Bilal Fawaz W12 Ishamel Davis... The Nottingham, England co-feature was won by the inspirational Bilal Fawaz. A victim of human trafficking as a teenager, the Nigerian-born Fawaz became a British and Commonwealth junior middleweight champion at the age of 37. Fawaz is just 11-1-1 but he changed his life in the last five...

Sandy Ryan W10 Karla Ramos Zamora ... A WBC junior welterweight title fight in Nottingham, England went the way of Sandy Ryan after ten action-packed rounds. Mexico's Karla Ramos Zamora landed some big shots in the first half but Ryan would not be deterred and got her act together after the halfway mark. Both fighters...

Jin Sasaki TKO2 Marlon Paniamogan ... According to Nikkan Sports, Japanese welterweight Jin Sasaki (20-2-1) scored a dramatic second-round technical knockout victory over Filipino opponent Marlon Paniamogan on February 19th at Korakuen Hall. Sasaki was basically acting like a heavy bag for Paniamogan, absorbing approximately...

Mario Barrios will defend his WBC welterweight title this Saturday in Las Vegas against Ryan Garcia. On Friday, Barrios weighed 147 pounds while Garcia came in at 146.5.  Barrios turned professional in 2013 and built a solid career at junior welterweight before moving up to welterweight. In 2019, he became an i9nterim...

Little-known CSI Sports has issued a press release stating boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather (50-0) will be coming out of retirement after a Spring 2026 Mike Tyson exhibition and that Mayweahter has signed an exclusive agreement with CSI Sports / Fight Sports to resume his professional boxing career. CSI says...

British boxing star Conor Benn announced he is bolting the Matchroom roster to fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner. Matchroom and its leader, Eddie Hearn, faithfully defended Benn when he tested positive for banned perfromance enhancing substances. But boxing is not a sport known for loyalty. Here is what Benn wrote: "First...

UPDATE: The Bivol vs. Eifert purse bid has been postponed by the IBF until Tuesday, February 24th. Original story (Feb. 12, 2026): The IBF announced that a purse bid for light heavyweight champion Dimitrii Bivol's mandatory defense against Michael Eifert of Germany has been rescheduled from February 13th to February 20th....

Zuffa boxing championships to another step towards becoming a reality. With the first title fight about two weeks away, the promotional company unvelied the actual belt design, presenting it to Truki Alalshikh, the morst powerful man in boxing and the cairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainemnt Authority, on...

Arnold Barboza Jr. is back! After more than nine months away from the ring, the California native returns on March 14th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, where he faces Chicago’s Kenneth Sims Jr. in his welterweight debut. Stepping up to 147 pounds against a proven contender, Barboza begins a new chapter with the same focus...

On Saturday, March 14th, undefeated Pierce "Big Bang" O'Leary takes on his biggest competition to date when Mark Chamberlain crosses the Irish Sea to fight him for the vacant IBO junior welterweight title in Dublin. (The last holder of this title was Adam Azim in 2025). O'Leary is 18-0 with a career-best win...

It was the calm before the inevitable storm this Saturday in front of a capacity crowd at Nottingham, England’s Motorpoint Arena this Saturday, as arch-rivals Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington (pictured) stood toe-to-toe at today’s Press Conference. The former featherweight champions face each other in long-awaited rematch...

Brooklyn, New York heavyweight Pryce Taylor (10-0, 6 KOs) is set to make his third consecutive appearance in Detroit and fifth overall in Michigan overall. He will face James Evans (9-2-1, 7 KOs) this Sunday in an eight-round bout at Little Caesars Arena. Taylor is part of the Salita Promotions' card, headlined by...

Today (Friday, February 20th) at the BiYu Arena in Houston, BiYu Promotions has an eight-bout show scheduled. The main event features two undefeated super flyweights scheduled for six rounds: Las Vegas' Jerickel Padsing (7-0) battles Homan Matamoros (2-0) of Nicaragua. In heavyweight action, Tyrone Nash looks to get his...

In an IBF heavyweight eliminator on March 28th in Las Vegas, Cuban standout Frank “The Cuban Flash” Sanchez will take on undefeated U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. in a high-stakes crossroad matchup. Sanchez vs. Torrez is promoted in association with Top Rank. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba and now fighting out...

Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, will host a secondary title fight this Saturday, February 21st, as Noel Reyes and Víctor Santillán collide in an all-Dominican showdown for the WBA interim super bantamweight title. The WBA, like the entire world, recognizes Naoya Inoue as the world champion in this...

Four-division world champion and Hall of Famer Erik Morales has confirmed that he will appear at the Ninth Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday May 2nd at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Expo will coincide with the big cruiserweight fight between Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez and David Benavidez that will...

Golden Boy Promotions' president Eric Gomez submitted a sworn declaration as part of his company's lawsuit against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz. The boxer is trying to free himself from a Golden Boy contract and sign for a huge fight against former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, with a...

This Saturday (February 21st), the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas sets the stage for a tactical shootout for the WBA junior welterweight championship. Champion Gary Antuanne Russell, from Maryland, makes the first defense of his crown against undefeated mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka of Japan in a clash that promises...

The Japanese boxing community celebrated the annual Japan Boxing Awards 2025 ceremony. Undisputed world 122-pound champion “The Monster” Naoya Inoue once again elevated his legend by being honored with the Most Valuable Player award. This recognition marks the ninth time Inoue has received the highest honor in Japanese...

Steve Mares of Texas Combat Sports Promotions is set to bring a boxing event titled Mardi Brawl, the Houston Takeover this Saturday night, February 21st.  The show starts at 7 PM at the ULH Event Center in Houston. The main event will be a six rounder in with John Magalog (14-3) of San Carlos City, Pangasinan,...

As part of Vergil Ortiz's legal efforts to end the court-imposed temporary restraining order that is blocking him from signing a deal to fight Jaron Ennis, Ortiz's manager, Rick Mirigian, submited a sworn declaration to the Nevada federal court. The full text of that declaration, lightly edited, is available below. Ortiz is...

The IBF is in the process of setting up a flyweight elimination bout. Japan's Masimichi Yabuki is the reigning IBF champion at 112 pounds. On January 13th, the IBF ordered Tobias J. Reyes of Argentina and Miel Fajardo of the Philippines to begin negotiations. Reyes is 18-1-1 and coming off a win over previously undefeated...

Last week, BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing, announced the signing of former IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby to a multi-fight agreement. The Welsh boxing standout, known as "Lightning," will bring his technical skills, championship experience, and fan-favorite style to the bare knuckle trigon, making his bare knuckles debut in...

Junior middleweight Alex Bray (10-0, 8 KOs) is entering the most important fight of his young career as he prepares to face Argentina’s Rodrigo Damian Coria (15-7, 3 KOs). The ten-round bout takes place this Friday, February 20th at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, and will be streamed live worldwide on the...

Kenneth Rapista W10 Zhongchao Tao... In an exciting contest in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, Kenneth Rapista emerged victorious over China’s Zhongchao Tao in a super flyweight contest. From the opening bell, both fighters displayed exceptional skill and determination in what proved to be a closely contested battle. Tao...

DAZN and Matchroom Boxing have extend thier long‑standing partnership for another five years in the U.S. and the U.K. The renewed deal guarantees a year‑round schedule of boxing consisting of more than 30 shows globally per year, combining premium Matchroom Boxing live events with original content. Matchroom also signed a...

Southern California pride meets Chicago grit as two elite contenders step into a new division and straight into danger when Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-1, 11 KOs) of South El Monte, CA faces Chicago’s Kenneth “Bossman” Sims Jr. (22-2-1, 8 KOs) in a ten-round welterweight clash at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on...

From the moment Zuffa Boxing was formally announced, the organization's plans have come under criticism from several sections of the boxing establishment, including rival promoters and sanctioning bodies. At the Zuffa Boxing 03 post-fight press conference in Las Vegas on Sunday, Zuffa Boxing head Dana White said that he...

Tucked away at a small table with promoter Eddie Hearn last November, Leigh Wood (pictured) and Josh Warrington are perched with a peculiar air about them. The pair, proud domestic fighters who scaled the world at the peak of their powers, are dressed in their coats, hands jammed into pockets. Without context, without...

Callum ‘Mundo’ Smith defends his WBO interim light heavyweight title against David Morrell on his home turf in Liverpool as part of a huge North-West double for Matchroom Boxing in the UK this April. On Saturday, April 18th, Smith fights in Merseyside for the first time in seven years, with his homecoming set against...

Three high-stakes showdowns have been added to the PBC pay-per-view event available on Saturday, March 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the previously announced main event, WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora battles former unified welterweight champion Keith “One...

Viddal Riley’s credentials as a cruiserweight hopeful will face an acid test when he challenges respected European champion Mateusz Masternak (50-6) on April 4th, live on DAZN. The British domestic champion, Riley takes on Masternak at London’s O2, on the undercard of the Dereck Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder heavyweight...

Edward McCarthy, the chief operating officer of DAZN, submitted the following sworn statement on behalf of Vergil Ortiz, who is seeking to free himself from a contract with Golden Boy Promotions. Ortiz is seeking to sign a fight with former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, but Golden Boy obtained a temporary restraining...

Over the weekend, Eric Gomez, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, submitted a legal declaration in his company's federal lawsuit against Vergil Ortiz, Jr., the star junior middleweight who is seeking to end his promotional contract with Golden Boy and sign for a huge fight against former welterweight champion Jaron...

Ronda Rousey is back, and she’s ready to return to combat sports. Today, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix announced the mixed martial arts event that will be headlined by the return of former UFC champion and Olympic medalist Ronda Rousey (12-2, 9 submissions, 3 KOs), who’ll compete in her first fight in nearly...

The IBF held a purse bid today for featherweight champion Angelo Leo’s mandatory defense against Ra’eese Aleem. The winning bid was in the amount of $227,100 and was submitted by Aleem’s promoter, Sean Gibbons of Manny Pacquiao Promotions. Under IBF rules, Manny Pacquiao Promotions must hold the fight within ninety days....

History provides an important lesson that boxing entities would be wise to heed: history is unkind to incumbents who mistake possession for permanence. Kodak invented digital photography. It held the patents. It had the brand. It had the distribution. But it protected the old model while the marketplace shifted beneath it....

WBC welterweight champion, Mario “Azteca” Barrios, will face Ryan Garcia this coming February 21st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) gained the WBC interim title in 2023 by defeating Yordenis Ugás and defending it against Fabián Maidana. He was then elevated to WBC full champion following...

WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) is in the final stretch of training camp ahead of his twelve-round title defense against Ryan Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs). The bout headlines on Saturday, February 21st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, promoted by TGB Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions....

Vartan Arutyunyan TKO6 Georgiy Yunovidov... On Saturday night at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia, Armenia’s Vartan Arutyunyan stopped hometown titleholder Georgiy Yunovidov in the sixth round to capture the WBA interim bridgerweight title. Yunovidov (12-3 including IBA pro fights) really wasn't much of a champion,...