A pair of past champions, Sadam “World Kid” Ali (27-3, 14 KOs) and Richard “RC” Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs), will start their comebacks on Sunday, February 23rd, on a show promoted by Ali himself. His company is World Kid Promotions. All the action will be streamed on www.bxngtv.com live from Kings Theater in Brooklyn. Tickets...

Naoya Inoue will now defend his undisputed world super bantamweight championship against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim on Friday, January 24th at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Inoue was scheduled to face undefeated Australian Sam Goodman, who withdrew from the bout twice due to cuts sustained in sparring. Kim, who is 2-0 on...

Jesus “Mono” Ramos Jr. will look to steal the show when he takes on former unified champion Jeison Rosario in the opening bout of a PBC pay-per-view event available on Prime Video on Saturday, February 1st from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “I have to get the knockout against Rosario and I have to do it in tremendous...

The IBA announced that the 2025 IBA women’s amateur world boxing championships will take place in the city of Niš, Serbia, from March 8th to 17th, with the registration period now open until February 20th.  IBA President, Umar Kremlev, said: ‘I am very excited for the return of our IBA women’s world boxing championships,...

The WBC has ordered its cruiserweight champion Badou “The Ripper” Jack (20-1-1, 19 KOs) to make his mandatory title defense against WBC #1 rated Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs) of Canada. If the two camps do not successfully negotiate a deal, the WBC will hold a purse bid on February 4th, after which Jack...

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, age 36, announced his retirement in an eighteen-second video posted on social media on Monday: "Hi everybody, I'm gonna make this short and sweet. I'd like to announce my retirement from boxing. It's been a blast. I've loved every single minute of it. I'm gonna end with this: Dick...

Ryan Garcia, who was in London this weekend for the Ring Magazine awards banquet, tweeted this message out about his rival Devin Haney, who was also there: "You can smell the desperate... Yall wonder why I'm quiet... [its] because I'm being sued. They are the real puss**s, trying to act like I ducked any smoke after I’ve...

Interim WBC light heavyweight champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez, an undefeated, former two-time title holder, held a Las Vegas media workout on Thursday before his Saturday, February 1st pay-per-view showdown, live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, against fellow unbeaten David Morrell Jr. Here is what Benavidez had to...

The 2024 Ring awards took place in London on Saturday. Here is a rundown of the winners: Fighter of the year: Oleksandr Usyk; Female fighter of the year: Gabriela Fundora; Fight of the year: Raymond Ford vs. Otabek Kholmatov; Knockout of the year: Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua; Round of the year: Oleksandr Usyk...

Caroline Dubois NC2 Jessica Camara ... Caroline Dubois was dominating Jessica Camara over two rounds, only to see the referee rule that an accidental clash of heads meant her opponent could not continue. Dubois retains the WBC lightweight championship and will likely consider this a victory in all but name. Dubois sent in a...

Callum Simpson TKO2 Steed Woodall ... Callum Simpson halted Steed Woodall to defend his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles on an emotional night in Sheffield. Simpson was boxing for the first time since the death of his sister, who passed away tragically at the age of 19. The name of Lily-Rae Simpson was...

Kingsley Ibeh KO1 Scott Alexander ... Heavyweight Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh (15-2-1, 13 KOs) win his tenth fight at a Toro Promotions show in the EQC Event Center at the famed Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. Ibeh, 31, hasn’t lost since 2021. The former Canadian pro football player used his 70-pound advantage...

Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As part of his filing, Miller indicated that he owns about $31,000 in assets and has $6.5 million in debt. Among his listed debts is just north of $5 million to Star of David, Inc., a company owned...

According to TMZ Sports, former 130-pound champion Jamel Herring was arrested in Ohio on Thursday night on misdemeanor charges of assault and domestic violence. Herring's wife said Jamel punched her body, pulled her hair, choking and throwing her. The TMZ article referenced a separate incident from December of 2023, in...

Caroline Dubois will defend her WBC lightweight title against Canada's Jessica Camara on Saturday at the Park Community Arena in Sheffield, England. This will be the first defense of the belt for Dubois, who is 10-0 with 5 KOs. Dubois won the title by knocking out Maira Moneo last August in the wake of Katie Taylor leaving...

WBC featherweight champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa will defend his title against former two-belt super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton Jr. on Saturday, February 1st on a PBC pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will be a rematch of one of 2021’s best fights, which Fulton won by...

British junior welterweight hopeful Adam Azim has vowed to defeat Sergey Lipinets ahead of his fight against the former champion in London. Azim, an unbeaten 22-year-old takes a sizeable step up in class against Lipinets, a former IBF monarch, at London's Wembley Arena on February 1st, live on Sky Sports. Lipinets is...

The WBO is moving towards creating an interim championship at 140 pounds in light of Teofimo Lopez's failure to agree to terms on a title defense. WBO president Gustavo Oilveri tweeted today, "In light of the uncertainty regarding [WBO junior welterweight champion] Teofimo Lopez’s career, it is in the best interest of...

On Saturday, February 1st, as part of a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, former two-belt junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario (24-4-2) of the Dominican Republic takes on rising Jesus “Mono” Ramos Jr. (21-1) of Mexico in the opener of a four-fight broadcast. The main event...

Tonight (Friday) in the Pacific Northwest, junior lightweights Austin Brooks and Rosalindo Morales will clash in a main event at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. Brooks (12-0-1) is a 29 year-old Idaho native. The southpaw has been a pro since 2020 and has been making his way in a tough 130-pound division. He...

Shingo Inoue was honored as the WBA Trainer of the Year for 2024 in recognition of his work with his sons, Naoya and Takuma Inoue. Naoya is the undisputed world 122-pound champion while Takuma is a former WBA 118-pound champion. Naoya had two fights in 2024, winning both of them by knockout. He defeated Luis Nery in May...

On Saturday, super middleweight Callum Simpson (15-0) kicks off the British boxing year with a domestic title defense against Steed Woodall (19-2-1). Once again fighting near his home, Simpson will be looking to get 2025 off to a strong start. According to Sky Sports reporting,  It will be the champion's first fight since...

Former IBF junior lightweight champion Shavkatdzhon “Shere Khan” Rakhimov (17-1-1, 14 KOs) will return to the ring under the Sampson Boxing promotional banner when he faces Justin “The Million Dollar Man” Pauldo (17-2, 8 KOs) in a ten-round lightweight special attraction on Saturday, February 8th at Boeing Center at Tech...

Heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson is ready for a fresh start in 2025. The once-beaten puncher from Toledo, Ohio, coming off a loss to Martin Bakole, returns in a ten-rounder against Marios Kollias on Friday, Feb. 14th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Anderson-Kollias joins an...

Puerto Rico’s first female Olympic boxer, Ashleyann Lozada, will make her pro debut on Salita Promotions' February 2nd card at Flint Michigan's Dort Event Center. Lozada will face California's Denise Moran (3-0) in the super bantamweight division. The show wil be headlined Claressa Shields's heavyweight title defense...

Jai Opetaia KO4 David Nyika... Fighting in his native Australia, Jai Opetaia retained his IBF cruiserweight championship by knocking out David Nyika of New Zealand. Making his first fight in Australia in two years, Opetaia was not troubled by the change in opponent three weeks before the opening bell. Opetaia increased...

Justis Huni TKO2 Shaun Potgieter...  On the undercard in at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Australia, heavyweight hopeful Justis Huni got a quick and easy win. Huni barely broke a sweat before the referee bailed out a badly overmatched Shaun Potgieter early in the second round. Potgieter, from Soth Africa, was huddled in...

WBO 140-pound champion Teofimo Lopez made the following revelation on social media yesterday: "My divorce is being finalized in a few weeks.To all my married women and single ladies, I can’t wait to meet you and make memories together with joy and laughter. Just friends, though! I’m being celibate...

WBO / WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs) hopes to land a mega-fight in 2025 after his highly successful 2024 campaign, in which he added the WBO 200-pound title to his WBA crown. He accomplished that on November 16th with a twelve-round unanimous decision over Chris “The Gentleman”...

ZhiGang Zhang W10 Alfred Deano... Chinese super-featherweight ZhiGang Zhang won a hard-fought split decision victory over previously unbeaten Alfred Deano of the Philippines. The bout took place in Haikou, China on December 28th in front of 10,000 fans. Zhang used the ten-round distance to demonstrate his technical prowess...

Dominican middleweight Euri Cedeno (10-0-1, 9 KOs), co-promoted by Boxlab Promotions and Kings Promotions, has declared his mission to fight the division's top contenders in 2025. Cedeno displayed both power and aggression in 2024, and is focused on a big year ahead. “2025 is going to be my year,” Cedeno stated. “I’m ready...

WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk will make the first defense of his title against the undefeated pride of Norfolk, Virginia, Keyshawn Davis, on Friday, Feb. 14th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the ten-round junior middleweight co-feature, Puerto Rican standout Xander Zayas steps up...

Puerto Rican junior middleweight Xander Zayas will step up against fellow unbeaten Slawa Spomer on Friday, Feb. 14th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Zayas vs. Spomer is set for ten rounds and will be the chief supporting bout for Denys Berinchyk's WBO lightweight title defense against Keyshawn...

Australia's Jai Opetaia mounts the latest defense of his IBF cruiserweight title in front of a home crowd when he meets David Nyika on Wednesday, January 6th, live on DAZN. The fight is set for the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. The weigh-in has taken place and both men came in under the 200-pound limit at...

As Cuba's David Morrell Jr. nears his pay-per-view clash against David “El Monstro” Benavidez, Morrell has declared his intention to take Benavidez’s spot in the light heavyweight division when they meet for Benavidez’s interim WBC light heavyweight title and Morrell’s WBA regular light heavyweight title on February 1st...

The WBC announced the death of Sandra McClellan due to health problems that had been affecting her for some time. McClellan, along with her sister Lisa, have been selfless angels, taking care of former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan, who suffered permanent and severe brain  injuries during a 1995 war with...

Polish heavyweight boxing makes its return to the Prudential Center for the first time in over a decade as Polish big men Damian Knyba and Andrzej Wawrzyk meet in a ten-round showdown on Saturday, Feb. 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The all-Polish heavyweight fight harkens back to when Tomasz Adamek, considered by...

On February 1st, one of the most anticipated fights in the world of boxing will take place, when David Benavidez defends his interim WBC light heavyweight title against David Morrell Jr., at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez, a two-time champion who never lost his title in the ring, is known as the ‘Red Flag’. He...

On Saturday, Caroline Dubois (10-0) will defend her WBC lightweight title against Canada's Jessica Camara in Sheffield, England.  This will be Dubois' first defense of the belt after being upgraded to full champion when former world champion Katie Taylor finally admitted she was staying at junior welterweight.  Camara...

Richie “Popeye” Rivera makes his return to the ring on Saturday, January 11th at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.  After nearly a year out of the ring, Rivera will be fighting Roger Guerrero, who has a professional record of 17 wins and 8 losses.  Rivera doesn’t believe ring rust will be an issue. “I'm not...