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...

Here are Boxingtalk's fight picks for Matchroom's show in Philadelphia on Saturday: Jaron Ennis (32-0) vs. Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2) II (IBF welterweight title) … prediction: Ennis by late-round knockout; Jesse Rodriguez (20-0) vs. Pedro Guevara (42-4-1) (WBC super flyweight title) … prediction: Rodriguez by...

Troy Isley W10 Tyler Howard ... In the Norfolf, Virginia co-feature, Keyshawn Davis' Olympic teammate, Troy Isley (14-0, 5 KOs), won a gritty ten-round decision over Tyler Howard (20-2, 11 KOs) in the middeweight division. Isley, from Alexandria, Virginia, picked up his third victory of 2024. The judges' scores were 99-91...

The WBO has issued a purse bid order for a middleweight mandatory defense. Champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (pictured) must defend against British challenger Hamzah Sheeraz. On Monday, November 4th, representatives from both teams filed via email a joint petitioned requesting an extension of the negotiation period to reach...

BKFC on DAZN: Montana takes place tonight (Saturday) at First Interstate Arena in Billings, MT, LIVE worldwide on DAZN. In a fight that traditional boxing fans will be interested in, Alfredo "Perro" Angulo squares off with Julian "Let Me Bang" Lane. Angulo is a former member of the Mexican Olympic boxing team and a former...

Former junior lightweight champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz (33-6-1, 15 KOs), age 31, makes his return to the ring today (Saturday) after spending six months in a rehab program, getting himself back into physical and mental fighting shape. The fight takes place on the ProBoxe show at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida....

On Saturday as part of a ProBox TV event at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, Nicklaus Flaz will square off in a welterweight bout against Christian Gomez. Flaz has a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 9 knockouts. In July, Flaz defeated Alfredo Escarcega by technical knockout in the fourth round. From Vega...

Here are the weigh-in results for Friday's ESPN+ broadcast from Norfolk, Virginia: Keyshawn Davis 134.2 pounds vs. Gustavo Lemos 141.4 (10 rounds) Lemos is overweight for the 135-pound bout but fight will go on; Referee: Raul Caiz Jr.;  Judges: Mark D’Attilio, Chris Flores and Steve Weisfeld; Troy Isley 158.9 lvs....

Former WBA champion Raymond Ford will return to the ring this Saturday to face Puerto Rico's Orlando Gonzalez in the super featherweight  division at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.  Ford-Gonzalez will support a big show featuring title defenses by Boots Ennis and Bam Rodriguez. Ford is coming off a June 1st loss...

The WBA Championships Committee extneded the deadline for the purse bid for the mandatory bout between welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis and challenger Shakhram Giyasov, which was originally scheduled for November 8th.  Both teams requested an extension of the deadline and the sanctioning organization decided to...

Nearly seven months after falling short in an attempt at an interim title, welterweight Giovani “El Gallo de Oro” Santillan is set to reignite his charge towards the top of the division. Santillan will square off against Ghana’s Frederick Lawson in a ten-round showdown on Saturday, Dec. 7th at Footprint Center in...

Promoter Frank Warren (pictured) wrote: I, my family and everyone at Queensberry Prommotions wishes our dear friend Francisco 'Paco' Valcárcel a happy retirement as he steps down as the president of the WBO. Paco Valcarcel is a man who I and everyone in boxing have the utmost respect for.  Under his guidance and leadership for...

P4P Entertainment is looking to put on its biggest show to date this Saturday night (November 9th) at the Boeing Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas.  Ten fights in all are set to take place.  In a battle of South Texans, Nick Molina (6-2-1) of Laredo takes on "King" Julian Delgado (3-0) of Corpus Christi in a six-round...

Regiment Royal Serving Marine Commando and hugely decorated amateur star George Crotty will turn professional with the promotional backing of Frank Warren and Queensberry. Crotty, age 29, from Hertford, England, has won an array of honors across an amateur career that ultimately spanned 149 fights, of which he had his...

UPDATE: The date of two IBF purse bid has been changed to November 14th. The IBF stated, "the Anthony Cacace vs. Eduardo Nunez [an IBF junior lightweight mandatory title defense] and the Agit Kabayal vs. Martin Bakole [an IBF heavyweight final eliminator] purse bids have been rescheduled for Thursday, November 14, 2024 at...

The latest chapter in the boxing rivalry between México and Puerto Rico will take place this Saturday, Nov. 9th, beginning at 6 p.m. ET, when Ppv.com , which does not require a subscription, exclusively streams a pay-per-view card from Rubén Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.  The main event will feature the return...

The Virginia homecoming for Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KOs), the fighting pride of Norfolk and the Seven Cities, is in full swing. The U.S. Olympic silver medalist will make his main event debut this Friday, Nov. 8th, at Norfolk’s Scope Arena, where he’ll take on Argentina-born powerhouse Gustavo Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) in...

French teenager Lucas Migotti will host Argentina's Jose Hugo “Chinito” Acevedo on November 23rd for a welterweight bout scheduled for the Palais Des Sports in Lattes, on the outskirts of Montpellier, France. A pro since March of 2023, Migotti is only nineteen years old and boasts a record of 9-1 with 5 KOs. In June, he...

Trifon Petrov and Split-T Management announced the signing of Cristian Javier Pinales to a long term management agreement. Pinales of La Romana, Dominican Republic, was a 2024 Olympic bronze medal winner in the middleweight division. He plans on making his pro debut at the start of 2025 under the guidance of Petrov and...

Mixed martial artist Gary "Batman" Balletto III (9-3) fights this Saturday, November 9th against Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist Bruno Quintanilha (5-3).  The fight serves as the main event for CES MMA 79: ‘Fight for a Cause 2,’ a stacked card taking place at Foxwoods Resort Casino that includes 7 professional bouts and...

Matchroom Boxing, in partnership with Goldstar Promotions and Tasman Fighters, has announced the signing of Conor Wallace. The Australian-based Irishman, who boasts a 14-1 record with 10 victories coming by the way of knockout, is considered an exciting light heavyweight. Ranked #2 by the IBF, the 28-year-old...

Star Boxing signed Arizona's Micky Scala to a long-term promotional contract. Age 22, Scala stands 6'2" and is 10-0 with 6 KOs as a professional. He will compete in both the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions. Before turning pro, the Mesa, Arizona native had over 100 amateur fights and was rated the #1 amateur...

Dzhambulat Bizhamov W8 Keiber Gonzalez ... On the IBA undercard in Samara, Russia on Monday, Dzhambulat Bizhamov (4-0) was victorious in the super middleweight division, beating Venezuela's Keiber Gonzalez (21-2) over eight rounds. The Russian found success from the start with left-jab combinations as he tested his...

Cuban super middleweight Osleys Iglesias takes on Petro Ivanov in a twelve-round main event this Thursday, Nov. 7th, at the Casino de Montréal. In the eight-round super middleweight co-feature, former world title challenger Steven Butler will lock horns with Argentina’s Fernando Farias. Promoted by Eye of The...

England and India competed for dominance at the top of the medal table as the 2024 U19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado came to an end over the weekend. More than 180 boxers from 30 nations competed in the competition, for boxers aged 17 and 18, which was World Boxing’s first ever global championship. India finished...

Mexico's William “Camaron” Zepeda, who is ranked #1 by the WBC, will face the former 130-pound champion Tevin Farmer, for the WBC interim lightweight title on November 16th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The sad part is Farmer (33-6-1) is coming off a loss in his last fight, against Raymond Muratalla, and therefore is not...

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez believes he’s in the right place with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom to become an undisputed flyweight champion. For now, he is preparing to defend his WBC title against former 108-pound champ Pedro Guevara at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday November 9th, live worldwide on DAZN. Rodriguez...

Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis, born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, returned to where it all began to kick off fight week. Davis visited his alma mater, Jacox Elementary School, on Monday afternoon. As he arrived, a welcoming parade of kindergartners through fourth graders chanted the name of their hometown hero....

Gabriela Fundora TKO7 Gabriela Alaniz... Coachella, California's Gabriela Fundora conquered three-belt champion Gabriela Alaniz from Argentina, to become the undisputed world flyweight champion. Fundora entered the unification bout as the IBF champion and stopped Alaniz in round seven to acquire the other three belts....

Darius Fulghum TKO3 Christopher Pearson... In Las Vegas over the weekend, Darius Fulghum improved to 13-0 with a third-round technical knockout over Christopher Pearson. The 28 year-old super middleweight from Houston came out with an aggressive fight plan that overwhelmed his opponent. The fight was stopped with Pearson on...