Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi government official who controls Saudi boxing and has a seemingly unlimited budget, prefers Terence Crawford over Naoya Inoue as his pound-for-pund best boxer in the world. More importantly, Alalshikh 's latest tweet implies he may be setting up his own boxer rating system: "Inoue is a great...

Naoya Inoue KO6 Luis Nery... Fighting in his home country of Japan, world junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue was knocked down for the first time in his career by former two-division champion Luis Nery. The Japanese legend got up  and decked Nery three times, in rounds two, five and six. The last one was a...

Yoshiki Takei W12 Jason Moloney... Japanese former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei earned a world boxing title in just his ninth pro fight, using his length and tricky southpaw style to topple WBO bantamweight champion Jason Moloney (27-3. 19 KOs) via unanimous decision. Takei (9-0, 8 KOs) prevailed by scores of...

The boxing world is extremely interested in what’s next for world super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez after Alvarez retained his titles by defeating Jaime Munguia on Saturday. Fans would probably select undefeated, two-time former champion David Benavidez as Alvarez's next opponent. But Benavidez is moving up...

With one more qualifying tournament coming up later this month, six USA Boxing boxers have already qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Seven others have a shot at qualifying at the upcoming final World Olympic Qualifier in Thailand. Here are the super six: JAHMAL “Hard Rock” HARVEY Hometown: Oxon Hill,...

Junior middleweight Wendy Toussaint of Long Island, New York is 15-2 with 7 KOs. He will be hoping to pick up an international victory when he travels to the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa to take on undefeated Shervantaigh Koopman.  The Koopman-Toussaint bout will share the spotlight that night with...

Here are the boxers' weights and starting times for the huge four-championship fight card in Japan that takes place early Monday morning, with ESPN+ broadcasting live in the United States:Naoya Inoue 121 3/4 pounds vs. Luis Nery 121 Estimated ring walk time: 7:35 a.m. ET/4:35 a.m. PT (Inoue's four-belt world...

Canelo Alvarez W12 Jaime Munguia... Experience overcame youth in front of 17,492 feverish boxing fans at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as Saul "Canelo" Alvarez scored a fourth-round knockdown and went on to defeat Jaime Munguia by unanimous decision. Alvarez warded off a spirited effort from a much younger Munguia in an...

At Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan's Ryosuke Nishida won a world title in just his ninth pro fight. Nishida became the IBF bantamweight champion Saturday, defeating Puerto Rico's Emmanuel Rodriguez via unanimous decision. Nishida's effort was aided by a fourth-round knockdown of Rodriguez with a hard shot to the body. Now 9-0...

Mario Barrios W12 Fabian Maidana... Mario “El Azteca” Barrios, of San Antonio, Texas retained his interim WBC title for the first time with a unanimous decision win against Fabian “TNT” Maidana of Buenos Aires. The welterweight contest was part of the Canelo-Munguia undercard in Las Vegas. Patiently stalking his adversary,...

Australian WBO bantamweight champion Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) will defend his title against Japanese former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei (8-0, 8 KOs) on Monday, May 6th at the world-famous Tokyo Dome. Moloney-Takei will serve as the co-feature to the big fight between undisputed junior featherweight...

Brandon Figueroa KO9 Jessie Magdaleno ... Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa ended 14-month layoff, retaining his interim WBC featherweight world title for the first time with a ninth-round knockout against Jessie Magdaleno on the Canelo-Munguia undercard in Las Vegas. Having last fought in April 2023, Magdaleno was...

Eimantas Stanionis W12 Gabriel Maestre... Lithuania's Eimantas Stanionis and Venezuela's Gabriel Maestre waged an excellent war of attrition fought primarily shoulder-to-shoulder, as the two Olympians traded heavy leather over twelve welterweight rounds at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ultimately, Stanionis, 146.6 lbs.,...

Jesus Ramos Jr.TKO9 Johan Gonzalez... Junior middleweight contender Jesus “El Mono” Ramos Jr., 154.6 lbs., of Casa Grande, Arizona, earned a technical knockout victory against Venezuela's Johan “The Chelo Manotas” Gonzalez, 153.6 lbs., inside nine rounds on the Canelo-Munguia undercard. Returning to Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena...

Alan D. Picasso TKO5 Damien Vazquez... Alan David “El Rey” Picasso, 123 lbs., of Mexico City  battled Las Vegas' “Sugar” Damien Vazquez, 122.2 lbs., in a competitive super bantamweight contest to highlight the Canelo-Munguia off-TV undercard at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The southpaw Vazquez, a former world title...

Here are Boxingtalk's fight predictions for Saturday, May 4th: Emmanuel Rodriguez (22-2) vs. Ryosuke Nishida (8-0) (IBF bantamweight title) … prediction: Rodriguez by decision; Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2) vs. Jaime Munguia (43-0) (undisputed world super middleweight championship) … prediction: Alvarez by...

Undisputed junior featherweight world champion Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) will defend all the belts against former two-weight champion Luis "Pantera" Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) on Monday, May 6th at Tokyo Dome. This marks only the third boxing match at the world-famous venue, and the first since James "Buster" Douglas upset Mike...

The highly anticipated undisputed world light heavyweight championship showdown between WBC/IBF/WBO champion Artur Beterbiev and WBA ruler Dmitry Bivol — scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — has been postponed after Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus in training. The plan is...

Here are the featured boxers' weights for Saturday's big pay-per-view show in Las Vegas: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (166.8 pounds) vs. Jaime Munguia (167.4) (for the undisputed world super middleweight championship)...  Mario Barrios (146.6) vs. Fabian Maidana (146.2) (for the WBC interim welterweight title)... Brandon...

Jessica Haghighat Joo W10 Maria Guadalupe Bautista... In Toronto last weekend, Jessica Haghighat Joo dethroned Maria Guadalupe Bautista to win the WBA light flyweight championship. Haghighat Joo, age 29, turned peo less than two years ago and was making just her fourth pro fight. The hometown fighter won a unanimous decision...

Premier Boxing Champions will provide live streaming coverage on YouTube of the press conference to announce the Gervonta Davis (pictured) vs. Frank Martin and David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk pay-per-view event on Prime Video taking place Saturday, June 15th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The press...

In the hours leading up to the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia pay-Per-view broadcast on Saturday, PBC on Prime Video will offer two undercard bouts free to view for Amazon Prime subscribers. Both fights showcase contenders in the 154-pound division. The highest-rated contender of the four, Jesus “El Mono” Ramos...

Today (May 4th), undefeated Venezuelan welterweight Jonathan ¨Fino¨ Hérnandez will fight on the road against Argentina's Mariano Agustín Sandoval. The ten-round bout will take place at Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires and will be broadcast live on TyC Sports. The main event will see Evelin Nazarena Bermudez (19-1-1) defend...

Phannarai Netisri W10 Maria Magdalena Rivera... Thai super bantamweight Phannarai Netisri, who fights out of Germany, scored a unanimous decision over South American champion Maria Magdalena Rivera from Argentina. The ten-round bout took place on Wednesday night, May 1st, in Hamburg, Germany. After ten rounds of boxing,...

Erik Bazinyan W10 Shakeel Phinn... Erik Bazinyan [was fortunate to leave the ring] with a draw against Shakeel Phinn on Thursday night at the Montreal Casino. It was a tough fight for both and the judges ended up offering a split draw decision. The scorecards were 95-95, 96-94 in favor of Bazinyan and 97-93 in favor of...

The undisputed world heavyweight championship showdown between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBO/IBF/WBA ruler Oleksandr Usyk — Saturday, May 18th, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — will stream live on ESPN pay-per-view starting at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT. Fury-Usyk is the most significant heavyweight battle of...

Saturday's Las Vegas undercard supporting the world super middleweight championship battle between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Jamie Munguia will include five off-TV bouts. Mexico City's super bantamweight contender David “El Rey” Picasso (27-0-1, 15 KOs) takes on Las Vegas-resident “Sugar” Damien Vazquez (17-3-1, 10 KOs) in...

Boxers competing on Saturday's Las Vegas undercard went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before Saul "Canelo" Álvarez puts his undisputed world super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguía on a PBC pay-per-view event from...

Super middleweight Junior "Sugar Boy" Younan makes his Star Boxing debut when he takes on veteran Ricardo Luna over ten rounds on Saturday, May 11th at The Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York. Younan, who last week signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Star Boxing, has a professional record of 19-0-1...

According to ESPN, Ryan Garcia tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance called Ostarine at the time of his upset win over Devin Haney in April. The testing for the fight was administered by VADA, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. Only the A-sample has been tested, so the finding is not considered final...

World super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Álvarez and all-action former 154-pound title holder Jaime Munguía squared off Wednesday at the final press conference before their blockbuster headlining a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video this Saturday, May 4th from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo vs. Munguía is...

Top Rank Boxing and ESPN will air a four-world title fight show from Tokyo, live on Monday, May 6th at a special early start time of 4 a.m. ET/ 1 a.m. PT exclusively on ESPN+. The event takes place at Tokyo Dome. In the main event, undisputed world junior featherweight champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue will defend all...

Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (pictured, 24-1-1, 18 KOs) will be returning on May 4th, following a 14-month layoff, to make the first defense of his WBC interim featherweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against former 122-pound title holder Jessie Magdaleno (29-2, 18 KOs). Both Figueroa and Magdaleno...

Junior middleweight Jesus “El Mono” Ramos Jr. (20-1, 16 KOs) will take on Venezuelan knockout artist Johan “The Chelo Manotas” Gonzalez (34-2, 33 KOs) in a ten-round bout in Las Vegas on Saturday as part of PBC's big Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia world super middleweight championship show.  Ramos, of Casa...

Top Rank and Pluto TV, a free streaming television service, are launching Top Rank Classics, a 24/7 channel dedicated to the showcasing the sport’s greatest fights and fighters. Top Rank Classics premieres on Pluto TV on May 1st, and features hundreds of old school throwdowns and new school favorites from the Top Rank...

Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (28-2, 18 KOs), of San Antonio, Texas, will make the first defense of his interim WBC welterweight title on the undercard of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. The WBC welterweight champion is presently [treu wolrd welterweight champion]...

Gabriela Alaniz W10 Marlen Esparza ... In a very close fight that took place last weekend at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California, Argentina's Gabriela “La Chucky” Alaniz became the new WBO, WBC and WBA flyweight champion, defeating Marlen Esparza of the United States by split decision. This was a rematch, with the...

Lithuanian welterweight Eimantas Stanionis (listed as 14-0 with 9 KOs but 18-3 including pro bouts in the World Series of Boxing) will end a 25-month ring absence when he makes the first dense of his WBA regular welterweight title this Saturday against Gabriel Maestre at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. The WBA super...

South Africa is mourning the death of former two-division (lightweight and super middleweight!) champion Dingaan Thobela, who died at ony fifty seven years old. Thobela, who fought on way too long, was found in his apartment in the Mayfair area of Johannesburg by friends and relatives. He had been in poor health for some...

Muhsin Cason KO1 Lamont Capers ... On Saturday, cruiserweight Muhsin “The Muslim Boxer” Cason (12-0, 9 KOs) registered a first-round knockout over late replacement Lamont Capers (11-22-5, 2 KOs). The scheduled six-round bout, promoted by Teflon Promotions, took place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. Cason landed...