Fighting

Jake Paul has a fight coming with former UFC champ Tyron Woodley sometime in August on Showtime PPV, but the YouTube celebrity-turned-novelty boxer has ideas about what could come in his future, and is ready to troll everyone about all of it, like usual. “I just want to continue to be the most disruptive boxer

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz During this video interview with Gervonta Davis as he leads into his fight with Mario Barrios this weekend on Showtime PPV, Davis talks to reporters about his thoughts on the fight and what his expectations are for his performance. Check out some excerpts below. On if he’s expecting to

Steve Kim reports that while nothing’s “finalized,” PBC on Showtime’s September 11th super bantamweight unification match between Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa has an excellent co-feature brewing, as former unified champ Danny Roman is in talks to face surging contender Ra’eese Aleem. Roman (29-3-1, 10 KO) took the WBA belt from Shun Kubo in 2017

During this video interview with Fight Hype, former junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis discusses where he might go next in his fighting career and also give his two cents on the upcoming PPV bout between Gervonta Davis and Mario Barrios. Check out what Prograis had to say on who he could fight next below. “I

With Mario Barrios set to defend his secondary title against Gervonta Davis this weekend in Atlanta, Barrios joins Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast to discuss the bout and explain why he thinks he’s the one to be feared in his match-up with Davis. Check out some excerpts below with the full video interview above. Barrios

The Athletic’s Lance Pugmire reports that WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will kick off his shiny new multi-fight deal with Top Rank against Rio gold medalist Robson Conceicao on September 10th at Tucson, Arizona’s Casino Del Sol. Bob Arum revealed earlier this month that the fight would land in Arizona in September. Conceicao (16-0,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have decided to fire up the old trash talk, going back-and-forth a bit in the media this week. Wilder, of course, is set to face Tyson Fury for a third time on July 24, while it’s expected that Joshua will face WBO mandatory challenger

When the International Olympics Committee’s Boxing Task Force (BTF) canceled the Americas qualifier, they turned to their rankings to determine who’d compete at Tokyo 2021. As a result, featherweight Bruce Carrington’s sterling run at the Olympic Trials proved moot, as Duke Ragan’s higher ranking earned him a spot on Team USA despite falling to Carrington

Former 154 lb titleholder Julian “J Rock” Williams was set to make his long-awaited ring return on Saturday’s Davis-Barrios PPV, but Keith Idec reported Sunday that the 31-year-old Williams suffered an elbow injury and is out of the fight. Williams (27-2-1, 16 KO) was supposed to face Brian Mendoza on the show. The Philadelphia native

Naoya Inoue TKO-3 Michael Desmarinas “The Monster” lived up to his billing tonight in ESPN’s main event, completely demolishing challenger Michael Desmarinas with three body shot knockdowns before ultimately stopping him in the third round. Desmarinas came out clearly aware of Inoue’s reptutation for punching power and basically ran around the ring as much as

It was a busy, busy, busy weekend of fights, and one that could have been even more so if Lopez-Kambosos had happened as planned. Lots to talk about, so let’s hop into what could be coming next for the notables in action this weekend. “The Monster” monstered again, roaring through Michael Dasmarinas pretty much like

ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Jay Harris vs Ricardo Sandoval, Paul Butler vs Joseph Agbeko. This was originally set for May 14, but got postponed. It’s an IBF flyweight eliminator. Harris proved he’s certainly no joke going a solid 12 with Julio Cesar Martinez, and he’ll be the favorite here. Butler-Agbeko is a WBO eliminator at

Jermall Charlo retained his belt and his undefeated record, but had to go the full 12 rounds against Juan Macias Montiel to do it. Fighting in front of an adoring hometown crowd in Houston, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) largely controlled the fight from beginning to end. He waited out a very odd, awkward opening that

In a sudden turn of events Mike Coppinger cites a source indicating that WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) will replace Guillermo Rigondeaux against WBO titleholder John Riel Casimero (30-4, 21 KO) on August 14, now making the previously scheduled bout a bantamweight unification match. According to Coppinger’s source PBC saw this as

Today at 3:30 pm ET, Jaime Munguia headlines in El Paso against Kamil Szeremeta in a middleweight main event, streaming live on DAZN. BLH will be here with full coverage for the four-fight main card, including round-by-round for the main event. We’ll have full updates throughout the card in this stream: Munguia was originally supposed

Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas reports that despite enjoying the largest weight allowance of his professional career, Julio Cesar Chavez came in at 184 pounds for his 182-pound match with former UFC champion Anderson Silva tomorrow night. He must now surrender $100,000 to “The Spider,” who fights below 185 for the first time in over 15

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