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A few words with Rolly Romero

Source: PBC WBA 140-pound champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero will defend his title vs. Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz on a PBC pay-per-view available on Prime Video on Saturday, March 30th from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Romero's hometown. Romero will make the first defense of his world title after capturing the belt last May with a ninth-round...

Tommy Hyde wins in California

Press Release Tommy Hyde TKO5 Craig McCarthy... Irish super middleweight Tommy “The Governor” Hyde (8-0, 5 KOs) defeated Craig “BTL” McCarthy (10-2-1, 2 KOs), to take the Boxing Union of Ireland Celtic title, outside of San Francisco at Fox Theater in Redwood City, California. The 24-year-old Hyde prevailed in the fifth round on a...

Watch: Zepeda wins IBF lightweight eliminator

By Scott Shaffer William Zepeda TKO4 Maxi Hughes... Mexico's William “El Camarón” Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) defeated former IBO champion Maxi “Maximus” Hughes (26-7-2, 5 KOs) in an IBF / WBA lightweight elimination bout. The action took place at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and was broadcast on DAZN. Zepeda unleashed a strong body attack...

Heaney retains British title by drawing with Paulis

By Scott Shaffer Nathan Heaney D12 Brad Pauls... Nathan Heaney and Brad Pauls fought to a thrilling draw in Birmngham, England. The stalemate allows Heaney to retain the British middleweight title. Heaney is now 18-0-1 while Pauls is 18-1-1. A rematch is already being...

Watch: Joe Joyce returns with late KO of Kash Ali

By Scott Shaffer Joe Joyce KO10 Kash Ali... Heavyweight Joe Joyce got the win he desperately needed after a disastrous 2023 campaign, knocking out Kash Ali with about seven seconds left in the tenth and final round in Birmingham, England. Coming off two knockout losses to Zhilei Zhang, the former Olympic silver medal winner gained confidence...

The Boxingtalk Scoreboard

By Scott Shaffer Dennis McCann W12 Brad Strand... In Birmingham, England on Saturday, a battle of undefeated 122-pounders,saw Dennis McCann add the vacant British title to his Commonwealth title by defeating Brad Strand. McCann (15-0-1) had Strand (11-1) down in round two and went on to win a comfortable twelve-round decision by scores of...

Boxingtalk's weekend fight predictions

By Michael Borao, Jr. Here are Boxingtalk's weekend fight predictions: William Zepeda (29-0) vs. Maxi Hughes (26-6-2) (lightweights) … prediction: Zepeda by mid-round knockout; Liam Davies (15-0) vs. Erik Robles Ayala (15-1) (vacant IBO super bantamweight title) … prediction: Davies by decision; Nathan Heaney (18-0) vs. Brad Pauls...

Baumgardner vs. Persoon purse bid goes for half a million

Source: WBC The WBC held a purse bid on Friday in Mexico City, for the rights to the fight between the world super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner from the United States and Belgium's Delfine Persoon. As a result, the fight will be promoted by Global Combat Collective, who won with a bid of $500,000.For this fight, the WBC...

Weigh-in report from Las Vegas

By Scott Shaffer Lightweight contenders William Zepeda and Maxi Hughes both made weight for Saturday's show in Las Vegas. Zepeda was 133.8 pounds, a bit lighter than Hughes' 134.6. The action will be streamed on DAZN, with the card starting at 8 pm Eastern time. Zepeda is undefeated, while Hughes is coming off a controversial loss to...

IBA pro boxing coming to Madrid

Press Release Top amateurs continue to take pro bouts under the IBA umbrella. On May 4th, Spanish featherweight Jose Quiles (1-0) will headline IBA Champions’ Night at the Madrid Arena in the Spanish capital. The European Games silver medalist will face Javier Ibanez, a Cuban representing Bulgaria in an eight-round bout. Both men have...

Popeye Rivera taking on another undefeated foe after quiet loss

Edited Press Release Star Boxing returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena on April 6th when light heavyweight Richie "Popeye the Sailor Man" Rivera (25-2, 19 KOs) returns to his home state of Connecticut against undefeated Nigerian Mathew "Wise Man" Obinna (23-0, 23 KOs), in a ten rounder. Rivera, from East Hartford, lost a split decision at...

Congolese light heavies to do battle in South Africa

Source: WBF Two South Africa-based Congolese warriors will clash at light heavyweight on March 27th at the Turffontein Racecourse in Johannesburg. Up-and-coming Jason Medi, 6-1 with 2 KOs, takes on battle-tested Jimmy “The Beast” Mabundji, 10-7 with 8 KOs), who is by far the most accomplished opponent Medi will have faced. Medi lost...

Alvarez-Munguia tickets on sale now

Source: PBC Tickets are on sale now for a showdown between Mexican superstars as Canelo Promotions presents a Cinco de Mayo weekend event that will see Saul "Canelo" Álvarez put his undisputed super middleweight world championship on the line against unbeaten former 154-pound champion Jaime Munguía on a pay-per-view event on Prime Video...

Taylor injured; Caterall rematch delayed

Source: Matchroom Former world junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor has suffered an injury in his training camp and his upcoming fight with Jack Catterall on April 27th has been postponed. The fight has been immediately rescheduled for May 25th at the same venue in Leeds – live on DAZN. Tickets remain valid for the revised date with...

McCaskill to defend championship against Olympic gold medal winner

Source: Boxxer Still considered the world junior welterweight champion despite a draw and a welterweight loss in her last two bouts, Jessica McCaskill will defend the WBA and IBO belts against Olympic gold medal winner Lauren Price on Saturday, May 11th at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock...

Queensberry's Magnificient 7 show ready for Birmingham

Press Release Birmingham, England's the Resorts World Arena hosts Queensberry's "Magnificent 7" show this weekend, with the headliner being Nathan Heaney (18-0) defending the British middleweight against the English champion Brad Pauls (18-1), the big-punching Cornishman, who is known as the Newquay Bomb. Heaney gained recognition in...

Tickets for Anderson-Merhy in Corpus Christi on sale today

Press Release Tickets for the ten-round heavyweight showdown between unbeaten Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson and Belgium's Ryad Merhy — Saturday, April 13th at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas — go on sale today (March 15th) at 12 p.m. CST via Ticketmaster.com. The heavyweight co-feature is a battle of 2016 Olympians,...

Olympic champ Shakhobidin Zoirov gets big opportunity in Mexico

Source: IBA A ten-round battle between Mexico's Israel Gonzalez and Uzbekistan's Shakhobidin Zoirov will determine the IBA pro championhip at  super bantamweight. Zoirov is a 2016 Olympic gold medal winner who also fought in the 2021 games. As a pro, he's listed as 5-0 but he has four wins in the World Series of Boxing, including one...

PBC's "Gloves Off" premieres on Prime Video

Press Release The inaugural edition of Gloves Off will chronicle the backstories of the four featured boxers appearing on the first-ever PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view event live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 30th. Gloves Off will provide behind-the-scenes access in the lead-up to Kostya Tszyu vs. Keith Thurman...

Introducing Dominican-American heavyweight Ali Feliz

Press Release Ali Feliz, a Dominican-American from Danbury, Connecticut, who won gold at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in December, has signed a multi-year promotional pact with Top Rank. Feliz, who is managed by James Prince and co-promoted by Antonio Leonard, will make his pro debut in a four-round clash against an opponent to be named...

Colombian boxing update

Source: WBA On Saturday in Barranquilla, two Colombian women, Paulina Angel and Monica Henao, will face off in the main event at junior welterweight. Angel has a record of 5-1-2, while Henao is 6-2-6. Also on the show, Albeiro Paredes (8-2 including the World Series of Boxing), a former member of the Colombian national team, will...

Cuadras vs. A. Moloney and Hughes vs. Johnson added to Perth undercard

Source: DiBella Entertainment Two major fights featuring Australian challengers have been added to the super card headlined by the vacant IBF lightweight world title showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. on Sunday, May 12th at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. Mexican standout Carlos Cuadras will defend his WBC Interim...

Joe Joyce to fight Kash Ali on Saturday

Press Release Unbeaten Nathan Heaney will defend his British middleweight title against once-beaten Brad Pauls this Saturday, March 16th over twelve rounds at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. In a twelve-round co-feature, undefeated junior featherweight Liam Davies will lock horns against Mexico’s Erik Robles Ayala. The...

Watch: Kalajdzic knocks Barrera out of the ring

By Scott Shaffer Radivoje Kalajdzic KO10 Sullivan Barrera... Light heavyweight Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) knocked out 42 year-old Sullivan Barrera (22-5, 14K Os) live on ProBox TV in Florida on Wednesday. Kalajdzic's jab closed Barrera's right eye early in the fight, and though Barrera bravely soldiered on, the fight was...

Blair “The Flair” Cobbs signs with Don King

Press Release Blair “The Flair” Cobbs wanted to put “The Flair” back in his boxing game and and he decided to sign a promotional contract with Hall of Famer Don King. The 34 year-old Cobbs was hungry to get back into the ring.   “I’m ready to return to action,” said Cobbs, a Philadelphia- born welterweight, who sports a 16-1-1 record with...

Feargal McCrory risks undefeated record in NYC

Source: WBA Ireland's Feargal McCrory (15-0, 7 KOs) will face Carlos Carlson (25-7, 16 KOs) of Mexico this Friday night in a super featherweight contest to be held at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York City. The Irishman is 31 years old and has been a professional boxer since 2015. His career was based in the United...

Flaz faces Santamaria tonight

Press Release Light heavyweight Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic (28-2, 20bKOs) returns to action tonight (Wednesday) against Sullivan Barrera (22-4, 14KOs) live on ProBox TV. Joining them on the broadcast from Florida will be Puerto Rican welterweight Nicklaus Flaz (11-2, 7 KOs) looking to continue his success against all-action Luke...

Laredo show a go for Saturday

By Christian Schmidt This Saturday. March 18th, Triple A Promotions brings "Unfinished Business" to the Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas.  The promotion's goal is to showcase new faces, and also provide a platform for well known fighters.  Several evenly matched fights from fighters in the area set to take place.  Nine bouts in all are...

Dillian Whyte coming back this weekend in Ireland

Press Release Former heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (29-3) is set to make his return to the ring [this weekend after PED difficulties] against Christian Hammer (27-10). This match-up is scheduled as part of a boxing event dubbed “Once Upon A Time In The West,” on St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17th, at the TF Royal Castlebar,...

Formal announcement for Alvarez vs. Munguia

Press Release Mexican superstars will go toe-to-toe as Canelo Promotions presents a Cinco de Mayo weekend blockbuster that will see pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez put his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former 154-pound champion Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on...

Christian Mbilli joins forces with Top Rank

Press Release Super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli, the Cameroon-born, Montreal-based wrecking ball, has inked a long-term co-promotional agreement with Top Rank, who will work with Eye of the Tiger. Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs including the World Series of Boxing) is scheduling his next fight, which will be announced by Eye of the...

Sullivan Barrera, age 42, fights tonight

Source: WBA Wednesday night’s headlining fight at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida, will feature Radivoje Kalajdzic and Sullivan Barrera battling in the light heavyweight division. Kalajdzic has 28 wins, 2 losses and 20 knockouts, while Barrera has 22 wins, 4 losses and 14 knockouts. The bout promises plenty of...

A few words with undefeated middleweight Elijah Garcia

Press Release Undefeated middleweight Elijah Garcia held a media workout in his native Phoenix last week as he prepares to take on Kyrone “Shut It Down” Davis on a PBC on Prime Video stream that begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Saturday, March 30th from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 20 year-old Garcia kicked off a big 2023 campaign...

Gabriel Flores faces undefeated Julian Rodarte on Saturday

Source: WBA Gabriel Flores Jr. and Julian Rodarte will step into the ring at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California, for a lightweight contest this Saturday. Flores has 22 wins, 2 losses and 8 knockouts, while Rodarte has 19 wins, no losses, 2 draws and 8 knockouts Flores Jr. has lost two of his last four fights and has taken a...

Promoter still upset about scoring in Vargas vs. Ball

By Frank Warren Frank Warren, who promotes featherweight contender Nick Ball, is still angry about the scoring of Ball's draw against WBC champion Rey Vargas in Saudi Arabia last weekend. Warren wrote: "Without a doubt, we should be celebrating another British world champion in Nick Ball, who pretty much overwhelmed the champion Rey Vargas,...

Baumgardner moving forward despite PED issues

By Scott Shaffer The WBC will hold a important purse bid on Friday in Mexico City at 1:00 PM, for a women's 130-pound title fight between champion Alycia Baumgardner and mandatory contender Delfine Persoon of Belgium. Baumgardner has a record of 15 wins and only one loss, while Persoon has 59 wins and three losses.In early November, the...

Valdez: "my goal for 2024 is to be a champion again"

Source: Top Rank Oscar Valdez is on the hunt for another world title shot. The former two-division champion will take on Australian puncher Liam Wilson in a twelve-round junior lightweight attraction on Friday, March 29th at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. In the co-feature, WBC/WBA 105-pound champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada...

Team USA's Omari Jones qualifies for 2024 Olympics

Source: USA Boxing After a slow start for Team USA on the final day of boxing at the 2024 Olympic Games World Qualifying Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy, Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.) closed the day off on a high note to punch his ticket to this summer’s Olympic Games with his 4-1 victory over India’s Nishant Dev. Jones, who was the fifth...

Robert Guerrero III wins pro debut in Mexico

Press Release Robert Guerrero III W4 Israel Reyes Chavez... On Saturday, Robert Guerrero III (1-0) entered into the professional ranks with a dominant performance against Israel Reyes Chavez (0-8) at the Evolution Club in Tijuana, Mexico. Guerrero, fighting at super featherweight, earned a unanimous decision victory with scorecards...

A few words with Tim Tszyu

Source: PBC WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu previewed his twelve-round, non-title showdown against former welterweight champion Keith Thurman on Thursday. Tszyu and Thurman are scheduled to headline a PBC pay-per-view available on Prime Video on Saturday, March 30th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  Tszyu expressed...