The WBO has requested more information from world light heavyweight champion DmitriiBivol in light of Bivol's statement that underwent back surgery. The WBO learned of the surgery based on a Bivol social media post from last week. The WBO wrote, “we understand he has been dealing with a back injury for ten years and...

ProBox TV returns to Lakeland, Florida today (August 15th) with a fight card headlined by junior lightweight contenders Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and William Foster III. The event will take place at the RP Funding Center and will air live on ProBox TV. Yaqubov, 22-1 (12 KOs), of Isfara, Tajikistan is looking for his fifth...

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has announced BKFC-82, set for Saturday, October 4th at the famed Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show will be headlined by the return of ‘The King of Violence,’ “Platinum” Mike Perry, defending his bare knuckles light heavyweight title against Jeremy ‘Lil...

On August 7th, the IBF ordered its cruiserweight champion, Jai Opetaia (pictured), to begin negotiating a mandatory defense against Huseyin Cinkara. On August 14th, Opetaia's representative, Michael Francis of Tasman Fighters, advised that Opetaia would like to proceed to a purse bid. The IBF has now scheduled a purse bid...

Dylan Biggs W6 Petro Frolov... In the WBC middleweight Grand Prix tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Australia's Dylan Biggs (16-1) secured his ticket to the semifinals by unanimous decision over the Ukraine's Petro Frolov (12-2). Biggs dominated from the first round on. He also knocked down the Ukrainian to clinch the...

Promoter Don King has announced a new date and location for the WBA regular heavyweight championship fight featuring Kubrat “The Cobra” Pulev defending against Michael “The Bounty” Hunter. King says the show will take place on October 4th at Miami’s Jai-Alai Fronton Casino, despite the threats of a lawsuit by [Pulev's...

Carlos Utria W6 Spencer Wilcox... Undefeated Colombian Carlos Utria continues to show himself as one of the favorites to win the junior welterweight tournament, achieving a victory by unanimous decision against Canada's Spencer Wilcox (21-1). It was a complete fight for Utria, who took charge from start to finish in Saudi...

According to the Kyodo news agency, the boxing career of Yudai Shigeoka (pictured, right) has come to an end. The former WBC 105-pound champion announced his retirement in order to spend more time helping his younger brother Ginjiro, a former IBF 105-pound champion whose career was ended by a life-altering brain injury...

Yoni Valverde W6 Yusuf Adeniji ...  France's Yoni Valverde 16-0 took a victory by unanimous decision vs. Yusuf Adeniji of Nigeria in a difficult fight over six rounds. At the beginning of the first round, Valverde slipped and fell. Both boxers threw a large volume of punches, but not all of them landed. Valverde constantly...

Keaton Gomez TKO1 Devon Young.... South Africa's Keaton Gomez didn’t disappoint and started the WBC Grand Prix quarterfinals with a first-round TKO. From the moment the fight began, Gomez (13-3) started throwing powerful punches to the American’s face that landed clean. After one minute of fighting, Young (9-1) fell to the...

This Saturday, August 16th, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Britain’s Nick Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) will put his WBA featherweight championship on the line for the third time, facing unbeaten Australian Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KOs). Ball, age 28 and from Liverpool, has cemented himself as one of the most relentless...

Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions continues to sign the world's top female boxers, adding Costas Rica's Yokasta Valle to its roster. Valle, age 31, last fought in March, defeating former champion Marlen Esparaza in a super flyweight bout, well over her usual 105-pound weight class. MVP wrote from its Twitter account: "We...

Kieran Farrell will no longer train former IBF heavyweight champion Daniel "DDD" Dubois. Farrell worked with Dubois for big wins over Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua as well as Dubois' most recent fight, a KO loss to Oleksandr Usyk in a world championship unification bout. Farrell wrote on social media: "I have made...

Here is the line-up of fights today (Wednesday) for the third stage of the WBC Grand Prix in Boulevard City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. DAZN will televise all sixteen fights, which are six rounders.HEAVYWEIGHTS: Devon Young (USA) vs. Keaton Gomes (South Africa) 9-0, 7 KOs           12-3, 10 KOs Piotr Lacz (POL) vs....

Desi Martinez Promotions and Fighters First Management will present a night of boxing action on Saturday, August 23rd at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The ten-fight card will be headlined by undefeated Justin Figueroa who will duel with Jarrod Tennant in an eight-round junior middleweight matchup. Also stepping into the...

On Saturday, September 20th, to be streamed live on DAZN from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (16-0, 8 KOs) will look to make a third  defense of her undisputed world flyweight championship against Ayelén “Piru” Granadino (12-2-4, 1 KO) of Buenos Aires. The main event...

Undefeated featherweight Omar Trinidad will face Lorenzo Parra in a ten-round main event on August 15th at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. The fight will be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass. Promoted by 360 Boxing Promotions, this will be Trinidad’s third fight of 2025. He holds a record of 19-0-1 with 13 KOs...

Golden Boy announced today a championship doubleheader scheduled for Saturday, September 20th, to be streamed live on DAZN from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. In the main event, presented in association with Miguel Cotto Promotions, Puerto Rico’s unified WBA / WBO minimumweight champion Oscar “El...

Paramount will become the exclusive U.S. home of Ultimate Fighting Championship under a seven-year media rights deal valued at about $7.7 billion, marking the first major strategic move by the merged media giant under new CEO David Ellison. [Paramount owns a diverse portfolio of television networks, including CBS,...

Queensberry fighters take starring roles when boxing returns to the forefront of Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia this Saturday (August 16th), live Worldwide on DAZN. Top of the bill is a showdown between the 20- year-old Moses Itauma, possibly the future of the heavyweight division, taking on Dillian Whyte in a major test of...

Phase 3: The Quarterfinals of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix will take place Wednesday, August 13th at the Cool Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Thirty-two fighters remain from 15 different countries in four different weight classes as each man attempts to set themselves apart and break into the world level. All fights will...

Mirco Cuello TKO2 Sergio Ríos Jiménez... Argentina has a new "regular" champion — and he needed less than two rounds to get the job done. Mirco Cuello (16-0, 13 KOs), the 24-year old from Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, captured the WBA interim featherweight title with a second-round technical knockout win over Mexico’s Sergio Ríos...

UPDATE: The IBF announced that the Efe Ajagba vs. Frank Sanchez purse bid has been postponed until further notice.PRIOR COVERAGE / AUG. 4, 2025: When Filip Hrgovic pulled out of the IBF heavyweight elimination process, the IBF ordered #3 ranked Efe Ajagba and #4 ranked Frank Sanchez to begin negotiations for an eliminator for...

Venezuelan light heavyweight Albert Ramírez (22-0, 19 KOs) stopped British-New Zealander Jerome Pampellone (19-3, 12 KOs) via seventh-round TKO at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya on Friday. The bout, originally called an eliminator by the WBA, was converted into a WBA interim title fight at the last...

According to DAZN sports news,  a showdown between two-time former heavyweight champion Anthony Josua (pictured) and Youtuber-turned cruiserweight Jake 'The Problem Child' Paul appears to be edging closer. Joshua, who underwent elbow surgery in May, is seeking a return to winning ways after a fifth-round stoppage loss to...

Promoter Don King, who says he has a legal and binding contract with heavyweight Michael Hunter, has issued a cease and desist order to SELA and TKO Group Holdings, Inc. King won a WBA purse bid to promote the WBA regular heavyweight championship fight between Hunter, and WBA regular champion Kubrat “The Cobra” Pulev and...

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) sold out its show on Saturday evening at the River Cree Resort & Casino in Edmonton, Canada. In the main event, local middleweight Drew “Wild Boy” Stuve upped his spotless record to 3-0 with a 97-second KO over Will “The Brown Bomber” Santiago. Stuve sent Santiago to the canvas...

The WBO announced the passing of Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa, who tragically succumbed to injuries sustained during his fight against Yoji Saito on August 2nd at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Urakawa was stopped in the eighth round of a lightweight bout against Yoji Saito (9-4). Urakawa's career record is 10-4 so the bout...

Unbeaten WBC/IBF bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (31‑0, 24 KOs) has confirmed that his next bout will take place in the super bantamweight division (122 pounds). Nakatani made the announcement during a recent taping of WOWOW’s Excite Match SP. "Will I move up to super bantamweight for my next fight? Yes. Will I vacate...

On September 5th, Ilunga Junior Makabu and Charles Manyuchi will headline an exciting event at the Stade Des Martyrs in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Makabu (pictured), a former WBC cruiserweight champion, will be fighting in his home country. His pro record is 30-4 with 26 KOs. Makabu won his last fight...

The USA Boxing High Performance department has announced its competition roster for the 2025 World Boxing Championships, taking place in Liverpool, England, from September 4th to 14th. Fourteen athletes will travel to the inaugural championships to contend for gold medals across many weight classes. The World...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died from a brain injury sustained during his bout with Yamato Hata on August 2nd in Tokyo. The fight was declared a draw. Kotari, age 28, lost consciousness after the twelve-round bout for Hata’s OPBF super featherweight title. He was rushed to a hospital for emergency brain...

BBC Sport and Boxxer announced a new broadcast deal that will see live professional boxing return to Saturday night primetime television and BBC iPlayer on a free-to-air basis. Selected undercard fights, features and behind-the-scenes content will also be available across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, BBC...

 Topps has announced it will be issuing a set of boxing trading cards: "Our first boxing set since 1951 is here. Topps Chrome Boxing features legends, rookies and stars, and is the first boxing release in history to be officially licensed by multiple boxing promotions. Available for pre-order on August 11th." So far, Topps...

An August 16th show, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), takes place at Oceanside Events Center (formerly the Wonderland Ballroom) in Revere, Massachusetts. All the action will be streamed on www.bxngtv.com. Throwback fighters James “Pitbull” Perkins (13-3-1, 9 KOs) and Anthony “The Gentle Savage” Andreozzi (7-4, 3...

Six different weight divisions-- from cruiserweight to featherweight-- headline a big seven-bout boxing / MMA Fight Club OC show on Thursday, August 28th at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. In the featured boxing match, Santa Ana’s Jesse “Lobito” Gonzalez (7-4-1 with 2 KOs) battles Carson's ...

Zimbabwean bantamweight Bongani Makovora (7-5 with 3 KOs) is set to headline in Harare on August 30th. (Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. It is located in the northeastern part of the country). The 27 year-old Makovora will face Musa Kananji (2-1 with 1 KO) from Malawi on a card promoted by Judgement...

According to a Ring Magazine social media post that was retweeted by Turki Alalshikh, Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will meet for a rematch on November 15th at Tottenham Stadium in England. The venue will be the same as their earlier encounter, which was won by Eubank.  Benn responded to the news by tweeting, "I was ready...

Tomorrow (Friday, August 8th), Argentina’s Mirco Cuello (15-0, 12 KOs) will have the biggest fight of his career, squaring off against Mexico’s Sergio Ríos Jiménez (19-0, 7 KOs) for the WBA interim featherweight title. The bout will take place at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya, as part of the WBA...

Former two-time champion Oscar Valdez hopes to kickstart another world title run when he returns to action against San Antonio, Texas native Ricky "El Castigo" Medina in a ten-round junior lightweight main event on Saturday, Sept. 6th at Domo Binacional in Valdez's hometown of Nogales, Mexico. A two-time Mexican...