Kevin Lele Sadjo is confident he can knock out Diego Pacheco when the pair meet in Stockton, California on Saturday night.  Broadcast live on DAZN, Pacheco is looking to continue rising through the ranks at super middleweight, but Sadjo poses a different test for the American. Sadjo is a man known for his knockout power,...

Nataly Delgado W10 Arlen Lisset Sánchez... Nataly Delgado (19-7-2, 5 KOs) secured a unanimous decision victory over Mexico’s Arlen Lisset Sánchez (8-8-4, 1 KO) to claim the WBA interim super flyweight title. Jasmine Aratga remains the WBA super flyweight champion. The bout, staged before an energized crowd in Panama,...

Murat Gassiev knocked out 44 year-old Kubrat Pulev in round six of their heavyweight battle in Dubai. With the win, Gassiev, a former cruiserweight champion, takes the WBA regular heavyweight championship back to Russia. Pulev was ahead on the scorecards at the time of...

WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball (pictured) will make a fourth defense of his title when he takes on American mandatory challenger Brandon Figueroa on Saturday, February 7th at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Since seizing the WBA belt from Raymond Ford in June 2024 in Riyadh, the 28 year-old Ball has registered...

The WBC has updated its official mandatory status list after the WBC's 63rd annual convention as follows:HEAVYWEIGHT  Champion Oleksander Usyk granted a voluntary defense... Interim champion Agit Kabayel has a title defense on January 10th in Germany vs Damian Knyba... Final elimination ordered between Lawrence Okolie...

A showdown vs. 20 year-old Moses Itauma could rest in the balance when Kubrat Pulev defends his WBA regular heavyweight title against Murat Gassiev on Friday, live on DAZN. The winner of the matchup at Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai could very likely advance to face Itauma as long as the young knockout artist...

Former 154-pound champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout kept his spotless bare knuckes record intact and earned a BKFC lightweight (155-pound) championship fight by defeating Luis “Baboon” Palomino in a rematch on BKFC 85 last Friday at the sold-out Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. The ringside doctor called a stop to the...

On day 5 of the IBA 2025 amateur world championships at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, two-time Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan opened his campaign with a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Turkey’s Samet Gumus despite absorbing a handful of sharp counters. Dusmatov is also an accomplished pro, awaiting...

Dalton Smith is moving ahead with plans to challenge Subriel Matías for the WBC 140-pound world title even though Matias recently tested positive for a small amunt of the banned performance enhancing substance ostarine. Smith successfully completed the WBC's regulatory pre-weigh-in, registering 155.6 pounds. The...

Fans can tune in to DAZN to watch Friday’s IBA Pro 13 card, topped by the WBA regular heavyweight title showdown between defending champion Kubrat Pulev and challenger Murat Gassiev, starting at 2pm GMT on 12th December, The next day, DAZN will stream Saturday’s IBA 2025 men’s (amateur) world boxing championship finals...

Boxlab Promotions junior welterweight Kevin “Alfa” Brown (8-0, 3 KOs) is preparing for the biggest moment of his professional career as he takes on faded, ex-PED user Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin (29-1, 23 KOs) for the WBA interim title on Saturday, December 13th. According to Wikipedia, "On April 6, 2017, Seldin...

Day four of the IBA 2025 men's amateur world championships saw Uzbekistan emerge as the biggest winner of the day across multiple weight divisions. The session, held across Rings A and B at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, also saw pro brigerweights in action. Russia’s Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, the reigning WBA...

Abdourahmane Ndiaye W10 Mohamed Zouaki ... In Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France, Abdourahmane “The Lion” Ndiaye defeated Mohamed Zouaki in a super bantamweight contest. Ndiaye (10-0) showed why he is nicknamed “The Lion.” Throughout the rounds, the French boxer exhibited a combination of power and tactical control, using his reach...

Day three of the IBA world amateur championships saw more elite boxing in Dubai. Tajikistani flyweight Meroj Sufijonov opened the action with a controlled 5–0 uThe evening session delivered a high-level lightweight clash as Serik Temirzhanov of Kazakhstan defeated two-time Olympian Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (15-0 as a pro...

UPDATE: Brooklyn-born Teofimo Lopez (22-1, 12 KOs) will defend his world junior welterweight championship against Newark native Shakur Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs) on Saturday, January 31st at Madison Square Garden in New York City.As previously reported on Dec. 1, 2025: Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment...

ProBox CEO Garry Jonas congratulates former WBA junior lightweight champion Lamont Roach Jr., for his courageous performance Saturday night, December 6th. Fighting in the PBC pay-per-view main event against WBC interim junior welterweight Champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in front of 10,230 Cruz fans at the Frost Bank Center in...

MF Pro says the sport has entered a new age after it launched with the signing of British cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley (13-0). MF Pro is a new promotion which emerges from crossover boxing organization, Misfits Boxing, but is focused on developing a new generation of world champions in the professional ranks....

Joe Cordina of Wales believes his experience will outweigh Gabriel Flores Jr. when the pair step into the ring together in Stockton, California this Saturday. The former IBF 130-pound champion will continue his career, now in the 135-pound category, away from home as he heads to California, live on DAZN. Cordina, previously...

Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian's MVP Promotions has announced the signing of WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois to a promotional contract. MVP quickly added her to next week's Anthony Joshua vs. Paul undercard, where she will defend her title against Camilla Panatta. The show takes place in Miami, Florida at the...

One week before stepping into the ring in Stockton, California, on Saturday, December 13th, Skye Nicolson and Yulihan Luna Ávila successfully passed the WBC-mandated seven-day pre-weigh-in, confirming that both fighters are on track physically for their WBC interim super bantamweight title showdown.  Nicolson, known for...

WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack (pictured) officially registered 205 pounds in his seven-day pre-figth weigh-in ahead of his upcoming fight against Norair Mikaeljan. That fight is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th at Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles. The report confirms that the champion is following a stable...

Happy 94th birthday (Dec. 8th) to Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum. A one-time practicing attorney, Arum worked for Robert Kennedy Sr. in the tax division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He promoted his first card on March 29, 1966. Muhammad Ali defended the heavyweight world title...

The IBA men's world amateur championships continued in Dubai. Here is a recap of the second day of action: Cuba’s two-time, two-weight Olympic gold medallist Arlen Lopez showed championship resilience in a hard-fought light heavyweight bout against Tokyo Olympian Bayram Malkan (Turkiye). Lopez edged a heated contest by...

James "Jazza" Dickens (36-5) reported that the WBA has promoted him from WBA interim junior lightweight champion to WBA junior lighweight champion. The upgrade was made possible by the WBA unfairly stripping Lamont Roach of the WBA junior lightweight championship. On Saturday, Roach fought Isaac Cruz at juniopr welterweight...

Shabaz Masoud W12 Peter McGrail ... Shabaz Masoud and Peter McGrail locked horns on Saturday for the European super bantamweight title in Monte Carlo, live on DAZN. McGrail (12-2) came out the aggressor in the opening three rounds and looked to be on his way to a rout. Then, Masoud woke up and dominated the remainder of the...

Junior middleweight contender Bakary Samake has joined forces with Frank Warren and Queensberry. In conjunction with Samake Promotions, the 22 year-old Frenchman will fight under the Queensberry banner as he closes in on a shot at the WBC world title. Samake, who holds a record of 19-0 with 11 KOs, is ranked #1 by the...

Remsey Trujillo TKO3 Kevin Guerrero ... Guatemala's Remsey Trujillo, age 20, stopped fellow undefeated Kevin Guerrero from Costa Rica in the third round. The junior middleweight bout was held on Saturday in Guatemala City. A pro for only fourteen months, Trujillo has been incredibly busy and improved his pro record to 10-0-1...

The opening day of the IBA 2025 men’s amateur world championships got underway in Dubai this weekend. Athletes from around the world set the tone for a tournament featuring a record $8.32 million prize pool. In the heavyweight division, Kazakhstan’s Nurmagamed Yussupov dismantled Tajikistan’s Navruz Jafoev in under 30...

Lamont Roach D12 Isaac Cruz... Mexico's Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and now-former champion Lamont Roach (pictured) went toe-to-toe for a dozen rounds, battling to a majority draw in the main event of a PBC show Saturday night at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Cruz retained the WBC interim junior welterweight title with...

 O’Shaquie Foster W12 Stephen Fulton... On the PBC pay-per-view show in San Antonio, reigning WBC junior lightweight champion O’Shaquie Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) dominated on his way to a unanimous decision over former two-division champion Stephen Fulton Jr. (23-2, 8 KOs) to add the questionable WBC interim lightweight title to...

Jai Opetaia KO8 Huseyin Cinkara... One of the most avoided boxers in the sport, Australia's Jai Opetaia, defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a frightening eighth-round knockout of Germany's Huseyin Cinkara. The ending is a strong contender for knockout of the year, but it wasn't all sunshine for Opetaia. The 40...

Erislandy Lara W12 Johan Gonzalez... Erislandy Lara (pictured) dropped late replacement Johan Gonzalez twice on the way to a unanimous decision victory, defending his WBA middleweight title. Gonzalez was subbed in for WBO/IBF middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly who test positive for a banned performance enhancing...

Frank Martin KO4 Rances Barthelemy... On the PBC show in San Antonio, Texas, Frank Martin made a successful jump up to junior welterweight, putting former two-division champ Rances Barthelemy to sleep just before the bell sounded to end round four. The knockout was a beautiful straight left following a right-handed jab. Martin...

Elif Nur Turhan TKO5 Beatriz Ferreira... Turkish boxing fans are celebrating as Elif Nur Turhan defeated Beatriz Ferreira in a battle of unbeatens to win the IBF women's lightweight title. Turhan triumphed by technical knockout at 1:05 of the fifth round, finishing off Ferreira with a flair rarely seen in women's boxing....

On Thursday, the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced its inductees for 2006. The men and women to be honored at a Jue ceremony in Canastota, New York are:  Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin, Antonio Tarver and  Nigel Benn in the Men’s Modern category; Naoko Fujioka and Jackie Nava in the Women’s Modern...

The WBC has committed a stunning breach of boxing tradition as well as general principles of fairness. Tonight (December 6th) in San Antonio, Texas, O’Shaquie Foster will face Stephen Fulton in a fight that was supposed to be for Foster's WBC junior lightweight (130-pound) title. Fulton is the WBC featherweight...

Lou DiBella, former HBO executive and promoter, paid tribute to the late Jimmy Glenn on Glenn's election to the Hall of Fame: "In 1989, on my first day at HBO Sports, the late Arthur Curry told me that he was bringing me to Jimmy's Corner to meet an OG and a boxing treasure. Jimmy Glenn [the owner of Jimmy's Corner] became a...

Here are the boxers' weights for Saturday night's King's Promotions card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia: Atif Oberlton 177 pounds -vs.- Vaughn Alexander 174; Shannel Butler 125.2 -vs.- Debora Anahi Dionicius 124.2; Ali Ellis 239 -vs.- Colby Madison 246; Shera Mae Patricio 117.2 -vs.- Moni...

Boxing fans will have a rare opportunity to meet former two-time champion Regis Prograis this Saturday, December 6th at a book signing event at Ferocious Fitness Boxing Gym in San Antonio, Texas. Prograis will be signing copies of his biography, which was released last year to praise for its raw honesty, powerful...

Thammanoon Niyomtrong W12 Junior Zarate ... On the last night of the WBC convention in Bangkok,Thammanoon Niyomtrong a/k/a Knockout CP Freshmart defeated Junior Zarate by convincing unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBC light flyweight belt. The WBC vacated the title and demoted Carlos Cañizales to champion in recess...