Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Ryan Garcia, issued a rant against Garcia on Twitter on Thursday... "Wtf, Ryan Garcia. It’s been almost two months [since you got stopped by Gervonta "Tank" Davis] and youre still crying about the post-fight presser? The blame for your loss is on YOU and your advisor Lupe [Valencia]. He is the...

Two Ohio-born boxers have joined the ESPN+cundercard leading up to the July 1st heavyweight doubleheader featuring Toledo’s  Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson against Kazakhstan’s Zhan Kossobutskiy in a ten rounder at Toledo’s Huntington Center. Cleveland native Abdullah Mason will make his third appearance of 2023 in...

The undercard is now set for June 11th in Sunrise, Florida when undefeated boxing Hall of Famer Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns in an exhibition showdown against professional fighter John Gotti III, the grandson of infamous gangster John Gotti. The crossover boxing show plus musical performances will be available on...

Boxing returns to Baltimore on Saturday, June 24th as Ponytail Promotions and CNC Entertainment presents a big night at The Patapsco Arena. In the featured contest, Mack Allison IV takes on Patrick Ayi Ayree in a eight-round super featherweight bout. Ayree of Accra, Ghana is 22-2-2 with 13 knockouts. The 27 year-old is...

Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions has signed former amateur star Sam King to a promotional contract. The 22 year-old middleweight, who has a National Championship and seven International titles to his name, trains out of the new Peacock Gym in Epping, to where he commutes from his home town of Luton. “I’ve got my...

Sampson Lewkowicz (pictured), promoter of WBC interim super middleweight title holder David Benavidez, wrote: "Dear Eddy Reynoso [trainer/manager of world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez]: Since you have chosen to conduct our negotiations for David Benavidez to face Canelo in public, I’m forced to correct a few mistakes you made...

In a match-up that will go down in boxing history as one of the most significant title fights of all time, unified WBC, WBA and IBF welterweight champion Errol “The Truth’’ Spence Jr. will take on WBO champion Terence “Bud’’ Crawford (pictured) for the undisputed world welterweight championship on Saturday, July 29th in...

World middleweight champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields and her opponent, Maricela Cornejo, went face-to-face for the first time on Wednesday at the final press conference before they meet in the ring this Saturday, June 3rd at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and streamed live on DAZN in the U.S. and Canada. Tickets for...

Oscar Collazo TKO7 Melvin Jerusalem ... Making history for Villalba, Puerto Rico, Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (7-0, 4 KOs) etched his name in Puerto Rican boxing history on Saturday in Indio, California. Collazo became a world champion in the minimumweight division, the first in that division to do so in just seven pro...

Alexis Rocha TKO5 Anthony Young ...  On Saturday, California's Alexis “Lex” Rocha (23-1,15 KOs) defeated Anthony “Juice” Young (24-3, 8 KOs) with a fifth-round knockout at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino inIndio, CA. It was the seventh time that the welterweight Rocha has fought in 23 months, and his pressure on Young started...

Puerto Rican junior welterweight Danielito Zorrilla (17-1-0, 13 KOs) is motivated to follow Oscar Collazo as the next Boricua world champion when he challenges WBC champion Regis Programs (28-1, 24 KOs), on June 17th in New Orleans. “I know that people think that I have no chance to beat Prograis. This motivates me. I like...

Darius “DFG” Fulghum (4-0, 4 KOs) headlines a sold-out event this Saturday night against Las Vegas-based light heavyweight Symari Alexander (2-1, 2 KOs) in the six-round main event at Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas. “Words can’t really express how I really feel about headlining this show (presented by...

English featherweight Hopey Price will be matched against James Beech Jr. on July 1st at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The showdown will be part of a Matchroom Boxing event. Price is a 23 year-old southpaw who has begun to make a name for himself thanks to his good technique and the 10-0 professional record he...

The WBA reports that referee and boxing judge Gustavo Padilla of Panama suffered an accident and underwent surgery to repair a broken leg. Padilla, who also serves as the WBA executive secretary, has been an official for years, including refereeing multiple bouts involving champions Dmitri Bivol and Koki Kameda. ...

Michigan’s own Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields brings big-time boxing back to her home state on Saturday, June 3rd and will do so alongside two seminal music acts from The Motor City as Detroit hip-hop superstar Kash Doll and Motown legends the Four Tops are set to play key roles in festivities at Little Caesars Arena in...

Lightweight Ryan Garcia (pictured), coming off a loss to Gervonta "Tank" Davis, tweeted out the following wish list: "Three people I want to fight next: [WBA junior welterweight title holder] Rollie Romero [but] they just ordered for him to fight someone else; Isaac Cruz if he’s willing to go to 140 pounds and [former...

Heavyweight David Adeleye is back in the ring in just over a week when he takes on the big-hitting Serbian Emir Ahmatovic in London's York Hall on Friday, June 9th at York Hall, live on BT Sport. Adeleye (11-0, 10 KOs), who is closing in on a shot at the British title, takes on the Germany-based Ahmatovic (12-1, 9 KOs)...

Super middleweight Erik Bazinyan returns in a ten-round main event against Mexico’s Jose de Jesus Macias this Thursday, June 1st at Casino de Montreal in Montreal. Bazinyan-Macias and undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. Bazinyan (29-0, 21 KOs) is a...

World lightweight champion Devin Haney tweeted that he is not expecting an offer to face WBA regular champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis: "I['ll] believe it when Al [Haymon, Davis' advisor] reaches out. He knows who...

Undisputed world middleweight champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields (pictured) kicked off fight week on Tuesday with a media workout as she prepares to bring big-time boxing back to Detroit when she takes on Maricela Cornejo this Saturday, June 3rd at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The fight will be streamed live on DAZN...

The WBA championships committee has ordered a mandatory bout between its featherweight champion Leigh Wood (pictured) and mandatory challenger Otabek Kholmatov of Uzbekistan. Wood just defeated Mauricio Lara last Saturday to win the 126-pound belt but now he must face the WBA’s mandatory challenger. Since Wood won the title...

Super featherweight Steven Bagwazi will likely get his hands full on June 9th in Gaborone, Botswana. Bagwazi (8-1) will host South African champion Lunga Sitemela (15-1). Bagwazi is coming off a big win last August, when he scored a dominating unanimous decision over Tanzania's Said Chino. Sitemela is, at least on paper, by...

The inaugural Shelito’s Way All-Female Tournament, presented by retired professional boxer Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent has announced a change of dates. It has been pushed back from July 1st and 2nd to July 15th and 16th, still at Whaling City Athletic Club in New London, Connecticut. The tournament, sanctioned by USA...

Former world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. (pictured) makes his Top Rank debut in a twelve-round IBF eliminator against English southpaw Maxi Hughes on Saturday, July 22nd, at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In the ten-round co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis takes a step up in class...

Jack Catterall W10 Darragh Foley... Britain’s Jack Catterall, arguably the uncrowned world junior welterweight champion, made a great return to the ring this Saturday at the Manchester Arena in England with a unanimous decision over Darragh Foley (22-5-1). Caterall prevailed by scores of 99-88, 98-89 and 97-90 after knocking...

Linn Sandstrom TD2 Johana Zuniga... At the Quality Hotel in Malmo, Sweden, super flyweight Linn Sandstrom fought to a technical draw against Venezuela's Johana Zuniga on Saturday, May 27th.  Both fighters showed their ambition to win by taking the fight to center of the ring. The Swedish-born, Australia-based Sandstrom had...

Delfine Persoon W10 Bo-mire Shin... Former WBC lightweight champion Delfine Persoon, now campaigning as a junior lightweight, scored a decision win over South Korea’s Bo-mire Shin at Sportcentrum Van Steenland in Torhout, Belgium. The match started very even, with Persoon utilizing her strong jab that has brought constant...

Lynn, Massachusetts super middleweight James “Pitbull” Perkins (11-0-1, 8 KOs) has developed his upper body strength in an unusual manner-- he works as a gravedigger. The 30 year-old Perkins faces Texas veteran Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (13-53-2. 9 KOs) this Saturday night (June 10th) in a six-round bout on a Granite Chin...

Mexico's Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez has signed a long-term promotional deal with Matchroom. Hernandez (33-1 30 KOs) is ranked #1 in the WBC rankings at 130 pounds. Closing in on a world title shot, the 25 year-old KO artist had an explosive 2022, starting with a first-round stoppage win over Jorge Castaneda in June and then...

Chris Billam-Smith W12 Lawrence Okolie... In a crazy fight in Bournemouth, England, Chris Billam-Smith won the WBO cruiserweight champion from his fellow Brit, good friend and former sparring partner Lawrence Okolie. Billam-Smith scored thee knockdowns and Okolie was penalized two points for non-stop holding. But the...

Leigh Wood W12 Mauricio Lara ... In Manchester, England, Leigh Wood regained the WBA featherweight championship, taking advantage of an immediate remath clause to earn a unanimous decision over Mauricio Lara of Mexico. Wood scored a knockdown of Lara in the second round abd went on to win by scores of 118-109 (twice) and...

Luis Alberto Lopez KO5 Mick Conlan ... IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez got a huge win in enemy territory, traveling to Belfast, Northern Ireland and knocking out local hero Mick Conlan in round five. Lopez landed a right uppercut as Conlan bent low, putting Conalan flat on his back and out. This was Lopez's...

Terri Harper W10 Ivana Habazin... Terri Harper defeated Ivana Habazin on points in Manchester, England to retain the WBA junior middleweight champion. Official scores were 98-92 and 97-93 (twice). Harper, who also held a world title at 130 pounds, is now 14-1-1.  The Croatian Habazin, who accepted the fight on very short...

The pride of the Coachella Valley, Manuel “Gucci Manny” Flores (15-0, 11 KOs), will headline the Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN card on Thursday, June 8th at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. He will face Arizona’s Walter Santibanes (11-2, 2 KOs) in a ten-round bantamweight fight. In the co-feature, former two-division...

Nick Ball W12 Ludumo Lamati ... On the Belfast undercard, featherweights Nick Ball (18-0, 11 KOs) of England scored a twelfth-round TKO win over South Africa's Ludumo Lamati (21-1-1, 11 KOs). Lamati's six-inch height advantage posed issues for Ball in the first two rounds of the fight, but by the third and fourth, Ball...

Sam Eggington TKO5 Joe Pigford... British veteran Sam Eggington slammed the gate on previously undefeated Joe Pigford, stopping him in the fifth round. Eggington's right eye was swollen, but in round five, his combinations were snapping Pigford's he'd around every which way to the point where Pigford (20-1) was basically out...

On a very busy day on boxing, here are Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions: Lawrence Okolie (19-0) vs. Chris Billam-Smith (17-1) (WBO cruiserweight title) … prediction: Okolie by unanimous decision; Luis Alberto Lopez (27-2) vs. Michael Conlan (18-1) (IBF featherweight title) … prediction: Conlan by...

Former world bantamweight champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue has recovered from his hand injury and has rescheduled his ambitious move up to junior featherweight where he will challenge WBC / WBO super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton. The new date and venue for the super bout is July 25th at Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku,...

Is world lightweight champion Devin Haney considering jumping up in weight to challenge WBC junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis for his next fight? The following Twitter exchange suggests the answer to that question is yes: Prograis: "Yo Devin Haney, come pull up to the fight in New Orleans in three weeks. I got...

Here are the weigh-in results for Saturday's ESPN+-broadcast show from the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland: IBF featherweight championship — 12 rounds Luis Alberto Lopez 125.5 pounds. vs. Michael Conlan 125.9; Nick Ball 125.9 vs. Ludumo Lamatii 125.5 (12 rounds);IBO junior lightweight title— 12...