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Opetaia to face Glanton for inaugural Zuffa championship

By Scott Shaffer Zuffa Boxing has announced that, for the main Event in Zuffa Boxing 04, Australia's Jai Opetaia (pictured) and Brandon Glanton of the United States will fight for the inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight championship. The fight will take place on March 8th at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Opetaia is the reigning IBF champion....

Clutch performance: Veyre holds her way to a title

By Scott Shaffer Caroline Veyre W10 Delfine Persoon... Canada's Caroline Veyre defeated Delfine Persoon in a very ugly fight for the vacant WBC junior lightweight championship. Veyre fought like a female John Ruiz, clutching and holding Person excessively throughout the ten rounds. The tactic worked well for Veyre, as referee Rodriguez deducted...

Pagan continues his lightweight roll

By Scott Shaffer Joshua Pagan W10 Bryan Jimenez... On Tuesday on a Salita Promotions card at GLC Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Joshua Pagan continued his climb in the lightweight rankings, defeating Bryan Jimenez by wide unanimous decision over ten rounds. Pagan was fighting in his hometown, and improved to 15-0. Official scores were ...

Interim title doubleheader on Saturday in Russia

Source: WBA Georgiy Yunovidov defends the WBA interim bridgerweight title this Saturday against Vartan Arutyunyan in the main event in Chelyabinsk, Russia a city near the Kazakh border. The Russian  Yunovidov is known for his technical solidity and durability, boasting a professional record of 12-2 including IBA pro bouts. Arutyunyan...

Mick Conlan books March fight in Belfast

Source: MF Pro MF Pro brings back Irish hero Mick Conlan on Friday, March 20th at the SSE Arena in Belfast. Conlan will face Kevin Walsh (19-0), who will be crossing the Atlantic from Brockton, Massachusetts, the town that middleweight legend Marvin Hagler called home. In 2023, Conlan suffered back-to-back losses to Luis Alberto Lopez (an...

Tonight: Persoon vs. Veyre for vacant title

Source: DAZN Sports news Delfine Persoon and Caroline Veyre will vie for the vacant WBC junior lightweight championship Tuesday night at GLC Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and live on DAZN. Persoon (50-3, 20 KOs), a former two-time lightweight world champion, counts world-class experience against the likes of Katie Taylor, Alycia Baumgardner...

March 21st: Liddard to defend British title vs. Denny

Source: Matchroom George Liddard will defend his British & Commonwealth middleweight titles for the first time against Tyler Denny at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday, March 21st, live on DAZN. Liddard was crowned champion last October, just down the road at the East End’s fabled York Hall, when he stopped Kieron Conway in the tenth...

Reynoso improves to 12-0 in Rhode Island

Press Release Victor Reynoso W6 Ray Oliveira Jr. ... At  the CES Boxing show in Rhode Island, junior middleweight Victor "TAKO" Reynoso extended his perfect record to 12-0 with 7 KOs thanks to a composed six-round unanimous decision over Ray "Prince" Oliveira Jr. (10-5, 2 KOs). The official scores were 60-54 (twice) and 59-55 for...

Friday night boxing comes to Fall River, MA

Source: Boston Boxing Promotions New York junior welterweightTerell Bostic (17-3, 3 KO’s) will be making his third appearance in a Boston Boxing Promotions ring on Friday February 13th at Bernardo’s Event Center in Fall River, Massachusetts as he takes on Rhode Island’s Juan Carlos Pena (32-16-1, 23 KO’s) in an eight rounder. Bostic was last seen...

BKFC planning eight-man, one-night tourney

Press Release On Saturday’s broadcast, BKFC president David Feldman unveiled the organization’s schedule for April, beginning with the inaugural Bare Knuckle Fight Club event on April 7th in Philadelphia. Hailed by Feldman as “the most viral series we’ve ever produced,” the eight-man, one-night tournament winners will be awarded...

Jake Paul angers Puerto Ricans by falsely calling Bad Bunny a "fake American"

Compiled by Scott Shaffer Cruiserweight and boxing promoter Jake Paul took a big social media misstep today, calling Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny a "fake American" just before Bad Bunny was set to perform at the Super Bowl. Paul lives in Puerto Rico and the most popular boxer on his promotional roster is another beloved Puerto...

Harper: "Dubois' trash talk means nothing"

Source: Sky Sports Caroline Dubois faced off with Terri Harper (pictured) ahead of their lightweight championship clash, while Catford's Ellie Scotney looks to make British boxing history; watch the Dubois vs Harper and Scotney vs Flores bill live on Sky Sports on Sunday April 5th. Dubois took her opportunity to get close and personal with...

Arlovski wins BKFC title at age 47

Source: BKFC In a battle of fomrer mixed martial arts rivals, 47 year-old Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski dethroned BKFC heavyweight champion “Big” Ben Rothwell at KnuckleMania VI on Saturday at the sold-out Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. The ringside doctor called a stop to the contest at 1:14 in the third round. The...

Jack Turner climbing the ranks at 115 pounds

Source: WBA Jack Turner TKO3 Juan Carlos Martínez... Undefeated British super flyweight Jack Turner added to his fast-rising career at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, where the corner of Juan Carlos Martínez (10-4-1) elected to withdraw their fighter before the start of the fourth round, awarding Turner the victory by retirement (RTD). From...

Figueroa KOs Ball in 12 for WBA featherweight crown

Brandon Figueroa KO12 Nick Ball.... After a close fight, Brandon Figueroa became a two-time champion with a twelfth-round knockout of WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball. The dramatic ending came in Ball's hometown of Liverpool England. After eleven rounds, the verdict seemed like it could go either way. Round twelve began...

Cain wins eliminator despite being floored twice

Source: DAZN Andrew Cain TKO9 Alejandro Jair Gonzalez... In Liverpool,Andrew Cain defeated Alejandro Jair Gonzalez in a WBC bantamweight eliminator by stoppage despite suffering two knockdowns himself. In round eight, Cain was down twice, the second time right as the round ended. But Cain turned the tables, scoring the first of two...

Medina retains WBO bantamweight title

Source: DAZN Christian Medina W12 Adrien Curiel.... Christian Medina backed up his WBO bantamweight triumph last year with a first defense on home soil as he triumphed against Adrien Curiel. Medina thrilled the Guadalajara crowd, coasting to a unanimous decision at the city's Domo Alcalde across a dozen rounds to retain his belt. Medina...

Weigh-in report from Liverpool

Source: WBA / Queensberry This Saturday, February 7th, the Echo Arena in Liverpool will host a showdown between undefeated hometown favorite Nick Ball, who is the reigning WBA featherweight champion, and former two-division champion Brandon Figueroa. Both men weighed in at 125.1 pounds on Friday. With both fighters known for their relentless...

New Jersey show booked for March 7th

Press Release Boxing Insider Promotions will present a professional boxing event at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, March 7th. The event will be headlined by a junior middleweight bout between “Mr. Atlantic City” Justin Figueroa (17-0) vs. James Blake Franklin (17-14-2). Tickets are available...

Tonight: WBO bantamweight title fight in Mexico

Source: DAZN Defending champion Christian Medina and Adrian Curiel headline a high-stakes world title clash when the two Mexicans meet for the WBO bantamweight title in Guadalajara, live on DAZN. With a world belt on the line at 118 pounds, the bout places the bantamweight division firmly in the spotlight, as Medina (26-4) makes the...

Mikaelian calls out Opetaia for cruiserweight unification

Source: WBC WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Gevor Mikaelian a/k/a Norair Mikaelian visited the WBC in Mexico City to receive the championship belt he earned back in December by dethroning Badou Jack. It was sweet revenge for Miakelian who lost a disputed majority decision to Jack earlier in the year. Accompanied in Mexico City by...

Thurman: "watch what happens when I hit Fundora's chin"

Source: PBC WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman went face to face at a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday to promote their PBC pay-per-view fight scheduled for Saturday, March 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora...

Rothwell vs. Arlovski III happening in BKFC on Saturday

Press Release In the main event of BKFC's KnuckleMania VI on Saturday, Wisconsin's Ben Rothwell will defend his BKFC heavyweight championship for the first time against long-time rival Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski, live on the BKFC App and the BKFC YouTube page from Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Sprinkle in the fact that Arlovski...

Late announcement: MVP adds more women stars to its roster

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Last week, Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions continued its dominance of women's boxing by announcing yet another mass signing of some of the sport's top athletes. Paul tweted, "We are proud to officially announce the signing of [WBC featherweight champion] Tiara Brown, [IBF junior middleweight champion] Oshae...

Introducing New Mexico's Ariana Carrasco

Press Release Ariana Carrasco has signed a long-term management agreement with Trifon Petrov and Imperial Boxing. Carrasco trains at Dona Ana Boxing Gym in Las Cruces, New Mexico under her father Rene Carrasco. She started boxing at age 12 and had over 80 amateur fights. She had an impressive amateur career and won 12 national...

DAZN inks deal with MF Pro

Press Release MF Pro has agreed a long-term broadcast deal with DAZN, and they intend to start the partnership off with April 4th’s pay-per-view heavyweight clash between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder. News of another MF Pro show, live only on DAZN, will be announced on Friday. Kalle Sauerland, who has promoted close to 50 world...

Stevenson stripped after refusing WBC's demand for $100K

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Rather than allow Shakur Stevenson a reasonable period of time to decide in which weight class he wants to campaign, the WBC stripped him of his 135-pound title less than three days after he moved up to win the world 140-pound championship from Teofimo Lopez. Stevenson remains the world / WBO junior welterweight champion....

Wilder: "I need Chisora more than he needs me"

Press Release Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) and perennial contender Derek “War” Chisora (pictured, 36-13, 23 KOs) will collide in a DAZN pay-per-view at London's O2 Arena on April 4th, with tickets going on sale on Friday.At the London press conference on Wednesday, Chisora said: "We...

IBF sends Leo vs. Aleem to purse bid

By Scott Shaffer On December 23rd, the IBF ordered its featherweight champion Angelo Leo and its #1 ranked contender Ra’eese Aleem to begin negotiations for a mandatory defense of the title. An agreement was not reached within the timeframe set forth by the IBF, so the IBF has scheduled a purse bid for February 17th. Leo (26-1) is...

Spotlight on Fundora vs. Thurman

Source: PBC WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora will be looking to continue his reign against former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman in a clash that headlines a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video on Saturday, March 28th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora...

Appendicitis forces Ramirez out of interim title defense

Source: WBA The WBA light heavyweight interim title fight highly between Venezuela's Albert Ramírez and Britain’s Lerrone Richards has been officially postponed due to a last-minute medical issue affecting the Venezuelan fighter. According to a medical report confirmed by his team, Ramírez was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. The...

Sumo wrestling returns to New Jersey in April

Press Release World Elite Sumo (WES) rumbles into Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center on Saturday, April 18th. Following the sold-out success of Sumo Fight Club at White Eagle Hall (Jersey City, NJ) , WES continues its national expansion with a globally inspired event designed to thrill both longtime combat sports fans and first-time...

Watch: De Leon Castro stops Olguin

Source: Boxlab Promotions This past weekend at San Juan's Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot, Puerto Rican junior lightweight Carlos De Leon Castro (7-0, 6 KOs) gave his hometown a sixth-round technical knockout victory over Diuhl Olguin (17-48-7). Olguin is on a 1-16 run, with 14 of those losses coming by decision. “Man, fighting in front of my people...

Dubois vs. Harper tops all-women show on April 5th

Source: Sky Sports Caroline Dubois vs. Terri Harper and Ellie Scotney’s undisputed title fight top an all-women’s TV bill on Sunday April 5th live on Sky Sports. The card at London's Olympia will be Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions first UK event. Dubois takes on British rival Harper in a ten-round unification bout for the WBO and...

Report: Mayweather sues Showtime claiming it sent his money to Haymon... but he doesn't sue Haymon!

By Scott Shaffer TMZ Sports reports that retired great Floyd Mayweather Jr. is suing Showtime and its former executive, Stephen Espinoza for $340 million. The lawsuit alleges that for Mayweather's most lucrative fights, including vs. Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor, Showtime and Espinoza directed payments to accounts controlled...

Stevenson and Roach show mutual respect

Compiled By Scott Shaffer World junior welterweight champion Shakur Stevenson (pictured) on X: "Just rewatched my fight, Teo [Teofimo Lopez] is a really good fighter, great boxing skills. I just made him look that way [overmatched] because of my skills but other guys wouldn’t make him look like that! My jab, my defense, my IQ. I’m just on another level...

Lauren Price books next title defense

Source: Boxxer Lauren Price will defend her world welterweight championship against Stephanie Pineiro Aquino on Saturday, April 4th at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff. This event, presented by Boxxer, will be broadcast live and free-to-air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Also an Olympic champion, Price (9-0, 2 KOs) can already stake her claim as...

Spotlight on Fundora vs. Thurman

Source: PBC WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora will be looking to continue his reign against former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman in a clash that headlines a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video on Saturday, March 28th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora...

Battle of unbeatens added to Saturday's Rhode Island show

Source: CES Boxing Stamford, Connecticut middleweight Douglas “El Uno” Marroquin (8-0, 5 KOs) will step into the spotlight on February 7th when he faces fellow unbeaten Rufus Macauley (4-0, 3 KOs) in the co-feature of CES Boxing’s Winter Brawl 2026 at the Historic Park Theater in Cranston, Rhode Island. Limited tickets to Winter Brawl 2026...

A few words with middleweight Euri Cedeno

Source: Boxlab Promotions  This past weekend in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot, middleweight Euri Cedeno (14-0-1, 12 KOs) of the Dominican Republic delivered a dominant victory. Cedeno turned in a flawless performance, earning a ten-round unanimous decision win and sweeping the scorecards 100-88 across the board. From...