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BKFC results from last weekend

Press Release On Friday at BKFC Fight Night at the sold-out Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana, Gregoris “The Venezuelan Viper” Cisneros turned heads, knocking out UFC vet Cameron “Jumpman” VanCamp in the first round of their welterweight battle. The fight was stopped with 11 seconds remaining in the opening stanza....

De Los Santos to appeal KO loss to Valenzuela

Source: Fighters First Management Fighters First Management CEO Adrian Clark, manager of Edwin De Los Santos, has announced his intent to appeal the results of De Los Santos’ loss to Jose Valenzuela this past Sunday with the Nevada Athletic Commission. Replays if the end of the lightweight bout show Valenzuela throwing and connecting with a punch after De...

Lopez looking to challenge Romero next

By Scott Shaffer Boxing managers Keith Connolly and Mike Borao posted on Facebook: "Breaking news! Teofimo Lopez has just announced he has verbally agreed to a huge fight against Rolly Romero for the WBA welterweight championship of the world live on DAZN." Lopez, whose record is 22-2, was a world champion at both 135 and 140 pounds....

Martinez vs. Plantic presser quotes

Source: ProBox TV WBC interim super middleweight champion Lester Martinez and his upcoming challenger, Luka “The Thunder” Plantic, went face to face for the first time today, at a press conference to promote their August 29th showdown, live on ProBoxTV (7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT) from the Galen Center in Los Angeles. Martinez (20-0-1 with 16 KOs)...

Suslenkov: beating Joyce will be a career changer

Source: IBA Russian heavyweight Artem Suslenkov (17-1 including IBA Pro and World Series of Boxing bouts) believes a victory over 2016 Olympic silver medallist Joe Joyce can take him to a new level of international recognition. Their 12-round bout will serve take place on July 11th at VTB Arena in Moscow. Suslenkov, a fringe...

Gustavo Trujillo continues his winning ways

Press Release Gustavo Trujillo KO7 Calvin Barnett... Heavyweight Gustavo "The Cuban Assassin" Trujillo continued his high-activity pace, improving to 12-0 with 11 knockouts after a seventh-round knockout over Calvin Barnett (7-6, 4 KOs) in a scheduled ten rounder on Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida....

Coley holds Toussaint to a draw

Source: Star Boxing Wendy Toussaint D10 Aaron Coley... In Star Boxing's ten-round main event over the weekend, junior middleweight Wendy "The Haitian Fire" Toussaint of Huntington, New York, was pushed to the limit by veteran Aaron Coley of Oakland, California, battling to a hard-earned majority draw in a highly technical and closely contested...

Italian update: Priolo wins split decision in his hometown

Source: WBC / Boxrec Fiorenzo Priolo W8 Leonard Bajrami... On Sunday in Turin, Italy, boxing fans saw an exciting junior welterweight clash between warriors Fiorenzo Priolo and Leonard Bajrami. Fighting in his hometown, Priolo secured what was reported as a split decision victory, in a fight that saw the combatants put on a show with...

Kudryashov wins bare knuckles debut in Moscow

Source: IBA IBA Bare Knuckle 5 took place over the weekend at CSKA Arena in Moscow. The main event featured a rematch between Samat Abdyrakhmanov of Kyrgyzstan and Russia's Islam Kadiev, while ex-cruiserweight contender Dmitry Kudryashov made his bare-knuckle debut against Hasan Yousefi of Iran in the co-feature. In the main...

Alvarez comeback delayed until october

Source: DAZN DAZN has confirmed that former four-division champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's challenge of WBC super middleweight champion Christian Mbilli has now been pushed back to October, but no specific date was provided. DAZN intends to broadcast the fight on a pay-per-view basis. The legendary Mexican was scheduled to return to...

Ex-champ Mora gets into Twitter dispute with Ortiz

Compiled by Scott Shaffer Junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz, Jr. is quite salty that his promotional disputes led to Xander Zayas fighting Jaron Ennis instead of Ortiz himself. After Ennis defeated Zayas, Ortiz was particularly harsh on the loser: "Xander you looked straight to your corner after you got dropped that last time. You’re a pu**y...

Watch: Valenzuela KOs De Los Santos

Source: Zuffa Boxing Jose Valenzuela KO2 Edwin De Los Santos... In the Zuffa Boxing main event, ex-junior welterweight champion Jose “El Rayo” Valenzuela avenged a defeat with a second-round knockout of Edwin De Los Santos. In 2022, De Los Santos took the win in their first meeting when he knocked out Valenzuela in the third round in a fight that...

Welcome to Mason vs. Bell fight week

Source: Top Rank Abdullah Mason is ready for his Cleveland homecoming. Mason will defend his WBO lightweight world title against unbeaten Toledo native Albert Bell in an all-Ohio clash this Saturday, July 4, at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center. In the co-feature, Bruce Carrington puts his WBC featherweight world title on the...

Brandun Lee and Jerwin Ancajas both lose in Vegas

Source: Zuffa Boxing Cain Sandoval W10 Brandun Lee... In the main card opener of Zuffa Boxing 07 in Las Vegas, Cain Sandoval bounced back from a prior defeat to Julian Rodriguez with a hard-earned majority decision win over Brandun Lee in their ten-round welterweight matchup. Lee entered this but with a record of 30-0. Sandoval’s tactical...

Zuffa Boxing preliminary results

Press Release Andres Teran TKO6 Floyd Diaz ... On the Zuffa Boxing undercard in Las Vegas, Andres Teran bided his time, waited his moment, and eventually found the punch that mattered as he turned the tables on undefeated Floyd Diaz in their ten-round bantamweight contest. Diaz settled quickly and landed stiff shots during an impressive...

Zuffa Boxing coming to Ireland

Source: Zuffa Boxing Zuffa Boxing is coming to Dublin. On Saturday, August 8th, 3Arena will host Zuffa Boxing 10 — the promotion's first-ever show in Ireland — headlined by Aaron McKenna against Italy's Etinosa Oliha. In the co-feature, unbeaten Cork southpaw Callum Walsh returns to action against Tyler Denny in a ten-round middleweight...

Lee Selby wins BKB debut in Wales

Source: BKB After weathering a heavy barrage in the first round, former IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby won his bare knuckles fighting debut, following up with several knockdowns before finishing Italy's Antonio Rizzo by second-round knockout. Selby-Rizzo headlined BKB 55 in Cardiff at the Vindico Arena in Cardiff, Wales on...

Ennis stops Zayas to become two-division champ

By Scott Shaffer Jaron Ennis TKO7 Xander Zayas... Jaron "Boots" Ennis added another chapter to Philadelphia's storied boxing history on Saturday. The former welterweight champion traveled about two hours north to Brooklyn, New York's Barclays Center where he defeated Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas to become a two-division champion. Ennis scored...

WBC e-mails Kabayel its heavyweight title

Source: WBC Agit Kabayel has officially been recognized as the new WBC heavyweight champion, effective June 27th. Kabayel’s ascension to the WBC championship is the culmination of nearly a decade of remarkable consistency inside the ring. Undefeated as a professional, the German standout has steadily climbed the ranks while...

Undercard results from Brooklyn

Source: DAZN Emiliano Vargas KO4 Bryce Mills... Emiliano Vargas defeated Bryce Mills by knockout at 1:17 of the fourth round in Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The junior welterweight Vargas (18-0) first sent Mills bending backwards to the canvas with a straight left hand. Mills made it back to his feet but didn't seem to be in the right frame...

Weigh-in report from Las Vegas

Source: Zuffa Boxing On June 28th, Zuffa Boxing lands at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The main card for Zuffa Boxing 08 opens with a lightweight contest between Edwin De Los Santos of the Dominican Republic and Mexico's Jose Valenzuela, a former champion. It is scheduled for ten rounds. De Los Santos has built a reputation as an...

Martinez vs. Plantic lands on campus of USC

Press Release UPDATE: The University of Southern California’s Galen Center in Los Angeles has now been confirmed as the venue for WBC interim super middleweight champion Lester Martinez’s first defense against Luka Plantic. It will take place on Saturday, August 29th, and live on ProBoxTV. Located across the street from the USC campus,...

Tank Davis finally stripped by the WBA

Source: WBA The WBA has declared Gervonta "Tank" Davis to be the champion in recess at lightweight while designating Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi to fight for the division’s now-vacant title. The WBA  Championships Committee reviewed Davis’ legal situation and reached its decision after determining that the ongoing proceedings...

Usyk vacates his three heavyweight titles

By Scott Shaffer World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who holds three of the four major belts, dropped a bombshell on social media today when he said, "I am vacating my unified WBA, IBF and WBC heavyweight world titles ahead of stepping into the ring for my final fight." Usyk made the announcement as the WBC was moving to enforce...

Weigh-in report from Brooklyn

Source: DAZN Xander Zayas and Jaron Ennis have come together for the final time before battle at the customary weigh-in.  The two-belt junior middleweight battle has the entire boxing population excited, and with the Puerto Rican champion Zayas going against Ennis from Philadelphia, two of boxing’s most prized regions will collide...

Interview:Jerwin Ancajas

Source: Zuffa Boxing Former super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas has arrived in Zuffa Boxing ready to embark on a new chapter, in a new weight class, but his ultimate goal remains the same – to become a world champion once again. Ancajas had a near-six-year run as a 115-pound champion between 2016 and 2022, and now, as he prepares for his...

Joe Frazier statue moving to better location

Press Release On Monday at 10 AM, Creative Philadelphia will unveil a Joe Frazier statue at its new permanent location near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the former heavyweight champion famously trained on one of the city’s most visited destinations, attracting millions of visitors annually. Created by sculptor Stephen Layne...

Harper begins campaign at 140 pounds in August

Source: MVP Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced that former three-division champion, Terri Harper of the UK will challenge the USA’s Miranda Reyes in a junior welterweight bout as Harper moves up in weight to begin her campaign to win a championship in a fourth weight division. MVPW-06 UK vs. USA takes place Saturday, August 29th...

Albert will answer the Bell vs. Mason on July 4th

Press Release Abdullah Mason’s Cleveland homecoming will now come with an all-Ohio twist. Former 130-pound champion Joe Cordina was forced to withdraw due to a visa issue, but unbeaten Toledo native Albert Bell has agreed to step in to challenge Mason for the WBO lightweight world title on Saturday, July 4th at Cleveland State...

Brandun Lee returns on Sunday

Source: Zuffa Boxing Brandun Lee has arrived In Las Vegas for Suday's Zuffa Boxing 08 armed with a perfect record of 30-0 and 23 knockouts to his name. The 27 year-old California native is in his tenth year as a pro, and he feels that Saturday’s showcase represents the perfect opportunity to finally put himself in the championship conversation...

Martinez to face Plantic in battle of undefeateds

Source: ProBox TV WBC interim super middleweight champion Lester Martinez will make his first interim title defense against Croatia’s Luka Plantic. Guatemala will be in the house and undefeated 0’s will be on the line on Saturday, August 29th, for Martinez-Plantic, which will be streamed live on ProBoxTV (7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT) from Los...

Jermall Charlo: "I feel more comfortable at 168"

Source: PBC Former two-division champion Jermall Charlo held a media workout in Houston on Wednesday in anticipation of his fight in Australia, scheduled for Saturday, July 25th at Afterpay Arena in Sydney, Australia.  Charlo is currently in training camp alongside ex-welterweight champion Errol Spence and trainer Ronnie Shields....

WBO orders Kreps vs. Ali for vacant 122-pound title

By Scott Shaffer The WBO has ordered negotiations for the vacant WBO female junior featherweight championship between Mikiah Kreps and Ramla Ali. The title was recently vacated by world champion Ellie Scotney, who also vacated the WBC title at 122 pounds to move up to 126. Kreps, from the Buffalo, New York area, is 11-0 for her career....

Quick Draw Randall headlines Buford Promotions debut

By Christian Schmidt Buford Promotions is gearing up for it's first ever show, "No Peace, Just Pressure" this Saturday night, June 27th in Houston. It is a full card, as there are eight bouts scheduled in total.  Seven fighters are scheduled to make their professional debuts.  The main event will pit rough and tough "Nino de Oro" Chucho...

Mayweather calls off exhibition before Court rules

By Scott Shaffer Rather than wait for a New York court to issue a ruling on the preliminary injunction request filed by CSI Entertainment and related entities, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. called off this weekend’s exhibition bout between himself and Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis, which was scheduled for Athens. Upon receiving this news, Judge...

Ali Akhmedov books Kazakhstan fight for July 25th

Source: IBO According to the IBO, Ali Akhmedov and Asemahle Wellem are on a collision course for the IBO interim light heavyweight title on July 25th in Kazakhstan, live on ESPN+. Akhmedov is 25-2 with two straight wins since an upset loss to Maciej Sulecki in February 2025. He'll be fighting in his home country. Wellem is a 25...

IBA bare knuckles coming to Miami on July 18th

Press Release IBA Bare Knuckle is set to make its United States debut on July 18th at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Further announcements regarding the official fight card, ticket sales and fight week activities will be released soon. Representing a significant milestone in the IBA's global expansion, the event will...

Read Mayweather's sworn statement saying $4.5M was stolen from him

By Scott Shaffer On Thursday, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. submitted a statement under the penalty of perjury, to a New York court that is considering whether to allow Mayweather's exhibition fight to take place on Sautrday in Athens.Here is what Mayweather said: "I am generally familiar with the allegations against me in this case. It is...

Spence: "I'm taking things one fight at a time"

Source: PBC Former unified welterweight champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. held a media workout in Houston on Wednesday ahead his comeback fight, which takes place Saturday, July 25 in a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video from Afterpay Arena in Sydney, Australia. Spence is currently in training camp with trainer Ronnie Shields,...

Jerwin Ancajas now campaigning at featherweight

Source: Zuffa Boxing Sunday night's Zuffa Boxing 08 co-feature in Las Vegas a battle between traditional boxing rival nations Mexico and the Philippines as the undefeated Omar Trinidad returns to face former super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancas (pictured) in a pivotal meeting in the featherweight division. Trinidad (20-0-2, 14 KOs) stamped...