Two of boxing’s elite lightweights are set to collide with a world title on the line as uncrowned champion Lamont “The Reaper” Roach Jr. (25-1-3, 10 KOs) of Washington D.C. and Mexico's William “El Camarón” Zepeda (33-1, 27 KOs) battle for the vacant WBC lightweight championship on Saturday, Aug. 1st at Virgin Hotels Las...

If you were going to cast a real-life boxer in the next installment of the Creed movie franchise and wanted the key antagonist to be an intense “silent assassin” type, you’d do well to find someone who fits the bill better than Ryan Rozicki.The Canadian isn’t here to wave to fans and kiss babies. He’s here to get in the...

Paramount and UFC the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, announced an expansion of their media rights partnership that makes Paramount+ the exclusive home of UFC "numbered event" main cards (traditionally known as pay-per-views) in Canada for the next six years beginning in 2027. Details on the first UFC events...

Former 130-pound champion Joseph "JoJo" Diaz (35-10-1, 15 KOs including the World Series of Boxing) is leaving no stone unturned as he prepares for a pivotal crossroads fight against Ashton "H2O" Sylve (13-1, 10 KOs) in a scheduled ten-round junior welterweight bout on Friday, June 19th at Thunder Studios in Long...

Featherweight Tramaine Williams (21-3) will return to the ring on June 6th to face Dannis Arias (20-4) in Waterbury, Connecticut. Williams, one of the division’s most experienced contenders, will look to reaffirm his position in the 126-pound class. His last fight was an April stay-busy trip to Mexico, where he defeated...

The WBA has granted a thirty-day extension to the negotiation period for a light flyweight title bout between champion René Santiago (pictured) of Puerto Rico and Daiya Kira of Japan. The extension followed a request from the parties involved, who continue working toward an agreement for the mandatory championship...

WBC light flyweight champion :ourdes "Little Lulu" Juárez (pictured) attended this week’s WBC Tuesday Coffee to discuss her victory over Yokasta Valle. Last Saturday, Juárez defeated Valle by split decision, successfully defending her 108-pound title. Valle is still listed as the WBC 105-pound champion but here future...

Junior welterweight  Frank “The Ghost” Martin has become the latest boxer to join forces with Adrian Clark's Fighters First Management. "Adrian has always been solid to me,” said Martin. “Timing is everything, and I recognized it was time to let him come in and get things in order for my business. I look forward to seeing...

The WBA, through its Championships Committee, has officially ordered a mandatory junior lightweight title bout between champion Anthony Cacace and interim champion and Elnur Samedov. Both camps will have a thirty-day negotiation period to reach an agreement. The negotiation window begins on June 2nd and will remain open...

On Thursday (June 4th), Albert Ramírez is set to defend his WBA interim light heavyweight belt against the UK's Lerrone Richards (19-1) in Montreal, an intriguing clash between two unbeaten left-handers that promises to be a tactical chess match. The Venezuelan Ramírez (30-2 including the World Series of Boxing)...

Two of the hardest-hitting cruiserweights in the world will go head-to-head in a clash of contenders on Saturday in Bournemouth, England as Bournemouth’s own former world champion Chris Billam-Smith (pictured) returns home to take on Canada's Ryan Rozicki on Zuffa Boxing 07. Billam-Smith knows what it takes to reach...

WBA / WBO minimumweight champion Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (14-0, 11 KOs) of Villalba, Puerto Rico, will return to Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, Calif., to defend his unified titles against General Santos City, Philippines native Joey Canoy (25-5-2, 15 KOs). The twelve-round championship bout will stream live worldwide on...

[Perhaps in a bid to block Zuffa Boxing from making a fight between uncrowned cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia and WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian], WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says a three-belt cruiserweight fight between Mikaelian and WBA / WBO champion David Benavidez (pictured) would be a an...

On May 12th, the IBF ordered Regie Suganob of the Philppines and Sivenathi Nontshinga of South Africa to begin negotiations for an IBF elimination bout in the junior flyweight division. An agreement was not reached within the timeframe set forth by the IBF, so a purse bid has been scheduled for June 16th. If the fight...

The WBC announced the death of active police officer and professional boxer, Daisuke Sugita, just 37 years old, in Tokyo. A separate source, Yahoo! Japan, listed the cause of death as suicide. Sugita was a featherweight with a record of 11-6. He won a regional title in 2023 and was on a three-fight win streak with his last...

Femke Hermans W10 Arlene Blencowe... Belgian boxer Femke Hermans made a successful return to the ring after a year and a half of inactivity. Fighting at junior middleweight Hermans (19-5) defeated Australia’s Arlene Blencowe (5-7-1) in Hermans' native Belgium. The win was listed as a majority decision, not a good sign for...

Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington, undefeated with a record of 17 victories, including 10 knockouts, will defend his WBC featherweight titile against René Santiago Palacios. It will be a battle of undefeated boxers. From Mexico, Palacios has a professional record of 19 victories and one draw, with 10 wins coming by knockout....

Scott Coker, founder and CEO of the new global mixed martial arts promotion [still unnamed], announced the addition of six senior executives to his leadership team as the company continues building toward its highly anticipated launch. Additional details, including league name, competition structure, athlete...

Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and the most powerful man in boxing, affirmed that “The Comeback” bout between British heavyweight Anthony Joshua and Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga, scheduled to take place on July 25th at Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia, continues to...

This Saturday night, June 6th, live from the Ho-Chunk Wittenberg Casino in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, will host a professional boxing event that will feature seven professional bouts in total. Named  "Brawl in the Backwoods," the show will be promoted by Quicksilver Sports and Entertainment. The main event will see Nate...

Francisco Rodríguez W12 Angelino Córdova...  The WBC continues to support drug cheat Francisco “Chihuas” Rodríguez Jr., who emerged victorious against Venezuela’s Angelino Córdova by unanimous decision in a WBC flyweight final eliminator in San Diego, California. Rodriguez (41-6-1) was stripped of the WBC interim title but...

MF Pro announced that it has signed four young boxers to promotional contracts. Three of them are undefeated and the fourth will be making her pro debut. The newly signed boxers are J'Hon "Pretty Boy" Ingram (9-0, 7 KOs), Amir "Cashman" Anderson (7-0, 7 KOs), David "Dynamite" Lopez (6-0, 5 KOs), and decorated amateur Kayla...

Francesca Hennessy KO6 Aurora De Persio... Britain’s Francesca Hennessy delivered a dominant performance in London, stopping Italy’s Aurora De Persio by technical knockout in round six of a bantamweight bout. The 21 year-old Hennessy (9-0) controlled the action from the opening rounds with her high work rate and...

Tickets are on sale now (through Ticketmaster) for Boxing Insider Promotions’ June 13th show at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The seven-bout card is built around tri-state talent, with fighters from Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York filling out a lineup made up primairly of local boxers....

Nakisa Bidarian, the CEO of Most Valuable Promotions, was thrilled with his company's all-female ESPN-televised show in El Paso, Texas on Saturday night. Here is what Bidarian tweeted: "Amazing night in El Paso. Record setting gate. Every seat sold. Women’s boxing is stronger than ever. Very close fight between Stephanie...

Ryad Merhy W12 Kevin Lerena ... Ryad Merhy achieved the greatest victory of his professional career by defeating South Africa’s Kevin Lerena via unanimous decision to capture the WBC bridgerweight championship on Saturday night in Charleroi, Belgium. Fighting in front of his home crowd, Merhy executed a disciplined strategy,...

Gustavo Trujillo KO1 Sergio Ramirez Marin... Undefeated Cuban heavyweight Gustavo "The Cuban Assassin" Trujillo (11-0, 10 KOs) stopped Sergio Ramirez Marin (22-9, 12 KOs) in the opening round of their scheduled ten rounder this past Saturday at the historic War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event,...

Braian Arguello TKO6 Neri Cruz... Junior lightweight Braian Arguello of Argentina scored a sixth-round technical knockout victory over Neri Cruz (19-2), bringing the contest to an emphatic conclusion halfway through the scheduled distance. Considering Arguello's record of 11-7, the result is a surprise. The bout was fought at...

South African promoter Golden Gloves believes it has a formidable new heavyweight to reckon with, but finding someone brave enough to share the ring with him is fast becoming the biggest challenge in local boxing. Last month, the towering Jose "Drago" Kadima sent shockwaves through the division, blitzing the experienced...

Rico “Bon Bon” Franco won the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) interim welterweight title and combat sports star Darren “The Gorilla” Till was victorious in his bare knuckle debut on Saturday at BKFC 90 at the sold-out Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England.‍ Rico “Bon Bon” Franco, BKFC’s European welterweight...

O'Shaquie Foster W12 Raymond Ford ... O'Shaquie Foster defeated Raymond Ford by majority decision to retain the WBC junior lightweight title. Foster got away with a dirty move in round one, throwing Ford through the ropes in a pro wrestling-like maneuver. Ford crashed onto the arena floor face first but got up and back in the...

Stephanie Han W10 Holly Holm... Fighting in her hometown of El Paso, Texas, WBA lightweight champion Stephanie Han won a controversial decision over combat sports legend Holly Holm. The ESPN telecast credited Holm with a 107-70 edge in punches landed, and the broadcast team also thought Holm should have won. But when...

Amanda Serrano TKO2 Cheyenne Hanson... Proving her greatness once again, world featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano stopped Germany's Cheyenne Hanson via technical knockout in round two at the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas. In doing so, she tied the all-time women’s knockout record. She and Christy Martin...

Lourdes Juarez W10 Yokasta Valle... Mexico's Lourdes "Little Lulu" Juarez retained her WBC junior flyweight championship in dramatic fashion in El Paso, Texas, knocking down Yokasta Valle in the final ten seconds of the fight to pull out a split decision win. Depending on how one of the judges would have scored the final...

Dmitriy Bivol W12 Michael Eifert ... World light heavyweight champion Dmitriy Bivol made a successful return from back surgery on Saturday in Ekaterinberg, Russia. Bivol was never tested and showed no ill effects from the surgery while handily defeating lightly credentialed Michael Eifert of Germany. Bivol scored a...

Desley Robinson W10 Mary Spencer... Desley Robinson put on a commanding performance against former 154-pound champion Mary Spencer, defending her IBF and WBO middleweight titles with a near-shutout unanimous decision. Robinson hurt Spencer late in the opening round and steadily took over, landing the cleaner, harder...

Sikho Nqothole W12 Charlie Edwards... There was a bit of a surprise in an IBF super flyweight title eliminator held at London's York Hall at Bethnall Green on Friday. Little-known South African Sikho Nqothole got a huge road win against former flyweight champion Charlie Edwards. Nqothole won a unanimous decision by scores...

O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC 130-pound world title against ex-featherweight champ Raymond Ford in Houston on Saturday. Both men weighed in at the division limit of 130 pounds on Friday. The defending champion, Foster is one of the most technically proficient boxers in the division. He captured the WBC's green and...

Tonight (Saturday) marks the return two of Cuba’s most celebrated champions, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Guillermo Rigondeaux, streaming exclusively on the Nothing But Sportz app for just $9.95. Fans around the world can watch the show by registering and subscribing now at NothingButSportz.com and downloading the Nothing But...

Muhammad Shekov W12 Yerny Betancourt... Uzbekistan's Muhammad Shekov defeated Venezuela's Yerny Betancourt in a 122-pound fight billed as a WBA eliminator. It was an easy decision win, with Shekov carrying the scorecards by tallies of 119-109 and 118-110 (twice). Shekov (19-4-1 including the World Series of Boxing) moves...