, that set-back allowed the four-weight world champion to springboard into another career-defining performance — and possibly,

Alright, bear with me here. Earlier this year, the WBA officially installed Jono Carroll as super featherweight champ Lamont Roach Jr’s mandatory challenger. They also named Otar Eranosyan, who won a later eliminator, as next in line. This being the WBA, of course, neither of those fights are on the docket. ProBox TV announced today

May 2024 The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson Others Receiving Votes: Jaron “Boots” Ennis 5, Gervonta “Tank” Davis 2, Subriel Matias 1 (Editor’s Note: We’re leaving the comments as originally submitted, though there may be some different attitude toward the Haney vs Garcia result after Garcia’s failed drug

Canelo Alvarez takes on Jaime Munguia this Saturday in a pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas, defending the undisputed super middleweight championship of the world. Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KO) fully unified the 168 lb division with his win over Caleb Plant in late 2021, and has made three successful undisputed defenses since then, along with

Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya had an altercation at yesterday’s final Canelo vs Munguia press conference which has picked up a lot of attention. Canelo and his former promoter De La Hoya are not friendly — to say the least — and haven’t been in years, and the beef between the two went

Canelo Alvarez’s fight on Saturday with Jaime Munguia will be the actual main event of this week in boxing, but Canelo’s feud with former promoter — and Munguia’s current promoter — Oscar De La Hoya has stolen the headlines during fight week. Canelo and De La Hoya had a verbal altercation on Wednesday at the

A week before cousin Tyson battles Oleksandr Usyk for undisputed heavyweight glory, Hughie Fury will have his second bout in under a month on Boxxer’s May 11th McCaskill vs Price show. Fury (27-3, 15 KO), who’s still just 29, just beat 10-15-1 Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko in his first bout since 2021. He faces a similarly nonexistent

Jaron Ennis’ homecoming is officially on the schedule, as Matchroom confirmed today that “Boots” will defend his IBF welterweight title against mandatory challenger Cody Crowley on July 13th at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. As the Philadelphia Inquirer points out, this marks the first boxing match at Wells Fargo Center since it opened in 1996. Ennis

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn weighs in on the news about Ryan Garcia testing positive for banned substances for his fight with Devin Haney and the reaction he has along with his fighter Haney. Here are some excerpts of what Hearn had to say below. “I woke up to missed calls from Devin and a text

Results Vergil Ortiz Jr KO-1 Thomas Dulorme (2:39) Oscar Duarte KO-9 Joseph Diaz Jr (2:32) Gabriela Alaniz SD-10 Marlen Esparza (97-93, 92-98, 96-94) Raul Curiel KO-1 Jorge Marron Jr (1:31) Jose Ramirez and Vergil Ortiz Jr are both back in action tonight on DAZN, co-headlining from Ramirez’s hometown of Fresno, Calif. Ramirez will face Rances

Peter McGrail will look to rebound from his first pro defeat today in Liverpool, though it’s not the fight he was hoping to get. Super bantamweight prospect McGrail (8-1, 5 KO) was originally slated to face the man who upset him last December, Ja’Rico O’Quinn, in a rematch today, but instead will be taking on

Jose Ramirez looked a bit rusty and showed a number of his classic bad habits, but his pressure, volume, and durability were enough to carry him past a game Rances Barthelemy. Ramirez (29-1, 18 KO), fighting for the first time since March of last year, banked the first two rounds with relative ease as Barthelemy