On January 21st, the IBF ordered it super flyweight champion Willibaldo Garcia and Australia's Andrew Maloney to begin negotiations for Garcia's mandatory defense of the title. An agreement was not reached within the timeframe set forth by the IBF, so the IBF has scheduled a purse bid for March 5th. Garcia, a 36...

More than a decade after their record-breaking “Fight of the Century,” Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) are officially set to face off in a rematch. The longtime rivals will meet in a highly anticipated rematch on Saturday, Sept. 19th, streaming live on Netflix from...

Carlos Adames will defend his WBC middleweight title against Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida on Saturday March 21st, exclusively live worldwide on DAZN. Adames and Williams were due to clash for the crown at Madison Square Garden in New York on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson’s battle...

Víctor Santillán TKO3 Noel Reyes Cepeda... Dominican super bantamweight Víctor Santillán delivered a swift win on Saturday night, stopping his countryman, Noel Reyes Cepeda, in the third round to capture the interim WBA title. Naoya Inoue remains the unchallenged world champion of the weight class, including the WBA title...

After more than three years away from the ring, middleweight Lamont Powell (6-0, 2 KOs) is ready to restart his rise up the rankings. Powell headlines CES Boxing’s show on Saturday, February 28th at The Historic Park Theater, where he faces Colombian puncher Rodolfo Puentes (21-13-2, 16 KOs) in the main event. Tickets can...

In a ten-round middleweight attraction, fast-rising Cuban Yoenli Hernandez will put his unbeaten record on the line against his toughest opponent to date, former U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha (pictured), with the winner in prime position to challenge for middleweight gold. The fight is scheduled for March 28th in Las Vegas...

Camila Zamorano W10 Claudia Ruiz... Camila Zamorano successfully defended her WBC atomweight world championship by defeating Claudia Ruiz via unanimous decision in a ten-round fight last Saturday in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Zamorano worked in an organized manner from the outset, using her jab as the primary tool and...

On Friday, February 27th, ProBoxTV will present its Contender Series, featuring hometown hero Edward Vazquez (18-3, 5 KOs) making a homecoming against Grimardi Machuca (17-3, 14 KOs), a Venezuelan fighting out of Camden, New Jersey in the ten-round main event. Vazquez has had two prior wirld title bids, vs. Joe Cordina...

UPDATE: The Bivol vs. Eifert purse bid has been postponed again by the IBF, this time until Tuesday, March 3rd. Original story (Feb. 12, 2026): The IBF announced that a purse bid for world light heavyweight champion Dimitrii Bivol's mandatory defense against Michael Eifert of Germany has been rescheduled from February 13th...

Claressa Shields W10 Franchon Dezurn-Crews... A weigh-in scuffle had the challenger threatening to pull out, but the show went on in Detroit, with the same result as usual: a win for Claressa "GWOAT" Shields. The hone-state favorite defended her world women's heavyweight championship by dominating super middleweight...

Perhaps the biggest news of the week in a very busy week for boxing involved the signing of UK star Conor Benn, who departed his longtime promoters at Matchroom Boxing to team up with Dana White at Zuffa Boxing. It was a move that sent shockwaves through the sport of boxing, particularly in the UK, and one that White...

Danielle Perkins TKO6 Che Kenneally... On the Detroit undercard, Danielle Perkins defeated Che Kenneally by technical knockout in the sixth round to win the WBA light heavyweight title. Thee women were exchanging blows when Perkins landed a sharp right hook to bend Kenneally backwards and leave blood pouring out of her mouth....

In a very disappointing ruling for those who want to punish drug cheats in boxing, the WBO has ruled that its middleweight champion, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, can keep his title despite testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. Instead of striping the boxer, as was expected, the WBO imposed a one-year suspension and...

Gary Antuanne Russell W12 Andy Hiraoka... In a bout that evolved from early dominance to late drama, Gary Antuanne Russell successfully defended his WBA junior welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Japan’s Andy Hiraoka at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Russell controlled the opening five rounds with superior...

Undefeated two-division champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez officially announced his challenge of Mexico’s first cruiserweight champion, unified WBA and WBO king Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (pictured). The two men went face to face on Saturday at a press conference to promote their showdown in Las Vegas on Saturday, May...

Atif Oberlton TKO1 Joe George... There were some scary moments at Little Cesar's Arena in Detroit during a light heavyweight bout between undefeated Atif Oberlton and Joe George, Jr. There was an accidental clash of heads in the first round. In between rounds, George fell off his stool and down to the canvas face first. He...

Power-punching Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs) will return from injury on March 7th against Gerardo Mellado (12-4, 7 KOs) in a ten rounder presented by Three Lions Promotions at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. As Rozicki pursues his goal of becoming the first Canadian-born cruiserweight...

On Saturday, February 28th, police officer Tom Evans makes his unlikely professional boxing debut at The Historic Park Theater in Cranston, Rhode Island. The bout is one of six fights taking place at CES Boxing’s Rhode Wars 5, a special night of boxing and entertainment held in tribute to the late Nicky Cardillo.  Tickets...

Ryan Garcia W12 Mario Barrios... In Las Vegas, social media star and perennial troubled prospect Ryan Garcia finally became a champion. Garcia knocked down Mario Barrios in round one and cruised to a unanimous decision win to claim Barrios' WBC 147-pound championship. Official scores were 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 in favor...

After a fight broke out at the weigh-in that may or may not have injured Franchon Crews-Dezurn, she ignited a social medai war prior to today's women's heavyweight championship fight vs. Claressa Shields. The back-and-forth between the two women has become very public, with Crews-Dezurn tweeting, "I signed a contract...

Richardson Hitchins has pulled out of tonight's IBF junior welterweight title defense against Oscar Duarte due to illness. The fight was set to take place in Las Vegas as part of the Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia...

 Leigh Wood W12 Josh Warrington... In a battle of former featherweight champions, Leigh Wood outfought Josh Warrington to win a wide unanimous decision in Nottingham, England. This was a rematch, with Wood winning for the second time. Unlike the first encounter, in which Wood trailed and used a knockout to overcome the...

Bilal Fawaz W12 Ishamel Davis... The Nottingham, England co-feature was won by the inspirational Bilal Fawaz. A victim of human trafficking as a teenager, the Nigerian-born Fawaz became a British and Commonwealth junior middleweight champion at the age of 37. Fawaz is just 11-1-1 but he changed his life in the last five...

Sandy Ryan W10 Karla Ramos Zamora ... A WBC junior welterweight title fight in Nottingham, England went the way of Sandy Ryan after ten action-packed rounds. Mexico's Karla Ramos Zamora landed some big shots in the first half but Ryan would not be deterred and got her act together after the halfway mark. Both fighters...

Jin Sasaki TKO2 Marlon Paniamogan ... According to Nikkan Sports, Japanese welterweight Jin Sasaki (20-2-1) scored a dramatic second-round technical knockout victory over Filipino opponent Marlon Paniamogan on February 19th at Korakuen Hall. Sasaki was basically acting like a heavy bag for Paniamogan, absorbing approximately...

Mario Barrios will defend his WBC welterweight title this Saturday in Las Vegas against Ryan Garcia. On Friday, Barrios weighed 147 pounds while Garcia came in at 146.5.  Barrios turned professional in 2013 and built a solid career at junior welterweight before moving up to welterweight. In 2019, he became an i9nterim...

Little-known CSI Sports has issued a press release stating boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather (50-0) will be coming out of retirement after a Spring 2026 Mike Tyson exhibition and that Mayweahter has signed an exclusive agreement with CSI Sports / Fight Sports to resume his professional boxing career. CSI says...

British boxing star Conor Benn announced he is bolting the Matchroom roster to fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner. Matchroom and its leader, Eddie Hearn, faithfully defended Benn when he tested positive for banned perfromance enhancing substances. But boxing is not a sport known for loyalty. Here is what Benn wrote: "First...

UPDATE: The Bivol vs. Eifert purse bid has been postponed by the IBF until Tuesday, February 24th. Original story (Feb. 12, 2026): The IBF announced that a purse bid for light heavyweight champion Dimitrii Bivol's mandatory defense against Michael Eifert of Germany has been rescheduled from February 13th to February 20th....

Zuffa boxing championships to another step towards becoming a reality. With the first title fight about two weeks away, the promotional company unvelied the actual belt design, presenting it to Truki Alalshikh, the morst powerful man in boxing and the cairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainemnt Authority, on...

Arnold Barboza Jr. is back! After more than nine months away from the ring, the California native returns on March 14th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, where he faces Chicago’s Kenneth Sims Jr. in his welterweight debut. Stepping up to 147 pounds against a proven contender, Barboza begins a new chapter with the same focus...

On Saturday, March 14th, undefeated Pierce "Big Bang" O'Leary takes on his biggest competition to date when Mark Chamberlain crosses the Irish Sea to fight him for the vacant IBO junior welterweight title in Dublin. (The last holder of this title was Adam Azim in 2025). O'Leary is 18-0 with a career-best win...

It was the calm before the inevitable storm this Saturday in front of a capacity crowd at Nottingham, England’s Motorpoint Arena this Saturday, as arch-rivals Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington (pictured) stood toe-to-toe at today’s Press Conference. The former featherweight champions face each other in long-awaited rematch...

Brooklyn, New York heavyweight Pryce Taylor (10-0, 6 KOs) is set to make his third consecutive appearance in Detroit and fifth overall in Michigan overall. He will face James Evans (9-2-1, 7 KOs) this Sunday in an eight-round bout at Little Caesars Arena. Taylor is part of the Salita Promotions' card, headlined by...

Today (Friday, February 20th) at the BiYu Arena in Houston, BiYu Promotions has an eight-bout show scheduled. The main event features two undefeated super flyweights scheduled for six rounds: Las Vegas' Jerickel Padsing (7-0) battles Homan Matamoros (2-0) of Nicaragua. In heavyweight action, Tyrone Nash looks to get his...

In an IBF heavyweight eliminator on March 28th in Las Vegas, Cuban standout Frank “The Cuban Flash” Sanchez will take on undefeated U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. in a high-stakes crossroad matchup. Sanchez vs. Torrez is promoted in association with Top Rank. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba and now fighting out...

Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, will host a secondary title fight this Saturday, February 21st, as Noel Reyes and Víctor Santillán collide in an all-Dominican showdown for the WBA interim super bantamweight title. The WBA, like the entire world, recognizes Naoya Inoue as the world champion in this...

Four-division world champion and Hall of Famer Erik Morales has confirmed that he 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 big cruiserweight fight between Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez and David Benavidez that will...

Golden Boy Promotions' president Eric Gomez submitted a sworn declaration as part of his company's lawsuit against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz. The boxer is trying to free himself from a Golden Boy contract and sign for a huge fight against former welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, with a...

This Saturday (February 21st), the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas sets the stage for a tactical shootout for the WBA junior welterweight championship. Champion Gary Antuanne Russell, from Maryland, makes the first defense of his crown against undefeated mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka of Japan in a clash that promises...