Amid rumors that Gervonta "Tank" Davis is planning a comeback fight, USA Today is reporting that the former two-division champion has settled a civil lawsuit in which a Florida woman accused him of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Terms of...

In Zuffa Boxing's main event tonight (Nov. 7th), former amateur adversaries Chris Billam-Smith (pictured) and Chev Clarke renew their rivalries at the sharp end of Zuffa Boxing’s cruiserweight division. Billam-Smith, a former champion, and Clarke both featured on the explosive Zuffa Boxing 7 card in Bournemouth with both...

The weights are in at Encore, where CES Boxing and Granite Chin Promotions present Boston Harbor Fight Night 3 on Saturday featuring a junior middleweight showdown between New Hampshire's Jaydell Pazmino (10-0, 8 KOs) and England's Graham Tirrell (10-3, 2 KOs). The action takes place beginning at 7:30pm at Encore Boston...

All-action junior welterweight Omar “El Relampago” Juarez plans to take unbeaten Emiliano “El General” Vargas into “deep water” in their ten-round bout that will be a part of the next PBC pay-per-view event, scheduled for Saturday, December 5th at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The bout is part of a...

In September, Zuffa Boxing's Kayla Allen made her pro debut at the Copper Box Arena and stopped Edina Kiss on her stool at the end of the second round. It meant that Allen, already the first female signed to Zuffa Boxing, also became the first female to claim a victory inside the Zuffa Boxing ring. “It was a good...

Here are the boxers' weights for Zuffa Boxing 12 in Bounremouth, England, scheduled for Saturday on Paramount+ and Sky Sports: Chris Billam-Smith, 199.5 pounds -vs.- Chev Clarke, 198.8 (cruiserweights, ten rounds); Denzel Bentley, 160 -vs.- Shane Mosley Jr., 160 (middleweights, ten rounds); Da'Mazion Vanhouter,...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced that undefeated champions Caroline Dubois (14-0-1, 5 KOs) and Stephanie Han (13-0, 3 KOs) will clash in a lightweight unification showdown on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2027, at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. With the WBO, WBC and WBA world titles on the line, the bout will headline...

Da'Mazion Vanhouter shares the same birthday, January 17th, as Muhammad Ali, the greatest heavyweight of all time. Ali accomplished that goal in his lifetime, and while those are enormous shoes to fill, it’s the fuel that drives the 21-year old fighting out of Saint Petersburg, FL. To that end, he’s off to a promising...

With Oscar Collazo vacating his WBO title, the WBO has now officially elevated Ryusei Matsumoto of Japan to WBO minimumweight world champion. Matsumoto (9-0) got elevated because he has been the WBO's interim champion since September when he defeated Russell Acosta Silveira. Meanwhile, Collazo remains the WBA champion in...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced the signing of undefeated Mizuki “Mimi” Hiruta (11-0, 2 KOs) of Japan, the reigning WBO super flyweight world champion and one of the most accomplished pound-for-pound fighters in women’s boxing. The signing brings one of Japan’s premier combat sports talents to MVP’s rapidly...

Three-division champion and current WBO welterweight king Devin Haney (pictured) will face two-division champion and current IBF welterweight champion Liam Paro in a unification showdown Saturday, Dec. 19th, at Chase Center in San Francisco. In the ten-round welterweight co-feature, former champion Brian Norman Jr. takes...

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) hosted the kickoff press conference for Amanda Serrano's farewell fight vs. Skye Falzon, taking place Saturday, January 9, 2027, live on DAZN from Coliseo de Puerto Rico. The event will mark the final professional fight of seven-division champion Serrano (50-4-1, 32...

Two-time Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan will face Roderick Bautista of the Philippines in Istanbul, Türkiye, on December 4th, adding a pro bout to the final day of the inaugural IBA President’s Cup. The ten-round bout will be contested at 52.2 kilograms (115 pounds).  Dusmatov, who won Olympic gold at Rio...

Hawaii's Shera Mae Patricio (10-0) and Pennsylvania-based Brittany Sims (10-3) will step into the ring this Saturday at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas with the WBA regular bantamweight title on the line in a match-up that promises to reshape the division’s pecking order. Dina Thorslund remains the undisputed...

Still on a high from his epic comeback victory on his Zuffa Boxing debut, cruiserweight Chev Clarke is ready to step into the main event spotlight on Saturday. Clarke (12-2, 9 KOs) returns to action in the headline bout at Zuffa Boxing 12, where he takes on old adversary Chris ("CBS") Billam-Smith in a pivotal clash in...

Every morning on his way to work, Jaydell Pazmino drives past Encore Boston Harbor in Everett Massachusetts. The 25 year-old electrician used to imagine what it would be like to headline there.  On Saturday, November 7th, he will find out. Pazmino (10-0, 8 KOs) takes on England’s Graham "Tyson" Tirrell (10-3, 2 KOs) in...

Vasiliy Lomachenko is back and will have his next bout in early 2027 according to Top Rank. The three-division champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist has ended his retirement and entered a multi-year co-promotional agreement with Top Rank through his newly formed Loma Power Promotions. Lomachenko was a 135 pounder when...

A federal magistrate judge in Florida has recommended that boxing promoter Triller pay about $6.16 million to Epic Sports and Entertainment, Inc. in a dispute arising from unpaid obligations connected to a 2022 boxing event and promises of future fights for two boxers. The two boxers were not identified in the ruling but...

Shane Mosley Jr. made a good impression in his Zuffa Boxing debut. Now he wants to dethrone a former world champion to push himself towards a championship belt of his own. Matched against former interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk in May, Mosley showcased his full arsenal as he handled the...

Having stripped Denzel Bentley of its middleweight championship, the WBO has ordered negotiations between Yoenli Hernandez and Michael Zerafa for a fight to determine the vacant championship. In a November 3rd letter, WBO Championship Committee chairman Luis Batista Salas directed promoters Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing...

British light heavyweight Zak Chelli, the fighting schoolteacher from Fulham, London, has signed a multi-fight contract with Zuffa Boxing. Chelli, age 28, joins Zuffa’s 175-pound roster riding a wave of momentum. In May, he authored a big upset, overcoming an early deficit to knock out David Morrell in the tenth round....

Let’s Get It On Promotions' junior lightweight Miguel “Tito” Elizondo makes the fourth ring appearance of his inaugural year as a professional when he travels to Klamath Falls, Oregon to take on Gary Anderson Jr. (0-1) in a four-round bout at the John Hancock Arena this coming Saturday night (November 7th). Elizondo (3-0, 1...

The heavyweight division is bracing for the arrival of cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia (31-0). He'll battle ex-heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (45-4-1), owner of one of the most powerful right hands in boxing, on the Netflix card headlined by Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua. The fight night streams live globally on Netflix...

WBA middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara will take on former junior middleweight title holder Tim Tszyu on Saturday, December 12th (U.S. date and time) headlining action streaming live on DAZN from Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and presented by Premier Boxing Champions....

On Saturday, December 12th (U.S. date and time) at Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast Australia, former undisputed world 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo will return to the ring for the first time since September 2023 as he looks to make a run at becoming a two-division champion. Jermell will kick off his comeback against...

In the matter of Denzel Bentley, the WBO issued the following ruling: (1) Bentley's recognition as WBO middleweight champion has been withdrawn, effective immediately; (2) the WBO middleweight championship was declared vacant; and (3) there will be no automatic elevation of mandatory contender Yoenli Hernández to full...

Raito Kataoka TKO9 Ar Ar Andales... Korakuen Hall in Tokyo served as the venue for an Ohashi Promotions show feturing three Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title fights. In the clash for the vacant OPBF light flyweight championship, Japan's Raito Kataoka (3-0) became the regional ruler after a strong...

Bare knuckle fighting comes to Scotland this weekend, with a BKFC show at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Saturday, live on The BKFC App. Light heavyweight (185 pounds) Conor “Da Crook” Cooke will headlined against undefeated Sean “The Butcher” Weir. From Ireland, Cooke boasts a 6-1 record. In the chief support, Danny “The...

Former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather announced on social media that he will face Australia's Matty Floyd on December 19th in Bangkok. No additional details were provided concerning the rules, scheduled number of rounds or broadcast details, if any. Mayweather also indicated that the exhibition will serve...

The WBO Championship Committee has received formal notice from Miguel Cotto Promotions that Oscar Collazo has relinquished his WBO 105-pound championship. Accordingly, the WBO canceled a scheduled purse bid for a fight between Collazo and WBO interim champion Ryusei Matsumoto of Japan. Matsumoto is expected to be...

Sarah Bormann W10 Chaima Bounouar... In Karlsruhe, Germany, local hero Sarah “Babyface” Bormann successfully defended her WBA 105-pound title, earning a split decision victory over Chaima Bounouar of Spain. The fight lived up to expectations as a closely contested matchup. The official scorecards reflected the judges’...

Two years after their first match-up, Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson will fight again, but now the stakes are sky-high, with the vacant WBC light heavyweight belt there for the taking. The setting for this encounter is the AO Arena on Saturday, November 7th, in Manchester, England. The title was vacated by David...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and ESPN announced the fight week schedule for Sunday's MVPW-07: Turhan vs. Baumgardner in Arlington, Texas featuring five championship bouts. The event is headlined by Turkey’s undefeated IBF lightweight world champion, the “Golden Turkish Warrior” Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs) vs. unified...

Michael "The Blessed Southpaw" Fontanez (12-0-1, 8 KOs) spent much of the past year fighting battles that had nothing to do with the opponent across the ring. An injury derailed his plans to headline a show in March. Without a fight on the horizon, financial pressures had him scrambling to make ends meet. Through it all,...

Eveling Ortega W10 Alma Meraz. ... The Olof Palme Convention Center in Managua, Nicaragua saw Eveling “La Colocha” Ortega (14-5) reach the pinnacle of her career with a majority decision victory over Mexico’s Alma “La Leona” Meraz. The win brought Ortega the WBA interim light flyweight title. (Estefany Alegria Osorio holds...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced that cruiserweight Jake “El Gallo de Dorado” Paul (12-2, 7 KOs) will face multi-time kickboxing champion Cédric Doumbé (75-7-1, 45 KOs kickboxing; 6-1, 6 KOs MMA; 1-0 boxing) of France in a boxing showdown on Thursday, December 24th at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....

Great Britain's Adam Azim faces the biggest test of his career when he takes on Mexico’s Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela in an IBF junior welterweight eliminator on Friday, December 4th at the Copper Box Arena in London. At just 24 years old, Azim has established himself as one of Brtiain's brightest young stars. This fight follows...

The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame celebrated its twentieth anniversary at Mohegan Sun with a sold-out gala event, as well as a new president, boxing judge Peter Hary Jr., taking the helm. The Hall had a record induction class this year, having raised the number of honorees from its standard six to eight this year....

Cris Frizzell and Sarah Kazhe are putting together an exciting evening of professional boxing for Saturday night, November 7th, at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero, New Mexico. Dubbed "Saturday Nights IV," the card is set for six evenly matched bouts. "Apache" Jesus Ariel Moreno Arias (11-2-1, 8 KOs) will come in...

Host nation the Democratic Republic of the Congo claimed 17 of the 25 gold medals at the 2026 IBA Africa Elite Championships, which concluded at the Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium in Kinshasa on October 31st. The Congolese team won eight men’s and nine women’s titles, finishing with 24 medals overall. The result marked a...