Queensberry Promotions reports that heavyweight contender Jared Anderson has been injured and won't fight next week. Here is the announcement: "Due to an injury sustained in camp, Jared Anderson is out of his scheduled bout with Solomion Dacres on the Don't Blimk card in Manchester, England on May 9th [headlined by...

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudia Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, announced former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (pictured) will make his return to the ring on July 25th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia live worldwide on DAZN. The Olympic gold medallist and former two-time unified heavyweight...

Jacob Bank TKO5 Paulinus Ndjolonimu ... In Kolding, Denmark, Jacob Bank took a definitive step forward by dispatching Namibia’s Paulinus Ndjolonimu via knockout.  Bank (19-0, 11 KOs) did not concede a single minute of action in front of his home crowd. The 25-year old dismantled Ndjolonimu (20-2, 18 KOs) from the opening...

Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas, who began as a teenager and developed into a unified champion, is continuing his journey with the team that believed in him from the start. Zayas has signed a multi-year contract extension with Top Rank, keeping boxing’s youngest current two-belt titleholder with the promotional powerhouse as...

Dalton Smith has been ruled out of his scheduled WBC junior welterweight title defense against Alberto Puello following an injury sustained during camp. The event on Saturday, June 6th at Sheffield, England's’s Utilita Arena – live worldwide on DAZN – will go ahead, however, headlined by a WBC / WBA World flyweight...

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) hosted its third annual event in Clearwater, Florida on Friday at the sold-out OCC Roadhouse. An exciting new featherweight emerged as Quentin “QG” Gaskins of St. Petersburg, FL ran through Matt “The Silencer” Guymon in the 145-pound division [BKFC has different weight...

In a moment of reckoning and reimagining for monuments, why do millions of people from around the world visit the Rocky statue by the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?Now through August 2nd, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is moving the Rocky statute inside the museum's four walls for an extended boxing exhibit...

Michael ‘The Problem’ McKinson (27-2, 4 KOs) hopes to reestablish himself among Britain’s top welterweights when he faces unbeaten Algerian Mohammed Sahnoun (8-0, 6 KOs) on Friday, May 1st at the Balmoral Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.  The card is promoted by Amir Khan Promotions in association with Balmoral...

In Southampton, England, the official press conference for the WBC junior lightweight eliminator was held at the iconic Southampton Stadium. The bout, scheduled for June 20th, will feature the WBC #1 contender Michael Magnesi, known as “LoneWolf,” against WBC #3 Ryan Garner, nicknamed “Piranha.” Throughout the event,...

Artur Subkhankulov TKO12 Bahodur Usmonov ... The main event in Ufa, Russia, saw local hero Artur Subkhankulov battle Tajikistan's Bahodur Usmonov to determine the mandatory challenger for the IBF lightweight title. Both men entered the ring with undefeated professional records and elite amateur pedigrees. The contest...

Jimmy Burchfield, the CEO of Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES), is a man who always shows respect to fighters, active or retired, and on Saturday night, he paid tribute to one of the biggest names in Connecticut boxing.  Former light heavyweight title challenger “Iceman” John Scully was honored with a Lifetime...

On Saturday, May 30th at the Fertitta Center in Houston, two-time champion O’Shaquie Foster (pictured) defends the WBC junior lightweight championship against former featherweight champ Raymond Ford.  The fight will be broadcast on DAZN. Foster established himself as WBC champion by defeating Rey Vargas in an intense battle...

Khariton Agrba W10 Jerald Into... In Ufa, Russia, junior welterweight Khariton Agrba, the WBA #1 contender, defeated Jerald Into of the Philippines. Agrba made a measured start, allowing Into to work in the opening round while he gathered data. Into attacked willingly at different levels, though much of his offense was...

The boxing world is mourning the death of old-school publicist Bill Caplan, a husband, father of five, grandfather of ten and a member of four hall of fames. Boxingtalk joins the chorus of the many who are sending their deepest sympathies to Caplan's friends and family. Here are just some of the tributes to him that have...

On April 24th, Ufa, Russia will host an IBA professional show, headlined by an IBF lightweight eliminator between unbeaten contenders Artur Subkhankulov and Bahodur Usmonov. Thr winner will become the mandatory challenger and earn the right to fight unbeaten American Raymond Muratalla. Both men arrive with strong...

Most Valuable Promotions, the company owned by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, continued to expand its dominance over the sport of women's boxing. Weeks after announcing their broadcast deal with ESPN, MVP added yet another tranche of boxers to its roster. Here is MVP's tweet: "Welcome to the MVP family: Evelin Bermudez...

WBC junior welterweight champion Dalton Smith has signed a long-term contract extension with Matchroom Boxing. His next ring action will his first title defenbse, which will take place on home soil when he faces ex-title holder Alberto Puello at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on Saturday, June 6th, live on DAZN. Smith follows in...

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr., now a 39 year-old cruiserweight, will return to action on April 25th when he faces Colombia's Jhon Caicedo in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Caicedo is 13-1, but last fought at light heavyweight, where he was KO'd early by Avni Yildirim in 2025.  The son of the...

BiYu Brawl 6 takes place this Friday night (April 24th) in Houston, Texas.  The event will feature six bouts, highlighted by Gabriel Rodriguez (1-5-1) of Las Cruces, New Mexico taking on hometown big man Tyrone "Big Truck" Nash (3-0, 1 KO) in a heavyweight six rounder. Also on the show, Houston junior welterweight Ty...

GT Promotions is set to bring an exciting evening of professional boxing to Edinburg, Texas this Saturday night (April 25th). The event will feature eight bouts in total. The main event will be Roberto Almazan Monreal (13-27-1, 5 KOs) hoping to derail the progress of Fabian "The Unknown Warrior" Diaz (10-0-1, 4 KOs) in...

Boxingtalk belatedly salutes Mexican boxing icon Miguel Canto Solís, who boxed under the name Miguel Canto and was nicknamed “El Maestro” and “The Little Master” due to his refined technical brilliance. Canto passed away at the age of 78 on April 16th in his hometown of Mérida in Mexico's Yucatán. While the exact cause has...

In the wake of heavyweight Lawrence Okolie failing a doping test, promoter Frank Warren (pictured) issued the following statement on behalf of Queensberry, the promoter of this week's now-canceled Paris show: "[I am] completely gutted to have to cancel the show in Paris this weekend. Ourselves and the DAZN team in France...

Cuba's Lenier “El Justiciero” Pero (13-0, 8 KOs) is approaching a career-defining moment as he prepares to face Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (27-1-2, 22 KOs) in an eliminator for the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday night (April 25th) at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, live worldwide on DAZN. Pero has embraced...

Undefeated Danish fighter Jacob Bank (18-0, 10 KOs) faces the toughest test of his career as he takes on Paulinus Ndjolonimu (20-1, 18 KOs) of Namibia in a WBC super middleweight world title eliminator. According to Boxers, the fight takes place in Kolding, Denmark on April 25th.  Bank has built a solid path in the...

WBA super middleweight champion Armando “Toro” Reséndiz will look to build off of his 2025 on Cinco de Mayo weekend against ex-154-pound champ Jaime Munguia as part of the Ramirez vs. Benavidez PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video Saturday, May 2nd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In his return to action after upsetting...

Rowin Javier Sanchez KO3 Jacob Marrero... Boxing is the theater of the unexpected. That saying was never more evident than in two of the final four bouts of CES Boxing’s Riverside Rumble in Hartford, Connecticut last weekend, which saw two heavy favorites lose to underdog opponents. Fighting in his first main event,...

Artem Suslenkov TKO3 Artur Mann... On April 17th, IBA Pro 16 in Serpukhov, Russia saw heavyweight fringe contender Artem Suslenkov stop experienced German cruiserweight Artur Mann (22-5). From the opening bell, Suslenkov imposed relentless pressure, targeting the body and forcing Mann onto the back foot. The sustained attack...

On May 2nd in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia, middleweight Givi Todua will bematched up against Elmo Traya from the Philippines. Todua, 6-0 with 4 KOs, got a quality win last September when he stopped Thailand´s Phumiritdet Chonlathondamrongkhun in six rounds. He's tuned up with an easy fight once since then.  Still only...

Queensberry Promotions has announced that "the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) has informed Queensberry that heavyweight Lawrence Okolie returned an adverse finding following ant anti-doping test conducted ahead of the show in Paris [scheduled for] this Saturday. A further update regarding the event will be made in...

Nearly one year after the lone defeat of his pro career, Kelvin Davis returns home to reassert himself against veteran Peter Dobson in a ten-round welterweight showdown on Saturday, May 16th at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, iron-fisted Dominican featherweight Yan Santana looks to inch closer to a...

Ben Whittaker KO1 Braian Suarez .... Ben Whittaker recorded a second successive first-round knockout on Saturday night. Facing Braian Suarez in Liverpool, Whittaker wasted no time, he was on the front foot and established the jab early, coupled with fast hand speed. Suarez did not seem affected, but as the first round entered...

Featherweight contender Ra’eese Aleem, age 34 and fighting out of Las Vegas, delivered a passionate and confident message during his recent appearance on Boxing Primetime, hosted by Andrew Bocanegra and co-host Brian Mendoza. As he prepares for his IBF featherweight title challenge against reigning champion Angelo Leo,...

Lani Daniels TKO9 Shadasia Green... There was a troubling scene after the co-feature at New York City's Madison Square Garden, as Shadasia Green was taken out of the ring on a stretcher after her upset knockout loss to Lani Daniels. A barrage of punches caused the referee to stop the fight in round nine, as Green remained on...

Daniel Kinahan, the alleged leader of one of Ireland's biggest criminal networks and a founder of boxing management company MTK Global, has been arrested in Dubai, Irish media and ESPN reported Friday. A few years back, Kinahan was a dominant, but behind-the-scenes power broker in boxing, allegedly laundering money from...

Alycia Baumgardner W10 Bo Mi Re Shin... Three-belt junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner largely controlled the action in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Friday, defeating Bo Mi Re Shin by unanimous decision. Official scores were 98-92 (twice) and 99-91. Baumgardner retained her WBA, WBO and IBF titles in a...

Cristóbal Lorente W12 Nathaniel Collins... At The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, Spain’s Cristóbal Lorente delivered a standout performance, winning a WBC featherweight elimmination bout. Lorente defeated the home boxer, Nathaniel Collins, pushing the winner closer to a shot at the full world title currently held by...

Three-belt super flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will move up and challenge Antonio Vargas for the WBC bantamweight title at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona on Saturday June 13th, live worldwide on DAZN. Rodriguez (23-0 16 KOs) is gunning to become a three-weight champion in Arizona and does so in a...

On a May 2nd pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, newly elevated WBA super middleweight champion Armando “Toro” Reséndiz and former junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguía will square off in an all-Mexican co-feature. The main event that night will be a two-belt cruiserweight championship fight with...

Friday's ESPN main event, unified junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner defending three of the four major titles against Bo Mi Re Shin, will feature ten three‑minute rounds. It will take place in the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Baumgardner weighed in at 129.8 pounds while Shin scaled in at...

For the second time this week, Zuffa Boxing has signed a cruiserweight contender. Days after inking ex-champ Chris Billam-Smith, Zuffa announced a deal with power-punching Canadian Ryan Rozicki (21-1-1, 19 KOs). Rozicki is currently ranked #1 by the WBC. Zuffa now has two attractive opponents for its star 200 pounder,...