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Conlan to return in 2025

Source: Wasserman Boxing Wasserman Boxing has announced the signing of featherweight Michael Conlan. From Belfast, Northern Ireland, Conlan has put pen to paper on a long-term promotional deal to join the Wasserman roster. Conlan, age 33, was one of the greatest Irish amateurs ever and has twice lost world title challenges in the professional...

WBC championships status report

Source: WBC The WBC has issued the following status report on all of its male champions: HEAVYWEIGHT: Oleksandr Usyk defended his title by UD in the rematch vs Tyson Fury... Agit Kabayel will fight Zhilei Zhang for the WBC heavyweight interim championship on February 22nd in Riyadh. BRIDGERWEIGHT: Kevin Lerena vs. Serhiy Radchenko...

Fulton looking to go 2-0 vs. Figueroa

Source: PBC Former unified 122-pound champion Stephen Fulton Jr. (pictured) previewed his rematch against WBC featherweight champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa and made it clear that he won’t be "pushed around" when they meet in on the PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video Saturday, February 1st at T-Mobile Arena in Las...

Spotlight on Alberto Puello vs. Sandor Martin

Source: PBC Prior to the Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs. Lamont Roach main event, the March 1 pay-per-view action will feature 140-pound world title attraction, as WBC champion Alberto Puello puts his belt on the line against mandatory challenger Sandor Martin in a twelve-round showdown. Now a two-time world title holder, Puello (22-0, 10...

ESPN+ to stream Chavez-Rodriguez on Saturday

Source: Top Rank Omar Chavez will face unbeaten Olympian Misael Rodriguez in a ten-round super middleweight main event this Saturday, Jan. 25th at Arena Potosi in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This all-Mexican clash was initially slated for October 2024, but it was canceled on fight night due to weight issues. Chavez, son of boxing legend...

Venezuela's Albert Ramirez seeks 20-0 next month

Source: WBA Undefeated Venezuelan light heavyweight Albert Ramirez is schedule for action in Montreal on February 6th when he steps into the ring of the Casino de Montreal, Canada to face Croatia's Marko Calic. Ramirez, a 32 year-old southpaw, had a good amateur career and has been a professional since 2018. In January of 2024, he...

The return of Keith Thurman

By Scott Shaffer According to Australian promoter No Limit Boxing, former welterweight champion Keith "One Time" Thurman is returning to the ring to take on Brock Jarvis on March 12th in Sydney, live on Kayo Sports & Main Event. Thurman is 36-1 and a former two-belt champion, bur he has fought just once in the past six years. Thurman was...

IBF orders Etinosa Oliha vs. Kyrone Davis

By Scott Shaffer On December 13, 2024 the IBF ordered Etinosa Oliha of Italy and Kyrone Davis of Philadelphia to begin negotiations for an IBF middleweight eliminator. Negotiations were to be concluded on or before December 28th and no agreement was reached even though several extensions were approved. As a result, the IBF has ordered a...

Matchroom signs Olympic medal winner Omari Jones

Press Release Olympic bronze medalist Omari Jones has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. Jones represented the United States at the Paris games last summer in the welterweight division. He was the sole boxing medalist for America, and now the outstanding Orlando, Florida talent will look to emulate his amateur...

Spotlight on Valenzuela vs. Russell

Source: PBC The March 1st pay-per-view co-feature in Brooklyn, New York will pit two of the brightest young stars in the 140-pound division against each other as WBA junior welterweight champion Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela makes the first defense against 2016 U.S. Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell in a fight scheduled for twelve rounds. The...

Smith and Ouizza to fight for European laurels on Saturday

Source: DAZN On Saturday, Dalton Smith and Walid Ouizza will to go head-to-head for the vacant European junior welterweight title in Nottingham, England. The show will be streamed on DAZN. The title was last held by Adam Azim, who will compete for IBO world honors in his next fight. Smith (16-0 with 5 KOs) made a real statement last...

Reminder: early start time for Inoue vs. Kim

Source: Top Rank Pound-for-pound great Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed world super bantamweight crown against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim. Inoue vs. Kim will stream live on Friday, Jan. 24th on ESPN+ with a special early morning start time of 4:15 a.m. ET/ 1:15 a.m. PT in the United States. The event takes place at Ariake Arena...

PBC adds three title bouts to March 1st Davis vs. Roach undercard

Source: PBC WBA junior welterweight champion Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela will defend against Gary Antuanne Russell on March 1st in Brooklyn, New York's Barclay Center. Valenzuela-Russell will serve as the chief supporting bout for Gervonta "Tank" Davis' WBA lighweight title defense against junior lightweight titlist Lamont Roach. A...

Yuko Kuroki now a three-time champion

Source: WBA Yuko Kuroki W10 Ye Kyeng Seo...  Yuko Kuroki is now a three-time champion. On Tuesday at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, she won the vacant WBA minimumweight championship with a ten-round unanimous decision over Ye Kyeng Seo of Korea on Tue. After ten rounds of action, the home fighter earned 96-94 scorecards from all three judges...

Najee Lopez to headline in Plant City on Friday

Source: WBA Puerto Rican light heavyweight Najee Lopez will face Dominican Gilbert Castillo this Friday on a ProBox TV event that will take place in Plant City, Florida.  Lopez is an undefeated puncher who debuted in 2021 and has fought all of his pro bouts in the United States. The 25-year old fighter has 12 wins in his...

Injured Chamberlain withdraws from Feb. 1st bout

Press Release Isaac Chamberlain has withdrawn from his upcoming bout with Viddal Riley due to injury.  Riley and Chamberlain were set to meet in a cruiserweight clash on Saturday, February 1st on the undercard of Adam Azim’s bout against ex-champ Sergey Lipinets at the OVO Arena Wembley (London).  An injury sustained by Chamberlain...

Welcome to Inoue vs. Kim fight week

Source: WBC Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed world super bantamweight crown against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim this Friday, Jan. 24th at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Inoue was scheduled to face undefeated Australian Sam Goodman, but Goodman withdrew from the bout twice due to cuts sustained during sparring. Kim, who is 2-0 on...

DAZN features battle of unbeaten super middles

Source: DAZN Las Vegas will host a battle of unbeaten super middleweights when Diego Pacheco (22-0) takes on Steven Nelson (20-0) in Las Vegas on Saturday at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Chelsea Ballroom. Pacheco last saw action in a win over Maciej Sulecki in August. Nelson's last victory over Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez in the same...

Omar Chavez to face undefeated Misael Rodriguez on Saturday

Source: DAZN Omar Chavez, son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez, will finally step in the ring with Misael Rodriguez this weekend as the main event of the card in San Luis Potosi. The original clash was postponed after Chavez refused a second weigh-in and the fight was thrown out amid bickering from both corners. DAZN will stream...

Results from Philly: Oberlton gets TKO win

Press Release Atif Oberlton KO5 Joaquin Berroa Lugo... Atif Oberlton provided a five-round beatdown to previously undefeated Joaquin Berroa at Live! Casino Hotel Philadelphia.over the weekend. The entertaining seven-bout card was promoted by King's Promotions. Oberlton dominated the action, working behind a solid jab that was followed up...

BKFC: Welcome to Knucklemania V fight week

Press Release Bare Knuckle Fight Club (BKFC) is calling this wekeend's show the biggest fight Week in its history. KnuckleMania V happens on  Saturday in its hometown of Philadelphia, live worldwide on DAZN from the Wells Fargo Center. The main event pits Philly's own Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez against his heated rival, Jeremy...

IBF schedules purse bid for Bakole vs. Ajagba

By Scott Shaffer On November 26, 2024, the IBF ordered Martin Bakole (pictured) and Efe Ajagba to begin negotiations for a heavyweight eliminator to determine the IBF's mandatory contender position. Negotiations were to be concluded on or before December 11th. An agreement was not reached within the time frame allowed. Therefore, the IBF...

IBF schedules purse bid for Mbilli vs. Sadjo

By Scott Shaffer On December 18, 2024, the IBF ordered Christian Mbilli and  Kevin Lele Sadjo to begin negotiations for a heavyweight eliminator to determine the IBF's mandatory contender in the super middleweight division. Negotiations were to be concluded on or before January 2nd. An agreement was not reached within the time frame...

Undercard results from Armenia

Source: IBA Davit Chaloyan W8 Vitaly Kudukhov ... Heavyweight Davit Chaloyan was the biggest Armenian winner on th eundercard of an IBA pro show held on Friday in his native country. Chaloyan defeated Vitaly Kudukhov (7-3) of Russia by using his longer reach to his advantage, fending off the pressure and responding well to the pockets...

PPV.com returns with alternate Benavidez-Morrel broadcast

Press Release PPV.com, which does not require a subscription, returns for its 2025 season debut when it live streams in the U.S. and Canada an explosive battle between interim WBC light heavyweight champion David "El Monstro" Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) from Phoenix and WBA light heavyweight regular champion David Morrell, Jr. (11-0, 9 KOs),...

Lomachenko update: IBF extends his time for a mandatory defense

Source: IBF On November 14, 2024, IBF lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko requested and was granted a sixty-day medical extension by the IBF. That expired on January 11, 2025, pursuant to rule 5.D.3 of the IBF Rules Governing Championship Contests. On the same day, the IBF received a medical report from Dr. Nelson, N.T on behalf...

Sosulin's body attach propels him to victory

Source: WBA Pavel Sosulin KO3 Carlo Bacaro... Russian middleweight Pavel Sosulin got a win on Friday with a convincing performance on the IBA pro show against Carlo Bacaro in Yerevan, Armenia. Sosulin landed the defining blows of the fight in the third round, getting a knockout with punches to the body. In the second round, he had...

Bare Knuckle results from California

Source: BKFC Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) made its 2025 premiere on Saturday at the sold-out Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California. Evgeny "The Sailor" Kurdanov earned a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over former BKFC welterweight champion Elvin "El Bandido" Brito. Two judges scored every round for...

Did Haney and Garcia just reveal their next opponents?

Compiled By Scott Shaffer On a very slow boxing weeekend, Devin Haney was busy on Twitter attacking his rivals, and both responded, possibly revealing some inside information...Devin Haney (pictured): "Ryan [Garcia] said he would sign up for drug testing..' he hasn’t signed up for [drug testing organizations] VADA or USADA. That’s what’s...

Spotlight on Yoenli Hernandez vs. Angel Ruiz

Source: PBC As part of the prelims broadcast lineup prior to PBC's February 1st pay-per-view from Las Vegas, middleweight Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez will try to keep his perfect record intact against hard-hitting Angel Ruiz in a ten rounder. A two-bout prelims broadcast will be live-streamed on Prime Video beginning at 6:00 p.m....

Misfits crossover boxing takes center stage today

Source: DAZN Darren Till vs. Anthony Taylor and the whole Misfits X Series 20 fight card will be streamed live on DAZN today. After the collapse of Till's bout with Tommy Fury, originally scheduled to lead the action, The Gorilla will now meet with PrettyBoy in a catchweight clash. Till is a former UFC fighter with an overall MMA record...

IBF orders purse bid for Lubin vs. Holmes eliminator

By Scott Shaffer On December 13, 2024, the IBF ordered Erickson Lubin (ranked #3 by the IBF) and Ardreal Holmes Jr. (ranked #8 by the IBF) to begin negotiations for a junior middleweight elimination bout for the #1 ranking. Negotiations were to be concluded on or before December 28th. Because an agreement was not be made by that deadline,...

Errol Spence update: "I’ll be back when I'm ready"

By Scott Shaffer Inactive since a punishing loss to Terence Crawford in 2023, former champion Errol Spence, Jr. tweeted, "I’ll be back when I'm ready." Spence was responding to a Twitter storm started by Gustavo Oliveri, president of the WBO, who ruled out a WBO sanction for a fight between Spence WBO/WBC junior middleweight champion...

Alalshikh puts Joshua vs. Wilder in play

By Scott Shaffer With ex-champ Tyson Fury seemingly out of the picture due to retirement, Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, posted on Twitter that he now intends to make a different battle of ex-champs, Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder. Alashikh's tweet read: “I want to see Joshua and...

Pro boxing show in Armenia today

Source: IBA An eight-match fight card is set for the first IBA Champions’ Night of 2025 today, as Yerevan, Armenia plays host again, with the main event seeing Pavel Sosulin of Russia face Carlo Bacaro of the Philippines in a middleweight bout. Sosulin remains undefeated in 11 professional bouts and will look to win his third IBA...

Joe Smith to comeback vs. TBA on Feb. 13th

Source: Star Boxing Star Boxing will celebrate the 50th show in its Rockin’ Fights series on Thursday, February 13th at The Paramount in Huntington (Long Island), New York. Headlining the show will be former WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. (28-5, 22 KOs) of Long Island, NY, who will make his return to The Paramount in a...

WBO demands explanation from McCann about failed PED test

By Scott Shaffer On December 13, 2024, it was reported that  Dennis McCann tested positive for a banned substance. Consequently, his scheduled bout against Peter McGrail on December 21, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was canceled. The report  cited an advisory notice issued by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA), which conducted the...

Weigh-in results from Philly

Source: King's Promotions Here are the boxers' weights for Friday night's King's Promotions card at Live! Casino Hotel Philadelphia: Atif Oberlton 174.8 pounds -vs.- Joaquin Berroa 173; Quadir Albright 147.6 -vs.- Damian Rodriguez 146.6; Shannel Butler 132.2 -vs.- Ella Duckworth 131.2; Devon Young 214 -vs.- Calvin Barnett 270; Jorge...

Introducing Puerto Rican lightweight Yandiel Lozano

Source: Queensberry Promotions Frank Warren and Queensberry announced the signing of Puerto Rican amateur star Yandiel Lozano to a promotional agreement, with Lozano now set to join the professional ranks. The lightweight, who recently won the silver medal at the 2024 IBA World Youth Championships, took up the sport at the age of seven and was...

Fight Club OC back for a fifteenth season

Press Release The fifteenth season of Fight Club OC shows in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California will commence with opening night on Thursday, February 13th. It will feature four pro boxing bouts and two pro MMA bouts. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.socafights.com. The boxing matched...