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Canizalez to defend vs. Niyomtrong in Bangkok

Source: WBC During the WBC Annual Convention in Bangkok next month, Venezuela's Carlos “CCC” Cañizales (28-3-1, 20 KOs) will defend his WBC light flyweight title against Thailand’s Thammanoon “Knockout CP Freshmart” Niyomtrong (28-1-0, 11 KOs). Niyomtrong was a longtime WBA minimumweight champion. Cañizales, who captured the WBC belt...

Weigh-in report from Atlantic City, NJ

Source: Boxing Insider Boxing Insider Promotions brings its largest card to date to the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey tonight (Friday, November 7th). The ten-fight lineup is highlighted by three heavyweight clashes and will be streamed live and in full on DAZN, starting at 7PM EST. Headlining will be local junior middleweight Justin...

Tyrone James headlines Star Boxing's Nov. 22nd show

Press Release Star Boxing announced that its “Rockin’ Fights” series will return to The Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York on Saturday, November 22nd for its 52nd editionHeadlining the night’s action will be Elmont, New York middleweight Tyrone “Pretty Boy” James (13-0, 10 KOs), who returns to The Paramount, this time...

The road Vergil Ortiz took to get to Erickson Lubin

Source: DAZN Boxing fans hope that Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis are on a collision course for a mega-fight in 2026. But in order for Ortiz to make it happen, he will need to defeat a rugged Erickson Lubin first. The undefeated Ortiz (23-0, 21 KOs) will put his WBC interim junior middleweight title on the line against...

Matias vs. Smith lands in Brooklyn, Jan. 10th

Source: WBC The WBC junior welterweight championship bout between the Puerto Rican champion Subriel Matías (pictured) and the top-ranked British challenger Dalton Smith will take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, January 10th. It will be promoted by Juan Orengo's Fresh Productions. A press conference t...

WBC standing firm on two-minute rounds for women

Compiled By Scott Shaffer WBC social media statement: "The WBC is maintaining two-minute rounds for women's boxing, a standard backed by independent clinical science! Our commitment to safety is paramount. Studies show greater concussion susceptibility for female athletes, guiding our policy. Protecting fighters always comes first."In a separate tweet,...

A few words with O'Shaquie Foster

Source: PBC WBC junior lightweight champion O’Shaquie Foster will have the biggest fight of his career to date on Saturday, December 6th at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Foster will defend his title against reigning WBC featherweight champion Stephen Fulton Jr. as Fulton bids to become a three-division champion. The fight was...

Mescalero, NM show takes place this Saturday

By Christian Schmidt Professional boxing makes it way to the scenic Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in Mescalero, New Mexico this Saturday night (November 8th). Six professional bouts are scheduled to take place. The main event will see highly touted Jorge Tovar (12-0, 9 KOs) of El Paso, Texas laying his undefeated record on the...

Late result: De Leon Castro gets the TKO

Source: Boxlab Promotions Carlos De Leon Castro TKO4 Wilner Soto ... Puerto Rican featherweight Carlos De Leon Castro (6-0, 5 KOs) delivered a winning performance on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, stopping Wilner Soto (24-22, 13 KOs) in a scheduled four‑round bout. It was Soto's ninth loss in his last ten bouts. The...

Gladiator Boxing prepping Chris Thomas for big fight this week

Press Release New Jersey’s Gladiator Boxing Management is still going strong after twenty years. Owner Shawn Darling from Gladiator Gym is keeping his current crop of professionals busy. The roster includes heavyweight Chris “Sandman” Thomas (15-2-2, 10 KOs), super middleweight Cali “Ninja” Box (5-0, 2 KOs), light heavyweight Tyler...

Espinoza title defense to be streamed on Top Rank's website

Source: Top Rank Top Rank Classics FAST channel will stream a world title fight on Saturday, November 15th when Mexico’s WBO featherweight champion Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza (pictured) defends his strap against Ukraine’s Arnold Khegai at Arena Coliseo in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. To watch on mobile...

Olympic medalist Davlat Boltaev competing at bridgerweight

Source: WBA Samara, Russia will host a bridgerweight fight on November 6th as Tajikistan’s Davlat Boltaev (17-5, 5 KOs) squares off against Montenegro’s Dilan Prasovic (21-7, 18 KOs). Age 26, Boltaev is a 2024 Olympic bronze medalist who has good punching power. With a record of 7-0-1 including IBA pro fights, he brings...

WBA approves undeserving drug cheat to fight for interim title

Source: Boxlab Promotions On Saturday, December 13th at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, during 104th Annual World Boxing Association (WBA) Convention, Cuba's Kevin “Alfa” Brown (10-0 including the World Series of Boxing) against the Cletus “Hebrew Hammer” Seldin (29-1, 23 KOs) for the WBA interim junior welterweight title. The event...

WBC reinstates Ryan Garcia

Source: WBC The WBC announced that its Board of Governors has voted to lift the suspension imposed upon boxer Ryan Garcia for his use pf performance enhancing substances in his last fight, which was against two-division champion Devin Haney. The WBC claimed the decision came after a "successful and properly documented process that has...

Alimkhanuly vs. Lara presser quotes

Source: PBC WBO / IBF middleweight champion JanibekAlimkhanuly (pictured) and his WBA counterpart Erislandy Lara will have a unfication battle on the pay-per-view undercard of the Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Lamont Roach PBC pay-per-view event on December 6th, previewed their matchup during a virtual press conference on Tuesday. Tickets for...

Barthelemy vs. Martin rescheduled for Dec. 6th

Source: PBC Frank “The Ghost” Martin will make his return to the ring against former two-division champion Rances Barthelemy in a  ten-round junior welterweight showdown that tops a three-fight PBC on Prime Video lineup, streaming live and for free on Saturday, December 6th from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The streaming...

Lacey-Pierce defeats Pennington in Detroit action

Source: Clip Boxing Justin Lacey-Pierce W8 Courtney Pennington... Last Saturday night, Justin Lacey-Pierce (13-0, 7 KOs) pulled ahead in the later rounds to win an entertaining eight-round unanimous decision over still-capable veteran Courtney Pennington (17-11-3, 7 KOs) of Brooklyn. The junior middleweight bout was part of Carlos Llinas and...

Late result: L. Pero defeats J. Thompson

Source: WBA LenierPeró W10 Jordan Thompson ... Cuban heavyweight LenierPeró grinded out a unanimous decision over Britain’s Jordan Thompson at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida over the weekend. Peró had to dig deep against an opponent who refused to give him an easy night. But as the rounds ticked by, the Cuban’s poise and...

IBF schedules purse bid for Dubois vs. Sanchez

By Scott Shaffer The IBF is continuing in its efforts to schedule a heavyweight elimination bout. In August, a purse bid was held for a fight between Frank Sanchez and Efe Ajagba, but the bids were not high enough to entice the boxers to accept, particularly Ajagba. The IBF moved on to a fromer champion, ordering Sanchez to begin...

Jake Paul kicks "piece of garbage" Tank Davis to the curb

Compiled By Scott Shaffer Jake Paul and MVP canceled Paul's November 14th exhibition vs. WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis over the allegations that Davis committed yet another act of violence against a woman. Paul issued the following statement: "Gervonta Davis is an actual walking human piece of garbage. Working with him is an...

Cameron throws away WBC belt in name of equality

By Scott Shaffer The WBC has received official notification that Chantelle Cameron has decided to vacate its 140-pound world title. The BBC reported that Cameron was relinquishing the title in protest over the WBC's insistence that women stick to two-minute rounds instead of the three-minute rounds sued in men's fights. Born on May 14, 1991,...

Speedy Ellis reflects on win over Javier Fortuna

Story: Kirk Lang / Photos: Laila Lang Welterweight contender “Speedy” Rashidi Ellis was looking to make a statement on Saturday against former WBA “regular” junior lightweight champion Javier Fortuna at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Casino. And he did, but even so, the end result was not what Ellis nor the Mohegan Sun crowd had hoped for. After dropping Fortuna with...

Morejon wins battle of unbeaten bridgerweights

Source: WBC Angelo Morejón W10 Danijal Alagic... Angelo Morejón captured a win in the bridgerweight (224-pound) division, earning a unanimous decision victory over Bosnia’s previously unbeaten Danijal Alagic. The hard-fought, fast-paced contest was held in Italy, where Morejon is now based. From the opening bell, Morejón imposed precise...

Matchroom announces Dec. 20th show in Ghana

Press Release Matchroom has booked a boxing show for Accra, the capital of Ghana, on December 20th. The evening will be headlined by two of Britain’s leading light heavyweights as South London’s Craig ‘Spider’ Richards (19-4-1, 12 KOs) and Dan ‘Super’ Azeez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) collide at Accra’s Legon Sports Stadium. Teenage heavyweight Leo...

Agit Kabayel foe confirmed to be Damian Knyba

Queensberry Promotions has confirmed the January opponent for WBC interim heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel (pictured). For his January 10 homecoming fight at the Rudolf-Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, Kabayel will face the undefeated ‘Polish Hussar,’ Damian Knyba. Now 17-0, Knyba had a decent victory in New York...

Ingram slows Gomez momentum with split draw

Source: WBA Antraveous Ingram D10 Yoelvis Gomez... The momentum of Cuban junior middleweight Yoelvis “La Joya” Gómez slowed considerably as the southpaw was held to a draw by Antraveous Ingram on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. After ten hard-fought rounds, the judges turned in a split draw, with one score of...

Bryce Mills wins in upstate New York

Source: Rising Promotions Bryce Mills W10 James Bernadin ... On Thursday, junior welterweight Bryce Mills won a ten-round unanimous decision over James Bernadin at the Randolph House Hotel and Convention Center in Liverpool, New York. The bout highlighted a pro/am card promoted by Rising Star Promotions. Mills was making his maiden voyage as a headliner...

Ellis stops Fortuna in Connecticut

Source: CES Rashidi Ellis TKO4 Javier Fortuna... Welterweight contender "Speedy" Rashidi Ellis (28-1, 18 KOs) of Lynn, Massachusetts continued his climb toward title contention, scoring a fourth-round TKO over former interim champion Javier "El Abejon" Fortuna (39-7-1, 28 KOs) of Braintree, MA. The bout was held over the weekend at...

CES Autumn Classic undercard results

Kevin Walsh W8 Jose Sosa... Brockton, MA’s Kevin "The King" Walsh (19-0, 10 KOs) registered a unanimous decision victory over Jose Sosa (8-2, 6 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY by way of the Dominican Republic. In a thrilling eight-round lightweight clash, both fighters traded bombs early, with Sosa landing a left hook that...

Actis wins battle of undefeateds in Argentina

Source: WBA Iván Ricardo Actis KO3 Ariel Leonel López... In an all-Argentina middleweight bout, Cordoba's Iván Ricardo “Gringo” Actis (12-0-1, 8 KOs) continued his rise through the regional ranks, scoring a third-round knockout over Buenos Aires' Ariel “Morito” Leonel López (7-1, 5 KOs). The bout tool place on October 31st at Club...

MVP considering proper response to Tank Davis assault allegations

By Scott Shaffer With the heavily criticized Jake Paul vs. Gervonta "Tank" Davis exhibition just two weeks away, the event has come under more intense fire due to this week's assault allegations against Davis. Paul's Most Valuable Promotions issued the following statement: Most Valuable Promotions immediately initiated an investigation...

Buatsi gets unpopular decision over Parker

Source: DAZN Joshua Buatsi W10 Zach Parker... The consensus coming out of Manchester, England is that Zach Parker got robbed by the judges, losing a majority decision to Joshua Buatsi in a light heavyweight bout with international implications on Saturday night. Parker (26-2), a former British super middleweight champion appeared to have...

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BKFC results

BKFC results

Press Release Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) made its Michigan state debut on Saturday at the sold-out Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant. In the main event, Grand Rapids, MI cruiserweight Esteban “Mohawk” Rodriguez smashed his way to 5-1 with his fifth stoppage victory under the BKFC banner with a first-round KO...

Jack gives Mikaelian a rematch in December

Source: WBC Los Angeles' Ace Mission Studios will host a cruiserweight title fight on Saturday, December 13th. The event, presented by Bash Boxing and 555 Media, features a rematch for the WBC championship between current champion Badou Jack (29-3-3, 17 KOs) and former champion Noel Mikaelian (27-3, 12 KOs), two prominent figures in...

Fulton vs. Foster on track for Dec. 6th

Source: PBC In a twelve-round world title fight on the December 6th PBC pay-per-view show from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, top pound-for-pound fighter Stephen Fulton Jr. (pictured), who currently holds the WBC featherweight championship, will look to become a three-division champion when he takes on the reigning WBC...

Whitaker vs. Gavazi light heavy bout set for this month

Source: WBC On November 29th, the United Kingdom will host a crucial clash in the light heavyweight division as unbeaten Ben Whittaker faces Benjamin Gavazi. Whittaker (9-0-1, 6 KOs) continues to build an impressive record since his Olympic days, showcasing a unique mix of skill, charisma, and surgical precision that has turned him into...

BKFC tryouts come to Philadelphia on Nov. 9th

Press Release Three Golden Tickets to compete at BKFC's next KnuckleMania showcase event are up for grabs in Philadelphia on November 9th, BKFC president David Feldman announced. KnuckleMania is the biggest annual event on the BKFC calendar. The three most promising prospects from the Nov. 9th tryouts at the famed 2300 Arena in...

Tank Davis sued for allegedly attacking Florida woman

By Scott Shaffer WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been sued in Florida state court over new allegations of violence against a girlfriend. There is currently no indication of any criminal charges, but the civil lawsuit details an incident that occurred last week, less than a month before Davis’ planned November 14th...

Mikaela Mayer now a three-division champion

Source: Top Rank Mikaela Mayer W12 Mary Spencer... Mikaela Mayer traveled to Canada and is coming back to America as a three-belt champion. Mayer defeated Canada's Mary Spencer via one-sided unanimous decision to capture the WBA, WBC, and WBO junior midldleweight world titles Thursday evening at Montreal Casino. Mayer (22-2, 5 KOs), who is...

Biyarslanov defeats ex-champ Lipinets

Source: Top Rank Arthur Biyarslanov W10 Sergey Lipinets ... In undercard action from Montreal, junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov (20-0, 16 KOs) got a good win on his resume, defeating former champion Sergey Lipinets (18-5-1, 13 KOs). Biyarslanov won a ten-round unanimous decision by scores of 97-92, 99-90 and 96-93. Lipinets, who reigned...