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Weigh-in report from Phoenix

Source: ProBox From the Rawhide Event Center in Phoenix, Arizona, here are the boxers' official weights for the ProBox show, beginning at 7 PM Eastern time on Friday: Joshua Kevin Anton, 152.9 pounds -vs.- Freudis Rojas, 151.4; Justin Pauldo, 134.1 -vs.- Rene Tellez Giron, 134; Bryan Acosta, 125.3 -vs.- Carlos Andres Arteaga...

Olascuaga gets hometown title defense

Source: Matchroom WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga has signed a multi-fight co-promotional deal with Matchroom and Teiken Promotions, and will defend his title against Yuberjen Martinez on November 14th at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The bout wil be aired on TNT Sports and DAZN’s “The Fight,” the new monthly...

Rest in Peace Jorge Castro

By Scott Shaffer The WBC announced the passing of former middleweight champion Jorge Castro, who passed away at the age of 59 in Buenos Aires. Wikipedia suggests Castro died from the effects of hypoglycemia. Born on August 18, 1967, in Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz (Argentina), Castro built one of the most courageous, enduring, and...

WBC appeases Zuffa by delaying Adames mandatory

By Scott Shaffer The WBC has reversed its postion on the mandatory defense obligations of its middleweight champion, Carlos Adames, just days after Adames signed a promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing. Just prior to Adames inking his Zuffa deal, the WBC ordered him to make his next defense against Meiirim Nursultanov. On Wednseaday,...

Ex-champ Yuniel Dorticos back in action on Sunday

By Christian Schmidt Kris Lawrence and Kelly Baker of the Heavyweight Factory are set to bring "Fists of Fury 13" to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this Sunday, October 18th, in Hollywood, Florida.  The co-feature see ex-cruiserweight champion Yuniel Dorticos (28-3) facing Juan Camilo Novoa (35-15-1) of Bogota, Colombia....

MVP going to India in 2027 for Goyat vs. Pettis

Press Release MVP announced that India’s top pro boxer Neeraj Goyat, will box former UFC champion Anthony Pettis on Saturday, January 23, 2027. The host city will be selected from among Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Chennai. Goyat is 21-4-2 with 9 KOs while Pettis will be making his boxing debut after a 25-14 run in MMA, which included...

Fundora on Hadribeaj: “I don’t take anybody lightly"

Source: PBC WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and his unbeaten mandatory challenger Ermal Hadribeaj kicked off fight week events on Wednesday with a media workout before they headline “The Fight” live on TNT and DAZN this Saturday, October 17th at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The workout...

Alex Bray making progress at junior middleweight

Press Release Junior middleweight Alex Bray (12-0, 9 KOs) is building a résumé that took a step forward on August 8th, when he delivered an eighth-round stoppage victory over Antraveous Ingram (13-1-1, 7 KOs) as part of Matchroom Boxing’s Project Series. It was more than another victory for Bray. Against a previously undefeated...

Tickets on sale for Cacace vs. Ball

Source: Queensberry Promotions Championship boxing returns to Belfast on December 19th when  Anthony Cacace takes on Nick Ball at The O2, with Cacace’s WBA junior lightweight title on the line.  Queensberry Promotions announced that tickets are on sale now. It will be a hometown fight in Northern Ireland for Cacace (25-1), a southpaw who has defeated...

Carlos Adames signs with Zuffa

Press Release Zuffa Boxing announced that WBC middleweight champion Carlos “Caballo Bronco” Adames has signed a multi-fight promotional contract with the company. Adames hails from Elias Piña, Dominican Republic, joins a Zuffa boxing roster that also includes WBO middleweight champion Denzel Bentley, although Bentley may soon be stripped...

WBA gives Jimenez a pass on fight ordered last month

Source: WBA The WBA has granted a special permit to its 115-pound champion David Jiménez of Costa Rica to make a voluntary title defense against Japan’s Seigo Yuri Akui. The fight will tale place on November 29th in Tokyo. Akui is a former WBA flyweight champion.  The request to avoid Jimenez's mandatory was submitted on September 22...

Scotney injured; Garcia to unify vs. Delgado

Source: MVP Promotions Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced updates to MVPW-07, featuring four world title bouts on the ESPN main card, taking place at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, November 8th, live on ESPN and the ESPN App. A previously scheduled WBC featherweight championship bout between Tiara Brown and Ellie Scotney...

Awe network picks up Thursday's IBO title fight

Awe network announced that this Thursday, October 15th, it will be airing live the IBO junior middleweight title fight featuring Milan Prat (30-1-0) versus Brandon Thysse (20-4-1). The fight card, being held in Prat's home country, France, begins at 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific time. Prat is on a ten-fight winning...

Cuadrado wins again on Star Boxing show

Press Release Ray Cuadrado W6 Efstathios Antonas... On Saturday, October 10th, at the Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York, firefighter Raymond “The Scientist” Cuadrado (9-0, 3 KOs) of Ridgewood, Queens, earned a hard-fought six-round unanimous-decision win over Efstathios “The Greek God” Antonas (13-4-2, 4 KOs).  The old-school...

Bridgerweight action from Amsterdam

Source: WBC Angel Raymond Morejón TKO3 Willy Kyakonye ... On Monday, the sold-out Koninklijk Theater Carré in Amsterdam, packed with an enthusiastic crowd of 1,500 fans, saw Ángel Raymond Morejón stop Willy Kyakonye in a battle of undefeated bridgerweights via a third-round technical knockout. After an accidental low blow from Kyakonye,...

New champ alert: Mendoza stuns Sandoval for WBA flyweight title

Source: WBA Sergio Mendoza W12 Ricardo Sandoval... In Chicago, Mexico's Sergio “Yoreme” Mendoza delivered a statement-making performance to capture the WBA flyweight world title, stopping hard-nosed Californian Ricardo “El Niño” Sandoval by fifth-round technical knockout. Rather than feeling out his opponent from the outside, Mendoza came...

WBA hasn’t approved Munguia-Zon

The WBA has not approved the Jaime Munguia vs. Nikita Zon bout. Bektemir Melikuziev is the official contender in the super middleweight division but Munguia is seeking to avoid him and fight someone else on the Saul “Canelo” undercard later this month in Saudi Arabia. The WBA stopped short of saying it will strip Munguia of...

Fundora, Figueroa quotables

WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora, WBA featherweight champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (pcitured) and rMarco “El Tiburón” Romero took part in an Instagram Live on Friday to connect with fans and preview their respective matchups featured on “The Fight” live on TNT and DAZN this...

New champ alert: Floyd Schofield

Floyd Schofield beat Lucas Bahdi by a wide unanimous decision (119-108, 116-110, 115-111) to win the vacant WBA lightweight championship at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. After an unforgettable opening two rounds, Schofield began ramping up the pressure about 30 seconds into the third.  An overhand right to the temple...

Craycraft defeats Ali Walsh

BiYu Promotions delivered an action-packed night of professional boxing onSaturday, October 10, 2026, as the “Heart of America Pro + Am Boxing Invitational”took center stage at historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The action was broadcast live onCombatVisionTV, with the event replay available on the...

Welcome to Fundora vs. Hadribeaj fight week

Press Release Undefeated Ermal Hadribeaj will step into the ring looking to become Albania’s first boxing world champion and fulfill his lifelong dream when he battles WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora on “The Fight” live on TNT and DAZN on Saturday, October 17th at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “I’m very...

Pacquiao receives honorary doctorate

Source: IBA Manny Pacquiao, the eight-division world champion, Philippine senator and International Boxing Association (IBA) Vice President, has been awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of a life that turned childhood poverty into one of the most remarkable stories in sport. One of Pacquiao's mottos is “Never give up. Great...

IBA to pay winners of amateur world championships $1 million

Press Release The International Boxing Association (IBA) held a press conference at the Çırağan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul earlier this week. IBA President Umar Kremlev and Secretary General were among those who addressed international media. The speakers discussed prize money for the organisation’s flagship tournaments, the inaugural...

Resendiz steps in for injured Charlo to face Mazoudier

Mexican action fighter and former world championArmando “Toro” Reséndiz will step in to face Australian contender Koen Mazoudier in a 10-round super middleweight showdown on the latest installment of “The Fight” live on TNT and DAZN on Saturday, October 17 from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and presented...

ProBox adds two more competitive fights to Oct. 16th show

Press Release Two bouts  have been added to ProBoxTV’s next “Championship Series” main card, on Friday, October 16th: Bryan Acosta faces  Carlos Orona in a ten-round “All Mexico” slugfest, while Charles Harris and Misael Cabrera go to war in a junior welterweight ten rounder. These two contests will be held in support of Kevin Anton...

Miyo Yoshida looking to become three-division champ

Press Release Two-division champion Miyo Yoshida (19-5, 1 KO) is approaching her eighth world title fight and the Japanese boxer will finally get that opportunity on November 8th against WBC super bantamweight champion Skye Nicolson (16-1, 3 KOs) in a ten-round title fight on the “MVP 07” card, airing live on ESPN from Arlington,...

Crowder getting close to bantamweight title contention

Source: BiYu Promotions Bantamweight Dominique Crowder (19-0, 11 KOs) is putting the finishing touches on training camp as he prepares for one of the most important fights of his professional career. The Baltimore native will face the experienced Jayson Mama (21-4-1, 10 KOs),of General Santos City, Philippines in an eightround bout on...

Selby and Askin to feature on BKB 61

Press Release BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing has announced the complete twelve-fight card for BKB 61, taking place Saturday, November 14th, live at the indigo at The O2 in London, England. The event will be headlined by two of the United Kingdom’s toughest, as former IBF featherweight champion “Lightning” Lee Selby (1-0, 1 KO in BKB) takes on...

Mayweather vs. Garcia talks are happening

By Scott Shaffer Although WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia seems headed towards a fight vs. three-division champion Teofimo Lopez next, there appears to be some truth to the rumors of fight discussions between Garcia and legendary multi-division champ Floyd Mayweather. With Mayweather (pictured) known to be experiencing...

Alinkhanuly and Bank agree to terms

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Gustavo Olivieri, president of the WBO, confirmed receipt of formal written notification from the representatives of Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (pictured) and Jacob Bank that the two have reached a deal to contest the vacant WBO super middleweight championship. Bank, from Denmark, is 20-0. He steps into the title picture after...

It's Bahdi vs. Schofield fight week

Source: MVP Promotions MVP heads to Wintrust Arena in Chicago this Saturday, October 10th, live on DAZN. The headliner on the four-bout main card will be a twelve-round fight for the vacant WBA lightweight championship between two undefeated contenders: “Prince” Lucas Bahdi (20-0, 15 KOs) and Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield III (19-0, 13 KOs). The...

Riley to defend European title vs. undefeated Coupe

Source: MF Pro Viddal Riley will put his European cruiserweight title on the line next month, live on DAZN. The unbeaten Riley, defends his EBU crown against mandatory challenger Seydi Coupe (14-0) on November 14th at OVO Arena Wembley in London.MF PRO is serving up a packed Saturday Fight Night with Riley vs. Coupe leading a show that...

Flores vs. Nunez tops Nov. 13th bill in El Paso

Press Release On Friday, November 13th, ProBoxTV’s Championship Series is back featuring Bryan Flores of Las Vegas via Mexico, and unbeaten Panamanian Jose Nunez in a ten-round junior welterweight battle, live on ProBoxTV (8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT) from the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas. In the ten-round junior lightweight...

South Africa celebrates its four champions

Source: WBC The rise of South African champions on the international stage is a reminder that the country’s boxing flame was never extinguished, says Tshegofatso Thobedi. The Boxing SA communications and media liaison officer noted: “[The flame] flickered through difficult seasons, endured through changing times, and continued to burn...

Chisora talking comeback vs. Gassiev

Source: IBA Perennial but ostensibly retired heavyweight contender Derek Chisora appeared at an IBA press conference in Istanbul, where he reveal plans for a comeback bout. The British heavyweight said he intends to face WBA champion Murat Gassiev in December, in either London or Manchester, England. “In December it will be me...

Nico Ali Walsh training camp report

Source: BiYu Promotions Middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (12-2-1, 5 KOs) has spent his latest training camp in Omaha, Nebraska, sharpening his skills under the guidance of Brian “Bomac” McIntyre as he prepares to return from a ten-month layoff in a significant main-event opportunity. Ali Walsh, the grandson of boxing icon Muhammad Ali, will headline...

Results from Washington: Murphy defeats McDonald for second time

By Emmerscyn Grigsby Andrew Murphy W8 Devontae McDonald... On October 3rd, at Legends Casino Hotel in Toppenish Washington, Wenatchee, Washington’s Devontae McDonald (8-7) had his supporters ready to remind Yakima, Washington's Andrew Murphy (14-0) that to them, the first eight rounds in January had never really ended. Murphy’s crowd answered...

Amsterdam hosts a bridgerweight bout

Source: WBC In a rare bridgerweight match-up, two unbeaten boxers will meet  on October 12th in Amersterdam at the  historic Theater Carré. Willy Kyakonye and Angelo Morejon will do battle at 224 pounds.  The Ugandan-born Kyakonye is based in the Netherlands. He enters the bout with 14 victories, including 13 knockouts. Fighting in...

Late BKFC results from Australia

Source: BKFC Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) returned to Australia with a night of knockouts on Saturday at the sold-out Eatons Hill Hotel in Brisbane. Josh “Kamikaze” Kuhne smashed his way to 2-0 under the BKFC banner with a lightning-fast KO at the expense of “Fighting Irish” Shaun Curran in the welterweight division. Kuhne,...

Subhankulov vs. Cruz to fill lightweight vacancy left by Muratalla

By Scott Shaffer On September 7th, the IBF ordered Artur Subhankulov of Russia and Andy Cruz of Cuba to begin negotiations for the vacant IBF lightweight championship. The previous champion, Raymond Muratalla, has vacated the title. Subhankulov's record is most accurately described as 15-3 if you include the World Series of Boxing and IBA...