Undisputed world flyweight champion, Gabriella “Sweet Poison” Fundora (15-0, 7 KOs), of Coachella Valley, is set to defend her world titles against Marilyn Badillo (19-0-1, 3 KOs), of Cuautitlán, Mexico. The ten-round main event, co-promoted with Sampson Boxing, marks Fundora’s first headlining appearance. The bout is...

WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (pictured) will attempt to unify two 118-pound titles vs. his IBF counterpart Ryosuke Nishida in an all-Japanese battle on Sunday, June 8th at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Nakatani-Nishida headlines a bantamweight tripleheader streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. Nakatani...

The Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield, England, is set to host a lightweight showdown this Friday, April 18th, featuring the return of local legend Josh Padley, who squares off against undefeated Serbian Marko Cvetanovic. Padley, age 29, enters the bout with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss, and 4 knockouts. The Brit is looking...

Norfolk, Virginia native Keyshawn Davis formally announced his upcoming WBO lightweight title defense against KO artist Edwin De Los Santos, which will take place on Saturday, June 7th at Norfolk's Scope Arena. “Keyshawn Davis is a generational talent, someone who is a tremendous representative for Norfolk and the...

Boxing Insider Promotions returns to New York City's Sony Hall for its 12th boxing event in Times Square on Friday, May 9th for a night of club boxing on Broadway. Tickets are on sale now. The main event features a ten-round flyweight clash between Sony Hall favorite Andy Dominguez (12-1, 6 KOs) and Nelvis Rodriguez (10-2,...

Raymond Ford W10 Thomas Mattice... Last weekend, in front of a fired-up crowd at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, former featherweight champion Raymond “Savage” Ford delivered a clinical performance, scoring a dominant unanimous decision over Thomas “Gunna Man” Mattice in a junior lightweight bout. Fighting just miles from...

Cleveland’s Abdullah Mason will step up to face the most recognizable name of his career, Namibian puncher Jeremia Nakathila. Mason-Nakathila will take place on Saturday, June 7th at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The ten-round lightweight bout wil support Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis in his first WBO lightweight...

Bantamweight Anthony Garnica (12-0-1, 7 KOs), promoted by Showtime Boxing Promotions, is ready to make a name for himself in the second main event of his career. On Friday, April 19th, Garnica will face battle-tested Filipino veteran Aston Palicte (28-7-1, 23 KOs) in an eight-round showdown at Thunder Studios in Long...

CES Boxing featherweight Iman Lee (12-0, 8 KOs) has been selected to compete in the WBC Grand Prix, a single-elimination tournament set to begin this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and televised live worldwide on DAZN. "This is a fantastic opportunity for Iman," said CES Boxing Founder Jimmy Burchfield, Sr.  "This young man...

The British-based Global Fighters Association calls itself a union to provide support for participants in all combat sports. Here is its mission statement, taken from its homepage: "The launch of the Global Fighters’ Association in 2025 represents a historic step forward for combat sports. By achieving parity with...

Later this week, Norfolk, Virginia native Keyshawn Davis will formally announce his first WBO lightweight world title defense, which will take place on Saturday, June 7th at Norfolk's Scope Arena. Keyshawn will be joined on the card by younger brother Keon and older brother Kelvin. Last November, the Davis brothers — known...

Queensberry Promotions' Frank Warren announced new details on the May 10th show set for Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England. The main event will be a super featherweight showdown between Anthony Cacace - the reigning IBO champion and former WBA champion at featherweight and former WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood....

Promoter Don King and the Sela Company, along with Turki Alalshikh have come to an agreement to have WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack (pictured) defend against former champion and now champion-in-recess Noel Mikaelian a/k/a Norair Mikaelian on May 3rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Mikaelian will attempt to reclaim...

Austin “No Doubt” Trout just keeps adding to his resume. Trout is a fomrer junior middleweight champion in traditional boxing. He has made a succesful jump to bare knuckle boxing. On the recent BKFC 71 show — the first headliner in BKFC’s two-night premiere in Dubai — Trout defended his BKFC welterweight (165-pound limit...

Sam Arnold, III TKO3 Julio Cesar Ortega... Last Saturday night in Dallas, undefeated super middleweight Sam Arnold, III (12-0, 8 KOs) fought at home for the first time in two and a half years, turning in a strong performance to stop Julio Cesar Ortega (9-2, 6 KOs) in the third round at The Bomb Factory. Ortega hadn’t been...

French junior middleweight Bakary Samake will take on South Africa's Roarke Knapp on Friday, April 18th. The boxers will face off at La Défense Arena Nanterre in Hauts-de-Seine, France. Samake got a big win in November of last year by knocking out Wade Ryan in the seventh round. That card also took place in France....

King's Promotions has added boxing commentator Claudia Trejos as an "ambassador" for women's boxing. Trejos has gained worldwide acclaim as a top commentator for over three decades. In her role, Trejos will oversee, advise and mentor the roster of women boxers under the King's Promotions banner. "It is an honor to add...

Las Vegas junior lightweight Andres “Savage” Cortes resumes his quest for a world title shot against Spain’s Salvador Jimenez in a ten rounder on Saturday, May 10th at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Cortes-Jimenez tops undercard action before a doubleheader featuring Emanuel Navarrete’s WBO junior lightweight title...

Julio César La Cruz KO3 Dilan Prasovic... On April 11th, the Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero, Cuba provided the stage for a night that will be etched in the annals of Cuban boxing history. After 64 years, professional boxing returned to the island and it did so in grand fashion. In the main event, two-time Olympic...

Canada's Eric Basran (7-0, 3 KOs) leaves shortly to compete in the junior welterweight division of the inaugural Riyadh Season/World Boxing Council (WBC) Grand Prix in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The single-elimination tournament will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN featuring a total of 128 fighters in four weight...

The headlining bout of the ‘LA Friday Night Fights’ event on Friday, April 25th at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California has been changed to a welterweight duel between Florida’s Eric Tudor (12-1, 7 KOs) and Kevin “Thunderstorm” Johnson (12-5, 8 KOs) of Las Vegas. The original main event, a light heavyweight...

Renke Wittke TKO1 Luis Jose Marin Garcia... At the Artland Arena in Quackenbruck, Germany, heavyweight Renke “Drago” Wittke stopped Luis Jose Marin Garcia from Venezuela in the very first round. Wittke, age 30, was coming off a win last October when he stopped Colombia's Juan Camilo Novoa in round four in Malta. Just five...

Loic Tajan TKO1 Eliu Canario i... Fighting in his home-town of Villemandeur, France, Loic Tajan wasted no time in defeating Venezuela's Eliu Canario in a bantamweight bout on Saturday night, April 12th. It was quick and explosive, as the two boxers traded shots from the first bell. Both connected, but Tajan continuously...

Boots Ennis TKO6 Eimantis Stanionis... Boots Ennis performed spectacularly in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, adding Eimantis Stanionis' WBA welterweight title to the IBF version Ennis already owned. Ennis bloodied and punished Stanionis, knocking him down in the sixth round. At the end of the round, Stanionis'...

A social media conversation between two multi-division boxing legends, world featherweight champion Amanda Serrano (pictured) and world heavyweight champion Claressa Shields. ' Serrano: "[I'm] not sure why people keep comparing or asking who is better, myself or Claressa Shields. She is an amazing fighter with the...

Mary Spencer W10 Ogleidis Suárez... In Montreal, Canada's Mary Spencer delivered a dominant performance against Venezuela’s Ogleidis Suárez, successfully defending her WBA junior middleweight crown. The judges left no doubt, scoring the ten-round bout 99-91 and 100-90 (twice), a unanimous decision in favor of the hometown...

On Saturday April 12th at Live! Casino Hotel in Hanover, Maryland, junior lightweight Jordan “Shortdog” White (18-1 with 12 KOs), who fights out of Washington D.C., will meet Argentina's Jose Matias Romero (29-3 with 10 KOs). White had two outings in 2024, stopping Jonathan Oquendo-Arnaldi in a round and then outscoring...

Promoter Dmitriy Salita announced the signing of Franchón Crews-Dezurn to a promotional contract. Crews-Dezurn won the world super middleweight championship in 2022 vs. Ellen Cederoos but lost to Savannah Marshall in her next fight. She regained the vacant WBC title by defeating Shadasia Green. Crews-Dezurn has a 9-2 record...

UPDATE: WBO president Gustavo Olivieri wrote, "Fundora/Zayas negotiations - Be advised that Top Rank / PBC have jointly requested an extension of the negotiation period. [The WBO Championship] Committee grants extension until Friday, April 25th, no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)."MARCH 25, 2025: The WBO has designated...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed the weight classes and quota places for the boxing competition at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028. There will be full parity between men and women, meaning  seven weight classes and 124 spots in the competition for each sex. Parity in the weight classes means...

Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas has gone from side hustles to the main stage. The San Antonio-born junior featherweight is preparing to fight undisputed champion and pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue on Sunday, May 4th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Cardenas (26-1, 14 KOs), winner of 14 straight fights, is riding a string of...

Two-division champion Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson (17-2, 7 KOs) has signed a new multi-fight promotional agreement with DiBella Entertainment, extending the partnership. The signing comes on the heels of Johnson’s  knockout victory in a rematch against Nina Hughes on March 22nd in Sydney, in her first defense of her...

Here are the boxers' weights for Friday's show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida: Armando Martinez Rabi 133.8  vs. Alberto Guevara 133.8 (ten rounds);  Andrey Bonilla 117.8 pounds vs. Ryan Shaw 117.6; Ari Bonilla 114.4 vs. Josue Morales 115.6;  John David Martinez 161 vs. Ramon De La...

On March 7th, the IBF ordered its female lightweight champion Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil to begin negotiations for her mandatory defense against Maria Ines Ferreyra of Argentina. On Thursday, the IBF scheduled a purse bid for Tuesday, April 22nd, but then quickly recalled the notice and advised Boxingtalk that the women...

After more than six decades in the shadows, professional boxing is set to make its long-awaited return to Cuba. On Friday, April 11th, the iconic Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero will host a boxing event destined to reshape the island’s sporting landscape. For the first time in 64 years, Cuban fighters will lace up...

WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (pictured) and Mexican-American junior welterweight Emiliano Fernando Vargas joined together for a special press conference Tuesday afternoon in Mexico City. Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) will defend his crown against Edward Vazquez as the co-feature to the Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas...

Raymond Ford continues his pursuit to becoming a two-time, two-weight World champion as he faces Thomas Mattice fin a super featherweight contest on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. DAZN will televise the fight, which serves as the chief support for the Boots Ennis vs. Eimantis Stanionis welterweight unification...

Boxlab Promotions’ has signed middleweight Sebastian Juarez (7-0, 5 KOs) of Brownsville, Texas, to a long-term promotional agreement. Juarez, age 20, is the younger brother of junior welterweight Omar Juarez (17-2, 5 KOs). He has already shown a fan-friendly style, explosive power and the poise of a veteran. He is trained...

Filip Hrgovic W10 Joe Joyce... Filip Hrgovic managed to calm the Joe Joyce storm and beat the 'Juggernaut' by unanimous decision in what was a rollercoaster of a bout in Manchester, England.  There was no secret that it was last chance saloon for both heavyweights when it came to either man keeping their boxing careers alive,...

The WBC has ordered a thirty-day negotiation period for a fight between WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (pictured) and BBC interim lightweight title holder William Zepeda, in the hopes that an agreement is reached for a long-awaited meeting between the two undefeated 135 pounders. If the parties do not reach...