Lester Martinez faces Immanuwel “The Chosen One” Aleem on Saturday, March 21st. The stakes for that match-up have been heightened as the fight's promoter reports that the WBC Board of Governors has voted unanimously to sanction the fight for the vacant WBC interim super middleweight championship. Martinez (19-0-1, 16 KOs)...

Claressa Shields (pictured) holds the most dominant career of any woman in the sport, and this week, her challenge is the former undisputed super middleweight champion, Franchon Crews-Dezurn. Shields met Crews-Dezurn ten years ago and walked away with a unanimous decision victory. That bout was both fighters' first...

The Meta Apex in Las Vegas is set to host Zuffa Boxing 03 on Sunday night. Prior to the heavyweight main event of Efe Ajagba vs. former IBF champion Charles Martin, these will be the featured main card bouts: Umar Dzambekov vs. Ahmed Elbiali in the lightheavyweight division and Abel Mejia vs Jaybrio Pe Benito at...

Matchroom Boxing announced the signing of Welsh twins Ioan and Garan Croft, who have both penned long-term promotional deals that will have them fighting on DAZN. Younger by a minute, Ioan struck gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 before turning pro under trainer and former champion Anthony Crolla, making the big move...

Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera, who Boxingtalk recognizes as a four-division champion, 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 big cruiserweight fight between Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez and David Benavidez...

The Meta Apex in Las Vegas is set to host Zuffa Boxing 03 on Sunday night. The main event will feature two hard-hitting heavyweights as Nigeria's Efe Ajagba (pictured) takes on former IBF champion Charles Martin. Ajagba arrives in Las Vegas looking to bounce back into the win column after battling to a majority draw with...

The IBF announced that a purse bid for light heavyweight champion Dimitrii Bivol's mandatory defense against Michael Eifert of Germany has been rescheduled from February 13th to February 20th. Bivol (pictured) is the true world champion of the 175-pound division based on his winning the second of two undisputed...

Last month, Boxingtalk published Charles Muniz's cautionary story about the danger of silence in the face of huge regulatory changes that seem to be coming soon to boxing. The warning was met largely with... silence. Here are Muniz's further thoughts on the subject: There is a reason certain words endure. They sound...

Management company Wise Owl Boxing has announced the signing of undefeated lightweight Brandon McCarthy to its roster of boxers. McCarthy, a decorated Irish standout, brings an  accomplished amateur résumé. The 16-time National Champion compiled an amateur record of 200-15, earning widespread recognition throughout Ireland...

Zuffa Boxing has announced that, for the main Event in Zuffa Boxing 04, Australia's Jai Opetaia (pictured) and Brandon Glanton of the United States will fight for the inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight championship. The fight will take place on March 8th at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Opetaia is the reigning IBF champion....

Caroline Veyre W10 Delfine Persoon... Canada's Caroline Veyre defeated Delfine Persoon in a very ugly fight for the vacant WBC junior lightweight championship. Veyre fought like a female John Ruiz, clutching and holding Person excessively throughout the ten rounds. The tactic worked well for Veyre, as referee Rodriguez deducted...

Joshua Pagan W10 Bryan Jimenez... On Tuesday on a Salita Promotions card at GLC Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Joshua Pagan continued his climb in the lightweight rankings, defeating Bryan Jimenez by wide unanimous decision over ten rounds. Pagan was fighting in his hometown, and improved to 15-0. Official scores were ...

Georgiy Yunovidov defends the WBA interim bridgerweight title this Saturday against Vartan Arutyunyan in the main event in Chelyabinsk, Russia a city near the Kazakh border. The Russian  Yunovidov is known for his technical solidity and durability, boasting a professional record of 12-2 including IBA pro bouts. Arutyunyan...

MF Pro brings back Irish hero Mick Conlan on Friday, March 20th at the SSE Arena in Belfast. Conlan will face Kevin Walsh (19-0), who will be crossing the Atlantic from Brockton, Massachusetts, the town that middleweight legend Marvin Hagler called home. In 2023, Conlan suffered back-to-back losses to Luis Alberto Lopez (an...

Delfine Persoon and Caroline Veyre will vie for the vacant WBC junior lightweight championship Tuesday night at GLC Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and live on DAZN. Persoon (50-3, 20 KOs), a former two-time lightweight world champion, counts world-class experience against the likes of Katie Taylor, Alycia Baumgardner...

George Liddard will defend his British & Commonwealth middleweight titles for the first time against Tyler Denny at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday, March 21st, live on DAZN. Liddard was crowned champion last October, just down the road at the East End’s fabled York Hall, when he stopped Kieron Conway in the tenth...

Victor Reynoso W6 Ray Oliveira Jr. ... At  the CES Boxing show in Rhode Island, junior middleweight Victor "TAKO" Reynoso extended his perfect record to 12-0 with 7 KOs thanks to a composed six-round unanimous decision over Ray "Prince" Oliveira Jr. (10-5, 2 KOs). The official scores were 60-54 (twice) and 59-55 for...

New York junior welterweightTerell Bostic (17-3, 3 KO’s) will be making his third appearance in a Boston Boxing Promotions ring on Friday February 13th at Bernardo’s Event Center in Fall River, Massachusetts as he takes on Rhode Island’s Juan Carlos Pena (32-16-1, 23 KO’s) in an eight rounder. Bostic was last seen...

On Saturday’s broadcast, BKFC president David Feldman unveiled the organization’s schedule for April, beginning with the inaugural Bare Knuckle Fight Club event on April 7th in Philadelphia. Hailed by Feldman as “the most viral series we’ve ever produced,” the eight-man, one-night tournament winners will be awarded...

Cruiserweight and boxing promoter Jake Paul took a big social media misstep today, calling Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny a "fake American" just before Bad Bunny was set to perform at the Super Bowl. Paul lives in Puerto Rico and the most popular boxer on his promotional roster is another beloved Puerto...

Caroline Dubois faced off with Terri Harper (pictured) ahead of their lightweight championship clash, while Catford's Ellie Scotney looks to make British boxing history; watch the Dubois vs Harper and Scotney vs Flores bill live on Sky Sports on Sunday April 5th. Dubois took her opportunity to get close and personal with...

In a battle of fomrer mixed martial arts rivals, 47 year-old Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski dethroned BKFC heavyweight champion “Big” Ben Rothwell at KnuckleMania VI on Saturday at the sold-out Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. The ringside doctor called a stop to the contest at 1:14 in the third round. The...

Jack Turner TKO3 Juan Carlos Martínez... Undefeated British super flyweight Jack Turner added to his fast-rising career at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, where the corner of Juan Carlos Martínez (10-4-1) elected to withdraw their fighter before the start of the fourth round, awarding Turner the victory by retirement (RTD). From...

Brandon Figueroa KO12 Nick Ball.... After a close fight, Brandon Figueroa became a two-time champion with a twelfth-round knockout of WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball. The dramatic ending came in Ball's hometown of Liverpool England. After eleven rounds, the verdict seemed like it could go either way. Round twelve began...

Andrew Cain TKO9 Alejandro Jair Gonzalez... In Liverpool,Andrew Cain defeated Alejandro Jair Gonzalez in a WBC bantamweight eliminator by stoppage despite suffering two knockdowns himself. In round eight, Cain was down twice, the second time right as the round ended. But Cain turned the tables, scoring the first of two...

Christian Medina W12 Adrien Curiel.... Christian Medina backed up his WBO bantamweight triumph last year with a first defense on home soil as he triumphed against Adrien Curiel. Medina thrilled the Guadalajara crowd, coasting to a unanimous decision at the city's Domo Alcalde across a dozen rounds to retain his belt. Medina...

This Saturday, February 7th, the Echo Arena in Liverpool will host a showdown between undefeated hometown favorite Nick Ball, who is the reigning WBA featherweight champion, and former two-division champion Brandon Figueroa. Both men weighed in at 125.1 pounds on Friday. With both fighters known for their relentless...

Boxing Insider Promotions will present a professional boxing event at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, March 7th. The event will be headlined by a junior middleweight bout between “Mr. Atlantic City” Justin Figueroa (17-0) vs. James Blake Franklin (17-14-2). Tickets are available...

Defending champion Christian Medina and Adrian Curiel headline a high-stakes world title clash when the two Mexicans meet for the WBO bantamweight title in Guadalajara, live on DAZN. With a world belt on the line at 118 pounds, the bout places the bantamweight division firmly in the spotlight, as Medina (26-4) makes the...

WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Gevor Mikaelian a/k/a Norair Mikaelian visited the WBC in Mexico City to receive the championship belt he earned back in December by dethroning Badou Jack. It was sweet revenge for Miakelian who lost a disputed majority decision to Jack earlier in the year. Accompanied in Mexico City by...

WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman went face to face at a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday to promote their PBC pay-per-view fight scheduled for Saturday, March 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora...

In the main event of BKFC's KnuckleMania VI on Saturday, Wisconsin's Ben Rothwell will defend his BKFC heavyweight championship for the first time against long-time rival Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski, live on the BKFC App and the BKFC YouTube page from Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Sprinkle in the fact that Arlovski...

Last week, Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions continued its dominance of women's boxing by announcing yet another mass signing of some of the sport's top athletes. Paul tweted, "We are proud to officially announce the signing of [WBC featherweight champion] Tiara Brown, [IBF junior middleweight champion] Oshae...

Ariana Carrasco has signed a long-term management agreement with Trifon Petrov and Imperial Boxing. Carrasco trains at Dona Ana Boxing Gym in Las Cruces, New Mexico under her father Rene Carrasco. She started boxing at age 12 and had over 80 amateur fights. She had an impressive amateur career and won 12 national...

MF Pro has agreed a long-term broadcast deal with DAZN, and they intend to start the partnership off with April 4th’s pay-per-view heavyweight clash between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder. News of another MF Pro show, live only on DAZN, will be announced on Friday. Kalle Sauerland, who has promoted close to 50 world...

Rather than allow Shakur Stevenson a reasonable period of time to decide in which weight class he wants to campaign, the WBC stripped him of his 135-pound title less than three days after he moved up to win the world 140-pound championship from Teofimo Lopez. Stevenson remains the world / WBO junior welterweight champion....

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) and perennial contender Derek “War” Chisora (pictured, 36-13, 23 KOs) will collide in a DAZN pay-per-view at London's O2 Arena on April 4th, with tickets going on sale on Friday.At the London press conference on Wednesday, Chisora said: "We...

On December 23rd, the IBF ordered its featherweight champion Angelo Leo and its #1 ranked contender Ra’eese Aleem to begin negotiations for a 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 February 17th. Leo (26-1) is...

WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora will be looking to continue his reign against former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman in a clash that headlines a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video on Saturday, March 28th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora...

The WBA light heavyweight interim title fight highly between Venezuela's Albert Ramírez and Britain’s Lerrone Richards has been officially postponed due to a last-minute medical issue affecting the Venezuelan fighter. According to a medical report confirmed by his team, Ramírez was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. The...