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Bryce Mills continues to pack 'em in at the Turning Stone

From Russell Peltz social media Bryce Mills KO4 Tobias Green ... More than 3000 fans were in a 3400-seat building on Saturday night at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. Most were there to see Bryce Mills (21-1-, 8 KOs), a 24 year-old junior welterweight who put on the best performance of his five-year career with a fourth-round knockout over Tobias...

Late result: Ramos deals first loss to Smalls

Source: WBA Abel Ramos W10 Tahmir Smalls... On Saturday night, veteran welterweight Abel Ramos captured a split-decision victory over previously unbeaten Tahmir Smalls. The bout took place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. From the opening bell, Ramos (29-6-3) attacked consistently to the body to neutralize Smalls’ speed and...

De-Kang Wang continues to advance at 122 lbs.

Source: WBA De-Kang Wang TKO11 Herlan Gómez... Chinese super bantamweight De-Kang Wang rang up an eleventh-round technical knockout over Filipino Herlan Gómez. The bout was held on Thursday, February 26th in Wenshan, China. Gómez came out aggressively, pressing the action early and forcing Wang onto the back foot in the opening rounds....

Haney vs. Romero unification under discussion?

By Scott Shaffer Bill Haney (pictured, left), the father and manager of undefeated WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney, seems to be very interested in having his son unify against WBA champion Rolly Romero. Bill Haney tweeted, "Just got off the phone with Louie DeCubas [of PBC]. Romero, the ball’s back in your court. May 30th." The other...

Court blocks Ortiz from signing for Ennis fight

By Scott Shaffer Judge Cristina Silva of United States District Court in Nevada has blocked junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz from taking one of the most attractive fights the sport of boxing has to offer right now, a fight against former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis. Silva issued a preliminary injunction barring Ortiz...

Boxxer announces two heavyweight fights for Fury undercard

Press Release Boxxer announced some additional bouts for the Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov undercard on Saturday, April 11th at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, live on Netflix. [Previously named as the co-feature was Conor Benn vs. ex-champ Regis Prograis]. Heavyweight roster mates Jeamie TKV and Richard Riakporhe will clash...

Bivol purse bid postponed yet again

By Scott Shaffer UPDATE: The Bivol vs. Eifert purse bid has been postponed yet again by the IBF, this time until Tuesday, March 10th. This is at least the third postponement of this potential world light heavyweight championship fight. Original story (Feb. 12, 2026): The IBF announced that a purse bid for world light heavyweight champion...

Fox defeats Robinson in battle of veterans

Source: WBA Mykal Fox W10 Ray Robinson... In a poised display of ring generalship and distance control, Mykal Fox scored a unanimous decision victory over Ray Robinson on Saturday, February 21st at Live! Casino & Hotel in Maryland. The junior middleweight contest was a chess match between two technically refined southpaws. Fox made full...

Ortiz, eager to sign for Ennis fight, presses court for a ruling

By Scott Shaffer Attorneys for Vergil Ortiz, Jr. filed an emergency request with a federal court in Nevada, asking it to confirm that the temporary restraining order that the court entered on February 13th has expired. Oritz's legal team correctly pointed out to the court that under the court's rules of procedure, temporary restraining...

Watch: Peralta returns with quick-count KO win

Source: WBA Yamil Peralta KO2 Juan Díaz ... In a triumphant ring return, two-time Olympian Yamil Peralta of Argentina got a win in the cruiserweight division with a big knockout of Venezuela’s Juan Díaz (13-4). The bout was the featured attraction on February 28th at Casino Buenos Aires. Peralta ended things abruptly in the second...

Navarrete stops Nunez to unify two belts at 130

Source: DAZN Emanuel Navarrete TKO11 Eduardo Nunez... Emanuel Navarrete unified two junior lightweight titles on Saturday night with a TKO triumph over now former-IBF champion Eduardo Nunez. The pair arrived at Glendale, Arizona's's Desert Diamond Arena each seeking to secure a second strap amid a crowded division scene. But it was...

Terry Washington gets quality win at junior fly

Source: WBA Terry Washington KO2 Eduardo Yudel Reyes... California's unbeaten light flyweight Terry “Terrible” Washington rang up a second-round knockout of seasoned Mexican Eduardo Yudel Reyes (18-5). The bout took place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, and proved one-sided from the opening bell. Washington set a fast...

IBA plans March 12th St. Petersburg show

Press Release On March 12th, the IBA returns to Saint Petersburg with an international fight card headlined by a junior middleweight clash between Pavel Sosulin and Liberian-born Victor Nagbe. Sosulin (16-0, 8 KOs including World Series of Boxing and IBA pro bouts) steps into the ring at a pivotal stage of his career. Nicknamed “Mex” for...

Star Boxing's night of knockouts

Press Release Jahi Tucker TKO6 Sona Akale... Star Boxing delivered another edition of its long-running “Rockin’ Fights” series at The Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York. In the ten-round middleweight main event, Long Island’s Jahi Tucker faced Minnesota's Sona Akale in a high-energy contest from the opening bell. Both fighters...

ProBox results from Texas

Press Release Ruben Aguilar TKO8 Luis Lopez ... Ruben “El Pollito” Aguilar looked ready for another step up in the 147-pound division while dismantling normally durable Luis Lopez over eight brutal rounds.  Fighting on ProBoxTV’s latest broadcast from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, Aguilar (24-0-1, 21 KOs) of...

Oleksandr Usyk to face kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in Egypt

Source: DAZN On May 23rd, world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will box former kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven at the pyramids in Egypt, live worldwide on DAZN.bUsyk and Verhoeven's upcoming bout, dubbed "Glory in Giza," was announced on Friday by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine. The unique setting matches...

Robeisy Ramirez declares free agency

From social media Former WBO featherweight champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez has declared promotional free agency. He tweeted, "My promotional contract has expired. I believe this change will be good for my career and the opportunities ahead. I appreciate the last six years and wish Top Rank success as they sort...

Spotlight on Saturday's Navarrete vs. Nunez unification bout

Source: DAZN The junior lightweight division is going to heat up Saturday night when Emanuel Navarrete (pictured) and Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez fight in what is bound to be an all-action title unification bout at Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and live on DAZN. Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs), the WBO champion, is coming off a controversial...

Smith hopes win over Morrell leads to shot at Bivol

Source: Matchroom Ex-super middleweight chmpion Callum Smith believes the long and winding road back to Liverpool will guide him to the ultimate fight in the light heavyweight division against world champion Dmitry Bivol. The 35 year-old Smith is determined to realize his dream of becoming a two-weight champion and faces David Morrell in...

Star Boxing show set for Saturday in New York

Press Release Fight night arrives in Huntington (Long Island), New York on Saturday, February 28th. Headlining the Star Boxing show is a ten-round main event in the middleweight division. New York’s Jahi Tucker (15-1-1, 6 KOs) makes his Paramount debut and looks to climb the rankings, facing Minnesota’s Sona Akale (10-4,...

Weigh-in results from Arlington, Texas

Source: ProBox TV Here are the boxers' weights for Friday's ProBoxTV show at the University of Texas in Arlington:  Edward Vazquez 129.8 pounds vs. Grimardi Machuca 130.8;  Ruben Eduardo Aguilar 146 vs. Luis Lopez 146.6;  Xavier Bocanegra 130 vs. Malik Lewis 128.2;  Emilio Garcia 145.8 vs. Ociel Vazquez 146;  Hugo Amador...

Roy Jones, Jr. added to Box Fan Expo roster

Press Release Multi-division champion Roy Jones, Jr. will appear at the Ninth Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday May 2nd at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Expo will coincide with the mega fight between Zurdo Ramirez and David Benavidez that will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena. Jones will hold...

Netflix adds Benn vs. Prograis to Fury undercard

Source: Netflix Conor “The Destroyer” Benn and Regis “Rougarou” Prograis have been added as the chief support for the upcoming heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Arsalanbek Makhmudov, live globally on Netflix on Saturday, April 11th. The event will stream live from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London. Benn (24-1, 14 KOs)...

Yoka to host Okolie in Paris on April 25th

Source: Queensberry Queensberry continues its international expansion on Saturday, April 25th, bringing a night of boxing to Paris’ state-of-the-art Adidas Arena will stage ‘Le Double’, a co-promotion with Samake Promotion, headlined by the nation’s two biggest boxing stars. Live worldwide on DAZN, a blockbuster heavyweight clash dubbed...

"Unrepairable rift" between Turki and Queensberry

From social media Ring Magazine, owned by Turki Alalshikh (pictured), the most powerful man in boxing and the head of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, put out the following apparent propaganda, which includes a false statement but shows the shifting alliances in the boxing world: "Rumors are circulating in the boxing world,...

Former contender Ruben Castillo passes away

Source: WBC The boxing world is mourning the loss of Mexico's former contender, Ruben Castillo. In a 67-10-2 professional career with 35 KOs, spanning from 1975 to 1997, Castillo, who broke into the professional ranks at just seventeen years old, fought a total of 540 rounds. Not a single one was boring. He had the misfortune of...

March 28th undercard presser quotes

Source: PBC Boxer competing on the pay-per-view undercard for the Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman PBC pay-per-view event previewed their respective matchups during a virtual press conference on Wednesday before they step into the ring on Saturday, March 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  Featured during the...

Ryan Garcia calls out Shakur Stevenson

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Newly minted WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia just called out the world / WBO junior welterweight champion on social media, and seems to be saying he will go back down to the 140-pound division for the fight. Garcia tweeted: "Forget the catchweight sh*t. Let’s do it for real. I want to take your belt and snatch it...

Triller has African pay-per-view action on Friday

Source: Triller TrillerTV will air an African boxing show as a $20 pay-per-view show this Friday, February 27th at 11:30 AM Eastern time. The Nigerian show, entitled Nightmare in Nairobi II, has a cruiserweight main event featuring Joshual Wasike of Kenya (6-1) vs. Jacob Mganga of Tanzania (16-19-6). The co-feature will be a...

Jose Luis Castillo coming to Box Fan Expo

Press Release Two-division champion José Luis Castillo will appear at the Ninth Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday May 2nd at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Expo will coincide with the mega fight between Zurdo Ramirez and David Benavidez that will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena. Castillo...

I Will Survive?

By Charles Muniz Boxing does not define survival the way other industries do. It defines it in counts: eight...
 nine... That suspended second between collapse and choice. The bell does not ring at the first knockdown. It rings when the fighter does not rise before ten. And boxing has always reserved its deepest respect not for the undefeated...

Crocker injury delays title shot for Paro

Source: DAZN IBF welterweight  champion Lewis Crocker has been forced to delay his first title defense through injury issues, postponing his bout against ex-junior welterweight champ Liam Paro. The pair were expected to meet in the latter's native Australia in early April, with the Belfast man making the first defense of belt. Instead,...

Australian update

Source: Triller At 1 AM Eastern time on February 26th, TrillerTV will stream boxing action directly from the Bella Vista Hotel in Sydney, Australia. The action is headlined by a battle for the Australian welterweight title, as Marco Romeo (8-1) squares off against Jason Mallia (10-0). In the chief support, Emiliano Tissera (3-1) takes on...

Liddard to defend British title vs. Denny

Source: Matchroom George Liddard insists he is confident of victory over Tyler Denny to kickstart his long-term mission to become a future world champion. The ‘Billericay Bomber’ defends his British & Commonwealth middleweight championship for the first time at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday, March 21st – live on DAZN. And just a...

Sampson Boxing coming to Atlantic City on April 11th

Press Release Power-punching Dominican junior welterweight Heidan Martinez Morillo, a/k/a “Sugar Martinez” (17-0, 17 KOs), will make his United States ring debut against Philadelphia's Daiyaan “Badshah” Butt (20-3, 10 KOs) on the ProBoxTV-televised “Homecoming” event, Saturday, April 11th at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City,...

Spotlight on Garcia vs. Newman

Source: PBC Opening up the PBC pay-per-view show on March 28th will be a super middleweight bout between 22 year-old Elijah Garcia and streaking veteran Kevin Newman II, who enters this ten-round fight on a seven-bout winning streak. The show takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, headnied by a junior middleweight...

BKB bare knuckle update

Press Release  On Saturday, February 23rd, BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing returned to London when it hosted BKB 51.  In the main event, fans saw another dominating performance by BKB bridgerweight champion Marko Martinjak of Zagreb, Croatia. Martinjak successfully defended his title against former BKB heavyweight champion and UFC veteran...

IBF schedules purse bid for Garcia vs. Moloney

By Scott Shaffer On January 21st, the IBF ordered it super flyweight champion Willibaldo Garcia and Australia's Andrew Maloney to begin negotiations for Garcia's mandatory defense of the title. An agreement was not reached within the timeframe set forth by the IBF, so the IBF has scheduled a purse bid for March 5th. Garcia, a 36...

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II booked for Netflix on Sept. 19th

Press Release More than a decade after their record-breaking “Fight of the Century,” Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) are officially set to face off in a rematch. The longtime rivals will meet in a highly anticipated rematch on Saturday, Sept. 19th, streaming live on Netflix from...

Adames vs. Williams rescheduled for March 21st in Orlando

Source: Matchroom Carlos Adames will defend his WBC middleweight title against Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida on Saturday March 21st, exclusively live worldwide on DAZN. Adames and Williams were due to clash for the crown at Madison Square Garden in New York on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson’s battle...