Davontae Kirk TKO1 Larry Moore ... Junior middleweight Davontae Kirk improved to 5-0 with a first-round technical knockout over Larry Moore (0-1) this past Friday night at the Motor City Casino in Detroit. Standing at 5’11” tall, Kirk dominated from the opening seconds of the bout. His power and skillset proved to be too much...

World super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Álvarez showed off the skills that have made him a global superstar during a live streamed workout Wednesday as he prepares to take on world junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo on a pay-er-view show on Saturday, September 30th from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez...

Luis Alberto "El Venado" Lopez (28-2, 16 KOs) is ready to kick-start Mexican Independence Day weekend with the second defense of his IBF featherweight world title. Lopez willl defend against Joet Gonzalez (26-3, 15 KOs) this Friday at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.  In the ten-round junior...

Top Rank revealed additional details about Friday's undercard at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The entire show will be streamed on ESPN platforms.  In the ten-round junior middleweight co-feature, Puerto Rican junior middleweight Xander Zayas (16-0, 10 KOs) faces Mexico’s Roberto Valenzuela Jr. (21-4, 20...

IBF titleOn Saturday November 4th, Joe Cordina of Wales is scheduled to defend his IBF 130-pound title against Edward Vazquez of Fort Worth, Texas. Vazquez has four straight wins since losing to featherweight Raymond Ford. Meanwhile, contenders Eduardo Nunez and Zelfa Barrett have been ordered to begin negotiations for an IBF...

Pierce O’Leary and ’Sugar’ Kane Gardner will fight in a junior welterweight collision at stake at the OVO Arena, Wembley on September 23rd. Dublin’s undefeated O’Leary (12-0, 7 KOs) and Beswick’s Kane (16-2, 7 KOs) will trade bombs as part of the undercard supporting the heavyweight rematch between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce,...

Brazil's Whindersson Nunes will face My Mate Nate in Manchester next month on the Misfits Boxing show on DAZN and DAZN pay-per-view. The X Series October 14th edition will be headlined by a double main event as KSI tackles Tommy Fury and Logan Paul locks horns with Dillon Danis. Supporting those two showdowns, Nunes vs. Nate...

On Sept. 15th, heavyweights Joey Dawejko of the Tacony section of Philly and Colby Madison of Baltimore, meet in an eight-round rematch at the Live Casino in South Philadelphia. Dawejko won their May 2nd fight by decision in the same venue and while I really didn't want to accept this rematch for Joey, if I had turned it...

In a federal lawsuit filed in Nevada, Golden Boy Promotions is seeking to protect its promotional rights to the career of Ryan Garcia. The defendants are Garcia himself plus his attorney Lupe Valencia. Despite the lawsuit, it looks like Garcia will still be working with Golden Boy, because earlier this week, the lightweight...

World welterweight champion Terence "Bud" Crawford tweets to former two-division champion Danny Garcia: "My my how the tables have turned. Danny Garcia, you and Keith Thurman will never and I mean never get a shot at the top dog and that’s me. Y’all hoe asses didn’t want no smoke when I wanted to fight [re]member? Now y’all...

When former super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) takes on former light heavyweight champion Joe “The Common Man” Smith, Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) on October 7th, it’ll be 7 ½ years since Ramirez last fought in Las Vegas. Zurdo vs. Smith will headline the Golden Boy Promotions event to be streamed live...

Carlos Gongora KO2 Jhon Teheran... Fighting in Santa Marta, Colombia, former IBO super middleweight champion Carlos Gongora improved to 22-2 with a second-round knockout of Jhon Teheran, a 38 year-old Colombian. Gongora finished Teheran by digging a right to the body. Gongora was coming off a loss to Christian Mbilli in...

Lightweight Jamaine "The Technician" Ortiz (16-1-1, 8 KOs) returns to the ring this Friday to face Antonio Moran (29-5-1, 20 KOs).  The bout takes place at the American Bank Center and will be televised live on ESPN+. "Training has been fabulous," said Ortiz last week as he wrapped up training camp.  "I’m very excited to put...

Amina Zidani TKO7 Liliana Palmera ... France's undefated Amina Zidani stopped Colombia's Liliana Palmera via seventh-round knockout in a junior lightweight bout. Zidani, age 30, recently achieved her dream of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games when she triumphed at the 2023 European Games. This was her fifth...

Yuga Ozaki TKO2 Sitthisak Simsri... Japanese light flyweight Yuga Ozaki (4-0-1, 4 KOs), a fast-punching southpaw, decked a very important victory over Sitthisak Simsri (15-2, 15 KOs), a hard-punching Thailander, when Ozaki dropped him twice in the first round and had him in great trouble. The refree declared a halt to the bout...

Middleweight Leli Buttigieg has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and is set to make his professional debut later this year. The 18-year old from Bow in East London trains out of the iBox Gym in Bromley under the tutelage of head trainer Alan Smith and Eddie Lam. Managed by Lee Eaton,...

Two world title fights will light up Monte Carlo on Saturday November 4th live worldwide on DAZN (excluding – France and French Overseas Territories, Andorra and Monaco). Wales' Joe Cordina will defend his IBF super featherweight title against American rival Edward Vazquez at the famous Casino de Monte Carlo. Cordina...

World junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo held a live streamed media workout on Monday and previewed his upcoming showdown against world super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Álvarez set for Saturday, September 30th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  Houston’s Charlo will look to earn undisputed status in a...

Ten months after accepting a WBA offer to fight in a title eliminator, super flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez  (12-0, 9 KOs) will finally get his opportunity on October 7th in Las Vegas against Panama's Ronal Batista (15-3, 9 KOs). The winner will become the WBA mandatory challenger to Kazuto Ioka (30-2-1, 15 KOs) of...

The WBC reports that Herb Santos, a Nevada ring official, has passed away. Santos was a prominent Reno, Nevada attorney, boxing judge and Nevada Athletic Commissioner. The WBC reports that Santos was a prominent boxing judge for more than 40 years. He began judging amateur boxing in the 1970s and has since been a part of...

Kenia Enríquez W10 Ibeth Zamora... Kenia Enríquez won the WBC interim flyweight championship by defeating Ibeth ‘Roca’ Zamora by unanimous decision this Sunday in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. On a card promoted by TM Boxing, led by Eric Ibarra, with the support of Imagen TV and Caliente.mx, Enriquez intelligently used...

Joseph Hicks TKO4 Gilberto Pereira dos Santos ... Middleweight Joseph Hicks Jr. continued a busy 2023 on Friday night as he stopped Gilberto Pereira dos Santos (16-14) in the fourth round at Motor City Casino in Detroit.  Promoted by Salita Promotions, Hicks (9-0, 6 KOs) earned his fifth-victory of the year in his...

San Antonio, Texas' Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas is putting the finishing touches on training camp to face undefeated Panamanian Rafael Pedroza in ten-round super bantamweight bout on ShoBox: The New Generation telecast on Friday, September 15th at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. The bout will be aired live on Showtime from Boeing Center at...

WBA/WBC champion Kenshiro Teraji held a public workout last Thursday with days left before his light flyweight defense against former Hekkie Budler.  Teraji (21-1) will step into the ring to defend his crowns in Tokyo on September 18th and with a little more than a week to go, he held a training session for the press. Budler...

The WBO Championship Committee has granted junior welterweight world champion Teofimo Lopez's request to be designated as WBO super champion. [Unlike the WBA, the WBO only recognizes one champion per division]. The WBO ruling grants Lopez the following main rights and privileges: (1) extended deadlines to complete...

South African bantamweight Arnel Lubisi (7-5 with 5 KOs) will fight on September 29th in Limpopo, South Africa.  Nicknamed “The Hope”, the 24 year-old Lubisi came up short against Sanele Magwaza last year, losing a decision. Magwaza has moved up in weight, while Lubisi remains at 118 pounds. His opponent will be...

Bader Samreen TKO5 Jose Paez Gonzales ... Jordanian lightweight Bader “The Master” Samreen (9-0, 8 KOs) triumphed against Jose “Cuate” Paez Gonzales (16-3-2, 12 KOs) in the inaugural event in the Rising Stars Arabia (RSA) series, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The first professional boxer from Jordan, Samreen was a...

Queensberry Promotion's York Hall show originally scheduled to go ahead on Friday September 15th is subject to a date change and will now proceed on Friday October 6th at the same venue. The planned card will remain the same, with Ellis Zorro and Willy Hutchinson in separate featured bouts live on TNT Sports....

Mexican lightweight William Zepeda (28-0 with 24  KOs) on September 16th against veteran Mercito Gesta in the main event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. “Camarón” Zepeda comes from knocking out Panama's Jaime Arboleda in just two rounds on April 29th. The 26-year old fighter is ready for big challenges. Gesta...

Argentinean featherweight Mirco Cuello will return to the United States to test himself against Rudy Garcia next Friday. Cuello (12-0, 11 KOs) will appear at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. A former Olympian,  Cuello is still just 22 years old and is the reigning South AMerican champion. Garcia (13-0-1,...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for a quiet Saturday in boxing: Floyd Masson (13-0) vs. Yves Ngabu (21-2) (IBO cruiserweight title) … prediction: Ngabu by unanimous decision; Andres Campos (15-1) vs. Bienvenido Ligas (15-3-2) (flyweights) … prediction: Campos by split decision; Benjamin Kelleher (16-5-2) vs. Luke...

Christian Mbilli KO4 Demond Nicholson ... Super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli knocked out gatekeeper Demond Nicholson of the United States in the fourth round on Friday, at the Casino du Lac-Leamy, in Gatineau, Quebec. Mbilli (28-0 including the World Series of Boxing) had Nicholson (26-6-1, 22 KOs) on the canvas...

A Sky Sports interview with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury indicates that Fury does not seem interested in unifying the world heavyweight championship in a super fight vs. Oleksandr Usyk. Fury is preparing for October 26th when he is scheduled to face former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who has never...

Alexis De Luna (10-1, 5 KOs) from Bakersfield, California is ready to go to war with Los Angeles' Rigoberto Hermosillo (13-4-1, 9 KOs) tonight (Saturda) in the debut of Camponovo Sports "New Blood" boxing series. The eight-round bout will take place at Infinite Reality Studios, formerly know as Thunder Studios in Long...

Salita Promotions tweeted that "two of the most avoided heavyweights in the world put it all on the line. Boxer vs Puncher. Otto Wallin vs. Murat Gassiev September 30th live from Turkey." Wallin (25-1) is best known for a competitive loss to current WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, but has not had a major fight since...

Britain’s oldest amateur boxing club will officially reopen after a rescue package from Matchroom has saved it from permanent closure. With its doors closed since July, due to health and safety concerns, the capital’s famous Lynn AC will be handed back to the local community later this month courtesy of a generous...

Here are the boxers' weights for Saturday's show at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California: Rigoberto Hermosillo 127.8 pounds vs Alexis De Luna 127.9; Emiliano Moreno 143.9 vs Levy Garcia Benitez 144.5; Juan Sanchez 146.9 vs Roberto Patron 144.7; Kevin Salgado 146.2 vs Osvaldo Negrete 142.9; Nelson Oliva 161.9...

Fans can prepare for the return of Valor Bare Knuckle at the University of North Florida (UNF) Center in Jacksonville, Florida, on October 27th. Founded by legendary MMA fighter Ken Shamrock in collaboration with Valor Sports and Entertainment Inc., VBK strips away the gloves, taking fighters back to the roots of...

On August 23rd, the IBF ordered Eduardo Nunez and Zelfa Barrett to begin negotiations for an IBF junior lightweight "box off." An agreement was not reached within the time frame allowed by the sanctioning body, so the IBF has scheduled a purse bid for Tuesday, September 19th at 12:00 PM. Barrett, from the United Kingdom,...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for Friday's action: Christian Mbilli (24-0) vs. Demond Nicholson (26-5-1) (super middleweights) … prediction: Mbilli by unanimous decision; Steve Claggett (35-7-2) vs. Carlos Sanchez (24-1) (junior welterweights) … prediction: Claggett by mid- to late-round knockout; Alexandre...