Zuffa Boxing 04 will take place on Sunday March 8th at the Apex in Las Vegas. IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia will take on Brandon Glanton, but what is at stake will be the inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight chapionship. [Editor's note: it is unclear if the IBF will continue to recognize the winner of...

Here is a look at the recent lineage of the four major championships in the junior lightweight (130-pound) weight class. The current champions are Emanuel Navarrete (WBO / IBF), O'Shaquie Foster (WBC) and James Dickens (WBA). On March 14th, Dickens faces Anthony Cacace, who won the IBF title in 2024, then vacated it and...

On Friday, March 13th, ProBoxTV returns to Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, for another installment of “The Contender Series. In the ten-round main event, light heavyweight Najee Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) of Ellenwood, Georgia, takes on Manuel Gallegos (22-3-1, 19 KOs) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. In other...

Former WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. has formed a new promotional company, Throwback Boxing Promotions, along with veteran boxing promoter Jolene Mizzone. They have also announced the new outfit’s first signing, Edwin De Los Santos. With the combined experience of Norman, who fought his way up the rankings...

Boxingtalk belatedly salutes Argentina's Edith Soledad Matthysse, who etched a second championship reign into her career at the age of 45, three weight classes up from her original championship division. On February 22nd, Matthysse captured the WBA junior welterweight world title with a commanding performance over...

Polish middleweight Karol Welter will see action this Friday against Venezuela’s Evander Castillo at the Hotel Terminal in Wroclaw, Poland. Welter brings a record of 20-1 with 8 knockouts into the bout, while Castillo stands at 21-4 with a formidable 19 wins coming by way of knockout. Welter enjoyed a breakout 2025...

Promotional disputes in boxing often play out in interviews and social media posts. Contracts, however, are not decided in public. They are decided by the language in the wrtten agreement — and by what that language requires. On Monday, a federal court ordered the dispute between junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz...

WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora has his sights set on re-establishing himself as the top fighter at 154 pounds when he takes on former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman on Saturday, March 28th headlining a PBC pay-per-view event available on Prime Video from the...

Gabe Rosado (pictured) will become the latest fighter to make his Misfits debut this weekend when he faces Ty Mitchell in Derby, England this Saturday, live on DAZN. Rosado, a former contender at middleweight and super middleweight, is now 40 years old. After a long losing streak, he returned weith two wins in 2025 to raise...

Bryce Mills KO4 Tobias Green ... More than 3000 fans were in a 3400-seat building on Saturday night at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. Most were there to see Bryce Mills (21-1-, 8 KOs), a 24 year-old junior welterweight who put on the best performance of his five-year career with a fourth-round knockout over Tobias...

Abel Ramos W10 Tahmir Smalls... On Saturday night, veteran welterweight Abel Ramos captured a split-decision victory over previously unbeaten Tahmir Smalls. The bout took place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. From the opening bell, Ramos (29-6-3) attacked consistently to the body to neutralize Smalls’ speed and...

De-Kang Wang TKO11 Herlan Gómez... Chinese super bantamweight De-Kang Wang rang up an eleventh-round technical knockout over Filipino Herlan Gómez. The bout was held on Thursday, February 26th in Wenshan, China. Gómez came out aggressively, pressing the action early and forcing Wang onto the back foot in the opening rounds....

Bill Haney (pictured, left), the father and manager of undefeated WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney, seems to be very interested in having his son unify against WBA champion Rolly Romero. Bill Haney tweeted, "Just got off the phone with Louie DeCubas [of PBC]. Romero, the ball’s back in your court. May 30th." The other...

Judge Cristina Silva of United States District Court in Nevada has blocked junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz from taking one of the most attractive fights the sport of boxing has to offer right now, a fight against former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis. Silva issued a preliminary injunction barring Ortiz...

Boxxer announced some additional bouts for the Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov undercard on Saturday, April 11th at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, live on Netflix. [Previously named as the co-feature was Conor Benn vs. ex-champ Regis Prograis]. Heavyweight roster mates Jeamie TKV and Richard Riakporhe will clash...

UPDATE: The Bivol vs. Eifert purse bid has been postponed yet again by the IBF, this time until Tuesday, March 10th. This is at least the third postponement of this potential world light heavyweight championship fight. Original story (Feb. 12, 2026): The IBF announced that a purse bid for world light heavyweight champion...

Mykal Fox W10 Ray Robinson... In a poised display of ring generalship and distance control, Mykal Fox scored a unanimous decision victory over Ray Robinson on Saturday, February 21st at Live! Casino & Hotel in Maryland. The junior middleweight contest was a chess match between two technically refined southpaws. Fox made full...

Attorneys for Vergil Ortiz, Jr. filed an emergency request with a federal court in Nevada, asking it to confirm that the temporary restraining order that the court entered on February 13th has expired. Oritz's legal team correctly pointed out to the court that under the court's rules of procedure, temporary restraining...

Yamil Peralta KO2 Juan Díaz ... In a triumphant ring return, two-time Olympian Yamil Peralta of Argentina got a win in the cruiserweight division with a big knockout of Venezuela’s Juan Díaz (13-4). The bout was the featured attraction on February 28th at Casino Buenos Aires. Peralta ended things abruptly in the second...

Emanuel Navarrete TKO11 Eduardo Nunez... Emanuel Navarrete unified the junior lightweight crowns on Saturday night with a TKO triumph over now frmer-IBF champion Eduardo Nunez. The pair arrived at Glendale, Arizona's's Desert Diamond Arena each seeking to secure a second strap to add to their collection amid a crowded...

Terry Washington KO2 Eduardo Yudel Reyes... California's unbeaten light flyweight Terry “Terrible” Washington rang up a second-round knockout of seasoned Mexican Eduardo Yudel Reyes (18-5). The bout took place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, and proved one-sided from the opening bell. Washington set a fast...

On March 12th, the IBA returns to Saint Petersburg with an international fight card headlined by a junior middleweight clash between Pavel Sosulin and Liberian-born Victor Nagbe. Sosulin (16-0, 8 KOs including World Series of Boxing and IBA pro bouts) steps into the ring at a pivotal stage of his career. Nicknamed “Mex” for...

Jahi Tucker TKO6 Sona Akale... Star Boxing delivered another edition of its long-running “Rockin’ Fights” series at The Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York. In the ten-round middleweight main event, Long Island’s Jahi Tucker faced Minnesota's Sona Akale in a high-energy contest from the opening bell. Both fighters...

Ruben Aguilar TKO8 Luis Lopez ... Ruben “El Pollito” Aguilar looked ready for another step up in the 147-pound division while dismantling normally durable Luis Lopez over eight brutal rounds.  Fighting on ProBoxTV’s latest broadcast from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, Aguilar (24-0-1, 21 KOs) of...

On May 23rd, world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will box former kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven at the pyramids in Egypt, live worldwide on DAZN.bUsyk and Verhoeven's upcoming bout, dubbed "Glory in Giza," was announced on Friday by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine. The unique setting matches...

Former WBO featherweight champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez has declared promotional free agency. He tweeted, "My promotional contract has expired. I believe this change will be good for my career and the opportunities ahead. I appreciate the last six years and wish Top Rank success as they sort...

The junior lightweight division is going to heat up Saturday night when Emanuel Navarrete (pictured) and Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez fight in what is bound to be an all-action title unification bout at Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and live on DAZN. Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs), the WBO champion, is coming off a controversial...

Ex-super middleweight chmpion Callum Smith believes the long and winding road back to Liverpool will guide him to the ultimate fight in the light heavyweight division against world champion Dmitry Bivol. The 35 year-old Smith is determined to realize his dream of becoming a two-weight champion and faces David Morrell in...

Fight night arrives in Huntington (Long Island), New York on Saturday, February 28th. Headlining the Star Boxing show is a ten-round main event in the middleweight division. New York’s Jahi Tucker (15-1-1, 6 KOs) makes his Paramount debut and looks to climb the rankings, facing Minnesota’s Sona Akale (10-4,...

Here are the boxers' weights for Friday's ProBoxTV show at the University of Texas in Arlington:  Edward Vazquez 129.8 pounds vs. Grimardi Machuca 130.8;  Ruben Eduardo Aguilar 146 vs. Luis Lopez 146.6;  Xavier Bocanegra 130 vs. Malik Lewis 128.2;  Emilio Garcia 145.8 vs. Ociel Vazquez 146;  Hugo Amador...

Multi-division champion Roy Jones, Jr. 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 mega fight between Zurdo Ramirez and David Benavidez that will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena. Jones will hold...

Conor “The Destroyer” Benn and Regis “Rougarou” Prograis have been added as the chief support for the upcoming heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Arsalanbek Makhmudov, live globally on Netflix on Saturday, April 11th. The event will stream live from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London. Benn (24-1, 14 KOs)...

Queensberry continues its international expansion on Saturday, April 25th, bringing a night of boxing to Paris’ state-of-the-art Adidas Arena will stage ‘Le Double’, a co-promotion with Samake Promotion, headlined by the nation’s two biggest boxing stars. Live worldwide on DAZN, a blockbuster heavyweight clash dubbed...

Ring Magazine, owned by Turki Alalshikh (pictured), the most powerful man in boxing and the head of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, put out the following apparent propaganda, which includes a false statement but shows the shifting alliances in the boxing world: "Rumors are circulating in the boxing world,...

The boxing world is mourning the loss of Mexico's former contender, Ruben Castillo. In a 67-10-2 professional career with 35 KOs, spanning from 1975 to 1997, Castillo, who broke into the professional ranks at just seventeen years old, fought a total of 540 rounds. Not a single one was boring. He had the misfortune of...

Boxer competing on the pay-per-view undercard for the Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman PBC pay-per-view event previewed their respective matchups during a virtual press conference on Wednesday before they step into the ring on Saturday, March 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  Featured during the...

Newly minted WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia just called out the world / WBO junior welterweight champion on social media, and seems to be saying he will go back down to the 140-pound division for the fight. Garcia tweeted: "Forget the catchweight sh*t. Let’s do it for real. I want to take your belt and snatch it...

TrillerTV will air an African boxing show as a $20 pay-per-view show this Friday, February 27th at 11:30 AM Eastern time. The Nigerian show, entitled Nightmare in Nairobi II, has a cruiserweight main event featuring Joshual Wasike of Kenya (6-1) vs. Jacob Mganga of Tanzania (16-19-6). The co-feature will be a...

Two-division champion José Luis Castillo 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 mega fight between Zurdo Ramirez and David Benavidez that will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena. Castillo...

Boxing does not define survival the way other industries do. It defines it in counts: eight...
 nine... That suspended second between collapse and choice. The bell does not ring at the first knockdown. It rings when the fighter does not rise before ten. And boxing has always reserved its deepest respect not for the undefeated...