Fighting

Former junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario got a chance to speak his piece during yesterday’s virtual press conference ahead of his June 26 match-up against Erickson Lubin. And speaking to the media, Rosario makes it clear that he believes his stoppage loss to Jermell Charlo was only a fluke and he plans on showing exactly

Scott Christ (36-10-2) Some people like the concept of mandatory challengers, and I agree the concept is OK. There are plenty of fighters out there who would be (and are) avoided for fights they really have earned, at least as much as boxing makes anyone earn title fights ever. But boxing has a lot of

WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez’s partnership with Top Rank looks like it’ll continue for some time, as he’s “signed a new multi-fight promotional agreement” following his career-best win over Miguel Berchelt earlier this year. ✍️ @oscarvaldez56, the current No. 1 Junior Lightweight in the world, has signed a new multi-fight promotional agreement with Top

WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez’s partnership with Top Rank looks like it’ll continue for some time, as he’s “signed a new multi-fight promotional agreement” following his career-best win over Miguel Berchelt earlier this year. ✍️ @oscarvaldez56, the current No. 1 Junior Lightweight in the world, has signed a new multi-fight promotional agreement with Top

With WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo set to take on Juan Macias Montiel this Saturday night in Houston, airing live on Showtime, Charlo spoke to the media about fighting in front of his hometown fans as well as his expectations for the bout. JERMALL CHARLO ESTHER LIN/SHOWTIME “I want to thank everyone for supporting me

Ryan Garcia’s leave of absence appears to be wrapping up. News broke yesterday that “Kingry” was set to star in a Gina Rodriguez-directed sports drama that will begin shooting in “summer 2022,” and he revealed today that a fight announcement is “coming soon.” Variety has a synopsis for the movie, which marks Rodriguez’s filmmaking debut

Super featherweight is arguably the hottest division in women’s boxing right now, and it’s only going to get hotter later this year. Mike Coppinger reports that the World Boxing Super Series is set to return this fall with an eight-woman tournament at 130 pounds. The big four at the moment are WBC champ Mikaela Mayer,

Today, starting at 4pm ET, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former titleholder Deontay Wilder make their impending rematch official, formally announcing their July 24 PPV fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After much talk about a potential undisputed heavyweight title unification between Fury and Anthony Joshua, Wilder ultimately won his arbitration case,

Tyson Fury had to take up talking for two at today’s press conference to officially announce, as Deontay Wilder sat silent in a chair on stage after making a brief opening comment, refusing to take questions from the media or expand on anything else. “Enough said. Time to cut off his head,” Wilder said. “Come

It’s just about time to put up or shut up for Geroge Kambosos Jr, who takes on unified lightweight titleholder Teofimo Lopez in this weekend’s Triller main event. Kamobos hasn’t shown any lack of confidence as he goes into the biggest fight of his professional career, and tells ESPN that he and his team have

Top Rank has revealed the ESPN+ undercard for this Saturday’s Naoya Inoue-Michael Dasmarinas tripleheader, which features two Olympic veterans and a pair of young prospects. Top billing goes to 2016 Mexican Olympian Lindolfo Delgado (11-0, 11 KO), who signed with Top Rank this past March. The 26-year-old super lightweight fights for the first time since

Matchroom Fight Camp, which became a fun series of shows promoted at Matchroom headquarters last summer, will return with dates on July 31, August 7, and August 14, still at the same venue but this time with fans in attendance, which should make it even more fun. Some of these fights were leaked already, but

Shakur Stevenson’s fight on Saturday night stunk. Even he knows it. His shutout win over Jeremiah Nakathila was easy work for him, really, and the most positive spin you can put on it as watchable television is that Stevenson seemed to respect Nakathila’s power. Maybe he knew Nakathila had nothing but power, but then we

Alexander Povetkin has announced his retirement from boxing at age 41, ending a 16-year pro career that saw him considered a serious contender most of the way, though he never was recognized by the majority as a world champion. The veteran fighter announced the retirement on his Instagram account, leaving the sport with a 36-3-1

FITE TV, 3:30 pm ET, Lopez-Kambosos prelims. If you’re fired up to watch several hours of prelim action, video packages, and maybe some low-budget concerts or something, this is the place to be. It’ll be free on FITE. There are some good names and prospects in action on this part of the show, mind you.

Shakur Stevenson got the win tonight over Jeremiah Nakathila, but those talking about the fight have been pretty harshly critical of the bout as entertainment. Stevenson admitted post-fight on ESPN+ that he wasn’t happy with his own performance, and took to Twitter quickly after that to send an apology to fans: I apologize to all

Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN and also airing on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Lewis Ritson returns to action in Newcastle to face Argentina’s Jeremias Ponce in an IBF eliminator at 140 lbs. The fight is billed as a “final eliminator,” which goes against the original idea for the IBF

Tonight on ESPN+ and ESPN, Shakur Stevenson returns to action fighting for the interim WBO junior lightweight title, taking on Jeremiah Nakathila in Top Rank’s main event. BLH will be here with live coverage starting at 6:30 pm ET for the prelims, with the main card starting at 10 pm ET. We’ll have round-by-round coverage