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...

World super middleweight champion Terence Crawford’s public dispute with the WBC has drawn widespread attention across the boxing industry, emerging at a moment when major stakeholders are seeking to influence the sport’s future structure. The WBC announced it had stripped Crawford of the WBC super middleweight title...

The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum is thrilled to announce the newest class of inductees to be honored during the Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 11-14, 2026 in “Boxing’s Hometown,” Canastota, New York. The Class of 2026 includes Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin, Antonio Tarver and  Nigel Benn in the Men’s...

After a positive test for the banned substance meldonium, the WBO World Championship Committee has issued a “show cause notice” to WBO / IBF middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. The notice stated, "It has been formally reported that on December 2nd, the WBO received an official communication from the...

Heavyweight Johnny Fisher (13-1) is hoping to rebound on Saturday when he heads to Monaco to face late replacement Ivan Balaz, live on DAZN. Earlier this year, Fisher, one of Britain’s most popular fighters, suffered a shock loss when he was stopped by Dave Allen in five rounds. The Slovakian Balaz is 7-0 but only has...

In a twelve-round world title fight on the December 6th PBC pay-per-view show from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, top pound-for-pound fighter Stephen Fulton Jr., who currently holds the WBC featherweight championship, will look to become a three-division champion when he challenges reigning WBC junior...

WBA middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara will defend his title against late replacement Johan Gonzalez thia Saturday (December 6th) at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Lara was originally scheduled to face two-belt champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, but Alimkhanuly failed a VADA doping test. The Lara...

On Thursday, December 18th at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ProBoxTV will present “Merry Fistmas!” live at 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT. The ten-round “don’t blink” main event sees Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas (26-2, 14 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas return to US soil to face Mexico's Erik “Terrible” Robles...

Muhammad Waseem W12 Jakrawut Majungoen... In Lahore, Pakistan last weeekend, local bantamweight Muhammad Waseem (15-2, 10 KOs) battled his way to a unanimous decision over Thailand's Jakrawut Majungoen (50-8-2, 29 KOs). Waseem prevailed by  scores of 115-110 and 114-111 (twice). The fight was chaotic from the opening bell....