Zuffa Boxing will stage its first event in the UK on Saturday June 6th when ex-champ Chris Billam-Smith (pictured) returns to his hometown to take on dangerous Canadian Ryan Rozicki in a cruiserweight clash at the Bournemouth International Centre, live on Sky Sports. Billam-Smith, 21-2 (13), is one of the most decorated...

Bakhodir Jalolov will make his U.K. debut on May 9th on the undercard of Fabio Wardley’s WBO heavyweight title defense against Daniel Dubois at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, live on DAZN.  The 31 year-old Uzbek, a two-time Olympic champion will face Croatian southpaw Agron Smakici (21-4 including IBA pro bouts)....

Unified WBA /WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (pictured) and undefeated two-division champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez kicked off fight week with a media workout before they square off in a first-of-its-kind Mexico vs. Mexico showdown headlining a PBC pay-per-view event this Saturday, May 2nd, at...

 The WBC announced that Arena Box Promotions has secured the rights to organize a WBC final junior middleweight eliminator bout between France’s Bakary Samake and Albania’s Ermal Hadribeaj. In a competitive bidding process, Arena Box Promotions submitted a winning bid of $339,817 USD, surpassing the proposal from...

Josué Francisco Agüero W10 Ángel Daniel García... The April 25th card (night two) at the WBA Fedelatin Convention in Chile was highlighted by Josué Francisco Agüero capturing a win in the junior lightweight division, passing a tough test. Agüero scored a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Ángel Daniel García in a bout where...

Angel Barrientes W8 Luis Espinoza... Super bantamweight Angel “AK-47” Barrientes (15-1, 9 KOs), delivered a winning performance on Saturday, earning a unanimous decision victory over Luis Espinoza (10-2, 4 KOs) at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The scheduled eight-round bout was broadcast live on DAZN. From the opening bell,...

On May 19th, the island of Cyprus will host an international boxing event. The heavyweight division will take center stage with two significant bouts. In the main event, giant Frenchman Mourad Aliev (14-1) faces even-taller Nigeria's Ethasor Raphael Akpejiori (19-2). This fight is a clash of titans where Aliev’s technique...

Teremoana Teremoana KO1 Bowie Tupou... Australian heavyweight Teremoana Teremoana is now 11-0 with 11 KOs following a violent first-round knockout over domestic mainstay Bowie Tupou.  When Topou put his back to the ropes, Teremoana quickly destroyed him with a six-piece combination. Teremoana represented Australia in the...

Skye Nicolson W10 Mariah Turner... Australia's Skye Nicolson (16-1) kept her super bantamweight title hopes on track after a wide victory over Mariah Turner in Melbourne. The former BC featherweight title holder succeeded in the first defense of her WBC interim crown. Nicolson controlled the pace at Melbourne Pavilion...

Super middleweight Daniel “Ice Man” Blancas will battle hard-hitting Raul Salomon in the ten-round headlining bout of a three-fight streaming presentation live and for free on Prime Video on Saturday, May 2nd from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The streaming action begins at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT with a battle of...

Jarrell Miller W12 Lenier Pero... Volume and relentless pressure once again proved to be the winning formula for Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller. In a physically punishing heavyweight clash, the Brooklyn native earned a unanimous decision over Cuba’s Lenier “El Justiciero” Peró on Saturday, April 25th at the BleauLive Theater...

José Núñez KO2 Erislandy Álvarez... Night one of last weekend's WBA Fedelatin Convention wrapped up with a boxing card on Chilean soil, leaving behind a trail of knockouts and a handful of surprising outcomes. In an evening where Cuban technique met South American grit inside the ring, the final tally produced new champions...

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani will step into the ring this weekend on home soil for one of-- if not the-- biggest fight in Japanese boxing history. The pair top a May 2nd DAZN pay-per-view card at the Tokyo Dome, as the former defends his world super bantamweight crown against his domestic rival. For Nakatani, victory will...

Undefeated two-division champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez will look to make history as he jumps up to the cruiserweight division to challenge unified WBA / WBO champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. That fight headlines a Cinco de Mayo weekend show on PBC pay-per-view this Saturday, May 2nd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas....

Three Lions Promotions confirms that Canadian cruiserweight Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (21-1-1, 20 KOs) has secured a multi-bout opportunity with Zuffa Boxing. Three Lions Promotions managing director Daniel Otter explained: “Three Lions Promotions will continue to play an active role in supporting Rozicki, who has...

Queensberry Promotions reports that heavyweight contender Jared Anderson has been injured and won't fight next week. Here is the announcement: "Due to an injury sustained in camp, Jared Anderson is out of his scheduled bout with Solomion Dacres on the Don't Blimk card in Manchester, England on May 9th [headlined by...

His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudia Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, announced former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (pictured) will make his return to the ring on July 25th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia live worldwide on DAZN. The Olympic gold medallist and former two-time unified heavyweight...

Jacob Bank TKO5 Paulinus Ndjolonimu ... In Kolding, Denmark, Jacob Bank took a definitive step forward by dispatching Namibia’s Paulinus Ndjolonimu via knockout.  Bank (19-0, 11 KOs) did not concede a single minute of action in front of his home crowd. The 25-year old dismantled Ndjolonimu (20-2, 18 KOs) from the opening...

Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas, who began as a teenager and developed into a unified champion, is continuing his journey with the team that believed in him from the start. Zayas has signed a multi-year contract extension with Top Rank, keeping boxing’s youngest current two-belt titleholder with the promotional powerhouse as...

Dalton Smith has been ruled out of his scheduled WBC junior welterweight title defense against Alberto Puello following an injury sustained during camp. The event on Saturday, June 6th at Sheffield, England's’s Utilita Arena – live worldwide on DAZN – will go ahead, however, headlined by a WBC / WBA World flyweight...

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) hosted its third annual event in Clearwater, Florida on Friday at the sold-out OCC Roadhouse. An exciting new featherweight emerged as Quentin “QG” Gaskins of St. Petersburg, FL ran through Matt “The Silencer” Guymon in the 145-pound division [BKFC has different weight...

In a moment of reckoning and reimagining for monuments, why do millions of people from around the world visit the Rocky statue by the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?Now through August 2nd, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is moving the Rocky statute inside the museum's four walls for an extended boxing exhibit...

Michael ‘The Problem’ McKinson (27-2, 4 KOs) hopes to reestablish himself among Britain’s top welterweights when he faces unbeaten Algerian Mohammed Sahnoun (8-0, 6 KOs) on Friday, May 1st at the Balmoral Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.  The card is promoted by Amir Khan Promotions in association with Balmoral...

In Southampton, England, the official press conference for the WBC junior lightweight eliminator was held at the iconic Southampton Stadium. The bout, scheduled for June 20th, will feature the WBC #1 contender Michael Magnesi, known as “LoneWolf,” against WBC #3 Ryan Garner, nicknamed “Piranha.” Throughout the event,...

Artur Subkhankulov TKO12 Bahodur Usmonov ... The main event in Ufa, Russia, saw local hero Artur Subkhankulov battle Tajikistan's Bahodur Usmonov to determine the mandatory challenger for the IBF lightweight title. Both men entered the ring with undefeated professional records and elite amateur pedigrees. The contest...

Jimmy Burchfield, the CEO of Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES), is a man who always shows respect to fighters, active or retired, and on Saturday night, he paid tribute to one of the biggest names in Connecticut boxing.  Former light heavyweight title challenger “Iceman” John Scully was honored with a Lifetime...

On Saturday, May 30th at the Fertitta Center in Houston, two-time champion O’Shaquie Foster (pictured) defends the WBC junior lightweight championship against former featherweight champ Raymond Ford.  The fight will be broadcast on DAZN. Foster established himself as WBC champion by defeating Rey Vargas in an intense battle...

Khariton Agrba W10 Jerald Into... In Ufa, Russia, junior welterweight Khariton Agrba, the WBA #1 contender, defeated Jerald Into of the Philippines. Agrba made a measured start, allowing Into to work in the opening round while he gathered data. Into attacked willingly at different levels, though much of his offense was...

The boxing world is mourning the death of old-school publicist Bill Caplan, a husband, father of five, grandfather of ten and a member of four hall of fames. Boxingtalk joins the chorus of the many who are sending their deepest sympathies to Caplan's friends and family. Here are just some of the tributes to him that have...

On April 24th, Ufa, Russia will host an IBA professional show, headlined by an IBF lightweight eliminator between unbeaten contenders Artur Subkhankulov and Bahodur Usmonov. Thr winner will become the mandatory challenger and earn the right to fight unbeaten American Raymond Muratalla. Both men arrive with strong...

Most Valuable Promotions, the company owned by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, continued to expand its dominance over the sport of women's boxing. Weeks after announcing their broadcast deal with ESPN, MVP added yet another tranche of boxers to its roster. Here is MVP's tweet: "Welcome to the MVP family: Evelin Bermudez...

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...

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr., now a 39 year-old cruiserweight, will return to action on April 25th when he faces Colombia's Jhon Caicedo in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Caicedo is 13-1, but last fought at light heavyweight, where he was KO'd early by Avni Yildirim in 2025.  The son of the...

BiYu Brawl 6 takes place this Friday night (April 24th) in Houston, Texas.  The event will feature six bouts, highlighted by Gabriel Rodriguez (1-5-1) of Las Cruces, New Mexico taking on hometown big man Tyrone "Big Truck" Nash (3-0, 1 KO) in a heavyweight six rounder. Also on the show, Houston junior welterweight Ty...

GT Promotions is set to bring an exciting evening of professional boxing to Edinburg, Texas this Saturday night (April 25th). The event will feature eight bouts in total. The main event will be Roberto Almazan Monreal (13-27-1, 5 KOs) hoping to derail the progress of Fabian "The Unknown Warrior" Diaz (10-0-1, 4 KOs) in...

Boxingtalk belatedly salutes Mexican boxing icon Miguel Canto Solís, who boxed under the name Miguel Canto and was nicknamed “El Maestro” and “The Little Master” due to 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...

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...