Matchroom Boxing has unveiled its new, remastered brand identity (pictured)that will propel the company into a new era. Spanning four decades, the world’s leading Boxing promotion has been at the forefront of the sport since it was established by Matchroom Sport President, Barry Hearn OBE. Since its inception, Matchroom...

Heavyweight Malachi Georges got a huge win on Monday at the World Boxing Cup tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan 2025. Georges landed a two-punch combination that knocked out Abbes Mouhiidine of Italy in round one. This was a big win, as Mouhididine was a silver medal winner at the 2021 world amateur championship. Georges,...

One day after Vergil Ortiz criticized Jake Paul (pictured) for his "circus fight," boxer / social media star Ryan Garcia came to Paul's defense. Here is what Garcia tweeted: "You can’t say Jake’s fights are rigged. It’s getting ridiculous. He’s just winning. May not be against the people you want or are qualified to give him...

Boxing Insider delivers a summer night of boxing at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, July 25th at 7 PM, showcasing a junior flyweight bout between Andy Dominguez and Byron Rojas, and a heavyweight fight bwtween Roney Hines and Devin Rodriguez. The show will streamed live on DAZN. Tickets are available...

Former 130-pound champion Tevin Farmer gave his thoughts on getting stopped in the first round by up-and-coming Floyd "Kid Austin" Schofield, Jr. on Saturday. Here is what Farmer posted on Facebook: "Boxing is a brutal sport, anything can happen on any given night. That’s the reality of this game, and that’s why it’s...

Michal Cieslak TKO4 Jean Pascal. ... Poland's Michal Cieslak was crowned WBC interim cruiserweight champion with a resounding victory over former world light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal. Cieslak showed power, precision, and determination from the outset of the fight. At the end of the second round, Cieslak landed...

WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios held a media workout in Las Vegas on Saturday as he prepares for a challenge from International Boxing Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao on a pay-per-view show on Prime Video, set for Saturday, July 19th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs)...

In Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) action in Birmingham, England, Connor “Brum Town Bomber” Tierney defeated Danny “The Bastard” Christie via TKO at BKFC 77. Christie’s corner stopped the fight 14 seconds into the fourth round. Tierney is now 9-2 on the strength of back-to-back victories, while the Carlisle,...

Former two-division champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa will look to set himself back onto a championship path, this time with a new trainer in Manny Robles at the helm, as he takes on Joet Gonzalez as part of the PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video taking place Saturday, July 19th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena...

Turki Alalshikh, Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia and the most powerful man in boxing, informally announced on social media that WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman will be defending his title vs. Devin Haney (pictured) in a battle on undefeated boxers, with Haney attempting...

Vergil Ortiz (pictured), holder of the WBC interim junior middleweight title tweeted the following in the wake of Jake Paul's victory over a very unaggressive Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.: "Jake Paul is scamming the entire world with his circus fights selling them as real fights but the entire world continues to eat it all up and...

Hailing from Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in Chihuahua, Mexico, Yamileth "Yeimi" Mercado (pictured) has held the WBC super bantamweight world title since November 2019, when she dethroned Kenya’s Fatuma Zarika. Since then, she’s racked up seven successful title defenses, highlighted by her most recent win, a unanimous decision in...

Avni Yildirim KO3 Jhon Caicedo... On Thursday at the Sinan Erdem Sports Complex in Istanbul, Avni Yildirim (27-5) defeated Jhon Caicedo in a light heavyweight bout. The previously unbeaten Caicedo was beating the Turk on the scorecards in the first round, but by the second, Caicedo (13-1) no longer had the strength to maintain...

Akani Sambu W10 Sabelo Cebekhulu... On Friday in Thohoyandou, South Africa, Akani Sambu fended off the challenge of compatriot Sabelo Cebekhulu, winning a controversial split decision. The 118-pound contest headlined “Survival of the Fittest”, a card promoted by Mama Rocks Boxing Promotions at the Khoroni Hotel Casino....

Jake Paul W10 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr... In Anaheim, California, Jake Paul got in ten rounds of good work but was never seriously challenged by Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Paul won nearly every round but failed to hurt Chavez, a former champion from 2011-2012 who hasn't taken boxing seriously for years. Paul tired over the last...

Gilberto Ramirez W12 Yuniel Dorticos...  Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez started slowly but worked his way back into the fight, and wound up retaining his WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles by unanimous decision over Yuniel Dorticos in Anaheim, California on Saturday. Official scores were 115-112 (twice) and 117-110 for Ramirez. Doticos,...

Floyd Schofield Jr. TKO1 Tevin Farmer.... Floyd Schofield Jr. got a career-best win in Anaheim, California, destroying former 130-pound champion Tevin Farmer in the first round of their lightweight contest. Schofield knocked down Farmer twice and was on the verge of the third knockdown when the referee intervened to save...

Julian Rodriguez KO10 Avious Griffin... New Jersey welterweight Julian Rodriguez dramatically resurrected his career by knocking out previously undefeated Avious Griffin just a few seconds before the final bell was about to sound. Rodriguez did well in the first half of the fight but had to come back from a...

PPV.com, which does not require a subscription, returns in the U.S. and Canada for the historic battle between  International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (pictured), boxing's only eight-division champion and reigning WBC welterweight champion Mario "El Azteca" Barrios.  In a career made up of...

Jake Paul returns to the ring tonight (Saturday) when he clashes with ex-middleweight title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, live on DAZN pay-per-view. Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) did not get a stoppage win over Mike Tyson in November but did defeat the legend on points. Chavez Jr. (54-6-1 with...

Christian Mbilli TKO1 Maciej Sulecki ... Montreal-based powerhouse Christian Mbilli captured the WBC interim super middleweight title on Friday with a first-round technical knockout against Poland's Maciej Sulecki at Videotron Centre in Quebec City. Mbilli (32-0 including the World Series of Boxing) marched forward from...

Deontay Wilder TKO7 Tyrrell Herndon... Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder made a winning comeback in Wichita, Kansas on Friday against a low-level opponent, Tyrrell Herndon. Wilder was fighting for the first time since getting knocked about by Zhilei Zhang a little more than a year ago. Wilder scored a...

Here are the undercard results from Top Rank's show at Videotron Centre in Quebec City: Heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov (33-5 including the World Series of Boxing) needed less than two minutes to stop Ricardo Brown (12-1, 11 KOs). Makhmudov was returning from a loss vs. fringe contender Guido Vianello last...

Today (Saturday), Germany’s Leon Harth (22-6-1, 13 KOs) squares off against Montenegro’s Dilan Prasovic (18-5, 15 KOs) in a ten-round bridgerweight clash in Munich. For the 37-year-old Harth, this is more than just another fight—it’s an opportunity to reignite his career. A seasoned orthodox fighter with a steady rhythm and...

Today (Saturday), the boxing scene in the Dominican Republic takes center stage at Club Mauricio Báez in Santo Domingo. Two headline bouts will showcase rising talent. In the featherweight main event, Jonathan Cabrera Sánchez (10-0, 8 KOs) will square off against fellow undefeated Juan Mendoza (7-0-1, 3 KOs). Cabrera, age...

Here are the boxers' weights for Friday night's King's Promotions card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia: Julian Gonzalez 132.2 pounds -vs.- Jason Sanchez 131; Shannel Butler 125 -vs.- Cara McLaughlin 123.8; Brendan O'Callaghan 157.8 -vs.- Travis Floyd 154; Aleksandre Dokvadze 185.2 -vs.- Mike Diorio...

International Boxing Hall of Famer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (pictured) held a media workout in Los Angeles on Wednesday, along with his trainer, fellow Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, as he prepares to challenge WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios headlining a PBC pay-per-view event on Saturday, July 19th at the...

Here are the weigh-in results from Quebec City for the ESPN+ broadcast today (Friday) starting at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT:WBC interim super middleweight title — twelve rounds Christian Mbilli 167.7 pounds vs. Maciej Sulecki 167.7;  Steven Butler 167.6  vs. Jose De Jesus Macias 167.8 (ten rounds); Arslanbek Makhmudov...

Yuko Kuroki W10 Nanako Suzuki ... Southpaw Yuko Kuroki remains a force in women’s minimumweight boxing, turning in a strong performance to defeat fellow Japanese contender Nanako Suzuki by unanimous decision on Thursday night at Tokyo’s iconic Korakuen Hall. Kuroki (now 25-8-2, 9 KOs) used every ounce of her experience to...

Super middleweight destroyer Christian Mbilli has waited years for this moment and plans to take advantage of it against Polish veteran Maciej Sulecki. Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) will lock horns with Sulecki for the WBC interim super middleweight world title this Friday, June 27th at Videotron Centre in Quebec City....

Boxingtalk sends its best wishes to former boxer and MMA fighter Ben Askren, who is waiting for a lung transplant according to a Facebook post from Ben's wife Amy. According to the New York Post, Askren was placed on a ventilator after contracting severe pneumonia. He is just 40 years old. Askren was a 2008 Olympian...

South African boxing has lost a titan in the form of Phumlani Msibi, who recently died at the age of 57. As a television commentator and analyst, he developed a style all his own, at turns understated, informative, engaging and entertaining. And it was a style that fans warmed to, especially when he seemed to enjoy a fight...

Istanbul's Sinan Erdem Sport Complex will host a night of international boxing where Turkish talent will face Colombian opponents in two featured bouts.At middleweight, Serhat Güler (8-1, 7 KOs) of Turkey will face Colombia's Juan Diego Ortiz (9-1, 8 KOs). Güler, known for his strong punching and frontal boxing, will look...

This Saturday, June 28th, the Honda Center in Anaheim, California\ will host a battle that could reshape the cruiserweight landscape. Mexico’s Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez (47-1, 30 KOs), the reigning WBA  / WBO champion at 200 pounds, puts his crown on the line against former champion Yuniel “Dr. KO” Dorticos (27-2, 25 KOs)...

MLive.com reports that Joe Byrd, Sr. of Flint, Michigan, a former Olympic coach and a man who trained his undersized son to two heavyweight championships, passed away on Monday at age 89.  Boxing attorney John Hornewer wrote that "Joe was the patriarch of eight uniquely talented and special children that he had with his...

On June 26th, the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be the stage for a clash of generations as reigning champion Yuko Kuroki (24-8-2, 9 KOs) defends her WBA women’s minimumweight title against Nanako Suzuki (9-3, 3 KOs). Both fighters hail from Japan. Both know Korakuen Hall like the back of their hand. But only one...

Boxing returns to the forefront of Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, August 16th with four big fights currently scheduled. Top of the bill is a heavyweight showdown between the 20 year-old Moses Itauma taking on former title challenger Dillian Whyte in a major test of his current credentials... Featherweight star...

Over the weekend, the two participant's in September's biggest fight faced on a press tour with stops in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and New York City. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (pictured) will defend his undisputed super middleweight championship against multi-division champ Terence Crawford on September 13th at Allegiant Stadium in...

Only two weeks after his last fight, Kansas super middlweight Marco “El Tiburon” Romero (8-0, 7 KOs) returns this Friday night in Wichita to fight on the “Legacy Reloaded” card, presented by Global Combat Collective. The show is headlined by the ring return of former heavyweight champion and 2008 US Olympic bronze...

Callum Walsh TKO5 Elias Espadas... Irish junior middleweight Callum Walsh (14-0, 11 KOs) scored a fifth-round technical decision victory over Elias Espadas (23-7-1, 16 KOs) at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California.  Following an accidental clash of heads that occurred during round two,  ring doctor Tony Hicks inspected...