Fighting

We’ve got our first boxing gold medalist at Tokyo 2020, and it’s a hometown fighter. 20-year-old Sena Irie of Japan, a Tokyo native, won a very close decision over Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines to claim the women’s featherweight gold medal — the first-ever women’s featherweight gold medalist in Olympics history, in fact, as the

Dan Rafael reports that Triller’s August 29 PPV featuring Jake Paul vs Tyrone Woodley has just added some British talent to its undercard, courtesy of heavyweight Daniel Dubois and cruiserweight (and younger brother of Tyson) Tommy Fury. Daniel Dubois (16-1, 15 KO) will take on Joe Cusumano (19-3, 17 KO) in a ten-round bout, while

In a conversation with Fight Hype, young middleweight Joey Spencer gives his assessment of the upcoming third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Spencer breaks down the fight saying that he’ll be rooting for Wilder and that the fight won’t necessarily go the same way the last fight went. “I’m pulling for Wilder because

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jonnie Rice TKO-5 Michael Coffie Jonnie Rice was a late substitute here, stepping in against Michael Coffie earlier this week when original opponent Gerald Washington tested positive for COVID. But Rice said before and after the fight that he came in looking to make the most of the opportunity

NBCOlympics.com, 10:00 pm ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal, women’s lightweight quarterfinals, and women’s featherweight final. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage NBCOlympics.com, 4:00 am ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Women’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal,

Women’s flyweight (Quarterfinals) Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Turkey) def. Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand), 5:0: Top seed Cakiroglu looked vulnerable in her first outing in Tokyo, but here, she looked very much like a top seed. Jitpong had been formidable, but Cakiroglu just outclassed her here, and now the Turkish fighter is in the semifinal and guaranteed at

Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Matchroom’s Fight Camp is back from Matchroom HQ in England, with an adjusted but still solid main event. Xu Can will defend his WBA featherweight belt against Leigh Wood in the main event, after Conor Benn vs Adrian Granados was scrapped a couple of days ago.

Premier Boxing Champions is back on FOX tonight at 8 pm ET, with a heavyweight main event between unbeaten Michael Coffie and late replacement opponent Jonathan Rice. We won’t lie to you and say this is the most star-studded FOX show — which is a low bar for FOX shows these days — but Coffie

Day seven of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the men’s flyweights and men’s lightweights in preliminary rounds action, plus women’s middleweight quarterfinals, and both semifinal bouts in the women’s featherweight division, with the losers getting bronze and the winners going on to fight for gold. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is obviously encouraged by Tyson Fury’s chances to beat Deontay Wilder in their planned October trilogy, but makes it a point not to discount the fact that Wilder holds that equalizer when it comes to brute force punching. Talking to Sky Sports about his impressions on the fight, Arum says

Luke Campbell, who won a gold medal for Great Britain at the London Olympics in 2012 and fought for a world lightweight title as a pro, has decided to retire from the sport at age 33, releasing a statement this morning via social media. “After a lot of thought and reflection, I have decided that

Looks like the celebrity boxing trend isn’t ending anytime soon. TMZ Sports reports that retired former champions Riddick Bowe and Paulie Malignaggi are set to appear on capital-letters Celebrity Boxing’s October 2nd card, which will air on FITE. The 53-year-old Bowe (43-1, 33 KO) was one of the great fighters of the 90s in his

Timothy Bradley caught up with Fight Hub TV to share some of his quick thoughts on the upcoming third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Looking ahead to the fight Bradley says he thinks Fury has the advantages leading into the bout and is unsure how much of a positive impact Malik Scott will

Day six of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the men’s welterweight, men’s heavyweight, women’s lightweight, and women’s welterweight divisions in action. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re in the United States, I’m sure there are options elsewhere if you live elsewhere. Probably easy to Google. We’ll have live updates and results

Bob Arum offered World Boxing News’ Dan Rafael a thorough outline of Top Rank’s upcoming schedule, including working dates for previously revealed fights and the latest on some of the promotion’s biggest stars. Some chronological Cliffs Notes: WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. will face mandatory challenger Umar Salamov on October 23 at either

Women’s featherweight (Quarterfinals) Winners guaranteed at least a bronze medal. Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) def. Jenny Marcela Arias (Colombia), 5:0: Petecio has just been rock solid through three fights, winning another one here to advance to the semifinal round. She was the first fighter to have their hand raised in Tokyo, out in the first bout

During this video interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about his plans to return to boxing in September and where he’s looking to go from there. De La Hoya talks about the first of three fights he’s planning to have and says his endgame could

WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte still intends to return to the United States in his next bout, and Eddie Hearn tells Michael Benson that it will “most likely” take place September 11th. The show “may” also feature Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Elwin Soto and Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ronny Rios, which were previously slated to land