On November 15th, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) notified WBC 140-pound champion Subriel Matías and the WBC of an adverse analytical finding consistent with the presence of Ostarine in a urine sample collected from him on November 9th. Matias was scheduled to defend his title vs. Dalton Smith on January 10,...

WBA middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara will defend his title against hard-hitting challenger Johan Gonzalez as part of a four-fight PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video this Saturday, December 6th from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Lara was originally scheduled to face unified champion...

At the WBC Convention in Bangkok, world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk said he wants to fight [faded] former WBC champion Deontay Wilder next. Playful, whimsical and coy outside of  the ring, Usyk is focused, efficient and ruthless within it. About Wilder, six years removed from his title run, Usyk suggests: “I want...

In July 2025, Shadasia Green became a unified super middleweight champion by defeating Savannah Marshall, and gaining the WBO and IBF titles. Now Green is chasing a fight vs. multi-division champion Claressa Shields, and the two are arguing on social media about who is ducking who. Green asked her own promoter, Nakisa...

Erislandy Álvarez W10 Rogelio Osvaldo Jiménez... Varadero, Cuba, delivered a night of boxing last weekend that Cuban fans won’t soon forget. Cuban junior welterweight Erislandy Álvarez defeated Mexico’s Rogelio Osvaldo Jiménez. Álvarez, a refined and technically gifted boxer, controlled most of the rounds behind a sharp jab...

Featherweight Luis Nuñez (21-0, 14 KOs) is putting the finishing touches on training camp as he prepares to return to the ring on Saturday, December 6th at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Nuñez will face off against Argentina's Héctor Sosa in a scheduled ten-round bout that kicks off the PBC on Prime...

Brooklyn’s Pryce Taylor (9-0, 6 KOs) is emerging as part of his borough's long standing boxing legacy. Brooklyn has produced world heavyweight champions such as Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Floyd Patterson, Michael Moorer, and Shannon Briggs—all International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees with the exception of Briggs—and Taylor...

BKFC 85 takes place this Friday live worldwide on DAZN from the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. One of the biggest rematches in BKFC history headlines Friday’s action as Austin “No Doubt” Trout meets Luis “Baboon” Palomino in the second semifinal of BKFC’s lightweight championship tournament. The biggest fight in...

Janibek Alimkhanuly, the two-belt middleweight champion, has tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance just days before a scheduled unification fight against WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara. Journalist Dan Rafael reported that the substance was meldonium, which is commonly used in...

British middleweight Chris Eubank Jr., who recently lost by decision to Conor Benn, posted a short video of hismelf in a hospital bed and tweeted that an unspecified health condition will keep him out of boxing for a while. Here is his tweet: "I’ve been dealing with a lot of health issues over the last year and yeah it...

Young junior middleweight Isaac “La Bestia” Lucero (17-0) hopes to become the next rising Mexican star in boxing by making a statement against hard-hitting Roberto Valenzuela Jr. (31-5) this Saturday, December 6th as part of PBC on Prime Video action from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Lucero’s ten-round bout will stream...

WBC light heavyweight champion David “The Mexican Monster” Benavidez (pictured) is excited about taking over next Cinco de Mayo weekend to face WBA / WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez-- not only because he’ll be vying to become a three-division champion, but also for the history-making aspect of two proud...

It took Dejon Farrell-Francis ten years to find the right gym. This 29-year old is better known as "FairPlay" from his old street beefs fights on YouTube where he would fight while wearing a tuxedo. He amassed an unofficial 38-2 record and a huge following from these unsanctioned donnybrooks. He had some success in amateur...

JeamieTshikeva W12 Frazer Clarke... Over the weekend in Derby, England, Jeamie 'TKV' Tshikeva beat Frazer Clarke by split decision to claim the vacant British heavyweight title. The title was last held by David Adeleye based on his defeat of Tshikeva in April.  It was a significant night for British boxing, as live...

Francesca Hennessy W10 Fabiana Bytyqi... On Saturday, in Derby, United Kingdom, British bantamweight Francesca Hennessy scored a dominant unanimous decision victory over former atomweight champion Fabiana Bytyqi. All three judges had it 100–90, reflecting Hennessy’s complete control of the ten-round bout. Throughout the...

Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and owner of Ring Magazine, has confirmed the highly anticipated fight between world 140-pound champion Teofimo Lopez and WBC 135-pound championb Shakur Stevenson (pictured) for Saturday January 31, 2026 in New York City (likely at Madison Square...

The IBF has scheduled a purse bid for tomorrow (December 2nd) that will determine the promotional rights for a super flyweight title defense by champion Irma Garcia against mandatory contender Emma Dolan. From Mexico City, Garcia has a record of 25-5-1 and is 44 years old. Dolan, 8-0, is 27 years old. She is the...

Saturday's "Pitbull vs. Roach" pay-per-view show will see former 140-pound champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz step into the ring against reigning WBA 130-pound champion Lamont Roach for a WBC interim title fight at 140 pounds at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. The pay-per-view broadcast will also feature WBO and...

The opening ceremony kicked off the WBC's 63rd boxing convention and the simultaneous first muay thai convention at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Queens Park in Bangkok, all commencing to the beat of the drum. The setting featured a shimmering sea of floating silk banners and ornate lattice signs, all choreographed by a...

Austin “No Doubt” Trout is ready to live up to his nickname in his rematch with Luis Palomino. Trout, a former traditional boxing junior middleweight champion and Palomino will do battle bare-knuckle style in the BKFC 85 Main Event, on DAZN on December 5th at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Their bout is a...

Costa Rica's Yokasta Valle will return to the ring on Friday, December 19th on the Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul undercard at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Valle (33-3) will face Yadira Bustillos (11-1) in a card broadcast by Netflix. Valle’s WBC minimumweight world title will be on the line. Valle, one of the most active...

Middleweight Nika Bigvava (7-7-2), from the Republic of Georgia is set for action on December 14 in his nation's capital, Tbilisi. Bigvava will take on South African Jarred “Mr. Hollywood” Silverman, a tough challenger who enters the fight with an 11-4 record. The 24 year-old Bigvava achieved a quality win last May when...

Justin Pauldo TKO8 Nike Theran ... Justin Pauldo took some early thunder from Colombia’s hard-punching Nike Theran but used a pinpoint jab and searing body attack to wear down his foe after seven tough rounds in the lightweight main event at the Save Mart Center at Fresno State in Fresno, California. After a careful opening...

Adelaida M. Ruiz W10 Alexas Kubicki... On Saturday, California's Adelaida Maria “La Cobra” Ruiz (18-1-1, 8 KOs) won a “closer than the cards” unanimous decision over Canada''s Alexas “Iron Lady” Kubicki (13-3, 2 KOs) to win the vacant WBC super flyweight championship. [The title was last held by Mexico's Asley Gonzalez]. The...

Erik Badillo W10 Elwin Soto...In an all-Mexican slugfest between light flyweight contenders, southpaw Erik Badillo Mares (19-0, 8 KOs) outlasted former WBO minimumweight champion Elwin “La Pulga” Soto (21-4-1, 13 KOs) to win an all-action ten-round unanimous decision. The bout was part of the ProBox TV show in Fresno,...

Ben Whittaker KO1 Benjamin Gavazi...  Saturday night marked the Matchroom Boxing debut of Ben Whittaker as he took on Benjamin Gavazi at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, live on DAZN. Whittaker was expected to win, but the question was, how would he look? "The Surgeon" delivered, dropping Gavazi once and...

Cameron Vuong D10 Gavin Gwynne... British lightweights Cameron Vuong and all-action Gavin Gwynne fought to a draw in a rematch held in Birmingham, England on Saturday. It was an exciting fight in which Vuong raced out to an early lead but Gwynne's endurance in the second half saw that lead receive a big dent. Vuong showed...

Tomoya Tsuboi TKO8 Carlos Cuadras... Earlier this week, former 115-pound champion Carlos “Príncipe” Cuadras announced his retirement from professional boxing after suffering an eighth-round technical knockout defeat to Japan’s Tomoya Tsuboi in Tokyo. That loss occurred the week before.Tsuboi is 29 years old but just 3-0 as...

Super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco will take on undefeated Kevin Lele Sadjo on Saturday, December 13th in Stockton, California, headlining a Matchroom Boxing card to be broadcast on DAZN. Pacheco enters undefeated over 24 pro fights. In 2025, he has outpointed Steven Nelson and Trevor McCumby over twelve rounds,...

Andrew Tate, a controversial British-American influencer, and Chase DeMoor go head-to-head for the first time at a major press conference next week as the world-famous Misfits Boxing heads to Dubai. The heavyweight rivals clash in a crossover boxing event, MF Mania – The Fight Before Christmas, on Saturday, December 20th at...

The IBA announced the full line-up for a big December 12th show  in Dubai, headlined by a WBA regular heavyweight title showdown between Kubrat Pulev and Murat Gassiev. Set for Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, here are the announced undercard bout: Bakhodur Usmonov vs Maxi Hughes: A WBA lightweight title...

The WBC has stripped Carlos Cañizales of its 105-pound championship because he is unable to leave his troubled nation of Venezuela to fulfill his mandatory defense. Former WBA champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong a/k/a Knockout CP Freshmart as scheduled to face Canizalez, but Canizalez was quickly replaced with Argentina's...

Here are the boxer's weights for Satuday's ProBox TV show from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California: Justin Pauldo 135 pounds vs. Nike Theran 135;  Muhammad Yaqubov 129.8 vs. Cristian Cruz Chacon 129; Adelaida Maria Ruiz 113.4 vs. Alexas Kubicki 114; Erik Badillo Mares 107.8 vs. Elwin Soto 107.8; Carlos...

Washington, D.C. native and reigning WBA junior lightweight champion Lamont Roach will hold a public workout and community day in his hometown before he takes on Mexican star Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz on a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video on Saturday, December 6th from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The public workout...

Queensberry Promotions has announced the signing of two Uzbekistan amateur standouts. Their names are Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (age 24) and Javokhir Ummataliev (20). The pair made headlines earlier this year when both captured gold at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool. Now, they take the next step in...

Takuma Inoue W12 Tenshin Nasukawa... Japan's Takuma Inoue (21-2, 5 KOs) is now a two-time bantamweight title holder. On Monday, he was crowned the WBC champion by defeating his compatriot, former kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa (7-1, 2 KOs). Inoue picked up the vacant title via a unanimous decision win on a Teiken Promotions show...

On Saturday, November 29th at the Save Mart Center at Fresno State in California, ProBoxTV will present another edition of its Contender Series, broadcast live on ProBoxTV beginning at 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT. In a ten-round head-on collision at lightweight, surging Justin “The Million Dollar Man” Pauldo (19-2, 9 KOs) will...

Tyrone James W8 Braulio Matias Ferreira... On Saturday in Huntington (Long Island), New York, Star Boxing closed out 2025 with a four bout show that was steamed live on Millions.co. In the featured bout, local middleweight Tyrone “Pretty Boy” James scored a unanimous decision victory over Uruguay’s Braulio Matias Ferreira in...

Former world middleweight champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist Gennadiy "Triple G" Golovkin, has been named the new president of World Boxing at its Congress 2025 in Rome. He will serve an initial three-year term and succeeds Boris van der Vorst, who did not seek re-election following the completion of his term....

The CB Promotions card scheduled for tomorrow (Novermber 25th) at The Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey has been postponed. A new date of Tuesday, January 13, 2026 has been announced but the venue has not yet been secured. All tickets will be refunded at the point...