Team Combat League confirmed that heavyweight Ardi Ndembo has passed away as a result of injuries sustained in a one-round bout earlier this month.  His pro record was 8-0 with his injuries sustained against Nestor Santana (Team Combat League bouts do not count on boxers' official records since they are only one rounders)....

Nine matches have been announced for the upcoming IBA Champions’ Night in Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 27th. In the featured bout, home favorite Talgat Shayken faces Saidjamshid Jafarov of Uzbekistan over eight rounds at 156 pounds. Competing at 71kg, the pair headline a mammoth card, with Shayken having a record of 9-0 and...

Fighters competing on the May 4th undercard prior to the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia would super middleweight championship  pay-per-view event showed off their skills at a media workout on Thursday. Featured during the workout were Mario “El Azteca” Barrios and Argentine power-puncher Fabian “TNT” Maidana, who...

PPV.com, which does not require a subscription, returns to the ring when it live streams in the U.S. and Canada, an action-packed Cinco de Mayo weekend fistic fiesta, featuring the twelve-round world super middleweight championship battle between undisputed champion Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and the...

This Friday, Mariana Juárez returns to the ring at the Hipódromo de las Américas Forum in Mexico City. For the 44 year-old Juarez (55-13-4), it is the beginning of the closing of a cycle as the former two-division champion announced that this will be her last year as a professional boxer. Juarez will be facing South...

Angelina Lukas TKO5 Mamta Singh..... Thailand-based Kazakh Angelina Lukas defeated India's Mamta Singh in Bangkok in a super fylweight bout on Thursday. The 27 year-old Lukas was a level above Singh, and set the tone from the start, punching hard and frequently to both body and head. In round five the outgunned Singh...

Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King and Kris Lawrence’s The Heavyweight Factory will present an evening of boxing featuring Adrien “The Problem” Broner (pictured) vs. Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (16-1-1 with 10 KOs) on Friday, June 7th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This high-stakes matchup...

Ramon Cardenas KO9 Eduardo Ramirez... Junior featherweight Ramon Cardenas (25-1) knocked out Eduardo 'Koreano' Ramirez (22-3-2) in the ninth round of a close fight. Cardenas landed a left to the liver to win the ProBox TV main event in Plant City, Florida. The knockout came less than three minutes after Cardenas' trainer Joel...

The WBC reports that former Olympic gold medal winner Francisco "Morochito" Rodríguez died at the age of 78. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Rodriguez represented Venezuela and won the gold medal in the inaugural men's light flyweight competition.  In, he won gold at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and...

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), announced a blockbuster world title clash as pound-for-pound superstar Terence Crawford challenges Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim junior middleweight titles on August 3rd at BMO Stadium in Los...

Tyler Denny will defend his European middleweight title against former British and Commonwealth Champion Felix Cash at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England on Saturday June 22nd, live worldwide on DAZN. Denny (18-2-3, 1 KO) ripped the EBU title from Mateo Signani in Wolverhampton, England last November, stopping...

Prime Video announced the launch of an all-new, two-episode presentation of Gloves Off for the world super middleweight championship fight between champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and challenger Jamie Munguia. Gloves Off is a series that brings fight fans behind-the-scenes access in the lead-up to highly-anticipated PBC on...

Junior bantamweight Steven “Kid Dynamite” Navarro, a thirteen-time U.S. national amateur champion who turned pro earlier this month with a show-stopping knockout, has signed a long-term promotional contract with Top Rank. The 20 year-old Navarro, a native of Inglewood, California, is scheduled to make his Top Rank debut...

This Saturday at The Hollywood Casino at the Meadows in Washington, PA, Integrity Fighter Management presents a boxing event headlined by Pittsburgh based Ukrainian Lyubomyr "The Demolition Man" Pinchuk (14-4-2, 8 KO) against  Andrew Satterfiel (7-7-1, 4 KOs) of Parkersburgh, WV in an eight-round heavyweight bout. Pinchuk...

The undercard for the August 3rd show is amazing. The main event sees world welterweight champion Terence Crawford moving up to challenge WBA 154-pound champion Israil Madrimov. The following fights for the same show have been announced by Matchroom: Recently crowned WBA junior welterweight champion Isaac Cruz defends his...

Junior featherweight Ramon Cardenas (24-1, 13 KOs) returns to ProBox TV tonight after his career-best win. This time, he takes on Eduardo 'Koreano' Ramirez (22-3-2, 16 KOs) of Mexico. From San Antonio, Texas, Cardenas looked strong in stopping Israel Picazo in February. A win against the upset-minded Rarmirez may very well...

Undefeated all-action former 154-pound champion Jaime Munguía held a media workout in Los Angeles on Tuesday ahead of his upcoming showdown against pound-for-pound great Saul" "Canelo Álvarez, who puts his putting his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against Munguía headlining a PBC pay-per-view event...

Former two-division champion Luis Nery of Mexico is aware that the odds are stacked against him, but a major upset in Tokyo wouldn't be the first of its kind. Nery will challenge pound-for-pound king Naoya "Monster" Inoue for the undisputed world junior featherweight championship on Monday, May 6th at the Tokyo Dome. This...

Ghana's Bastie Samir and Nigeria's Idowu Rasheed fought each other contested on Saturday April 13th, in Accra, Ghana. At stake was the the vacant UBO Africa light heavyweight title. Boxingtalk does not normally mention regional titles, but the UBO deserves recognition here for standing up for principles of fair play. The...

George Arias W8 Skylar Lacy ... DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series made a successful debut in Philadelphia, with an entertaining five-bout card on April 18th at the 2300 Arena. In the main event, heavyweights “Gentleman” George Arias and undefeated Skylar “Big Dog” Lacy battled to an eight-round draw in a...

BoxLab Promotions announced that heavyweight Dainier “The Fear” Pero (6-0, 4 KOs) is gearing up for action this Friday, April 26th. Pero will face off against Jose Mario Tamez (4-3, 1 KO) of Monterey, Mexico. Pero vs. Tamez, a bout scheduled for six-rounds will air live on DAZN. Originally from Camaguey, Cuba, Pero now...

Marines Boxing Promotions is set to bring an exciting evening of professional boxing to the Rio Grande Valley on April 27th in Brownsville, Texas at the Brownsville Sports Park. "Fight Night 2" features nine bouts. The event is scheduled to be aired on TV Azteca Texas. The main event will see junior welterweight Samuel...

Nathan Lugo KO1 Richard Lartigue ... Nathan Lugo took out Richard Lartigue inside of a round in their four-round super middleweight bout. Lugo dropped Lartigue with a hard left hook but  would not rest on his laurels as he dumped Lartigue again, this time with a hard right hand. The fight was stopped at 1:33. Lugo, fighting in...

Yamileth “Yeimi” Mercado (pictured) will defend her WBC super bantamweight world title for the seventh time, facing Peru's "Triple L," Linda Laura Lecca, this Saturday April 27th at the Nuevo Toreo in Tijuana, Mexico. Mercado won the world super bantamweight crown in November 2019, defeating Fatuma Zarika in a rematch. She...

A 115-pound unification bout was officially announced on Monday: on July 7th in Tokyo, the legendary Kazuto Ioka (pictured) will risk his WBA title against Fernando Martinez and the IBF version.  Both fighters were at the press event, which drew a large attendance. Ioka, a four division champ with a record of 31-2-1, will...

Arnold Barboza Jr. W10 Sean McComb... In the wake of Arnold Barboza Jr.'s very unpopular split decision over Sean McComb, Barboza acknowledged the cricitism on social media, saying: "I want to address the fans. Not my best performance but we came out victorious. Going back to the drawing board to continue to work on the...

Ivana Habazin W10 Kinga Magyar ... Croatia's Ivana Habazin is the new WBC welterweight champion after defeating  Hungary's Kinga Magyar via unanimous decision. The fight was held at the KC Drazen Petrovic in Zagreb, Croatia and to achieve victory, Habazin utilized a firm defense mixed with  a constant attack to control the...

On Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Costa Rica's David “Medallita” Jimenez, 114.8 pounds, upset previously unbeaten John “Scrappy” Ramirez, 114.2 lbs., of Los Angeles to capture the vacant interim WBA super flyweight title. Fighting on the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia undercard, Ramirez attempted to set...

Bektemir Melikuziev TKO8 Pierre Hubert Dibombe... Uzbeki super middleweight Bektemir "the Bully" Melikuziev, 167.8 pounds, battled France's Pierre Hubert Dibombe, 166.6 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as part of the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia undercard. Believing in his power, the Uzbeki southpaw plodded forward methodically...

Charles Conwell TKO6 Nathaniel Gallimore... Ending a 17-month ring absence on Saturday night, 2016 Olympian Charles Conwell, 153 pounds, of Cleveland, OH, shook off any ring rust he may have had with a dominant stoppage win against Nathaniel Gallimore, 153 lbs., of Des Plaines, IL, at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Conwell...

Sergiy Derevyanchenko W10 Vaughn Alexander... Coming off of his “Fight of the Year” candidate, a loss against Jaime Munguia last June, Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 167.4 pounds, of Brooklyn, NY, rebounded with a shutout decision victory against granite-chinned Vaughn Alexander, 167.4, of St. Louis on Saturday night at...

A hometown welcome for Artur Subkhankulov guided the Russian to a win the main event of IBA Champions’ Night in Ufa, Russia, defeating Romania’s James Chereji in the junior lightweight division. Born and raised in the host city, Subkhankulov used a front-footed offense throughout. Chereji finally showed some fire of his won...

On Friday, cruiserweight Muhsin “The Muslim Boxer” Cason (12-0, 9 KOs) will put his undefeated record on the line against DeShon Webster (12-7-3, 6 KOs) in a scheduled six-round bout being promoted by Teflon Promotions. The fight will take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, located at 1776 N Broad St. The...

Vergil Ortiz Jr is back for his second fight of the year, live on DAZN on Saturday, April 27th. He will be up against Thomas Dulorme, who has been out of the ring since the summer of 2022. Ortiz’s last fight was in January, when he beat Fredrick Lawson with a first-round knockout. Ortiz is 20-0 and hopefully has put aside...

Devin Haney tweeted the following after Saturday's loss to a 143-pound Ryan Garcia: "Allah is the perfect planner he makes no mistakes... [I] fought like a true champion. [I] got up off the canvas & kept fighting. I am 100 percent OK and would love to do it again while we both make weight."But Garcia's post-fight press...

Robert Guerrero III KO1 Cristian Velazquez... Junior lightweight Robert Guerrero III, son of former multi-division champion, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero, fought in Tijuana, Mexico on Friday and posted a victory in his second professional fight. Guerrero III (2-0, 1 KO) faced local opponent Cristian Velazquez (1-7) in a...

Dilara Yucel TKO5 Judi Waguthii ... Turkish junior middleweight Dilara “She Wolf” Yucel stopped Kenya's Judi Waguthii with a convincing performance on Saturday night at the Steffl Arena in Vienna, Austria. The 20 year-old Yucel stopped Waguthii at 1:56 of the fifth round. Yucel was too fresh, fast and accurate for her...

On May 25th, MF & DAZN will present a crossover boxing event, X Series 15, at the NRG Arena in Houston. Former NFL star Le’Veon Bell makes his Misfits Boxing return to take on ‘Mr. Adventure’ Tristan Hamm, in the opening quarter-final of the MFB cruiserweight tournament. Bell is 1-1 in real boxing matches, while Hamm has...

Ryan Garcia W12 Devin Haney... In a shocker, Ryan Garcia scored three knockdowns to upset Devin Haney by majority decision in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday. Besides the three knockdowns, the scorecards were complicated by a point deduction taken from Garcia for hitting on the break. Official scores were 112-112, with two...

 Lwando Mngambi W10 Lebogang Pilane.... The Vibrant Sports Studio in Cape Town, South Africa was the scene for professional boxing on Friday, promoted by Jackie Brice Boxing Promotions. The main event was a clash of South African super flyweights that saw Lwando Mngambi pass his toughest test to date against the rugged...