Sunny Edwards (pictured) and Adrian Curiel will clash in a twelve-round flyweight battle as the chief support bout for the blockbuster world title clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse Rodriguez at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday June 29th, live worldwide on DAZN. Both men will be looking to...

WBO/WBC/IBF unified champion Artur Beterbiev (pictured) and WBA ruler Dmitry Bivol met face-to-face at today's kickoff presser in London ahead of their undisputed light heavyweight showdown on Saturday, June 1st at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [Although the rest of the show will be a pay-per-view broadcast],...

Hasanboy Dusmatov W10 Samuel Carmona... The Humo Arena in Tashkent, Uzbekistan saw the first-ever IBA pro flyweight champion crowned as local favorite Hasanboy Dusmatov secured a victory against Samuel Carmona of Spain by a unanimous decision. DusmatoDusmatov and Carmona delivered an exciting ten-round bout filled with...

John "Scrappy" Ramirez and David Jimenez will clash this Saturday, April 20th for the WBA interim super flyweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The WBA Championships Committee granted special permission to champion Kazuto Ioka to hold a unification fight against IBF champion Fernando Martinez. Ramirez,...

WBA bantamweight champion, Takuma Inoue of Japan, held a public workout on Thursday and talked about his next title defense, which will be on May 6th against countryman Sho Ishida (34-3 with 17 KOs) at the Tokyo Dome. Inoue has a record of 19 wins with 1 loss and 5 knockouts in his professional career and will fight in the...

Helmand Alekozai will face India's Digari Mahesh (9-3-1) in an eight-round junior welterweight bout on April 19th. The bout take place in La Perle, Dubai, United Arab Emirates as part of a big event promoted by Rahul Suri. The news was confirmed today by Alekozai's manager Trifon Petrov this morning. Alekozai (12-0, 5...

An undisputed light heavyweight king will soon be crowned in The Kingdom. WBO/WBC/IBF unified champion Artur Beterbiev will battle WBA ruler Dmitry Bivol on Saturday, June 1st at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The victor will become the division’s first undisputed champion since Roy Jones Jr. defeated Reggie Johnson...

Artem Suslenkov W8 Michael Hunter... There were two significant heavyweight bouts on an IBA card that took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday. For reasons unknown to Boxingtalk, Boxrec does not recognize these fights on the boxers' records. In a result that will interest many Amercian fans,  Russia's Artem...

Jakhongir Zokirov W8 Agron Smakici... In Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday Jakhongir Zokirov of Uzbekistan faced Croatia's Agron Smakici, the man who boasts 20-2 professional record but is beast known for landing a punch that cut Tyson Fury in sparring and caused a delay in Fury's heavyweight unification bout vs. Oleksandr...

WBC junior welterweight champion Devin “The Dream” Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and Ryan García (24-1, 20 KOs) clash on Saturday, April 20th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Haney (pictured) is a former world lightweight champion and one of the finest pound-for-pound fighters today. He holds a very narrow win...

Oscar Ahlin W10 Michal Ryba... With two big light heavyweight punchers fighting, a stoppage for either man was more or less expected on Saturday in Malmo, Sweden. But it didn't turn out that way, as Sweden's Oscar Ahlin and Michal Ryba from the Czech Republic went the full ten rounds in a close and competitive fight at the...

Jared Anderson W10 Ryad Merhy... Jared "The Real Big Baby" Anderson did not have a particularly eager opponent in Ryad Merhy, but the heavyweight hopeful from Toledo, Ohio, got the job done. Anderson faced little resistance and defeated Merhy via 10-round unanimous decision in the main event Saturday evening at American...

Efe Ajagba W10 Guido Vianello ... Nigerian contender Efe Ajagba (20-1, 14 KOs) won a [debatable] ten-round split decision over Italy's Guido Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KOs) in a phone booth battle of 2016 Olympians. One judge had it 96-94 for Vianello, which was overruled by two scores of 96-94 for Ajagba. Boxingtalk scored it 96-94...

Robson Conceição TKO7 Jose Guardado ... Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição (18-2-1, 9 KOs) scored his first victory in two years by stopping Jose Guardado (15-2-1, 5 KOs) in the seventh round. Returning from a majority draw against two-division champion Emanuel Navarrete in November, Conceição was quick...

Zelfa Barrett TKO10 Jordan Gill... Junior lightweight contender Zelfa Barrett stopped Jordan Gill in the tenth round of a DAZN main event in Manchester, England. Barrett knocked down Gill with a debilitating body shot. Gill bravely got up but had nothing left in the tank, and the fight was soon waved off by the referee. Prior...

 Ellie Scotney W10 Segolene Lefebvre...  Ellie Scotney is the new WBO/IBF junior featherweight champion after defeating France's Segolene Lefebvre via unanimous decision in Manchester, England on Saturday. Scotney (9-0) came in as the IBF champion and left with Lefebvre's WBO title. The official scorecards read 99-91, 97-93...

Rhiannon Dixon W10 Karen Elizabeth Carabajal ... England's Rhiannon Dixon scored a knockdown of Argentina's Karen Elizabeth Carabajal (22-2) on her way to winning the vacant WBO lightweight championship. Dixon prevailed by scores of 98-91, 97-92 and 96-93. The belt became vacant when former world champion Katie Taylor decided...

Former Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) champion Mike “The Marine” Richman was victorious in his return to the squared circle in BKFC Fight Night Clearwater on Friday at the sold-out OCC Road House & Museum in Clearwater, Florida. Richman, who hails from Minneapolis, ended his nine-month layoff from fighting with...

Here are Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions:  Ellie Scotney (8-0) vs. Segolene Lefebvre (18-0) (WBO / IBF junior featherweight titles) … prediction: Scotney by decision; Rhiannon Dixon (9-0) vs. Karen Carabajal (22-1) (vacant WBO lightweight title) … prediction: Dixon by decision; Jared Anderson (16-0) vs. Ryad...

IBF junior featherweight champion Ellie Scotney says her nan will have the best seat in the house when she aims to pick up a second world title against France’s undefeated WBO ruler Segolene Lefebvre at the AO Arena in Manchester, England this Saturday – live worldwide on DAZN. The 26 year-old Catford native, who fights...

Jordan Gill is aiming to make it two big road wins in a row when he takes on Manchester’s Zelfa Barrett in a must-win junior lightweight showdown at the famous AO Arena this Saturday April 13th, live worldwide on DAZN. From Chatteris, England, Gill is a former European and Commonwealth Champion at featherweight. He...

Here are the weigh-in results for Saturday's ESPN show at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas: Jared Anderson 250.9 pounds -vs.- Ryad Merhy 235.6 (ten rounds); Efe Ajagba 241.2  -vs.- Guido Vianello 244.5 (ten rounds); and Robson Conceição 131.6  -vs.- Jose Guardado 131.5  (eight rounds). The three...

Charlie Edwards W10 Georges Ory... Former WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards defeated Georges Ory at sold-out York Hall in London to officially launch bid to become a two-weight champion. Now fighting as a bantamweight,  Edwards defeated his French opponent by scores of 98-92 on all scorecards. Edwards is now 19-1 while...

Hall of Fame promoter Don King on the passing of promoter Gary Shaw: “I was sad to learn today about the passing of Gary Shaw. Gary's contributions to the world of boxing were immense, and his passion for the sport was truly inspiring. He will be remembered not only for his expertise as a promoter but also for his dedication...

On May 18th in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia a true world heavyweight championship bout will take place in the city of Riyadh. WBC champion Tyson Fury and IBF/WBO/WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk collide in the “Ring of Fire” with the victor seizing all of the Heavyweight belts. This “Fight of the Century” is staged as part of...

Heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (16-0, 15 KOs) looks to overcome his biggest challenge to date against Belgium's Ryad Merhy (32-2, 26 KOs) this Saturday, April 13th, in the ten-round main event at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the ten-round heavyweight co-feature, Nigerian puncher Efe...

WBA regular welterweight titleholder Eimantas Stanionis (pictured) will defend his secondary belt against two-time Olympian Gabriel Maestre on May 4th in Las Vegas as pay-per-view opener prior to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez defending his world super middleweight championship against Jaime Munguia. A come-forward technician,...

Manchester, England gets a good junior lightweight bout on Saturday when Jordan Gill steps in the ring against Zelfa Barrett at the Manchester Arena. Gill has a record of 28 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 9 knockouts. For his part, Barrett comes into the bout with a record of 30 wins, 2 losses and 16 knockouts. Gill, age 29,...

In one week, DiBella Entertainment (DBE) will debut its Broadway Boxing series in Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday, April 18th. The stacked card will be the 121st edition of the longest-running grassroots boxing series to the 2300 Arena. Tickets for Broadway Boxing are on sale now and can be purchased via www.2300arena.com....

There will be a Friday event, presented by Airtight Boxing in association with Toro Promotions, at Blue Sports Stable in Superior, Colorado. Arizona heavyweight Dante Stone (15-1, 10 KOs) is riding a 15-fight win streak into his first scheduled ten-round fight versus Matthew “El Matador” McKinney (16-7-3, 12 KOs) in the...

Mixed martial arts stars Nate Diaz and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal will go face-to-face at a public event in New York City on Tuesday April 16th. Diaz and Masvidal will reignite their rivalry at this public event before they meet in a ten-round professional boxing light heavyweight showdown taking place at 5:30 pm Saturday,...

The WBA announced the death of Gary Shaw, a former promoter who was instrumental in the creaton and rise of ShoBox: The New Generation, which helped launch the careers of many future champions and enjoyed a run of 20+ years on Showtime. Shaw promoted one of the greatest fights of all time, Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis...

On April 20th in Laredo, Santiago Chago Martinez's Texas P4P Entertainment brings "Noche de Campeones" to the Gateway City.  Eight match-ups are scheduled to take place.  "It is the most anticipated card in Texas," says matchmaker Luey Villereal, who has put together a ain event will pit Hugo "Tigre" Castaneda (13-1-1)...

Angelo Leo W10 Eduardo Baez... Former WBO 122-pound champion Angelo Leo racked up a quality victory over Eduardo Baez on Wednesday in Plant City, Florida. ProBox's  Whitesands Events hosted the 126-pound battle, which saw Leo win the ten rounder by scores of 98-92 (twice) and 97-93 to get a wide unanimous decision.  Leo now has...

Here are the boxers' weights for the Wasserman Boxing show at London's York Hall on Friday night: Live on Channel 5 (UK and Ireland) at 10 pm local time: Charlie Edwards 117.6 pounds -vs.- Georges Ory 117.3; Tom Welland 126.4 -vs.- Marvin Solano 127; and Christian Fetti 128 -vs.- Eliecer...

Yesterday, the news broke that Matchroom has signed IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (pictured) to a multi-fight promotional deal in partnership with Boots Promotions. Ennis (31-0 28 KOs) had been previously been ordered to make a mandatory defense against Cody Crowley of Canada, but it has been unclear...

Queensberry will promote a show at London's York Hall on April 20th. At the top of the bill, lightweight Sam Noakes (13-0) will test himself against veteran campaigner Yvan Mendy of France. Noakes is on a strong run of six straight quality wins, culminating in his British lightweight title success against Lewis Sylvester...

The Premier Boxing Champions' May 4th pay-per-view broadcast will have as its chief supporting bout a twelve-round bout featuring Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (28-2, 18 KOs) making the first defense of his interim WBC welterweight title against Argentina’s Fabián “TNT” Maidana, the younger brother of former champion...

Jacki Brice Boxing Promotions will present a boxing show on April 19th in Cape Town, South Africa. In the heavyweight main event, Joshua Pretorius, fighting out of KwaZulu-Natal, will take on Uganda's Shafic Kiwanuka, while South Africa's Lwando Mngambi and Lebogang Pilane square off in the super flyweight division....

Eddie Hearn's Matchroom has signed IBF welterweight champion Jarron "Boots" Ennis to a promotion contract. Ennis is 31-0 but is probably the most avoided boxer in the world, with even true world weltereight champion Terence Crawford seemingly unwilling to face him. Ennis has not fought since last July but today, both...