The WBA junior middleweight world title showdown between reigning champion Mary Spencer and two-weight queen Mikaela Mayer (pictured) will take place on Thursday, Oct. 30th at Montreal Casino in Montreal. It will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on the Top Rank Classics FAST channel.Top Rank Classics is free and...

In Puebla, Mexico on November 8th, at the Auditorio GNP Seguros, Mexico's Gabriela “Bonita” Sánchez will compete for the WBC interim flyweight championship against Argentina's Tamara “Rebelde” Demarco. Their records are horrible. Sanchez is 12-6 with 1 KO, while Demarco is 13-8 with 0 KOs. In her last fight, Demarco went...

Joseph Parker (pictured) and Fabio Wardley square off in just a matter of days in a careerdefining fight for both heavyweights this Saturday night, October 25th at London's The O2 Arena.The New Zealander and the Briton are the WBO and WBA interim heavyweight champions respectively, meaning this bout is an elimination battle for...

Former unified bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs) of Japan is meticulously preparing for his debut in the super bantamweight division in December. After unifying two bantamweight titles by stopping Ryosuke Nishida in the sixth round on June 8th in Tokyo, Nakatani announced his plan to move up to the...

For the first time in thirteen years, professional boxing returns to Minot, North Dakota. It takes place this Saturday night, October 25th, at the Minot Municipal Auditorium.  Quicksilver Sports and Entertainment present "Magic City Mayhem" featuring ten bouts set to include professional debuts, heavyweights, and...

Heavyweight Michael Hunter (pictured) returns to the ring on December 5th in London's storied York Hall to face Eli Frankham (3-0). A Southern California native, Hunter's most accurate record is 24-2-2 but his published record ignores an April 2024 loss to little-known Artem Suslenkov in Uzbekistan. In his last fight in...

Coming off his only loss as a professional, Houston-based super middleweight Darius “DFG” Fulghum (14-1, 12 KOs) is preparing to get back into the ring on November 8th versus “Dynamite” David Stevens (15-2, 10 KOs). Fulghum vs. Stevens is on a card presented by Golden Boy Promotions, and headlined by a WBC interim title...

Bare knuckle boxing returns to Italy this week with BKFC 83 on Saturday in Rome, live worldwide on the BKFC App. In the main event, Chris Camozzi defends his BKFC cruiserweight championship against Italian combat sports legend Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara. Camozzi’s grandparents emigrated to the United States from Italy....

UPDATE: The IBF announced that the BakhramMurtazaliev vs. Josh Kelly purse bid scheduled for today has been postponed until October 28th. Original story: On August 19th, the IBF ordered its junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev to begin negotiations with Josh Kelly of the United Kingdom for a mandatory title defense....

Sebastian Juarez KO1 Demarcus Layton... Fans at the South Padre Island Convention Center saw a middleweight war last weekend as Sebastian Juarez (10-0, 8 KOs) of Brownsville, Texas survived early adversity to stop Demarcus Layton (10-8-1, 7 KOs) in a wild, action-packed first roundWhat was scheduled as a six-round bout...

Undisputed world bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson is set to return to the ring on November 14th at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, where she’ll put her titles on the line against Amanda Galle. The Australian star, who also holds the WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC belts, will once again defend her status as the...

Former traditional boxing junior welterweight champion PaulieMalignaggi made a triumphant return to competitive fighting, defeating Tyler Goodjohn via split decision in a bare knuckle boxing match at Planet Ice in Leeds, England on Saturday. However, Malignaggi suffered gruesome facial damage for his efforts. The five-round...

Sarah Bormann W10 Yuko Kuroki ... In a hard-fought battle, Germany’s Sarah “Babyface” Bormann (21-1, 7 KOs) unified the WBA minimumweight championship with her WBO version with a split-decision victory over Japan’s Yuko Kuroki (25-9-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday at the WandsbekerSporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The judges’...

Samuel Arnold KO10 Juan Barajas ...  Super middleweight Samuel “Squirm” Arnold (14-0, 8 KOs) made a major statement over the weekend, stopping California’s Juan “Just Business” Barajas (11-2-2, 7 KOs) at the Long Beach Convention Center in Barajas' home state. At just 22 years old, Arnold showcased his technical command...

Here are the semi-final results from the WBC Boxing Grand Prix at the Global Theater in Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:HEAVYWEIGHTBosnia's Ahmed Krnjic (7-0) took the victory by split decision in a battle against South Africa's Keaton Gomes (13-4). The most physical fight of the night took place in the first...

Queensberry Promotions announced a change to the undercard for Saturday's show in London. While the Joseph Parker vs. Fabio Wardley interim heavyweight title clash remains atop the bill, Lewis Edmondson has withdrawn from a British light heavyweight title fight against Ezra Taylor due to an undicslosed injury. However,...

The British heavyweight title fight between Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV, originally scheduled for Saturday, October 25th, has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 29th after Jeamie TKV suffered an injury in training. The vacant title clash will go ahead at the same venue, the Vaillant Live Arena in Derby, to be...

Ryad Merhy TKO2 Gora Niang ... Ryad Merhy, age 30, kept his career going on Saturday night at LLN Boxing Night 3 in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, where he knocked out Senegal’s Gora Niang, age 31, in the second round of a heavyweight contest. Merhy dominated the first round without problems, even hurting his opponent a couple...

With less than three weeks remaining until the highly anticipated clash between WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs), of Grand Prairie, Texas, and fearless contender Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs), of Orlando, Florida, Golden Boy has revealed the undercard lineup for...

In Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship action, Bryce “Baba Yaga” Henry continued his winning ways as the combat sports promotion made its Indiana premiere at the sold-out Horseshoe Hammond Casino. The Florida product cruised to 6-0 in his BKFC career by knocking out Roderick “Ice Water” Stewart (2-3) in middleweight...

Danny Garcia KO4 Danny Gonzalez.... Former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia ended his historic run at Brooklyn, New York's Barclays Center in emphatic fashion on Saturday night with a one-punch KO of Queens native Danny “El Gallo” Gonzalez. The show was promoted by Garcia's company, Swift Promotions, and streamed on...

Gabe Rosado W8 Vaughn Alexander... In Swift Promotions' undercard action from Brooklyn, New York, popular “King” Gabriel Rosado (28-17-1, 16 KOs) took home a unanimous decision triumph over fellow veteran Vaughn Alexander (19-17-2, 12 KOs) by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 twice after eight rounds of super middleweight...

Damian Knyba TKO7 Joey Dawejko... Polish heavyweight Damian Knyba (17-0, 11 KOs) showed his mettle with a seventh-round TKO of Joey Dawejko (28-14-4, 16 KOs) in Brooklyn, New York last night. Fighting on the Danny Garcia undercard, Knyba closed the fight 2:25 into the round. Fighting behind his jab through most of the...

After three earlier stages, the WBC Boxing Grand Prix enters its semifinal phase. The official weigh-in took place this Saturday, October 18th, at the Joudyan Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the semifinals will be held on October 19th at the Global Theater in Boulevard City, also in Riyadh. For this stage, boxers in...

Derrick Findley has never backed down from a challenge. The Chicago product always fought the toughest opponents available throughout his extended professional gloved boxing career. His battle-tested record of 36-31-1 includes 25 wins by KO. The 41 year-old lost to Hall of Famer Andre Ward in 2006. “My record shows that...

A European 122-pound championship bout between Shabaz Masoud and Peter McGrail headlines a DAZN broadcast from Monte Carlo on December 6th. The pair were due to meet earlier this year and can now look forward to a pre-Christmas showdown in one of the world’s most premier destinations. In Matchroom's chief supporting...

Matchroom Boxing announced its newest signing as Connor Mitchell – son of British boxing cult hero, Kevin Mitchell – sagreed to terms with Eddie Hearn on a long-term deal. The two-time amateur national champion, age 20, enters the professional ranks with his debut – live on DAZN – set to be announced in due course. Managed...

Here are the official weights for Saturday’s Swift Boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (bout order not final): Danny Garcia, 153.6 pounds vs. Danny Gonzalez, 153.4 (ten rounds); Dominique Crowder (118) vs. Fernando Diaz, 117.6 (ten rounds); Damian Knyba, 259.8 vs. Joey Dawejko, 259...

Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza (pictured) will defend his WBO featherweight title against Arnold Khegai on Saturday, Nov. 15th, at Arena Potosí in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The Guadalajara native will risk his crown on Mexican soil for the first time, while Khegai receives his long-awaited shot at a world title. The...

Brazilian MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva (3-2 with 2 KOs in boxing, 34-11 with 22 KOs in MMA), will return to combat sports on November 14th to face his biggest foe, American MMA veteran and former champion Chris “The All-American” Weidman (pro debut in boxing, 16-8 with 6 KOs in MMA) in a six-round heavyweight...

Former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia held a media workout at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday ahead of his show this Saturday, October 18th at Barclays Center as he takes on Queen-native Danny “El Gallo” Gonzalez in the main event of Swift Promotions' big show. The media workout also featured a slew...

On Saturday, ring official Joe Cusano will be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025. The induction ceremony will take place at the Mohegan Sun Casino. Kirk Lang interviewed Cusano about his career and the honor of being enshrined in his home state's hall of fame. Part two of...

On Friday (October 17th), Juan Javier Carrasco (20-2, 12 KOs) takes on Fernando José Sánchez (9-1, 3 KOs) in a lightweight bout. The fight will headline the card at the Polideportivo Vicente Polimeni in Las Heras, Argentina. Carrasco, age 33, a native of Mendoza, is coming off a setback against Zaur Abdullaev. He is known for...

The WBA, through its Championships Committee, has ordered a mandatory heavyweight title bout between regular champion Kubrat Pulev and WBA #1 contender Moses Itauma. [Oleksandr Usyk, the true world heavyweight champion, is recognized as the WBA super champion]. The WBA a formal communication to both Pu;ev's and Itauma's camps...

The WBC reports that undisputed four-belt atomweight world champion Tina Rupprecht of Germany has announced her retirement from boxing due to personal reasons. If the report is correct, Rupprecht (pictured) walks away in her prime, at age 33 with a 15-1-1 record and world titles in two weight classes. She last fought in...

AgronSmakici TKO6 Artem Suslenkov... The city of Grozny, Russia hosted boxing last weekend. Croatian heavyweight AgronSmakici (22-2, 20 KOs) stopped Russia's Artem Suslenkov (14-2 including the World Series of Boxing and IBA pro fights) in the sixth round. Suslenkov's claim to fame is that he defeated Michael Hunter but...

The WBO has ordered a purse bid for a WBO middleweight elimination bout between Denzel Bentley and Endry Saavedra. Bentley is from England and holds the British and European titles. At 21-3, he's won three straight since a 2023 loss to Nathan Heaney. Bentley also has a loss against reigning WBO / IBF champion...

Former two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia will step into the ring for the final time at Barclays Center this Saturday, nearly thirteen years to the day after he headlined the first-ever main event at the venue, as he takes on Danny Gonzalez on a Swift Promotions card. Tickets for the live event are available...

Top Rank’s junior lightweight Andres Cortes (23-0, 12 KOs) is set to continue his march toward a world title shot when he faces heavy-handed Puerto Rican veteran Derlyn Hernandez-Geraldo (13-4-1, 11 KOs) in a ten-round bout on Saturday at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. The event, titled “Night of Champions V”...

The financial bloodbath continues for apparent deadbeat promoter Fanmio, Inc. Earlier this week, Jorge Masvidal obtained a final default judgment against Fanmio in the principal amount of $5,315,268.64, plus post-judgment interest. The judgment was issued by a state court in Florida's Miami-Dade County. Fanmio promoted-- and...