Apparently, 21 year-old lightweight Ryan Garcia (18-0) was playing the public with "fake news" tweets. Garcia roasted his promoter Golden Boy Promotions just days before extending his promotional relationship with Oscar De La Hoya's company. On Wednesday, Garcia tweeted, "Just signed one of the most lucrative boxing deals for...

Philadelphia heavyweight Joey Dawejko has accused former IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev of massively ducking him. Dawejko wrote on social media: "Ok, so this is the second time I was scheduled to fight Murat Gassiev. And like the first time, he pulled out again! The first time I gave him the benefit of the doubt...

WBC welterweight champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter will headline a pay-per-view show in a highly anticipated welterweight title unification against IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. The show goes down on September 28th at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Porter hosted a media workout in Las Vegas Wednesday and here is what he had to...

On Saturday, September 28th at Staples Center in Los Angeles, former three-division title holder Robert Guerrero (35-6-1) will take on Jerry Thomas in a welterweight attraction that highlights FS1 PBC Fight Night Prelims preceding the pay-per-view and beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. Guerrero lost three straight...

Undefeated welterweight Brandun Lee has finished an abbreviated training camp as he travels to Midland, Texas to make his television debut against Nicaragua's Milton Arauz in the eight-round opening bout of a three-fight ShoBox: The New Generation telecast on Friday, September 20th. Lee (15-0, 13 KOs), of La Quinta,...

Michael Dutchover and Ruben Villa, both undefeated, talked about their training camp and separate, upcoming matchups on this Friday's ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader, which will take place at La Hacienda Event Center in Midland, Texas. Fighting in front of his hometown fans for the first time as a...

Golden Gloves of South Africa has confirmed two fights for its November 30th show at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park. South African super middleweight Champion Rowan Campbell (11-0) will battle South African light heavyweight champion Nicholas Radley (9-0) at a catchweight in a ten-round non-title contest. On the same...

Jeremias Nicolas Ponce W12 Rico Mueller... A new IBO champion was crowned last weekend in Germany when undefeated Argentinean Jeremias Nicolas Ponce (25-0) beat Rico Mueller (25-3-1) on the scorecards. Ponce won the vacant title by majority decision. Two of the cards were heavily in favor of Ponce: 118-110 and 116-111. The...

Ray Flores: Thank you very much, operator. We greatly appreciate the media joining us from around the world. We continue the countdown for the big night of boxing coming your way on Saturday, September 28th. That is a Fox pay-per-view from Staples Center in Los Angeles. We are joined by the main event participants in...

For 50 years, J Russell Peltz has lived and breathed boxing. On October 4th, he will celebrate his Golden Anniversary as a Philadelphia promoter with an eight-bout card titled "Blood, Sweat & 50 Years," at the 2300 Arena. Since Sept. 30, 1969, he's been an institution in the city, providing a platform for hundreds, if...

With a bronze medal in the 1999 All-Africa games as his biggest amateur accomplishment, Zolani Marali turned professional at twenty-three in February of 2001. An awkward southpaw with good power in both hands, from Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Marali was nicknamed “untouchable” and considered to...

Carlos Takam W10 Craig Lewis ... Over the weekend at Resorts World Catskills in Monticello, New York, the US debut of heavyweight Carlos Takam (now 37-5-1 28 KOs) was a success.  Takam defeated Detroit's Craig Lewis (14-4, 7 KOs).  The two went to battle from the opening bell. By round two, the 255-pound Takam took...

On Saturday, Nov. 2nd, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs) will try to do something few fighters have ever done: win a world title in a third weight class. Canelo – who has already captured world titles at 154 and 160 pounds – is continuing his climb up the divisions, recently inking a fight against current WBO...

An all-Detroit shootout and an appearance by an exciting and popular international female fighter will highlight the non-televised undercard of the Saturday, October 5th event at the Dort Federal Event Center in Flint, Mich that is headlined by the Claressa Shields  vs. Ivana Habazin 154-pound title fight live on Showtime....

[After a dubious win over Delfine Persoon, world lightweight champion Katie Taylor has decided to avoid a rematch and move up in weight. Instead, Taylor] will meet Christina Linardatou for the WBO 140-pound title at Manchester Arena on Saturday November 2nd, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. ...

The WBA purse bid for the fight between WBA 105-pound champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong a/k/a Knockout CP Freshmart and Jose Argumedo, initially scheduled for Monday, September 16th, was suspended because the parties requested an extension of the period for negotiations. The WBA called for the fight weeks ago for...

Greg Cohen Promotions announced the signing of British middleweight Jimmy Kelly Jr., to a long-term promotional contract. The 27 year-old Kelly (24-2, 9 KOs), from Manchester, recently moved up to middleweight under the guidance of trainer Anthony Farnell and has also linked up with Clearwater Management and Havoc...

In a chaotic turn of events, lightweight Petr Petrov (40-6-2, 21 KOs) is back on Thompson Boxing's "Locked n' Loaded" main event scheduled for this Friday, Sept. 20th at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. Over the weekend, Petrov, 36, was close to finalizing a deal as a last minute replacement for Ryan Garcia, but...

Jessica McCaskill will defend her WBA and WBC 140-pound titles against old foe Erica Farias at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Saturday October 12th, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. McCaskill (7-2 3 KOs) ripped the WBC crown from Farias (26-3 10 KOs) last October, putting in a then career-best...

On October 25th, UFC Fight Pass comes to the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada. Kendo "Tremendo" Castaneda (16-0, 7 KOs), fighting out of San Antonio against Estonia's Stan Martyniouk (20-2, 6 KOs), who lives in Belmont, California. It will be a junior welterweight eight rounder... The co-feature has...

Franchon Crews Dezurn W10 Maricela Cornejo... WBC super middleweight champion Franchon Crews Dezurn (6-1) had to battle for ten rounds to beat late substitute Maricela Cornejo, but she came through, successfully defending her crown for the first time. Crews Dezurn faced a durable opponent, who accepted the title fight just...

Greg Leon: Congrats on your shutout victory over Eudy Bernando (25-5, 18 KOs). Can you give us some thoughts on your performance? Mykal Fox: "I think I did very well. I was trying to get the stoppage, but I did pitch the shutout. It was a ten round fight and I won them all. I was trying to get a stoppage, he had a lot of...

Courtney Pennington W8 Erik Spring ... In Bethlehem, PA over the weekend, Courtney Pennington defeated Erik Spring by pounding out an eight-round unanimous decision in the junior middleweight division. Pennington got inside at will on the taller Spring. When inside, Pennington landed hard combinations that were mostly finished...

Michael Hunter W12 Sergey Kuzmin... Heavyweight Michael Hunter produced another fine performance over the weekend, handing a first career defeat to Russia's Sergey Kuzmin. Hunter (18-1, 12 KOs) started brightly and punctuated his early dominance with a left hook knockdown at the start of fifth. Hunter invested heavily in the...

Tyson Fury W12 Otto Wallin... Tyson Fury overcame a terrible cut and a stiff challenge from Otto Wallin to win via unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 118-110) in front of 8,249 fans at T-Mobile Arena Saturday evening. Fury, cut from a punch in the third round, survived some anxious moments and rebounded to take control of...

Emanuel Navarrete TKO4 Juan Miguel Elorde... Four weeks removed from his last fight, Mexico's Emanuel "Vaquero" Navarrete stopped Juan Miguel Elorde of the Philippines in four rounds to retain his WBO junior featherweight world title for the third time. Navarrete knocked down Elorde in the third round and had him in trouble in...

Jose Zepeda W10 Jose Pedraza... On the Top Rank undercard shown on ESPN+ on Saturday, Jose "Chon" Zepeda won a clear ten-round unanimous decision over former two-weight champion Jose "Sniper" Pedraza. It was Pedraza's first fight at 140 pounds.  All three judges scored the bout 97-93. “It’s probably one of the best days of...

Joseph "JoJo"' Diaz Jr. (29-1, 15 KOs) will return to the ring against Venezuela's Jesus Cuadro (18-5, 14 KOs) on Sept. 21st at The Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Mexico. The fights will be streamed live globally on Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page. Diaz Jr. is a 26 year-old southpaw who represented...

On Saturday September 28 at the Harare International Convention Center in Harare, Zimbabwe, local middleweight Charles Manyushi (23-4-1 with 14 KOs) takes on Argentina's Diego Diaz Gallardo (22-6-1 with 13 KOs). Manyushi is aiming to make a break-through, while Diaz Gallardo will attempt to resurrect his career after a...

Golden Boy Promotions lost the co-feature on tonight's DAZN-broadcast show at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. Avery Sparrow was reportedly arrested on an oustanding warrant, leaving Ryan Garcia without an opponent. Golden Boy was unable to arrange for a late-minute replacement on terms accpetable to Garcia, a...

Devin Haney TKO4 Zaur Abdullaev...  Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, lightweight contender Devin Haney made previously unbeaten Russian Zaur Abdullaev quit on his stool after four-one sided rounds. Haney (23-0, 15 KOs) may have broken Abdullaev's (11-1) orbital bone. Haney was announced as the new WBC...

Amanda Serrano W10 Heather Hardy... At New York City's Madison Square Garden, Amanda Serrano (37-1-1) added yet another championship belt to her crowded trophy case, lifting the WBC featherweight title from fellow New Yorker Heather Hardy (22-1). Serrano battered Hardy in round one and the fight seemed like it was on the verge...

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (51-1-2, 34 KOs), the world middleweight champion, will take on a new challenge as he moves into the 175-pound weight class to challenge WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (34-3-1, 28 KOs). The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 2 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and will be...

On November 9th, Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring, the U.S. Marine veteran who upset Masayuki Ito in on Memorial Day weekend to win the WBO junior lightweight title, is set to honor his comrades by returning on Veterans Day weekend. Herring will make his first title defense against the undefeated Lamont Roach Jr. at Chukchansi Park...

What is Otto Wallin thinking as he prepares for the biggest fight of his life, a challenge against former world heavyweght champion Tyson Fury on Sautrday, September 14th in Las Vegas? Check out this Salita Promotions video to...

The Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) announced it will launch a Legends Corner section on the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame website. The ACBHOF and its exclusive apparel partner Fight Night Apparel have teamed up with a few boxing legends who've helped make Atlantic City a recognizable boxing...

Danish heavyweight hope Kem Ljungquist (9-0, 5 KOs) has returned home full of ambition following a five-week training camp in Las Vegas with former world champion Tyson Fury.  Fury, who faces Sweden's Otto Wallin at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, enlisted the help of Ljungquist, another undefeated heavyweight southpaw, as...

In support of the big Las Vegas fight in which former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury takes the mantle of Mexican Independence Day Weekend headliner against Otto Wallin, Mexico's Emanuel Navarrete will make the third defense of this WBO junior featherweight title against Juan Miguel Elorde, grandson of the late...

Sunny “Showtime” Edwards, brother of WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards, will face off against Mexico's Rosendo Guarneros (16-2-2, 8 KOs) in a flyweight battle on Saturday afternoon from London’s historic York Hall. The card, presented by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, will begin streaming at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT...

 Fighters, media and fans gathered for the final press conference for Star Boxing's "Catskills Clash II" at Resorts World Catskills, in Monticello, NY, taking place Saturday night, September 14th. The card features French heavyweight Carlos Takam (36-5-1, 28 KOs) against Detroit's Craig Lewis (14-3-1, 7 KOs). Here is what...