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WBO wants Sheeraz vs. Pacheco for vacant title

By Scott Shaffer With world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford announcing his retirement, the WBO has moved quickly to set up a vacant title fight. Over the weekend, Hamzah Sheeraz of Great Britain and Diego Pacheco of the United States were ordered to begin negotiations, with a twenty-day deadline before the purse bid process...

Australia's Kaye Scott picks up two middleweight belts

Source: WBC Kaye Scott W10 Olivia Curry... At the age of 41, Australia's Kaye Scott won a ten-round majority decision over Chicago’s Olivia Curry to claim the vacant WBC and WBA middleweight titles at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The fight was a rematch of one of the best women's bouts of the year, which had ended in a majority draw back...

WBC Grand Prix final results

Source: WBC One hundred and twenty eight fighters began an arduous journey toward glory in March of this year, but only four managed to realize their dream, taking home the José Sulaimán Trophy and the champion’s belt at the WBC Grand Prix Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Here are the results of this weekend's final-round...

Introducing Eastern Ring Boxing

Press Release The Middle East’s most successful and dominant amateur boxers have come from the kingdom of Jordan, with currently no outlet for a professional future in the region. That has now changed with the launch of Eastern Ring Boxing (ERB), a promotional company based in Amman, Jordan, with a high focus of cultivating a...

Trenton, NJ show back on for Jan. 15th

Source: CB Promotions CB Promotions will now stage it's first fight card on Thursday night, January 15th at The War Memorial in Trenton, New Jersey. After this Thursday night show, CB Promotions intends to settle into a monthly series of Tuesday night fights series palnned to take place in East Coast venues. In the main event, local favorite...

Jake Paul, the Psychology of Spectacle and the Cost of Being Watched

By Charles Muniz In every speculative boom, the mistake is never believing in the thing. The mistake is believing it has no ceiling. The dot-com era didn’t collapse because the internet wasn’t real. It collapsed because belief began compounding faster than reality could sustain. For a time, belief itself became the most valuable asset in...

Watch: Yahir Alan Frank takes out Cortes in 14 seconds

By Scott Shaffer Yahir Alan Frank KO1 Argi Cortes....  In Mexican super flyweight action, Yahir Alan Frank needed just fourteen seconds for a brutal knock out of the better-known Argi Cortes. Frank hooked off his jab and flattened Cortes (28-5-2) who had gone the distance in world title bids vs. Junto Nakatani and Juan Francisco Estrada....

Easy work for Okolie in Nigeria

Source: DAZN Lawrence Okolie TKO2 Ebenezer Tetteh... Lawrence Okolie finished 2025 with a stoppage win against heavyweight veteran Ebenezer Tetteh.  The pair clashed on a fight card in Lagos, Nigeria, and Okolie made it a quick night in his African debut.  Tetteh was wobbled twice in the opening round, before Okolie unloaded in round two....

Watch: Tony Yoka dusts off with a win in Nigeria

Source: DAZN Tony Yoka KO1 Patrick Korte ... French heavyweight and Olympic champion Tony Yoka made easy work of Patrick Korte with a first round knockout in Lagos, Nigeria.  Meeting on the Lawrence Okolie vs. Ebenezer Tetteh undercard, this was Yoka's first time fighting since signing with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.  From...

Roque wins battle of Swiss super middleweights

Source: WBC Angel Roque W12 Yoann Kongolo ... In Zurich, Switzerland, super middleweight Angel Roque defeated the experienced Yoann Kongolo by majority decision.  ​The victory came after twelve rounds of pure intensity, with Roque confirming his technical superiority. After the all-Swiss battle was complete, Roque's record stood at...

Jake Paul tweets after surgery

From social media In the wake of his knockout loss to former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul tweeted: "Jaw broken. Heart and balls intact. Time to rest, recover and return to cruiserweight... Just got out of surgery. Everything went smooth. Thanks for all the love. Lots of pain and stiffness. Gotta eat liquids for seven days......

Craig Richards KOs Dan Azeez in Ghana

Source: DAZN Craig Richards KO12 Dan Azeez... Craig Richards and Dan Azeez were at a crossroads heading into their light heavyweight main event for Matchroom Boxing's first event in Ghana, which was seen live on DAZN. Neither Richards nor Azeez could have afforded to lose, as a defeat would likely bring the curtain down on their...

Joshua starts slowly but KOs Paul in six

Source: Netflix Anthony Joshua KO8 Jake Paul... Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua defeated Youtuber turned boxer Jake Paul on Friday night under the bright lights of Miami’s Kaseya Center and in front of a massive global audience on Netflix. The 36 year-old Joshua — hailing from Watford, UK and standing at 6-foot-6...

Anderson Silva (50) KOs Tyron Woodley (43)

Source: Tudum Anderson Silva KO2 Tyron Woodley... In a boxing match between two former mixed martial arts stats, Brazilian legend Anderson Silva earned a stoppage victory over Tyron Woodley. The 50 year-old Silva dropped the former UFC champion with a right uppercut in their cruiserweight bout on the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua card at...

Baumgardner goes twelve to defeat Beaudoin

Source: Netflix Alycia Baumgardner W12 Leila Beaudoin ... World junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner defeated Leila Beaudoin by unanimous decision, defending her WBA, IBF, and WBO titles in Miami. The women fought twelve three-minute rounds, longer than the normal ten two-minute rounds for most women's title fights. The WBC refused...

More women's championship results from Miami

Source: Tudum World bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson defeated Amanda Galle over ten rounds by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93... WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois defeated Camilla Panatta via unanimous decision. All three judges scored the ten rounder 99-90 for Dubois...  Costa Rican star Yokasta Valle (34-3, 10 KOs)...

More undercard results from Miami

Source: Tudum Jahmal Harvey W6 Kevin Cervantes... Jahmal Harvey controlled his second professional outing from start to finish, earning a unanimous decision victory over previously undefeated Kevin Cervantes in their six-round junior lightweight weight bout on Netflix's Anthony Joshua-Jake Paul undercard at Miami’s Kaseya Center. Harvey...

Watch: Olascuaga retains title via TKO

By Scott Shaffer Anthony Olascuaga TKO4 Taku Kuwahara... In Tokyo, Anthony Olascuaga (11-1 with 9 KOs) retained his WBO flyweight championship with a fourth-round technical knockout of Taku Kuwahara (14-3 with 9 KOs). Olascuaga landed his jab at will, and then cornered a defenseless Kuwahara, peppering him with combinations until the...

Jake Paul's moment of truth has arrived

Source: Netflix Friday's big Netflix show fromMiami, Florida matches Jake Paul, the sport’s most-watched fighter whose showmanship has shattered records, with former two-time champion Anthony Joshua, who has headlined sold-out stadiums across the UK and beyond. But this didn’t come out of nowhere. In a previous interview with Netflix ahead...

122-pound contender Cardenas KOs Robles in five

Press Release  Ramon Cardenas KO5 Erik Robles... Super bantamweight contender Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas ended the year in style by scoring a one-punch “walk-off” fifth-round knockout over Erik “Terrible” Robles in the main event at the the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event was presented by ProBox Promotions...

BKFC wraps up a successful 2025 on Saturday

Press Release It’s the final BKFC Fight Week of 2025 on Saturday (Dec. 20th) at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. New England is quickly establishing itself as a hotbed for bare knuckle fighting in the United States, and Saturday’s action will be aired live worldwide on The BKFC App. Two of the sport’s best...

Rohan Polanco added to Jan. 31st show

Source: Top Rank Rohan “El Rayo” Polanco, the Dominican welterweight with championship aspirations, will kick off his 2026 campaign against Mexican puncher Christian Gomez in a ten-round battle on Saturday, Jan. 31st at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Polanco-Gomez will serve as the co-feature to the junior middleweight...

Saturday: WBC Grand Prix finals

Source: WBC On Saturday, December 20th, the finals of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Here are the bouts:Featherweight: Muhamet Qamili vs. Brandon Mejía. Both demonstrated that the knockout is their language. Qamili blasted Yoni Valverde Jr. with a precise and devastating combination, while Mejía did...

Cherneka Johnson title defense heads up Friday's Tudum stream

Source: Netflix UPDATE: The preliminary card will stream live on Tudum on Dec. 19  at 4:45 p.m. ET / 1:45 p.m. PT. Then, head over to watch Jake vs. Joshua live on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.  On Friday, December 19th from Miami, Florida, the following preliminary bouts will stream live on Tudum.com ahead of the Anthony Joshua vs. Jake...

Road warrior Rene Santiago edges Kyosuke Takami in unification bout

Source: WBA Rene Santiago W12 Kyosuke Takami... Puerto Rico’s Rene Santiago delivered one of the most significant victories of his career, edging Japan’s Kyosuke Takami by split decision to capture the WBA light flyweight in a hard-fought battle at the  Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The scorecards reflected the razor-thin margins of...

Donaire reflects on loss to Tsutsumi

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Seiya Tsutsumi W12 Nonito Donaire In Tokyo over the weekend, Seiya Tsutsumi defeated 43 year-old future Hall of Fame Nonito Donaire to retain WBA bantamweight championship. Tsutsumi won the fight, which was described by many as a war, via split decision. The official scores were 115-113 and 117-111 for Tsutsumi and 116-112...

Curry and Scott discuss next week's unification rematch

Source: WBC Three months after their first fight ended in a majority draw, Olivia Curry and Kaye Scott return to the ring to face off once again for the vacant WBC and WBA middleweight titles. This time, their ten-round unification bout will headline a Salita Promotions card, broadcast on DAZN this December 20th at the Fox Theatre...

Tonight: Olympic champion featured on ProBox TV

Press Release Tonight (Thursday, December 18th) at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ProBox TV will stream a ten-round main event featuring knockout artist Ramon Cardenas returning to US soil to face Mexico’s Erik Robles in a “don’t blink” shootout. Also, Olympic Gold Medalist Hebert Conceicao of Brazil takes...

IBA amateur world championship roundup

Source: IBA The final contests of the IBA 2025 men's amateur boxing world championships in Dubai closed with thirteen gold medal-deciding bouts. In an opening battle of youth vs experience, it was youth that won the day, as Subhan Mamedov (Azerbaijan) secured gold at minimumweight following a 4-3 win over Edmond Khudoian...

Weigh-in report from Ft. Lauderdale

Source: ProBox TV Here are the boxers' weights for ProBoxTV’s ‘Merry Fistmas’ event at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Thursday night at 7 pm ET: Ramon Cardenas 124 pounds -vs.- Erik Robles 123.6;  Hebert Conceicao 160.4  -vs.- Elias Espadas 160.2;  Joeshon James 163.4 lbs -vs.- Yojanler Martinez...

Terence Crawford says he's "stepping away from competition"

By Scott Shaffer Undefeated, multi-division champion Terence Crawford announced his retirement today. The future Hall of Famer posted a YouTube video saying, "Every fighter knows this moment will come. You just never know when... I've spent my whole life chasing something. Not belts, not money, not headlines, but that feeling you get when...

Andrew Cain gets elimination shot in his hometown

Source: WBC British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion Andrew Cain and Mexico City's Alejandro González (19-6-3) are set to collide on February 7th in a WBC final eliminator at 118 pounds. (The WBC bantamweight title is currently held by Takuma Inoue of Japan). Cain will be fighting in his hometwon, in support of a main event...

Ex-champ Akui returns with KO in Tokyo

Source: boxingnews.jp Seigo Yuri Akui KO3  Vincent Lacar... At the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, former WBA flyweight champion Seigo Yuri Akui competing in an eight-round bout at super flyweight, secured a knockout victory over Vincent Lacar of the Philippines in the third round. He successfully rebounded from his loss to Kenjiro Teraji in March....

Welcome to Joshua vs. Paul fight week

Source: Netflix On Friday, Dec. 19th, boxing disruptor Jake Paul challenges former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a career-defining fight from Most Valuable Promotions that will stream exclusively on Netflix. The fight, which is scheduled for eight rounds, takes place at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Prelims begin at 4:45...

WBC findings re: Matias positive ostarine test

Source: WBC On November 15th, VADA notified WBC junior welterweight champion Subriel Matías and the WBC of an adverse analytical finding consistent with the presence of Ostarine in a urine sample collected from him on November 9th. Several anti-doping result management authorities have set thresholds for the presence of Ostarine...

WBA reelects Mendoza to a five-year term

Source: WBA In a surprise to no one, the WBA’s 104th Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida saw the reelection of Gilberto Jesús Mendoza as president of the organization for a new five-year term. With this mandate, Mendoza extends a leadership run that now spans a full decade at the helm of boxing’s oldest sanctioning body. According to...

Artiga retains title by defeating Silva

Source: WBA Jasmine Artiga W10 Stephanie Silva... In Orlando as part of the WBA’s 104th annual convention, Jasmine Artiga (15-0-1) successfully defended her WBA  super flyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Venezuela’s Stephanie Silva (10-2). The scorecards were 99-91, 97-93 and a lopsided 100-90. From the opening bell,...

Cardona talks about this weekend's Netflix fight

Press Release Justin “The Stallion” Cardona (10-1, 5 KOs) has wrapped up training camp as he readies himself for the biggest opportunity of his professional career. Cardona will face dangerous Avious Griffin (17-1, 16 KOs) in an eight-round welterweight bout on Friday, December 19th at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The bout will...

Brown and Tellez post wins in Orlando

Source: Boxlab Promotions Kevin Brown W10 Amos Cowart ... On Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, Kevin Brown (9-0, 3 KOs) junior welterweight Kevin Brown cruised to a unanimous decision victory over lte replacement Amos Cowart (13-3-1, 10 KOs) [after repeat offender Cletus Seldin reportedy failed yet another drug test]....

Croatia's Marko Calic gets big road win in Poland

Source: WBC Marko Čalić W10 Nikodem Jezewski ... Croatia's Marko Čalić (17-2, 10 KOs) got a big road win at the Hala 100-lecia Sopotu, Poland. The bridgerweight defeated the hometown fighter Nikodem Jezewski (26-3-1, 12 KOs) by unanimous decision after ten rounds, via scorecards of 98-92, 98-93...