WBC junior welterweight champion Dalton Smith has signed a long-term contract extension with Matchroom Boxing. His next ring action will his first title defenbse, which will take place on home soil when he faces ex-title holder Alberto Puello at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on Saturday, June 6th, live on DAZN. Smith follows in...

Boxingtalk belated salutes Mexican boxing icon Miguel Canto Solís, who boxed under the name Miguel Canto and was nicknamed “El Maestro” and “The Little Master” for his refined technical brilliance. Canto passed away at the age of 78 on April 16th in his hometown of Mérida in Mexico's Yucatán. While the exact cause has not...

In the wake of heavyweight Lawrence Okolie failing a doping test, promoter Frank Warren (pictured) issued the following statement on behalf of Queensberry, the promoter of this week's now-canceled Paris show: "[I am] completely gutted to have to cancel the show in Paris this weekend. Ourselves and the DAZN team in France...

Cuba's Lenier “El Justiciero” Pero (13-0, 8 KOs) is approaching a career-defining moment as he prepares to face Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (27-1-2, 22 KOs) in an eliminator for the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday night (April 25th) at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, live worldwide on DAZN. Pero has embraced...

Undefeated Danish fighter Jacob Bank (18-0, 10 KOs) faces the toughest test of his career as he takes on Paulinus Ndjolonimu (20-1, 18 KOs) of Namibia in a WBC super middleweight world title eliminator. According to Boxers, the fight takes place in Kolding, Denmark on April 25th.  Bank has built a solid path in the...

WBA super middleweight champion Armando “Toro” Reséndiz will look to build off of his 2025 on Cinco de Mayo weekend against ex-154-pound champ Jaime Munguia as part of the Ramirez vs. Benavidez PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video Saturday, May 2nd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In his return to action after upsetting...

Rowin Javier Sanchez KO3 Jacob Marrero... Boxing is the theater of the unexpected. That saying was never more evident than in two of the final four bouts of CES Boxing’s Riverside Rumble in Hartford, Connecticut last weekend, which saw two heavy favorites lose to underdog opponents. Fighting in his first main event,...

Artem Suslenkov TKO3 Artur Mann... On April 17th, IBA Pro 16 in Serpukhov, Russia saw heavyweight fringe contender Artem Suslenkov stop experienced German cruiserweight Artur Mann (22-5). From the opening bell, Suslenkov imposed relentless pressure, targeting the body and forcing Mann onto the back foot. The sustained attack...

On May 2nd in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia, middleweight Givi Todua will bematched up against Elmo Traya from the Philippines. Todua, 6-0 with 4 KOs, got a quality win last September when he stopped Thailand´s Phumiritdet Chonlathondamrongkhun in six rounds. He's tuned up with an easy fight once since then.  Still only...

Queensberry Promotions has announced that "the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) has informed Queensberry that heavyweight Lawrence Okolie returned an adverse finding following ant anti-doping test conducted ahead of the show in Paris [scheduled for] this Saturday. A further update regarding the event will be made in...

Nearly one year after the lone defeat of his pro career, Kelvin Davis returns home to reassert himself against veteran Peter Dobson in a ten-round welterweight showdown on Saturday, May 16th at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, iron-fisted Dominican featherweight Yan Santana looks to inch closer to a...

Ben Whittaker KO1 Braian Suarez .... Ben Whittaker recorded a second successive first-round knockout on Saturday night. Facing Braian Suarez in Liverpool, Whittaker wasted no time, he was on the front foot and established the jab early, coupled with fast hand speed. Suarez did not seem affected, but as the first round entered...

Featherweight contender Ra’eese Aleem, age 34 and fighting out of Las Vegas, delivered a passionate and confident message during his recent appearance on Boxing Primetime, hosted by Andrew Bocanegra and co-host Brian Mendoza. As he prepares for his IBF featherweight title challenge against reigning champion Angelo Leo,...

Lani Daniels TKO9 Shadasia Green... There was a troubling scene after the co-feature at New York City's Madison Square Garden, as Shadasia Green was taken out of the ring on a stretcher after her upset knockout loss to Lani Daniels. A barrage of punches caused the referee to stop the fight in round nine, as Green remained on...

Daniel Kinahan, the alleged leader of one of Ireland's biggest criminal networks and a founder of boxing management company MTK Global, has been arrested in Dubai, Irish media and ESPN reported Friday. A few years back, Kinahan was a dominant, but behind-the-scenes power broker in boxing, allegedly laundering money from...

Alycia Baumgardner W10 Bo Mi Re Shin... Three-belt junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner largely controlled the action in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Friday, defeating Bo Mi Re Shin by unanimous decision. Official scores were 98-92 (twice) and 99-91. Baumgardner retained her WBA, WBO and IBF titles in a...

Cristóbal Lorente W12 Nathaniel Collins... At The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, Spain’s Cristóbal Lorente delivered a standout performance, winning a WBC featherweight elimmination bout. Lorente defeated the home boxer, Nathaniel Collins, pushing the winner closer to a shot at the full world title currently held by...

Three-belt super flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will move up and challenge Antonio Vargas for the WBC bantamweight title at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona on Saturday June 13th, live worldwide on DAZN. Rodriguez (23-0 16 KOs) is gunning to become a three-weight champion in Arizona and does so in a...

On a May 2nd pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, newly elevated WBA super middleweight champion Armando “Toro” Reséndiz and former junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguía will square off in an all-Mexican co-feature. The main event that night will be a two-belt cruiserweight championship fight with...

Friday's ESPN main event, unified junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner defending three of the four major titles against Bo Mi Re Shin, will feature ten three‑minute rounds. It will take place in the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Baumgardner weighed in at 129.8 pounds while Shin scaled in at...

For the second time this week, Zuffa Boxing has signed a cruiserweight contender. Days after inking ex-champ Chris Billam-Smith, Zuffa announced a deal with power-punching Canadian Ryan Rozicki (21-1-1, 19 KOs). Rozicki is currently ranked #1 by the WBC. Zuffa now has two attractive opponents for its star 200 pounder,...

Tickets for the twelve-round junior welterweight rematch between Keyshawn Davis and Nahir Albright, scheduled for Saturday, May 16th at Norfolk, Virginia's Scope Arena, are on sale now. In the ten-round welterweight co-feature, former champion Brian Norman Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs) takes on Canada’s Josh Wagner (19-2, 10...

At a press conference in London, world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (pictured) made it clear that his upcoming bout against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven is an act of personal will. At an event organized by Matchroom Boxing, the boxers stood face-to-face for two plus minutes, ahead of their clash scheduled for...

Ben Whittaker is ready to face his toughest test to date when he headlines at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena this Saturday against Argentina’s Braian Suarez (21-4, 20 KOs), live on DAZN. The former British Olympian was promoted to the main event after hometown hero Callum Smith saw his WBO interim light heavyweight title clash...

Former junior welterweight champion Regis "Rougarou" Prograis announced his retirement from boxing following last weekend's loss to Conor Benn in London. Boxingtalk salutes Prograis, who leaves with a record of 30-4 after a pro career that spanned 2012-2026. He enjoyed two title reigns: as WBA champion commencing in 2019 and...

On May 2nd, WBA / WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will defend his 200-pound titles against undefeated two-division champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez, who is the reigning WBC light heavyweight title holder. That fight headlines a PBC pay-per-view event available on Prime Video at T-Mobile Arena in...

Yonkers, New York native Iman Lee (14-0-1, 8 KOs) will see action on Saturday, April 18th when he faces Jose Nunez Sosa (8-2, 6 KOs) in a ten-round junior lightweight contest at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Tickets are on sale now at CESFights.com. Doors open at 4pm, with the Jimmy Burchfield...

Super middleweight Wilkens Mathieu will return home for the first main event of his career on June 11th at Quebec City's Théâtre Capitole. By far the biggest test of his career awaits him, as Brazil's Esquiva Falcão (32-2, 21 KOs) — an Olympic silver medalist and former middleweight title challenger — will face the...

Last week, Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) announced the signing of former interim champion and fan-favorite warrior Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo (26-8, 21 KOs in traditional boxing) to a multi-fight deal, adding another proven striker to its rapidly growing roster. Angulo is expected to make his BKB debut July 18 at BKB 56 in...

TBL Team Boxing League’s (“TBL”) fourth week of the season offers three nights of contests pitting major metropolitan city teams against one another in a format that lends itself to non-stop action. TBL features male and female boxers competing across a series of weight classes in a total of 24 individual one-round...

Moscow is set to host a high-risk, high-reward heavyweight collision this Friday (April 17th) as  local man Artem Suslenkov squares off against blown-up cruiserweight Artur Mann of Germany. Sporting a record of 16-1 (including IBA Pro and World Series of Boxing bouts), Suslenkov has emerged as one of his country’s...

On May 16th at Norfolk, Virginia's Scope Arena, ex-welterweight title holder Brian Norman (28-1, 22 KOs) returns to action against Canada’s Josh Wagner (19-2, 10 KOs). The main event that night will be a rematch of a no contest between Norfolk's Keyshawn Davis, a former lightweight champion, and Nahir Albright....

On Friday (April 17th), Spanish featherweight Cristóbal Lorente will enter hostile territory to face undefeated Nathaniel Collins of Scotland in a rematch that will serve as a WBC featherweight eliminator. The event, organized by Queensberry Promotions, will determine who gets to the head of the line for a shot at WBC...

Star Boxing has located a replacement opponent to preserve an undefeated vs. undefeated showdown in New York City's on Friday. Long Island’s Alex Vargas (14-0, 5 KOs) will now face Chicago's Rani Jalomo (7-0-1, 4 KOs) on the Most Valuable Promotions show at the Infosys Theater in Madison Square Garden. Originally scheduled...

Team Boxing League ("TBL") and Manny Pacquiao Promotions ("MPP") announced the official signing of a partnership, solidifying Manny Pacquiao's transition from global boxing icon to franchise owner and long-term stakeholder in the future of the sport. As part of the agreement, Pacquiao and MPP will join the ownership group...

WBA / WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez plans to make the most of his opportunity to headline Cinco de Mayo Weekend in Las Vegas as he takes on undefeated two-division champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez on a PBC pay-per-view event available on Prime Video on Saturday, May 2nd at T-Mobile Arena. “It’s...

A high-stakes Northern California rivalry will take center stage on May 15th as undefeated Oakland bantamweight Anthony Garnica faces San Jose’s Eros Correa on a show presented by Showtime Boxing Promotions. Taking place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, the event will be televised live on Fox Deportes, bringing...

Michael Osumah TKO4 Sergio Gil... Nigerian power took center stage in Las Vegas, where unbeaten junior middleweight Michael Osumah scored a fourth-round technical knockout of Argentina’s Sergio Gil (22-16-2) on Saturday night at the The Cosmopolitan. From the opening bell, the difference in firepower was undeniable. Osumah...

South African female junior welterweight Nozipho Bell, whose don her best work in the featherweight division, returns on April 28th in Gquberha, South Africa. Bell (15-5-1 with 5 KOs) will take on Namibian-born Zimbabwean Chiedza Homakoma (8-9-3 with 4 KOs) on a show staged by Mbali Zantsi. The 36 year-old Bell has been...

Last weekend, the IBA held a night of combat fighting at the Almaty Arena in Kazakhstan as the inaugural IBA NOMAD 14 joint tournament captivated a capacity of 13,000 spectators. The fights appeared to be bare knuckle fights using mixed martial arts style gloves. The full replay of the show is available on the IBA...