03/02/2025 |
Welcome to Chisora vs. Wallin fight week |
Welcome to Chisora vs. Wallin fight week |
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Source: DAZN Perennial heavyweight contender Derek Chisora will look to bid a reported farewell to his British fans in style when he meets Otto Wallin in Manchester, England on Saturday. "Del Boy," one of the most popular domestic fighters of the past twenty years, will begin **what he says will be** his final year in the ring on... |
Shields thrills hometown in heavyweight championship fight |
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By Scott Shaffer Claressa Shields W10 Danielle Perkins ... Fighting in her hometown of Flint, Michigan, Claressa Shields thrilled her fans by defeating the much larger Danielle Perkins over ten rounds. Shields knocked Perkins down just before the final bell. There was no suspense when the scorecards were read, but for posterity, Shields... |
Atlantic City Hall of Fame names class of 2025 |
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Press Release The Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) unveiled twenty honorees chosen for induction into its Hall of Fame. The Ninth Annual Awards & Induction Weekend is scheduled to take place from Friday, September 26th, to Sunday, September 28th, 2025, at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (New Jersey). The boxers... |
03/02/2025 |
Alimkhanuly calls out David Benavidez |
Alimkhanuly calls out David Benavidez |
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IBF/WBO middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly called out David Benavidez, the #3 light heavyweight in the world, on Twitter: "If Benavidez agrees to fight me, then you all know that I am always ready to fight! This will be a spectacular fight! He is a good boxer, if two best boxers meet in the ring the fans will be... |
03/02/2025 |
Golden Boy signs Robin Safar plus three more |
Golden Boy signs Robin Safar plus three more |
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Press Release Golden Boy has firmly planted its stake in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions with the signings of four boxers. These signings mark the beginning of a new era in their respective divisions and include the re-signing of cruiserweight Tristan “Sweet T” Kalkreuth (14-1, 10 KOs), cruiserweight Robin “Robz” Safar (17-0,... |
03/02/2025 |
Callum Simpson gets second W of the year |
Callum Simpson gets second W of the year |
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Source: Sky Sports Callum Simpson TKO5 Elvis Ahorgah ... Callum Simpson (18-0) won his second fight in the space of three weeks, but lively antagonist Elvis Ahorgah (13-3) made him work for the victory at London's Wembley Arena. Boxing on the undercard of Adam Azim vs Sergey Lipinets at the OVO Arena Wembley, Simpson applied a stoppage finish... |
02/02/2025 |
Benavidez defeats Morrell in a thriller |
Benavidez defeats Morrell in a thriller |
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Press Release David Benavidez W12 David Morrell Jr.... In a battle of unbeaten light heavyweights in the primes of their careers, former two-time champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez won a bruising unanimous decision victory over Cuba's David Morrell Jr. on a PBC pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With the victory,... |
02/02/2025 |
Fulton now a two-division champion |
Fulton now a two-division champion |
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Press Release Stephen Fulton Jr. W12 Brandon Figueroa ... In the pay-per-view co-feature in Las Vegas, former unified 122-pound champion Stephen Fulton Jr. (23-1, 8 KOs) captured the WBC 126-pound championship with a unanimous decision victory over Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (25-2-1, 19 KOs) in their championship rematch.... |
Cruz outslugs Fierro in all-Mexican junior welterweight war |
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Press Release Isaac Cruz W10 Angel Fierro... The Las Vegas pay-per-view show also saw former junior welterweight title holder Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (27-3-1, 18 KOs) edge out all-action contender Angel Fierro (23-3-2, 18 KOs) via unanimous decision in an early 2025 fight of the year contender. The two Mexican warriors combined to throw... |
02/02/2025 |
Damian Knyba continues undefeated run |
Damian Knyba continues undefeated run |
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Scott Shaffer@ringside Damian Knyba TKO3 Andrzej Wawrzyk ... The main event of Prime Time Promotions' show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was an all-Polish heavyweight contest. The winner was Damian Knyba who conquered Andrzej Wawrzyk via third-round technical knockout. It was also a crossroads fight, as Wawrzyk is a 37-year old... |
More results from Las Vegas: Ramos wants to return to jr. middle after win |
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Press Release Jesus Ramos TKO8 Jeison Rosario ... Opening up the pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Mexican middleweight Jesus “Mono” Ramos (22-1, 17 KOs) displayed his body punching prowess on his way to an eighth-round stoppage of former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario (24-5-2, 18 KOs). "This feels great,” said Ramos. “I... |
02/02/2025 |
Azim stops ex-champ Lipinets |
Azim stops ex-champ Lipinets |
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Source: DAZN Sports News Adam Azim TKO9 Sergey Lipinets... In London on Saturday, Adam Azim dominated Sergey Lipinets (18-4-1), stopping the former world champion in nine rounds. Azim was expected to receive a stern test, but he dominated the experienced fighter and even managed to score a third-round knockdown. Azim (12-0) was also penalized two... |
Undercard results from Newark, NJ: Ex-champ Yoshida wins |
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Scott Shaffer@ ringside Former IBF bantamweight and WBO super flyweight champion Miyo Yoshida got back in the win column just three months after losing her IBF title to Shurretta Metcalf in a controversial decision. Yoshida, a single mother who relocated from Japan to New York City, won a unanimous decision over Hungary's Beata Dudek (5-6). She is... |
01/02/2025 |
Bridgerweight champ wins non-title bout |
Bridgerweight champ wins non-title bout |
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Source: IBA Muslim Gadzhimagomedov W10 Thabiso Mchunu ... Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, the WBA bridgerweight champion, continued his professional winning streak at the International Boxing Center in Moscow. In a non-title ten rounder, Gadzhimagomedov defeated South Africa’s Thabiso Mchunu by a unanimous decision on an IBA Fight Night... |
Cacace gives up title to avoid mandatory defense |
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Source: Twitter Anthony Cacace has vacated the IBF 130-pound title to avoid facing his mandatory contender, Mexico's Eduardo Nunez. Here is how Cacace defended the move: "Becoming a world champion was an absolute dream and incredibly proud moment for me. However, at this stage of my career, I only want the biggest fights possible,... |
Results from Moscow: Suslenkov squeaks by Mulowayi |
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Source: IBA Artem Suslenkov W10 Jack Mulowayi ...Heavyweight fringe contender Artem Suslenkov of Russia was fortunate to narrowly defeat Jack Mulowayi of Belgium on IBA Championship Fight Night show in Moscow. It was a good battle with Mulowayi having some early success. However, the Russian had the quicker and more frequent... |
01/02/2025 |
Weigh-in report from Las Vegas |
Weigh-in report from Las Vegas |
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Source: PBC Today (Feb. 1st), WBC interim light heavyweight Champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez and WBA regular light heavyweight champion David Morrell Jr. will meet in a battle of two of the sport’s most exciting 175 pounders in the primes of their careers. Prior to the action at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, both men weighed in... |
01/02/2025 |
Lucas Bahdi to headline in Toronto |
Lucas Bahdi to headline in Toronto |
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Source: MVP Promotions In Toronto, Canada on Friday, March 7th at the Great Canadian Resort, MVP Promotions in partnership with United Boxing Promotions. The main event will feature Lucas Bahdi, the 2024 KO of the Year award winner, who last fought on MVP’s Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson card. Sara Bailey will also be returning to the ring to defend... |
01/02/2025 |
New opponent for Pryce Taylor on Sunday |
New opponent for Pryce Taylor on Sunday |
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Press Release Brooklyn heavyweight Pryce Taylor is excited about the added exposure he’ll receive this Sunday (Feb. 2nd) fighting on the high-profile Claressa Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) vs. Danielle Perkins (5-0, 2 KOs) card in Flint, Michigan. Taylor, age 28, defeated KeShawn Jackson this past December, also held in Flint, fighting for the... |
Middleweight hopes tomorrow will be Easter Saturday |
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Press Release Middleweight John “The Candyman” Easter (7-0, 7 KOs) will make his Las Vegas debut tomoirrw (February 1st) at the T-Mobile Arena. Fighting in a scheduled six-round bout on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell Jr. event, Easter will face Joseph Aguilar (6-2-1, 3 KOs), who has never been stopped. Originally... |
31/01/2025 |
PBC final presser quotes from Las Vegas |
PBC final presser quotes from Las Vegas |
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Press Release Undefeated light heavyweight stars David “El Monstro” Benavidez and David Morell Jr. continued their war of words at Thursday’s final press conference before they settle their rivalry this Saturday, February 1st on headlining a pay-per-view event on Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez and Morrell will... |
Mayer to give Ryan a rematch after controversial first fight |
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Press Release Two-weight queen Mikaela Mayer will defend her WBO welterweight title in a rematch against former champion Sandy Ryan on Saturday, March 29th at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The tension between the two intensified before their controversial first encounter last September [which Boxingtalk scored a draw]. Ryan accused Team Mayer... |
31/01/2025 |
Brian Norman books first title defense |
Brian Norman books first title defense |
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Press Release In the co-feature n Saturday, March 29th at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, Brian Norman Jr. will make the inaugural defense of his WBO welterweight championship against Puerto Rican challenger Derrieck Cuevas. Featherweight Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington will square off against Jose Enrique Vivas in a ten-round WBC... |
Hutchinson to face Parker in light heavy contest |
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Source: WBC Willy Hutchinson will face Zach Parker in a light heavyweight contest on Saturday, February 8th at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. Hutchinson will enter the ring with a record of 18 wins, 13 by knockout, and 2 losses. He has beaten three of his last five opponents, stopping teo of them and going the distance... |
Teraji and Akui to unify flyweight titles in March |
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Source: WBC WBC flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (pictured, 24-1, 15 KOs) will face his WBA counterpart Seigo Yuri Akui (21-2-1, 11 KOs) in an all-Japanese unification bout on March 13th at the Ryogoku Sumo Arena in Tokyo. Last October, Teraji won the third world title of his career, by technically knocking out former Nicaraguan... |
Heavyweight battle for Polish pride to take place in New Jersey on Saturday |
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The full card is set for “Winter Warfare,” which takes place this Saturday, February 1st at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main event will pit unbeaten heavyweight Damian Knyba (14-0, 8 KOs) against Andrzej Wawrzyk (34-4, 20 KOs) in a ten-round showdown of Polish heavyweights. Knyba of Wudzyn, Poland is coming... |
PBC to stream this week's press conferences and weigh-in live on YouTube |
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Press Release Premier Boxing Champions will deliver streaming coverage of Benavidez vs. Morrell fight week events on the PBC YouTube page as WBC interim WBC champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez and WBA regular champion David Morrell Jr. meet in a battle of unbeaten light heavyweights that pits two of the sport’s most exciting... |
WBO orders Lopez to face interim champ by August |
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By Scott Shaffer The WBO wrote: "One year and seven months have elapsed since Teofimo Lopez Jr., won the WBO junior welterweight championship, making his mandatory title defense obligation due. However, the WBO had not determined a definitive and legitimate mandatory challenger to initiate negotiations. Consequently, the WBO ordered an... |
29/01/2025 |
Hall of Fame writer Michael Katz passes away |
Hall of Fame writer Michael Katz passes away |
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Compiled by Scott Shaffer Veteran boxing writer Ron Borges shared the sad news on social media that Michael Katz, a Hall of Fame boxing journalist, has died: "One of the best boxer writers who ever lived passed away Monday when Michael Katz died at the age of 85. Like most who knew him for any period of time (a minute could be enough in some cases) I... |
Heavyweight Brandon Moore has big opportunity on Sunday |
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Press Release Returning to her hometown of Flint, Mich., WBC heavyweight champion Claressa Shields is back in action on Sunday, February 2nd following her heavyweight debut against Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse when she takes on Danielle Perkins. On the heels of her biographical film The Fire Inside, the two-time Olympic champion has a chance... |
29/01/2025 |
Purse bid off for Matias vs. Valenzuela |
Purse bid off for Matias vs. Valenzuela |
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By Scott Shaffer UPDATE: The IBF anounced that the Subriel Matias vs. Gabriel Valenzuela purse bid scheduled for Thursday, January 30th has been cancelled. On January 11th, the IBF ordered Subriel Matias of Puerto Rico (pictured) and Gabriel Valenzuela of Mexico to begin negotiations for the IBF's #1 ranking in the junior welterweight division.... |
Benavidez: "I worked harder for Morrell than for any other camp in my career" |
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Press Release Undefeated light heavyweight stars David “El Monstro” Benavidez and David Morrell Jr. will settle their yearslong feud in the ring this Saturday night as they enter the ring at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the main event of a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video. “I’m really excited because of all the work I put into... |
29/01/2025 |
Tons of Benavidez-Morrell predictions |
Tons of Benavidez-Morrell predictions |
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Press Release With fight week underway, many of boxing’s top fighters, trainers and media members have weighed in to offer predictions and analysis for this Saturday’s light heavyweight matchup between WBC interim champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez and WBA regular champion David Morrell Jr. as they headline a PBC Pay-Per-View event... |
29/01/2025 |
Eubank vs. McKenna presser quotes |
Eubank vs. McKenna presser quotes |
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Press Release British welterweight Harlem Eubank is scheduled to meet Irish warrior Tyrone McKenna, on March 7th, live and free on UK domestic Channel 5 at at the Brighton Centre in England. Eubank ended over 12 months out of the ring, with a victory in Newcastle before Christmas, while McKenna signed off by winning a staggering... |
Bridgerweight champ fights ten rounder this week |
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Source: IBA IBA Champions’ Night comes to Moscow’s International Boxing Center to host a packed card on January 31st. WBA briderweight Muslim Gadzhimagomedov will feature in the ten-round main event against Thabiso Mchunu of South Africa. [It is unclear if this will be a world title fight or not]. Gadzhimagomedov is unbeaten in eight... |
28/01/2025 |
Saudi Arabia replaces Russia in WBC logo |
Saudi Arabia replaces Russia in WBC logo |
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Source: WBC The WBC has updated its corporate logo to include the flag of Saudi Arabia. Gone from prior versions is the flag of Russia. According to the WBC's statement, "this redesign reflects the dynamic changes in the global boxing landscape and the inclusion of new nations within the WBC family. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman... |
Off-TV undercard details for PBC's big show on Saturday |
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Press Release On Saturday's show headlined by David Banvidez vs. David Morrell in Las Vegas, the non-televised action on Sautrday in Las Vegas will see Jose Benavidez Jr. (28-3-1, 19 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight tilt against Danny Rosenberger (20-9-4, 10 KOs), and Mayweather Promotions’ top prospect Curmel Moton (6-0, 5 KOs) in... |
Marco Romero being guided by some true veterans |
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Press Release John Brown, age 77, Al Valenti, age 74, are boxing lifers with 104 combined years of invaluable experience. They have teamed for one last time to direct the professional boxing career of Marco “El Tiburón” Romero (4-0, 3 KOs), the 19-year-old super middleweight from Olathe, Kansas. Brown is a living legend in boxing from... |
28/01/2025 |
Misael Rodriguez tops Omar Chavez |
Misael Rodriguez tops Omar Chavez |
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Source: WBC Misael Rodriguez W10 Omar Chavez... Misael Rodriguez and Omar Chavez got into the ring for a fight scheduled for ten rounds that Rodriguez ended up winning by unanimous decision in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The first rounds were even, as Chavez tried to impose himself on the Mexican Olympian and they exchanged heavy blows.... |
28/01/2025 |
BKFC in Connecticut this weekend |
BKFC in Connecticut this weekend |
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Press Release Hot on the heels of the biggest night in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship history at the sold-out Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, BKFC returns to the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut this week. Saturday's event will be streamed live worldwide on DAZN. The main event features a welterweight showdown between Julian “Let Me... |