Saul "Canelo" Alvarez issued this social media comment after his loss to Terence Crawford: "I feel very proud of everything I've achieved so far; we always want to win, but I accept this defeat with humility and learning. I am very grateful to my team for all the sacrifices we've made together over all these years. I already...

Yoseline Perez concluded her run at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, with a silver medal. Perez earned the honor after narrowly falling 3-2 to Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang in the woen's bantamweight title match on Sunday inside M&S Bank Arena. The Houston native concluded the event as the...

Japanese boxer Umi Ishikawa is the WBC female interim minimumweight champion. She achieved this feat on May 3, 2024, in Pathum Thani, Thailand, by defeating Thailand’s Sothita Sitthichai with a second-round knockout. Born on March 21, 1984, in Tokyo, Ishikawa is currently 41 years old, an uncommon age to shine in the...

SEPT. 14, 2024: A weekend that was a celebration for boxing ended in tragedy with the announcement of the death of Ricky Hatton at age 46. Hatton was a two-division champion and an iconic and beloved figure in British sport. He was a working class hero in the city of Manchester, England and his 2005 victory over Kostya Tszyu...

Terence Crawford W12 Canelo Álvarez ...  On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Terence Crawford made boxing history, becoming an undefeated five-division champion by defeating Saul "Canelo" Álvarez in a battle of future Hall of Famers. Moving up two weight divisionssincehis last fight, Crawford won by unanimous decision in front of...

Naoya Inoue W12 Murodjon Akhmadaliev...  World 122-pound champion Naoya Inoue was supposed to be given the toughest test of his super bantamweight reign. In the end, it was just another dominant night at the office. Inoue defended his undisputed crown Sunday with a one-sided unanimous decision over former unified champion...

Christian Medina TKO4 Yoshiki Takei ... In Nagoya Japan, Mexico's Christian Medina (26-4, 19 KOs) dethroned Yoshiki Takei (11-1, 9 KOs) by fourth-round TKO to win the WBO bantamweight title. Medina dropped Takei in the opening round, then finished him off with a flurry of uppercuts in the fourth to pull off the major upset....

Christian Mbilli D10 Lester Martinez... In an absolute thriller of a fight between undefeated super middleweights, Christian Mbilli (pictured) and Lester Martinez (19-0-1, 16 KOs) battled to a split draw after ten action-packed rounds. Although he does not get the hype he deserves, Mbilli, a former French Olympian now fighting...

Callum Walsh W10 Fernando Vargas Jr. ... Irish junior middleweight Callum Walsh (15-0, 11 KOs) remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision victory over Fernando Vargas Jr. (17-1, 15 KOs). After ten rounds, Walsh prevailed on the scorecards by tallies of 99-91 (twice) and 100-90. However, the fight was more competitive than...

 Jermaine Franklin W10 Ivan Dychko... In a heavyweight fight where neither man was conditioned to fight ten hard rounds, Michigan's Jermaine Franklin defeated ex-Olympic medal winner Ivan Dychko by unanimous decision at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium. Dychko did well early, but tired over the second half of the fight. Dychko...

In a bit of a surprise, Cuban born Raiko Santana (13-4, 7 KOs) stopped Steven Nelson in the first round of a light heavyweight bout. Nelson is from Nebraska and a gym-mate of Terence Crawford, but he falls to 20-2 with 16 KOs... Saudia Arabia's Mohammed Alakel (5-0), a protege of Turki Alalshikh, made a successful...

Yoseline Perez continued her run at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, earning a unanimous decision over Italy’s Sirine Charaabi on Saturday. With this win, Perez advances to the bantamweight final against Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang on Sunday, the last day of competition. Perez outmaneuvered...

Here are the weigh-in results for the big show in Nagoya, Japan featuring world 122-poud champion Naoya Inoue vs. former two-belt champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev. The action can be viewed at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT live on Top Rank's Facebook Channel in the U.S., UK & The Philippines.Undisputed world super bantamweight championship...

When two pound-for-pound kings step into the ring, history doesn’t wait — it swings. On one side: the undisputed face of Mexican boxing. On the other: an undefeated American technician with something to prove. Tonight, Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford meet in a once-in-a-generation showdown, streaming live only on...

This wasn’t just another weigh-in — it’s the moment that sets the stage for one of boxing’s biggest events in decades. Saul "Canelo" Álvarez is a four-division world champion and the first fighter in history to unify all four major titles at super middleweight. At 35, he remains one of the sport’s most dominant stars,...

Anthony Olascuaga TKO2 Juan Carlos Camacho... Anthony Olascuaga retained his WBO flyweight title with a second-round stoppage over Juan Carlos Camacho in Las Vegas. Olascuaga punished Martinez against the ropes until the referee intervened. The fight was the headline attraction in The Ring’s new series, The Underdog....

The highly anticipated undisputed world super bantamweight championship showdown between reigning king Naoya Inoue and former two-belt champion Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev, taking place Sunday morning (US time), Sept. 14th at IG Arena in Nagoya, Japan will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. and UK on the Top Rank...

The opening press conference took place to promote next month's the heavyweight showdown between WBO interim champion Joseph Parker and his WBA counterpart, Fabio Wardley. The fight is set to happen at the 02 London on Saturday October 25th. A shot at world champion Oleksandr Usyk is the prize for the winner, with both...

On September 13th, the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland will host a pivotal showdown on the European circuit, as undefeated Irishman Caoimhin “Black Thunder” Agyarko (17-0, 7 KOs) takes on Britain’s Ishmael “The Black Panther” Davis (13-2, 6 KOs) in a junior middleweight contest....

Takeshi Ishii W10 Jake Amparo ... Takeshi Ishii successfully defended his OPBF 105-pound title at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, defeating Jake Amparo of the Philippines by unanimous decision. The official scorecards read 98-91 (twice) and 99-90. From the opening bell, Ishii (11-1) set the pace, puncturing with hard left hooks to...

IBO junior welterweight champion Adam Azim has signed a new contract with Boxxer, committing his future to the next-generation boxing promotion. The British Azim first signed with Boxxer in 2021, just one fight into his professional career. Since then, the electrifying 23-year old has established himself as one of the...

On September 14th, at the IG Arena in Nagoya, Japan, veteran Yuni Takada (16-8-3, 6 KOs) meets 27 year-old Ryusie Matsumoto (6-0, 4 KOs) for the WBA regular title at minimumweight. [Neither one is worthy of a world title fight]. Takada brings the grit and experience, but Matsumoto, representing the new wave of Japanese...

Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan stood toe-to-toe this week in the very spot they will collide this Saturday aspart of their fight week. Belfast’s own Crocker – headlining at the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park where he grew up just yards away – kept a cool counsel as rival Donovan, from Limerick, arrived in...

Thirty years after immortalizing his name in boxing folklore, British treasure Frank Bruno has opened up on his historic WBC heavyweight title and his extraordinary life and times since in a world exclusive with Modern Boxing Journal. Captured candidly by renowned photographer Tom Cockram with his collection of belts,...

Boxing returns to Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, as Boxlab Promotions presents a show on Friday, September 19th featuring a ten-round junior welterweight bout between Cuba's Kevin Brown (7-0, 3 KOs) and Mexico's Juan Meza Angulo (9-2, 6 KOs). The event will stream live on BXNGTV, and tickets are on sale now...

Mexican women’s boxing will take center stage on October 18th when Lourdes "Little Lulu” Juárez defends her WBC light flyweight world title against former unified champion Yesica Nery Plata at Most Valuable Prospects 16, staged by MVP at the South Padre Island Convention Center in Texas. Juárez, the reigning champion and...

Yoseline Perez  was the first, and so far only, American to make it through to the medal rounds at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. The Team USA competitor from Houston claimed a split decision victory on Wednesday over Uzbekistan’s Nigina Uktamova, a Paris 2024 Olympian, in bout two of the...

Reed Shelger's Paradigm Combat Sports is set to bring a combined boxing and mixed martial arts show on Saturday to the Paradigm Combat Sports Training Center in Sugarland, Texas, which is located in the Houston metropolitan area. The show will feature five professional boxing matches and two MMA bouts.  Gerald McClellan...

The Vine Theater at del Lago Resort & Casino in Waterloo, New York will host an evening of boxing on Thursday evening, October 30th. The card will feature five professional and six amateur fights, with tickets going on sale this Friday. Fans must be 21 years or older to attend. The show will be presented by Rising...

Netflix announced the following preliminary bouts will stream on its Tudum platform (Tudum is Netflix's official companion website) at 5:30 PM Eastern Time ahead of the main event on Saturday, Sept. 13th: Serhii Bohachuk (26-2, 24 KOs, fighting out of Los Angeles by way of Vinnytsya, Ukraine) faces off against Brandon...

WBC interim super middleweight title holder Christian Mbilli (pictured) was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon and is now based in Montreal. He made his professional debut on February 9, 2017. A French Olympian in 2016, he has built an impeccable pro career and currently holds a record of 29 wins with no losses, including 24...

UPDATE: Tickets for 'All or Nothing' - Joseph Parker vs Fabio Wardley at The O2, London on Saturday, October 25th - are now on general sale, available from axs.com A classic heavyweight showdown will take place at The O2 Arena in London when BO interim champion Joseph Parker (pictured) will take on the challenge of Fabio...

The Global Boxing Network (GBN) is proud to announce the launch of its very first show across all of its platforms, debuting with a preview of one of the biggest events in the history of the sport: the world super middleweight championship bout between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, set for Saturday, September 13th,...

Dante Kirkman W4 Dylan Carlson... From the opening bell, Stanford graduate Dante “The Inferno” Kirkman (5-0, 2 KOs) showcased complete command, scoring a dominant unanimous decision victory over Dylan Carlson (2-11-3, 1 KO) in a four-round bout this past Saturday at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Promoted by Nasser Niavaroni...

Two undefeated cruiserweights will face off on September 27th in Fethiye, Turkiye. Local man Hasan Kubilay Alcu, (18-0 with 14 KOs) will take on Brazil's Luciano Falcao (11-0 with 8 KOs), on a card promoted by TJ Boxing Promotions. Kubilay Alcu turned professional in 2020 at light heavyweight.  Falcao started punching for...

WBC interim heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel announced on social media that he will soon reveal details of a homecoming fight in Germany, his native country. This will be his first bout on German soil, back on March 4, 2023, when he stopped Agron Smakici in the third round. Since then, Kabayel has racked up three stoppage...

Six months after the most disappointing night of his career, Ireland's Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-0-1, 11 KOs), is ready to take care of unfinished business this Saturday night against archrival Lewis “Croc” Crocker (21-0, 11 KOs) at Winsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 26 year-old Donovan battered Crocker...

Ilunga Junior Makabu TKO3 Dodzi Kemeh... Ilunga Junior Makabu remained a cruiserweight contender with a third-round victory over the weekend at the Martyrs Stadium in the city of Kinshasa. Makabu overwhelmed Ghana’s Dodzi Kemeh on a show presented by Luyoyo Promotions. Makabu started the bout cautiously in front of a...

In what is already being hailed as a potential “Fight of the Year” candidate, Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (30-6, 19 KOs) of Orlando, Florida lost a toe-to-toe battle with IBF 130-pound champion Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez (29-1, 27 KOs) in Mexico this past Saturday, September 6th. From the opening round, Diaz and Nunez stood in...

Charlie Edwards W10 Salvador “Peloncito” Juárez... At Dublin’s 3Arena, former WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards got a quality win in the super flyweight division by defeating Mexico’s Salvador “Peloncito” Juárez. The ten-round fight saw the British Edwards (21-2) take control from the opening bell, showcasing his...