Bantamweight Reina Tellez (11-0-1, 5 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas returns to the ring in the biggest test of her career as she takes on seasoned Mexico's Maria Salinas (27-11-6, 7 KOs). The eight-round bout is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 7th at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, as part of the...

Former New York State Athletic Commission chairman Ron Scott Stevens has a new screenplay on sale at Amazon, “Red, Green & Yellow,” the latest in his series of writings. Stevens, age 78, is a noted playwright whose works have been produced among different venues, off-Broadway at 13th Street Theater, Quaigh Theater, and...

According to WBO president Gustavo Olivieiri, the California State Athletic Commission has officially ruled the May 11th bout between Emanuel Navarrete and Charly Suarez to be a no contest. The bout was originally ruled a technical decision win for Navarrete, allowing him to retain his WBO junior lightweight championship....

Hall of Fame boxing legend Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (pictured) and WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios will square off on Tuesday at a Los Angeles press conference ahead of Pacquiao's comeback fight, scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 19th on a PBC pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in...

World junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez has apparently had a serious falling out with the most powerful man in boxing, Turki Alalshikh. Lopez, who enjoys being controversial on social media, and in the past has said many inapprorpiate things, including usage of the N-word, seems to have offended Alalshikh,...

The boxing world is mourning the loss of a true ring craftsman. Mike McCallum — a three-division world champion, Hall of Famer, and the first Jamaican fighter to win a world title — passed away Saturday in Las Vegas at the age of 68. Nicknamed “The Bodysnatcher” for his ruthless and clinical body attack, McCallum carved out...

World Boxing will introduce mandatory sex testing in order to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions. The introduction of mandatory testing will be part of a new policy on “Sex, Age and Weight” to ensure the safety of all participants and deliver a competitive...

A multitude of junior lightweight belts will be up for grabs in Bournemouth, England on July 26th when the BIC plays host to a cracking 130-pound double header, with Ryan Garner going up against Reece Bellotti with European, British and Commnwealth honors at stake and Royston Barney-Smith taking on Danny Quartermaine. All...

A packed house at the Léman Ballroom in New York City this past Thursday night attended Uprising Promotions' return to action for Broad Street Brawl in association with Bigvision Community. Headlining the show was former NBA Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams, who made a successful amateur boxing debut against...

Armando Reséndiz W12 Caleb Plant ... Mexican super middleweight Armando Reséndiz pulled off the upset over former IBF champion Caleb Plant via a split-decision in the main event of PBC show on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Reséndiz was victorious with two scores of 116-112, overruling one...

Jermall Charlo TKO6 Thomas LaManna... In the PBC co-feature in Las Vegas, unbeaten former two-division champion Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs) dropped Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (39-6-1, 18 KOs) three times, eventually forcing a stoppage after the fifth-round of their super middleweight clash (official stoppage :01 into round...

Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez W10 Kyrone Davis... The PBC action in Las Vegas also saw the undefeated Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez (8-0, 7 KOs) rode a second-round knockdown to a ten-round unanimous decision triumph over Kyrone “Shut It Down” Davis (19-4-1, 6 KOs). Hernandez, a middleweight, earned the decision on all three cards,...

Isaac Lucero TKO2 Omar Valenzuela ... Kicking off the streaming presentation, junior middleweight Isaac Lucero (17-0, 13 KOs) delivered a dominating second-round technical knockout of the previously unbeaten Omar Valenzuela (23-1, 20 KOs), dropping him hard in round two before a final flurry forced referee Mike Ortega to halt...

The WBA Future program is back with a night of boxing scheduled for Saturday, June 7th in Barranquilla, Colombia. The event will feature nine professional bouts and an amateur showdown between regional teams from Atlántico and Magdalena. The action will unfold at Cuadrilátero Élite Gym and will be streamed live on the...

Bektemir Melikuziev W12 Darius Fulghum ... Bektemir "the Bully" Melikuziev defeated Darius Fulghum via unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout on Friday in Las Vegas. Melikuziev, from Uzbekistan, sealed the victory with a twelfth-round knockdown of the previously undefeated Fulgham. All three judges scored it...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev TKO8 Luis Castillo... In Gudalajara, Mexico, former 122-pound champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev proved too much for Luis Castillo, battering him in round eight until the referee declared a technical knockout. This was a huge win for Akhmadaliev, as it sets up a likely title challenge against undisputed world...

Khalil Coe TKO6 Manuel Gallegos... New Jersey light heavyweight Khalil Coe traveled to Gudalajara, Mexico and gained revenge over Manuel Gallegos (21-3-1) on Friday night. Gallegos did not come out of his corner for the sixth round. Coe had suffered a first career loss via ninth-round defeat vs. Gallegos in November, but...

On Saturday, June 14th in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, former two-division champion Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada will return to the ring after his loss last year to Jesse “Bam” Rodríguez. Estrada, age 35, with a record of 44-4 and 28 KOs, will face fellow Mexican Karim Arce (21-2-2 with 8 KO), to officially begin...

The card is set for Saturday, June 14th at The Theater at New York City's Madison Square Garden. In the previously announced main event, New York’s unbeaten champion Richardson Hitchins makes the first defense of his IBF junior welterweight title against Australia’s former world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr....

On Saturday, July 26th, at The Theater at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Brooklyn native Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington and unbeaten Namibian Mateus Heita will collide for the WBC interim featherweight title. And, in the eight-round televised opener, Mexican-American Emiliano Fernando Vargas returns against...

The second annual Father’s Day Pro Boxing Classic returns on Saturday, June 14th to the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine once again honoring the rich and lasting legacy of boxing in Maine. Tickets are on sale now. Portland Boxing Club’s Casey Streeter “The Comeback Kid”, the current New England junior middleweight...

Oliver McCall will face Carlos Reyes on a June 3rd Country Box show at the Troubador in Nashville, Tennessee. The fight was confirmed on Country Box's Facebook page as a Jimmy Adams Promotions event. McCall is now 60 years old. He turned pro in 1985 and won the WBC title by stopping the great Lennox Lewis in 1994. Reyes...

Super middleweight stars Caleb Plant and Jermall Charlo previewed their respective co-headlining showdowns at Thursday’s final press conference ahead of PBC Championship Boxing on Prime Video this Saturday, May 31st at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Plant will step in against Mexican knockout artist...

This will be an excellent heavyweight match-up for the hardcore fans. On June 7th at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany, Labinot Xhoxhaj (20-0-1, 16 KOs), the European heavyweight champion, will face Mourad Aliev (13-0, 10 KOs) of France. Xhoxhaj turned pro in 2016. The Kosovo-born boxer has fought in Germany, Kosovo,...

Here is a look at the recent lineage of the four major championships in the junior lightweight (130-pound) weight class. The current champions are Emanuel Navarrete (WBO), O'Shaquie Foster (WBC), Eduardo Nunez (IBF) and Lamont Roach (WBA). Boxingtalk will be updating and expanding this recent history of the junior...

Xander Zayas, age 22, will take on upset-minded Mexican Jorge Garcia for the vacant WBO junior middleweight championship on Saturday, July 26th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the co-feature, Brooklyn native Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington and unbeaten Namibian Mateus Heita will collide for the...

On July 19th, London’s iconic Wembley Stadium will host one of the most anticipated heavyweight clashes of the year — a high-stakes rematch between world champion Oleksandr Usyk and IBF title holder Daniel Dubois, with the undisputed crown on the line. For Dubois (pictured), this is more than just a title fight — it’s a shot...

World Boxing’s membership has surpassed the landmark of 100 members after its Executive Board approved the applications of seventeen national federations, to take its total to 106 countries. The latest cohort of countries features some of the most famous and successful countries in Olympic-style boxing and includes Cuba,...

Two South African light heavyweights, Bonginkosi Nhlapo and Nelson Mbhele, will battle each other on June 7th at Event City in Middelburg, South Africa. After a difficult start to their pro campaigns, this is a big opportunity for both boxers to get their careers on track. Nhlapo is 3-2-1 since turning pro in 2023, but both...

Hall of Fame Boxing Promoter Don King has won a $1.1 million purse bid from the WBA for the right to promote a fight between WBA regular heavyweight champion Kubrat “The Cobra” Pulev and Michael “The Bounty” Hunter. King indicated the fight will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at a site to be determined. [Editor's...

Super middleweights Caleb Plant and Jermall Charlo (pictured) kicked off fight week events with a media workout Wednesday before co-headlining --in separate bouts-- PBC Championship Boxing on Prime Video this Saturday, May 31st at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Plant will step in against Mexican knockout...

On Friday night, Darius “DFG” Fulgham (14-0, 12 KOs) takes on Bektemir “Bully” Melikuziev (15-1, 10 KOs) in what his team is referring to as an unofficial WBA super middleweight title eliminator at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. “There is going to be separation in the super middleweight division,” Fulghum explained. “(WBA...

Ekow Essuman W12 Josh Taylor... Josh Taylor’s career now hangs in the balance after he suffered a shocking loss to Ekow Essuman in front of a passionate crowd in Glasgow. Essuman spoiled the Scottish party on Saturday night, with the experienced welterweight stunning former undisputed world junior welterweight champion in...

Ryan Garcia self-reported an operation on his hand today, posting this on Twitter: "I went and got the surgery for my hand and what I needed to get done, I never used that as an excuse for my fight [a loss to former 140-pound title holder Rolly Romero earlier this month].  The media is going to report the surgery. I’m...

Yoshiki Takei TKO1 Yuttapong Tongdee... Yoshiki Takei retained his WBO bantamweight championship with a first-round technical knockout of underqualified Yuttapong Tongdee. There were three knockdowns in the first round, with the Thai challenger getting up each time. After the third knockdown, Takei continued to take...

Undefeated junior lightweight Dominique “Trapp” Francis has joined forces with Fighters First Management. The 24 year-old Francis (16-0, 10 KOs) took a big step forward in his last outing, upsetting the previously undefeated Julio Carrera Lugo via fourth-round knockout last October. A native of Miami who represents his...

In a proud moment for the Florida fight scene, WBA super flyweight champion Jasmine Artiga was honored with a special proclamation by Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the sport of boxing and her lasting impact on the community. A Tampa native, Artiga (13-0-1) has steadily risen through...

Nika Bigvava W10 Freeman Mabvonwe... In a super middleweight fight that was evidence that you don't need glossy records to make a war, local man Nika Bigvava beat Freeman Mabvonwe from Zimbabwe on Saturday night. The ten rounder was held at the New Sports Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia with the spectators on their feet from start...

Eduardo Nunez W12 Masanori Rikiishi... Eduardo Nunez of Mexico beat Masanori Rikiishi to claim the vacant IBF junior lightweight title over twelve rounds in Yokohama, Japan. Nunez picked up the unanimous decision win with the scorecards reading 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111. Nunez is now 28-1 with 27 KOs, meaning this was the...

Willibaldo Garcia W12 Rene Calixto... In a fight that took place in Zacatecas, Mexico, Tijuana-based Willibaldo Garcia (25-3-2) narrowly defeated Rene Calixto (23-1-1) to become the IBF super flyweight champion. Garcia won this rematch via split decision, with official scores of 115-113 and 116-112 in his favor overruling a...