Fighting

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz  Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul are three days out from their hugely-hyped and surely by some people highly-anticipated exhibition event this Sunday on Showtime pay-per-view, and the two met up today at a place rich people think is just the bee’s knees to talk some and stare at

During today’s media event for the Sunday exhibition with Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul, Mayweather talked with Showtime’s Brian Campbell and Luke Thomas about that event, and dipped into some of the old criticisms of his run at welterweight. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KO) fought at welterweight from 2005-15, the last run of his career other

Back in April, it was reported that Matchroom Boxing would be leaving Sky Sports as their UK broadcast partner, signing exclusively worldwide with DAZN. Today, that news is fully confirmed, as DAZN have announced a five-year global deal with Matchroom Boxing. The agreement will see Matchroom fights come to DAZN in the United Kingdom and

As is tradition for their events, Top Rank’s June 12th Shakur Stevenson vs. Jeremiah Nakathila show will feature a number of young up-and-comers on the ESPN+ undercard, including Puerto Rican young gun Xander Zayas, once-beaten super featherweight Tyler McCreary, and Team USA standout Troy Isley. The 18-year-old Zayas (8-0, 6 KO) has been appropriately active

Sunday’s not-a-real-boxing-match boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and aspiring artisanal guillotinist Logan Paul will not have judges ringside, and will not produce an official declared winner. ESPN’s Marc Raimondi cites a spokesperson from Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation as saying there will be no judges on-site, and no winner will be announced. Florida’s

WBO light heavyweight titleholder Joe Smith Jr could be on the verge of defending his title against Daniel Jacobs this fall according to what representatives for both sides have confirmed to RingTV. Keith Connolly, who manages Jacobs, says that Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn made a lucrative offer to Joe Smith for the bout, one which

With his lengthy debacle with the Japanese Boxing Commission firmly behind him, WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka is back in business. The sanctioning body has ordered him to face #2 contender Francisco Rodriguez Jr., giving them the customary 30 days to negotiate. If “Chihua” Rodriguez’s (34-4-1, 24 KO) name rings a bell, it’s either

Some fights just aren’t meant to be, I suppose. After withdrawing from a planned April 24th clash with Jaime Munguia due to injury, which ultimately moved the bout to June 19th after late replacement D’Mitrius Ballard also withdrew, former middleweight title challenger Maciej Sulecki is reportedly once again out of the fight. No reason was

Yordenis Ugas has gone public with a very personal medical struggle: an alopecia flare-up. The Cuban welterweight champion shared a photo showing him without his usual facial hair or his eyebrows. I am in a great moment of my life. However,alopecia returned to my life,I remove all my hair and emotionally I have failed again.But

Social media celebrity Jake Paul’s boxing career is looking set to continue, as Mike Coppinger reports that Paul will face UFC veteran Tyron Woodley in his next outing, with the fight set to be announced officially on Friday, two days before Jake’s brother Logan headlines a pay-per-view with Floyd Mayweather. This will be the first

Jose Ramirez lost his two 140 lb world title belts on May 22, as Josh Taylor became the new undisputed champion at the weight in a fight that pretty much lived up to the hype. There’s been a lot of question about what Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) will do now. There was some expectation that

YouTube and Facebook, 1:00 pm ET, Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul press conference. Actually, I think this is not a traditional sort of press conference but it’s some sort of media function similar to one, probably serving about the same purpose, and at any rate it will stream live for everyone from the former Versace

June has a lot of fights to choose from for a top 10 of the month’s boxing offerings. Definitely a lot of fights to choose from. Are they a good lot of fights to choose from? Well, there’s the rub. Boxing’s had a good start to 2021, believe it or not (if you don’t want

Another fight, another win that builds the legend of Nonito Donaire, as he stopped Nordine Oubaali inside of four rounds to become the oldest recognized bantamweight champion in boxing history. At 38, Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) has countryman Gerry Penalosa beaten by three years to take the record, picking up the WBC belt after a

Tonight at 10 pm ET on Showtime, Nordine Oubaali will defend the WBC bantamweight title against Hall of Fame-bound Nonito Donaire, with Donaire looking to become the oldest major bantamweight champion in boxing history at age 38. We’ll have full coverage and highlights, plus round-by-round updates for the main event, right here in this stream,

This evening at 8 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against Jorge Linares in a main event from Las Vegas. All updates, including round-by-round for Haney vs Linares from Wil Esco, will be in this stream, which updates itself: It’s a big fight for Haney, obviously,

Kevin Iole reports that Jean Pascal is out of his scheduled June 6 rematch with Badou Jack, which was to be the key co-feature for the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul exhibition PPV, with Pascal failing a drug test for the steroids epitrenbolone, drostanolone, and drostanolone metabolite A. The 38-year-old Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KO) and the 37-year-old

Saturday night on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against veteran Jorge Linares, a four-division titlist who will be Haney’s stiffest test to date on paper. Does the 22-year-old prove out, or will the 35-year-old Linares expose some weaknesses in the young man’s game? Scott Christ (34-10-2) I’m probably about as