The WBA, through its Championships Committee, has ordered a mandatory heavyweight title bout between regular champion Kubrat Pulev and WBA #1 contender Moses Itauma. [Oleksandr Usyk, the true world heavyweight champion, is recognized as the WBA super champion]. The WBA a formal communication to both Pu;ev's and Itauma's camps...

The WBC reports that undisputed four-belt atomweight world champion Tina Rupprecht of Germany has announced her retirement from boxing due to personal reasons. If the report is correct, Rupprecht (pictured) walks away in her prime, at age 33 with a 15-1-1 record and world titles in two weight classes. She last fought in...

The WBO has ordered a purse bid for a WBO middleweight elimination bout between Denzel Bentley and Endry Saavedra. Bentley is from England and holds the British and European titles. At 21-3, he's won three straight since a 2023 loss to Nathan Heaney. Bentley also has a loss against reigning WBO / IBF champion...

Former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia will step into the ring for the final time at Barclays Center this Saturday, nearly thirteen years to the day after he headlined the first-ever main event at the venue, as he takes on Danny Gonzalez on a Swift Promotions card. Tickets for the live event are available...

Top Rank’s junior lightweight Andres Cortes (23-0, 12 KOs) is set to continue his march toward a world title shot when he faces heavy-handed Puerto Rican veteran Derlyn Hernandez-Geraldo (13-4-1, 11 KOs) in a ten-round bout on Saturday at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. The event, titled “Night of Champions V”...

The financial bloodbath continues for apparent deadbeat promoter Fanmio, Inc. Earlier this week, Jorge Masvidal obtained a final default judgment against Fanmio in the principal amount of $5,315,268.64, plus post-judgment interest. The judgment was issued by a state court in Florida's Miami-Dade County. Fanmio promoted-- and...

The 2025 Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place this Saturday, October 18th at 6pm EDT at the Mohegan Sun Casino. One of the inductees will be ring official Joe Cusano. Kirk Lang spoke to Cusano about his career and the honor of being recognized in his home state's hall of fame, an interview that can...

Philly boxing great and former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia held a media workout in his hometown before leaving for New York for his Swift Promotions’ “Farewell To Brooklyn” event on Saturday, October 18th. Garcia will headline his own show as he takes on Queens-native Danny Gonzalez at Barclays Center...

This Saturday, the Wandsbeker Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany, will host a title unification bout in the women’s minimumweight division. Japan’s Yuko Kuroki, reigning WBA champion, will square off against Germany’s Sarah “Babyface” Bormann, the WBO champion, in a ten-round contest. Kuroki (25-8-2, 10 KOs), 34, enters the...

Earlier this week, the WBA Championships Committee ordered a mandatory featherweight bout between WBA champion Nick Ball and his official challenger, former champion Brandon Figueroa. The WBA issued the communication for the British champion to face the American Figueroa in the near future. As customary in mandatory bouts,...

Yoenli Hernandez TKO1 Ramon Delacruz Sena... Middleweight Yoenli Hernandez (9-0, 8 KOs) made quick work of a late substitute opponent, Argentina's Ramon Delacruz Sena (24-41-3, 14 KOs). Hernandez knocked Sena down at the end of round one on The Heavyweight Factory’s Hollywood, Florida event on Sunday night. Looking huge for...

Armando Martinez Rabi W10 WillmankCanonico Brito... In undercard action from last weekend's show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, lightweight Armando Martinez Rabi (17-0, 15 KOs) of Havana saw his nine-fight knockout streak come to an end, as he was forced to settle for a unanimous decision over...

Blazen Rocili TKO2 Orlando Salgado ...On Sunday, Aurora, Colorado's Stampede Center saw middleweight Blazen Rocili, known as the “Filipino Giant”, stop Orlando Salgado (3-8) in the second round. Salgado came out aggressively, pressing the action and setting the tone with sharp combinations. While he had moments of success,...

 In 2023, Amanda Serrano and Erika Cruz went to war with nearly 2,000 punches thrown, twelve minutes of pure heart, and the night Serrano became Puerto Rico’s first-ever four-belt, undisputed champion. On January 3, 2026, Serrano returns home to San Juan for a rematch that will see her defend her world featherweight...

The WBA Championships Committee has ordered its welterweight champion, Rolando Romero to face mandatory challenger ShakhramGiyasov nextRomero is rumored to be in the running for a fight vs. boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. Giyasov (18-3 including the World Series of Boxing), last fought in April, knocking out Franco Ocampo in...

Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker (9-0-1, 6 KOs) will be officially unveiled by Matchroom Sport at a press conference this Friday to announce that Birmingham, England's’s National Exhibition Centre (The NEC) will host Whittaker in a light heavyweight bout against Germany’s hard-hitting Benjamin Gavazi (19-1, 13 KOs)....

Jacob  Marrero KO2 Emiliano Garcia ... Bridgeport, Connecticut's Jacob “Lefty” Marrero (11-0, 8 KOs) capped off a CES Boxing card on Saturday by stopping grizzled Argentine veteran Emiliano “Pac Man” Garcia (19-12-1, 13 KOs) in round two of a scheduled six-round junior welterweight contest. The action took place inside a...

Mariana Juárez W10 Tomomi Takano ...  Former two-division champion Mariana “Barby” Juárez defeated Japan’s Tomomi Takano (14-6-1) in Mexico via unanimous decision in what seems to be a farewell. From the first round, the Mexican took command of the ring. Her constant jab, rapid combinations, and offensive pressure set the...

Pedro Veitia (6-0, 6 KOs) and Xavier Ceron (4-0, 3 KOs) will participate in a battle of unbeatens in a scheduled six-round junior middleweight bout on October 18th at the South Padre Island Convention Center. The matchup will air live on DAZN as part of Most Valuable Promotions’ show. Veitia, who is co-promoted by...

Josh Padley W10 Reece Bellotti... In the junior lightweight division, Britain’s Josh Padley (17-1, 5 KOs) earned a unanimous decision win over compatriot Reece Bellotti (20-7, 15 KOs) in a tactical and disciplined performance that showcased his maturity. The judges scored it 97-93 (twice) and 99-92, all in favor of Padley....

With WBA/WBO cruierweight champion Gilberto Ramirez injured, on October 9th, the WBO held a purse bid for an interim cruiserweight title fight between former champion Chris Billam-Smith of England and Roman Fress. However, no promoters entered a bid in the auction process. As a result, the WBO Championship Committee has...

Boxing commentator, producer and director at ABC Sports and former president Alex Wallau has died at the ageo of 80. Wallau appeared on-camera alongside legends Jim Lampley, Howard Cosell and Al Michaels after beginning his career in 1976 as a temporary staffer at ABC. He worked his way up to become one of the leaders of...

 Miguel Berchelt TKO7 Edixon Perez... With Mexican boxing legends in attendance, ex-130-pound champion Miguel “Alacran” Berchelt overwhelmed Venezuela's Edixon Perez, who did not come out for round eight. In round seven, Berchelt dished out a torrent of crunching body punches and combos to the head which produced showers of...

Hamza Uddin TKO5 Paul Roberts... British flyweight Hamza Uddin got his third win of 2025, a stoppage of Paul Roberts in Sheffield, England. The 22 year-old Uddin improved to 6-0 with a fifth-round technical knockout. Uddin attacked Roberts' body with precision and persistence, systematically breaking down Roberts through the...

Cuban super middleweight Ronny Alvarez (4-0, 3 KOs), originally from Ciego de Ávila, Cuba and now training out of Providence, Rhode Island, is set to return to the ring on October 18th in a six-round showdown against Bruno Pola (10-3-1, 9 KOs). The bout will take place at the South Padre Island Convention Center in South...

Jaron Ennis KO1 Uisma Lima... Moving up to a new weight class in his hometown, Jaron Ennis blasted out [unqualified] Uisma Lima in the opening round in Philadelphia. The former two-belt welterweight champion dropped Lima two times before smothering him with output, prompting the referee to halt the action for a...

Guido Vianello KO5 Alexis Barriere... Heavyweight Guido Vianello, a 2016 Italian Olympian, knocked out Canadian champion Alexis Barriere in the fifth round of the Boots Ennis undercard in Philadelphia. A hard right hook to the temple dropped Barriere against the ropes. The referee took a closer look, and halted the action...

Arslanbek Makhmudov  W12 Dave Allen... Popular British heavyweight Dave Allen looked to take another significant step in his remarkable comeback, but lost to the menacing Arslanbek Makhmudov on Saturday in front of a raucous crowd in Sheffield, England, live on DAZN. Allen was rumored to be in line for former heavyweight...

The first defense of Mexican teenager Camila “Magnificent” Zamorano, the youngest interim champion in boxing history, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for October 18th at Arena Sonora in Hermosillo, both the date and the opponent will be changed. Zamorano, who made history by winning the WBC interim atomweight title...

In Philadelphia, the WBA has converted an eliminator into an interim title fight, and both boxers made weight for Saturday's encounter. Former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, moving up in weight, came in at 153.4 pounds for this hometown assignment. Portugal-based Uisma Lima weighted in at 153. On Saturday, Ennis...

Ex-WBC junior lightweight champion Miguel Berchelt, now campaigning as a lightweight, fights Venezuela's Edixon Perez in the UAT gym in Reynoso, Mexico this Saturday. Berchelt (pictured) is 41-3 with a modest three-fight win streak. Perez...

Three Lions Promotions has postponed its October 25th boxing pro boxing event in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada due to headliner Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs) reinjuring his right arm during training camp. He has been advised by his physician to refrain from training for up to six weeks. Rozicki, set to fight...

Unbeaten Polish heavyweight Damian Knyba has promised to put on a show for Brooklyn’s passionate Polish boxing fans when he takes on Polish-American slugger Joey Dawejko on Saturday, October 18th as part of Danny Garcia’s farewell fight at Barclays Center. Tickets for the live event are available through Ticketmaster.com. ...

Hoping to become the next Dominican world champion in boxing, undefeated Luis “The Twist” Nunez continues to up his competition as he takes on Argentina's Hector Sosa in a ten-round junior lightweight duel. Nunez-Sosa takes place on Saturday, October 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It will be shown on PBC...

Middleweight Sebastian Juarez (9-0, 7 KOs), promoted by Boxlab Promotions, returns home to fight in front of a supportive Texas crowd on October 18th at the Convention Center in South Padre Island, Texas. Juarez will face veteran Demarcus Layton (10-7-1, 7 KOs), of Little Rock, Arkansas, in a scheduled six-round bout,...

WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora suffered a hand contusion in sparring. Fundora's title defense against former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman, and the rest of the event, which was scheduled for October 25th, has been postponed. Details on a new date for the bout will be forthcoming...

Fellow former boxing world champions paid tribute to “people’s champion” Ricky Hatton at his funeral in Manchester on Friday. According to DAZN's coverage, sports stars mingled with celebrities at the service to remember a down-to-earth local hero who never changed despite fighting his way to fame and fortune. Former...

According to SportsBusiness.com, DAZN suffered an operating loss of $877.5 million in 2024, an "improvement" over 2023, when the streaming service's reported loss total was $1.37 billion. InsiderSport.com added that DAZN's funding comes from investor Leonard Blavatnik’s Access Industries as well as a $1 billion investment...

Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, in partnership with IBA Pro, announced a world-title event set to rock the Smart Araneta Coliseum on October 29th. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary Thrilla in Manila, this blockbuster card, headlined by WBC minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem making a home-country...

On August 19th, the IBF ordered its junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev to begin negotiations with Josh Kelly of the United Kingdom for a mandatory title defense. An agreement was not reached within the time frame set forth by the IBF, so the IBF has scheduled a purse bid for October 21st. Originally from...