On Saturday, world junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and undefeated three-division champion Shakur Stevenson take over Madison Square Garden in New York City for a big night of boxing. According to the venue, limited tickets remain available for purchase. Here is the main fight card: World & WBO junior...

Jarrell Miller has long craved a major world title fight at heavyweight. The brash New Yorker’s moment in the spotlight could have occurred in 2019 when he was scheduled to be the man challenging for the world heavyweight championship. Instead, he tested positive for performance enhancing substances. The opportunity then...

Rising junior welterweight Adam Azim was due to headline in London this weekend but his fight against Gustavo Lemos has been postponed after both fighters suffered hand injuries in training. Their IBF eliminator will be rescheduled for later this year. Francesca Hennessy and Gradus Kraus, will fight in separate co-features...

Troy Williamson has officially vacated his European super middleweight title ahead of his rematch with Callum Simpson. Williamson upset the odds to dethrone his domestic rival for the British, Commonwealth and European belts in December. But while Williamson had hoped to move up to world level with his biggest career...

UPDATE: The IBF has called off Tuesday's purse bid for a heavyweight elimination bout. Boxingtalk understands that the elimination bout, between Frank Sanchez vs Richard Torrez, Jr., will go forward without a purse bid because the parties have reached a deal. The fight will likely take place on a PBC card scheduled for...

This Saturday, January 31st, the historic stadium of the Argentine Boxing Federation on Castro Barros Street in Buenos Aires will host a bantamweight contest featuring undefeated Junior Andrés Narváez against Dominican-born, Argentine-based Yeury “El Domi” Otañez. At just 20 years old, Narváez (5-0-1, 1 KO) opens his...

Teofimo Lopez (pictured) is in a bullish mood ahead of his hometown showdown with Shakur Stevenson on Saturday. Lopez defends his world (and WBO) light welterweight championship on the Ring 6 card at Madison Square Garden, live and exclusive on DAZN PPV. Stevenson, from nearby New Jersey, is stepping up in a bid to become...

April is being considered as the date for a WBC eliminator between Tenshin Nasukawa and Juan Francisco Estrada (pictured), with Tokyo as the potential host city. If finalized, it will be a match-up that draws a ton of attention in Japan. Nasukawa is a very popular figure in Japan. He is a former kickboxing champion and...

The fight card set for January 31st in Kolding, Denmark has taken an unexpected turn, with Spain’s Almudena Álvarez stepping in to face undefeated, two-division champion Dina Thorslund (pictured) for the WBC interim featherweight title, following the withdrawal of the originally scheduled opponent. Alvarez is 43 years old,...

Raymond Muratalla W12 Andy Cruz...At the Fountainbleau in Las Vegas, Raymond Muratalla kept his IBF lightweight title following a thrilling battle against two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz of Cuba.  The American star was an underdog beforehand, but he produced a strong performance to put pressure on Cruz throughout. At...

Khaill Coe W10 Jesse Hart.... A very bad decision stained the Muratalla-Cruz undercard in Las Vegas. In what was supposed to be a light heavyweight bout,   New Jersey's Khaill Coe received an undeserved win over Philadelphia veteran Jesse Hart (pictured). On Friday, Coe came in nearly eight pounds overweight, but Hart elected...

Ismail Madrimov W10 Luis David Salazar...On the same show, former world title holder Ismail Madrimov (17-3-1 including the World Series of Boxing) defeated Luis David Salazar (20-2, 7 KOs) of the Dominican Republic in junior middleweight action. Th inactive Madrimov won by unanimous decision, as all three scorecards red 99-91....

Callum Walsh W10 Carlos Ocampo... In the main event of Zuffa Boxing's debut show, undefeated “King” Callum Walsh moved up to middleweight and claimed a unanimous decision victory over Mexico's Carlos Ocampo. Walsh’s victory improved his professional record to 16-0 with 11 KOs, while Ocampo dropped to 38-4 with 26 KOs. Walsh,...

Misael Rodriguez TKO4 Austin Deanda... In the Zuffa Boxing co-feature from Las Vegas, 2016 Olympic medallist Misael Rodriguez used his extensive experience to outbox Austin DeAnda en route to a fourth-round TKO victory via doctor stoppage.  Rodriguez controlled the real estate smartly as he took the center of the ring and...

Emiliano Cardenas W6 Marcus Harris ... Zuffa Boxing launched on Friday with an eight-bout card from Las Vegas. Emiliano Cardenas defeated Marcus Harris via unanimous decision in a six-round bantamweight bout. Official scroes were 60-54 (twice) and 58-56. The Robert Garcia-trained Cardenas improved his professional record to...

On February 10th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Belgian legend Delfine Persoon and rising Canadian Caroline Veyre will face off for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title. This match-up represents a clash of and contrasting styles. On one side, the veteran Persoon seeks to reclaim her status as champion; on the other, Veyre...

On November 12th, the IBF ordered Natasha Jonas of the UK and Flora Pili of France to begin negotiations to set up a contest for the vacant IBF interim junior welterweight title. An agreement was not be reached in the timeframe set forth by the IBF, so the sanctioning body has scheduled a purse bid for February 3rd. Jonas...

Colorado featherweight Troy Nash (5-0-1) arrives in Zuffa Boxing with the backing of his family, and a dream of becoming a champion. Nash and Jaycob Ramos (4-0) will share the honor of being the fighters involved in the first fight in Zuffa Boxing history when they kick off the show at Zuffa Boxing 01 at the Meta Apex in...

Argentiean super bantamweights Alan Cantero and Juan Cruz Unco will step into the ring at the F.A.B. Stadium in Buenos Aires on January 31st. The bout will headline a well-matched card promoted by Sampson Lewkowicz and Tello Boxing in the nation's capital, featuring a strong lineup of emerging talent. “Chapu” Cantero, age...

Hiroki Horiike W10 Joo Young Kim... Japanese junior welterweight Hiroki Horiike ventured to South Korea where he was crowned the new OPBF champion after defeating local favorite Joo Young Kim (20-3-3)  via majority decision. The event, hosted by promoter Han Sang Kim in the South Korean capital of Seoul, drew an enthusiastic...

The IBO reports that Romane Moulai (7-1 including loss in a paid IBA bout less than a year ago) will make her first defense of the IBO women's light flyweight title  in Marseille, France on February 7th. Moulai followed up the IBA loss by winning the IBO's vacant title against Silvia Torres in June, and then winning a...

UPDATE: The Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez, Jr. purse bid has been postponed to January 27th... With ex-champion Daniel Dubois passing on the opportunity to face Frank Sanchez in an IBF heavyweight eliminator, on December 2, 2025, the IBF ordered Richard Torrez, Jr. to begin negotiations with Sanchez for the IBF #1 ranking....

Yesterday, Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI), in his role as the Education and Workforce Committee Chairman, delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of three bills, one of which is an amendment to the Muhammad Ali to protect professional boxers. The amendment is being pushed by Zuffa Boxing,...

The junior middleweight title unification tilt between WBO king Xander Zayas and WBA ruler Abass Baraou Saturday, scheduled for Jan. 31st at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan — will be available to stream for free on the Top Rank Classics Fast channel in the U.S. The broadcast will start at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT, with...

Lightweight Kaipo Gallegos (10-0-1, 8 KOs) is  ready to kick off 2026 as he prepares to face fellow unbeaten Wilson Akinocho (3-0) in a six-round showdown on Saturday, January 24th at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The fight lands on the undercard of Raymond Muratalla vs. Andy Cruz for the vacant IBF lightweight world title,...

On January 13th, the IBF ordered welterweight champion Lewis Crocker to begin negotiations with and former IBF junior welterweight champion Liam Paro for a mandatory defense of the IBF Welterweight title. On January 19th, the IBF received notification from Matt Rose, representing Paro, that they would like to proceed to a...

Super middleweight Ronny Alvarez (5-0, 4 KOs), is entering 2026 with confidence, focus, and something to prove as he prepares to face Braulio Matias Ferreira (7-2, 2 KOs) of Colonia, Uruguay, in a scheduled six-round bout on Saturday, January 24th. The fight will take place on the undercard of Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom...

On Thursday, February 5th, the Casino de Montréal in Canada will roll out the red carpet for undefeated Venezuelan Albert Ramírez, who will make the first defense of his WBA interim light heavyweight title. Standing across the ring will be Britain’s Lerrone “The Sniper” Richards. Ramírez (22-0, 19 KOs) arrives at this...

On March 28th at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico, Gabriela “Bonita” Sánchez (12-6) will face Argentina’s Tamara Demarco (13-8) for the WBC interim flyweight title. The two women previously met on November 8th, in a bout that ended in a technical draw due to a clash of heads in the second round. [The true...

The vacant Britiish welterweight championship will be on the line when Owen Cooper goes up against Constantin Ursu in ‘Under the Lights’ at Valliant Live in Derby, England on Saturday February 28th, live on DAZN. The show will also feature ten-round action at junior welterweigh, with Olympian Luke McCormack taking on...

The newly renamed Meta Apex in Las Vegas will swap the UFC's Octagon for the Zuffa Boxing ring as a new era for boxing begins on Friday, January 23rd. Zuffa Boxing kicks off with an eight-bout lineup featuring 16 boxers whose combined career record stands at 227 wins, nine losses. To set the scene ahead of the inaugural...

Gilberto Ramírez will defend his WBA and WBO cruiserweight world titles against WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez on May 2nd in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions and both camps confirmed over the weekend. From Mexico, Ramirez (pictured) also held a 168-pound title earlier in his career, will face...

Claressa Shields (pictured) and Franchón Crews-Dezurn will meet again in a rematch, this time in the heavyweight division with Shields' undisputed championship on the line. The rematch is booked for Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sunday, February 22nd.  Their first encounter took place in 2016 and marked the...

Last week, the WBC announced the passing of former light heavyweight contender Kosie “KO” Smith of South Africa. Smith was one of his country's most beloved boxers during a career that stretched from 1968-1979. He was a three-time South African national light heavyweight champion and fought for the WBA championship...

WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. has taken his long-time promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, to federal court—claiming that behind-the-scenes chaos, missed opportunities and public blowups derailed his momentum at a critical moment in his career. The lawsuit was filed in Nevada.  At the center of...

On Friday, January 30th, Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, will host a pivotal super middleweight match-up. Unbeaten American Samuel Arnold III will square off against seasoned Argentine Fernando Ezequiel “Manzana” Farías. In addition to being 14-0, Arnold got in plenty of paid rounds through Team Combat League....

Ruslan Abdullaev TKO5 Eduardo Abreu ... Touted Uzbek junor welterweight Ruslan Abdullaev delivered the goods in his fourth pro fight. In a display of power and precision, Abdullaev stoppd seasoned Uruguayan Eduardo “El Verdugo” Abreu via fifth-round technical knockout. The fight ended in dramatic fashion, with just one...

Jorge Chávez W10 Manuel Flores... Mexican super bantamweight Jorge “El Niño Dorado” Chávez delivered one of the biggest wins of his career over the weekend, earning a unanimous decision nod (96–94, 97–93, 98–92) over Manuel “Gucci Manny” Flores. With the victory, Chávez preserved his unbeaten record. The bout, staged at...

Former WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring turned heads, winning his bare knuckles fighting debut in Uncasville, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Casino over the weekend. Herring, also a former U.S. Olympic boxer earned a unanimous decision over Matt “The Silencer” Guymon. All three judges agreed on the...

The WBA Championships Committee has ordered a mandatory bout between bridgerweight champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and interim titleholder Julio César La Cruz. The negotiation period officially began on January 16th, when formal notice was sent to both camps, and will run through February 15th. Gadzhimagomedov last fulfilled...