A pair of title showdowns will round out PBC's June 15th pay-per-view event on Prime Video. Previously announced were two co-headline bouts featuring Gervonta “Tank” Davis and David “El Monstruo” Benavídez in separate fights. Now added to the shwo, which is booked for MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas are Gary...

Teofimo Lopez will defend his world junior welterweight championship against Canada's Steve Claggett on Saturday, June 29th, at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. In the ten-round featherweight co-feature, former champion Robeisy Ramirez returns against Mexico’s Brandon Leon Benitez. The six-round televised opener...

Former cruiserweight title holder Lawrence Okolie (19-1) has his sights set on becoming a two-weight world champion later this wwek when he faces WBC bridgerweight champion Lukasz Rozanski (15-0) in Poland. The fight will take place on Friday at the Podpromie Arena in Rzeszow Sky Sports will broadcast the fight in the UK,...

Denys Berinchyk W12 Emanuel Navarrete ... This was a historic boxing weekend for the Ukraine Republic. On the same day Oleksandr Usyk captured the undisputed world heavyweight championsip, Usyk's 2012 Olympic temmate, Denys Berinchyk defeated Mexico's Emanuel Navarrete by split decision to win the vacant WBO lightweight...

Brian Norman Jr. W10 Giovani Santillan .... Brian Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) captured the WBO interim welterweight title with a tenth-round knockout over hometown favorite Giovani Santillan (32-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday's ESPN broadcast from San Diego. Santillan was the aggressor, but Norman’s quick counters and clinching...

Richard Torrez TKO5 Brandon Moore.... U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez (10-0, 10 KOs) faces his stiffest test to date and passed with flying colors. The 24-year-old southpaw heavyweight scored a fifth-round TKO win against  Brandon Moore (14-1, 8 KOs) in San Diego. After an early feeling-out process, Torrez began...

Oleksandr Usyk W12 Tyson Fury... In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk made boxing history by becoming the first undisputed world heavyweight champion of the century. The Ukrainian Usyk pretty clearly outboxed Great Britain's Tyson Fury, although it was ruled a split decision. Boxingtalk scored it 115-112 for Usyk, who...

Jai Opetaia W12 Mairis Briedis ... In the chief supporting bout in Riyadh, Jai Opetaia (25-0, 19 KOs) defeated former two-time champion Mairis Briedis (28-3, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision in a bruising battle that saw both men finish with possible broken noses. Briedis rallied late but lost by scores of 117-111 and...

Anthony Cacace TKO8 Joe Cordina... Junior lightweight Anthony Cacace (22-1, 8 KOs) is now the IBF champion after stopping Wales' Joe Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) in round eight in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. Cacace, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, became a world champion at the advanced age of 35. Punchstats credited Cacace with...

Agit Kabayel KO7 Frank Sanchez... In a WBC heavyweight eliminator held on the big Riyadh, Saudi Arabia show, Agit Kabayel (25-0, 17 KOs) made his second straight huge career move forward, stopping the favored and previously undefeated Frank Sanchez (24-1, 17 KOs)  in round seven. Kabayel defeated Sanchez with a strong body...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for a historic Saturday: Oleksandr Usyk (21-0) vs. Tyson Fury (34-0-1) (world heavyweight championship ubification) … prediction: Usyk by decision; Joe Cordina (17-0) vs. Anthony Cacace (21-1) (IBF / IBO jr. lightweight titles) … prediction: Cordina by unanimous decision; Jai...

Here are the weigh-in results for Top Rank's show from Pechanga Arena from San Diego, California:vacant WBO lightweight title - twelve rounds Emanuel Navarrete 135 pounds vs. Denys Berinchyk 134.8;WBO interim welterweight title - twelve rounds Giovani Santillan 146.4 lbs vs. Brian Norman Jr. 146.5 lbs ESPN, ESPN...

Today (Saturday), Ukrainian Daniel Lapin and Mozambique's Octavio Pudivitr will fight at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in a light heavyweight bout.  It will be one of the preliminary bouts of the Ring Of Fire card, which features Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and British Tyson Fury for all the heavyweight titles....

Here are the complete weigh-in results for Saturday's huge card fat the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The pay-per-view broadcast will stream live on at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.Undisputed world heavyweight championship - 12 rounds Tyson Fury 262 pounds -vs.- Oleksandr Usyk 233.5; Vacant IBF cruiserweight title —...

DAZN's website reports that Mexican lightweight William “El Camarón” Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) will return to the ring against Chicago's Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) in a twelve rounder on Saturday, July 6th at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. It will be broadcast around the world on DAZN. Zepeda is coming off a...

Toro Promotions, Inc., in association with Whitfield Haydon Boxing, returns June 15th to the Emerald Queen Casino (EQC) in Tacoma, Washington. California super featherweight Austin Brooks (12-0, 5 KOs) faces Armenian Olympian Aram “Warrior” Avagyan (11-1-2, 5 KOs) in an ten-round main event. Brooks, age 28, knocked...

The British Boxing Board of Control (“BBBoC”) reports that British welterweight Conor Benn is back on suspension in the United Kigndom for a 2022 doping violation. Despited these lingering issues, Benn has fought twice in the United States while the lawyers battled out whether he should remain suspended for a positive...

ESPN and Top Rank, together with DAZN, will bring the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBO / IBF / WBA ruler Oleksandr Usyk to ESPN+ pay-per-view. The event is available for purchase on ESPN+ PPV in the United States, in addition to DAZN PPV, and takes place Saturday,...

Undefeated WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani, will make the first defense of his title on July 20th at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, against the mandatory challenger, Filipino Vincent Astrolabio. A three-division champion, Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs), comes into this fight after winning the WBC bantamweight title by...

Former two-belt junior featherweight champion Stephen "Coolboy Steph" Fulton (pictured) tweeted: "Two opponents fell out, so I’m fighting in July now. I was supposed to go on June 15th. SMH."Contender Raeese Aleem responded: "Hey, Coolboy Steph, two opponents fell out?? You really trying to fight anybody but me. Send the...

CBN Promotions returns with another night of boxing as Tayden “The Butcher” Beltran (8-0, 4 KOs), is set to square off against Cesar Villarraga (10-9-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight clash. All the action will take place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, June 22nd. The entire event will...

Most Valuable Promotions has announced two additions to the big Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul show scheduled for July 20th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. One of the new bouts will be between two undefeated prospects, Ashton "H2O Sylve" and Floyd Schofield. The two lightweights are 11-0 and 17-0 respectively. The second...

Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi government official who controls Saudi boxing and has a seemingly unlimited budget, tweeted today that aturday's big show in Riyadh is now sold out. Alalshikh, addressed as "His Excellency" wrote: "All tickets for the legendary Ring of Fire showdown have been sold out. Get ready for an epic...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) and WBO / IBF / WBA counterpart Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) will battle for the undisputed world heavyweight crown this Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The winner becomes the division's first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis accomplished that...

Lauren Price W9 Jessica McCaskill... Fighting in her home country, Lauren Price was crowned the new world welterweight champion after outpointing Jessica McCaskill by a ninth-round stoppage on Saturday at the Cardiff International arena in Wales. Price won the WBA and IBO belts, but also the true lineal championship as...

The WBA Women’s Championships Committee ordered a mandatory flyweight title bout between champion Gabriela Alaniz (pictured) of Argentina and the official challenger of the category, Jacky Calvo of M exico (21-8-2).  In Alaniz’s case, she won the belt on April 27, 2024 and for that reason, the WBA wants her next mandatory...

Christian Carto TKO3 Jesus Martinez ... This weekend at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, popular bantamweight Christian Carto won his fifth consecutive bout with a third-round stoppage of Jesus Martinez in their scheduled eight rounder. Carto of Philadelphia, once again brought a large fan base to cheer him on and they...

SUMMARY OF WBO RULING: On May 3rd, Top Rank confirmed via official press release that WBO / IBF / WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus in training and had to postpone the scheduled undisputed world light heavyweight championship contest against WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on June 1st in...

World junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue, recognized by many as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, has confirmed that he will be attending the 99th Boxing Writers Association of America awards dinner at the 583 Park Avenue venue in Manhattan, New York, on Thursday, June 6th, beginning at 6 p.m. Inoue will...

Germany's Abass Baraou (15-1) returns to the ring to defend his European junior middleweight championship against Macaulay McGowan at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, England on June 14th, live on Channel 5 in the UK. It will be Baraou's first title defense, just two months on from his win over Sam Eggington. McGowan...

Fanmio announced a new date for the pro boxing showdown between mixed martial arts stars Nate Diaz and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. The fight wil now take place on Saturday, July 6th at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. {The previous date was June 1st in Los Angeles]. “He won the first fight [in MMA], but I’m back for more....

Former world lightweight champion George "Ferocious" Kambosos Jr. reflected on Saturday's eleventh-round technical knockout loss to Vasiliy Lomchenko. Kambosos wrote: "Gave it my all, never cherry picked always stepped to the best & hardest challengers. And Loma will go down as one of the best in history. I’m safe I’m healthy...

Junior Younan 12 KO1 Ricardo A. Luna... Junior Younan (20-0-1 with 12 KOs) scored a highlight-reel knockout over Ricardo Adrian Luna (26-12-2 with 7 KOs) over thr weekend. The knockout came at 2:53 in the first round of a super middleweight bout on a show in Huntington, New York. Younan, a Brooklyn, New York native, now seeks...

Vasiliy Lomachenko TKO11 George Kambosos Jr. ...vAfter losing his unified crown nearly four years ago, Vasiliy Lomachenko is once again a world champion.vLomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) captured the vacant IBF lightweight world title by defeating hometown hero "Ferocious" George Kambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs) via 11th-round TKO on...

Newly minted WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames of the Dominican Republic will defend his title against Terrell Gausha of the United States on June 15th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Adames was handed the WBC championship this week when notoriously inactive Jermall Charlo was finally stripped after an...

Boxlab Promotions and Shuan Boxing announce the signing of a co-promotional agreement with junior lightweight Kaipo Gallegos (4-0-1, 3 KOs), a southpaw from Las Vegas. The two promoters have big plans for Gallegos and plan to keep him busy for the remainder of 2024 and thereafter. His next fight is scheduled for May 31st,...

This Saturday’s main event in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will have a junior lightweight main event contested by Eduardo Hernandez and Daniel Lugo.  The event organized by Matchroom Boxing in Mexico will mark the return of Hernandez against an opponent with a great record, in a fight that promises a lot of excitement due to...

The boxer known simply as "Loma" hopes to add another belt to his extensive collection. Ukrainian legend Vasiliy Lomachenko (pictured) will battle home country favorite "Ferocious" George Kambosos Jr. for the vacant IBF lightweight championship on Sunday, May 12th at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs),...

A battle of former champions, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos (pictured) will be presented live this Saturday, May 11th at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The event takes place at RAC Arena in Perth,  Australia, with the vacant IBF lightweight title up for grabs. Australia’s fighting emperor...

Tonight (Friday) at The Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, bantamweight Christian Carto will take on Jesus Martinez in a eight-round bout on a seven-bout card promoted by King's Promotions. Carto of Philadelphia is 21-1 with 14 knockouts. The 27 year-old is an eight-year professional with a four-fight winning streak....