Oscar Collazo KO7 Thammanoon Niyomtrong... A rare minimumweight unification bout was held in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The 105-pound battle of unbeaten champions was won by Puerto Rico's Oscar Collazo, who had a surprisingly easy time with Thailand's Thammanoon Niyomtrong a/k/a Knockout CP Freshmart. Now 11-0, Collazo scored...

William Zepeda W10 Tevin Farmer...  Lightweight contender William Zepeda remained undefeated, defeating former junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. It was only a ten-round fight but the WBC apparently relaxed its rules and awarded Zepeda the interim championship. Farmer (33-7-1) performed very...

On February 1, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, light heavyweight stars will go face-to-face. WBC interim champion David “El Monstro” Benavídez (pictured) and WBA regular champion David Morrell Jr. will hold a Los Angeles press conference to formally announces their showdown that will headline a PBC pay-per-view event....

Jake Paul W8 Mike Tyson... If you are a Mike Tyson fan, be happy for him. Tyson looked every bit of his age (58) fighting Jake Paul last night, and the truth is Paul probably could have knocked out Tyson if he wanted to. But he didn't instead cruising to a wide unanimous decision over eight two-minute rounds in Arlington,...

Katie Taylor W10 Amanda Serrano... In a thrilling world championship fight, Amanda Serrano appeared to get the short end of the stick from the judges, as she lost a decision to world junior welterweight champion Katie Taylor by the narrow margin of 95-94 on all three official scorecards. Boxingtalk scored it 96-93 for Serrano....

Four division champion, and current WBA 154-pound title holder Terrence Crawford was not impressed with Mike Tyson's performance in losing to Jake Paul last night... and that is even taking Tyson's age (58) into account. Crawford tweeted: "I love Mike Tyson, but they [are] giving him too much credit. He looked like trash......

World light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev would like to make some of that Jake Paul money. The undefeated 175-pounder opened the door to an offer from Pau, wh normally fights at cruiserweight but was well over 200 pounds for last night's win over Mike Tyson. Beteribeiv wrote: "Jake Paul, what can you do in [the]...

Here are Boxingtalk's fight predictions for Saturday's show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Gilberto Ramirez (46-1) vs. Chris Billam-Smith (20-1) (WBA & WBO cruiserweight titles) … prediction: Ramirez by decision; Oscar Collazo (10-0) vs. Thammanoon Niyomtrong (25-0) (WBA & WBO minimumweight titles) … prediction: Collazo...

Amateur flyweight star Ruth Huntley will turn professional, having signed promotional terms with Frank Warren and Queensberry. The Gillingham-based 18-year-old had 17 fights in the amateurs, losing just two and winning eight by stoppage. The product of West Ham won two National titles and multiple Box Cup tournaments. She...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for tonight's action in Texas: Jake Paul (10-1) vs. Mike Tyson (50-6) (heavyweights) … prediction: Paul by early knockout; Mario Barrios (29-2) vs. Abel Ramos (28-6-2) (WBC welterweight title) … prediction: Barrios by unanimous decision; Katie Taylor (23-1) vs. Amanda Serrano (47-2-1)...

After two postponements, the IBF has cancelled today's purse bid for a heavyweight elimination bout between Agit Kabayel and Martin Bakole. No reason was given for the cancellation, but it appears the fight will not happen, as per a tweet from Billy Nelson, Bakole's trainer. Nelson tweeted, "Unfortunately I’m hearing...

Boxing Insider Promotions is bringing boxing back to Atlantic City, New Jersey's Boardwalk this Saturday night at Tropicana. All the action will be streamed live on DAZN starting at 7 p.m. ET.  Because it’s happening on the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk, promoter and Atlantic City native Larry Goldberg is presenting...

Former HBO boxing executive Mark Taffet, through his company Mark Taffet Media LLC, has entered into a management agreement with 2024 Puerto Rican Olympian Ashleyann Lozada and her team headed by advisor Miguel Ortega-Nunez.  Lozada’s decision to turn pro comes just months after she became the first woman ever to...

Sweden's Mikaela Lauren-- age 48!-- collides with Michaela Kotaskova on November 30th in Vienna. Lauren (33-7-1 with 14 KOs) held the WBC junior middleweight championship from 2014 through 2016 and a number of other lesser-known titles as well. After four years out of the ring, Lauren is 1-1-1 in a busy 2024. Kotaskova...

On November 16th at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy, Tunisian-born welterweight Akrem Aouina (11-1-0, 5 KOs) will face Italy's Nicholas Esposito (19-0, 5 KOs). Akrem comes into this fight after defeating Pietro Rossetti by decision, winning the Italian championship last June. For his part, Esposito comes to the fight...

Star Boxing announced the full card for Star Boxing's 49th edition of its "Rockin' Fights" series on November 23rd at the Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York. Local fan favorite Wendy ('Haitian Fire') Toussaint (15-3, 7 KOs) will take on Brian Agustin Arregui (10-4, 7 KOs). This is Toussaint's first fight back...

Guillermo Rigondeaux KO1 Dannis Aguero Arias... It wasn't much of a fight, but former world 122-pound champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, now 44 years old, got his first win in almost a year and a half, a first-round KO over Dannis Aguero Arias of the Dominican Republic. The bout took place in Miami. Arias has a good record (20-3),...

Jake Paul and the legendary Mike Tyson step into the ring on Friday (November 15th) for one of the most discussed and debated fights of the year. Netflix will televise the eight-round, two-minute bout, which will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, which holds 80,000. Paul puts his 10-1 record on the line, with his...

WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs) confidently puts his title belt on the line this Saturday in an intriguing unification fight against WBO champion Chris “The Gentleman” Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KOs), headlining the inaugural Latino Night show as part of Riyadh Season, in Riyadh, Saudi...

The IBA Kunlun Fight World Cup is set to ignite Beijing with world-class boxing and kickboxing action on November 16th. This groundbreaking event, hosted at the National Indoor Stadium, will be live streamed globally.  The show starts with four kickboxing matches. The boxing event features four quarterfinal showdowns in...

Scotland's Sam Hickey has signed a long-term promotional pact with Boxxer as he looks to build on his amateur success and bring world titles back to Scotland.  One of the country’s most decorated amateur fighters, Hickey claimed Gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he was also named the tournament’s Best Male Boxer,...

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will step into the ring at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for a rematch for the undisputed junior welterweight championship this Friday night. The world championship bout will support the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul main event. Taylor and Serrano will meet for the second time after their...

Turki Alalashikh wrote: "Earlier this week, I finalized a deal to acquire 100% of The Ring Magazine, and I want to make a few things clear, the print version of the magazine will return immediately after a two year hiatus, and it will be available in the US and UK markets. The magazine will be fully independent, with...

The minimumweight (105-pound) unification fight between WBA champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong a/k/a Knockout CP Freshmart and WBO champion Oscar Collazo will be one of thefeatured bouts on the Latino Night show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this Saturday (November 16th).  Niyomtrong (pictured), from Thailand will face the Puerto...

Former champion Israel Vazquez has received a devastating cancer diagnosis. The WBC is attempting to make sure he gets the care he deserves, setting up a GoFundMe page. Vazquez campaigned from 1995 through 2010, going 44-5 and providing fans with so many exciting fights. He won the IBF 122-pound title in 2004 and the...

In Sanvignes Les Mines, France, late substitute Jorge Pinilla from Spain surprisingly beat local favorite Mickael Lacombe in a junior middleweight thriller. After a back-and-forth fight, Pinilla stopped Lacombe (13-9-1) with a body shot in round seven, improving his deceiving professional record to 8-4... In Reims,...

On Saturday, November 23rd, Bakary Samake, an emerging French junior middleweight, will face Australia's Wade Ryan, at the Forum des Halles in Paris. The event will be open to the general public and 5,000 spectators are expected. Samake, a 21-year old, has a record of 16-0 with 8 KOs. He comes into this fight after...

Subriel Matias KO2 Roberto Ramirez... Former 140-pound title holder Subriel Matias made a successful return in his native Puerto Rico, geting a second-round knockout win over Mexico's Roberto Ramirez (26-4-1). It was the first fight for Matias (21-2 with 21 KOs) since losing his IBF title to Liam Paro in June. A left hook to...

WBA junior middleweight champion Terence Crawford (pictured) offered some advice to a potential oppoent, namely IBF welterweight champion Jaron "Boots" Ennis. Fighting in his hometown of Philadelphia on Saturday, Ennis (33-0) defeated Karen Chukhadzhian but really had to work hard to win a bout in which he was the...

Former champion Heather "The Heat"  Hardy is dealing with extended post-consucssion symptoms. She tweeted, "I still haven’t gotten an MRI since i got hurt training for the BKFC [bareknuckles] fight. I got a doctor to give me glasses but he told me my eyes were fine, it’s my brain [that is the problem]. The glasses don’t help...

The countdown for the Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez vs. Christian Billam-Smith (pictured) cruiserweight unification bout is now just six days. Ramirez (WBA champion) and Billam-Smith (WBO champion) will do battle in the main event of the Riyadh Season show on November 16th in Saudi Arabia.The British Billam-Smith has been...

Mexican super middleweight star Jaime Munguia is returning home to take on France’s undefeated Bruno Surace in a ten-round main event on Saturday, Dec. 14th at Estadio Caliente in Munguia's hometown of Tijuana, Mexico.  A former 154-pound champion, Munguia will make his fourth appearance of the year in the premier venue of...

German junior welterweight Simon “Saucy” Vollmer (6-0, 2 KOs) is the latest signee of Los Angeles-based boxing managers 3 Point Management (3PM). Vollmer made his successful 3 PM debut, dominating Leon Martinez (2-3-1, 2 KOs) en route to a six-round unanimous decision on a show promoted this past May by Red...

Jaron Ennis W12 Karen Chukhadzhian... Fighting in his hometown of Philadelphia, Jaron "Boots" Ennis (33-0) retained his IBF welterweight championship, defeating an improved Karen Chukhadzhian (24-3) in a rematch from their 2023 encounter. Ennis won by scores of 119-107 (a bad scorecard), 117-109 and 116-110, but he really had...

Jesse Rodriguez KO2 Pedro Guevara ... Two-division champion Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez retained his WBC super flyweight championship with an easy knockout win over well-credentialed Pedro Guevara of Mexico. Guevara had not been stopped in 47 prior fights. Rodriguez scored two knockdowns in round two, the first with a body shot and...

Manuel Gallegos TKO8 Khalil Coe... Mexican light heavyweight Manuel ‘Meño’ Gallegos (21-2-1) upset New Jersey's Khalil Coe (9-1-1) this Saturday in Philadelphia with a determined, gritty and irresistible  performance. At the beginning of the fight, Coe kept his distance with a powerful jab, but as the rounds progressed,...

Julian "Let Me Bang" Lane earned his third straight BKFC victory in Saturday’s BKF show in Billings, Montana. Lane defeated former boxing junior middleweight contender Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo via unanimous decision in their hotly anticipated match-up. The fighters weighed about 170 pounds each. Two judges scored the...

Raymond Ford W10 Orlando Gonzalez... In Philadelphia, former featherweight champion Raymond Ford made a successful debut in the junior lightweight division. Ford floored Orlando Gonzalez in rounds two and eight and won a comprehensive points decision over ten rounds. JABBR's Fight Stats confirmed Ford's dominance, giving him...

Philadelphia's Jesse "Hard Work" Hart (pictured) will defend his home turf when he battles Ricardo Luna in an eight-round light heavyweight bout on Friday, November 22nd at the Liacouras Center on the University of Temple campus. The card show will feature five Philly fighters, two Pennsylvania fighters and three New...

Keyshawn Davis KO3 Gustavo Lemos ... Hometown hero and lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis knocked out Argentina's Gustavo Lemos in the second round Friday evening before a sold-out crowd of 10,568 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. This marked the biggest boxing event at the famed venue since local legend Pernell "Sweet...