Shakur Stevenson (pictured) will make the inaugural defense of his WBC lightweight championship against Armenian-born German Olympian Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday, July 6th at Prudential Center in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson (22-0 including the World Series of Boxing) has already won world titles in...

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez has taken over the super flyweight division. He loaded up on a left hand to the liver for a seventh-round knockout of Juan Francisco Estrada to become the new WBC and lineal super flyweight world champion Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. WATCH ENNIS VS. AVANESYAN JULY 13 LIVE...

Ramirez Pummels Benitez in 7 Former WBO Featherweight world champion Robeisy Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs) stopped Mexico’s Brandon Leon Benitez (21-3, 9 KOs) in the seventh round of tonight’s co-feature. Ramirez set the pace early by hurting Benitez with power shots in the second and third rounds. Benitez tried to work on...

Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) defended his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles with a unanimous decision win over Canadian contender Steve Claggett (38-8-2, 6 KOs)Saturday evening at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Claggett, who was coming off a nine-fight winning streak, charged at Lopez from...

Super featherweight Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (28-4, 18 KOs) is set to clash with the undefeated Henry Lebron (19-0, 10 KOs) in a ten-round bout between two of Puerto Rico’s top fighters. The all-Boricua showdown will take place on July 13th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on the undercard of Jaron Ennis (30-0,...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for Saturday's biggest fights: Juan Francisco Estrada (44-3) vs. Jesse Rodriguez (19-0) (WBC super flyweight title) … prediction: Rodriguez by decision; Teofimo Lopez (20-1) vs. Steve Claggett (38-7-2) (WBO super lightweight title) … prediction: Yamileth Mercado (23-3) vs. Ramla...

The WBC Board of Governors has approved the extension of two weeks requested by David Benavidez with regards to his decision to confirm in which weight category he will decide to continue his boxing career. Benavidez currently holds the WBC interim titles in both the super middleweight and light...

Here are the weigh-in results for Saturday's Top Rank-promoted show in Miami, Florida to bebroadcast on ESPN platforms:WBO & lineal junior welterweight titles (12 rounds) Teofimo Lopez 139.4 pounds vs. Steve Claggett 139.5  Robeisy Ramirez 124.8  vs. Brandon Leon Benitez 127.1 (10 rounds);  Nico Ali Walsh 156.9  vs....

In a preliminary bout on ESPN+ tomorrow, Dominican featherweight Yan Santana will make his United States debut when he takes on Brandon Valdes in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Santana of La Romana, Dominican Republic is 11-0 with all wins coming via stoppage. The 24 year-old has stopped three undefeated opponents and...

The WBO has decided that an immediate rematch is not warranted between three-belt flyweight champion Gabriela Alaniz (pictured) and her predecessor, Marlen Esparza, as result of the split decision rendered by the judges on April 27th in favor of Alaniz. Esparza was declared the loser of the fight that took place at Save...

The 2024 U19 World Boxing Championships will be held at the Pueblo Convention Center in Colorado from October 25th through November 5th. The competition for boxers aged 17 and 18 is the first-ever global World Boxing Championships and will be held across ten weight categories for both men and women. All of World Boxing’s...

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for Friday's ProBox show: Lamont Roach (24-1-1) vs. Feargal McCrory (16-0) (WBA world super featherweight title) … prediction: Roach by unanimous decision: and Lester Martinez (17-0) vs. Carlos Gongora (22-2) (super middleweights) … prediction: Martinez...

WBC 115-pound champion Juan Francisco Estrada (pictured) isn't hiding his intentions ahead of his title defense vs. former flyweight champion Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez on Saturday, live on DAZN. In fact, he's letting the world know exactly what he plans on doing when he steps into the ring against his younger opponent in...

Tonight (Friday), WBA 130-pound champion Lamont Roach Jr. makes the first defense of his title in a homecoming fight against New York-based Irishman Feargal McCrory at the Entertainment and Sports Arena. It is in an excellent match-up and will take place in front of what is sure to be a crowd on fire. Roach has been on...

Tonight on DAZN, a super bantamweight fight headlines the bill at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atalanta. Oklahoma's Elijah Pierce will be taking on Jose Sanmartin of Colombia. Pierce is 19-2 and has not lost since 2019, raising his status to that of a legitimate contender. Sanmartin brings an experience advantage into the...

WBO and lineal junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez is primed for the spotlight, having been raised in South Florida, Lopez hopes to bring the heat Saturday night when he defends his titles against Canadian challenger Steve Claggett at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) is making the...

On Saturday at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida, the ten-round co-feature will see former featherweight champion Robeisy Ramirez (27-4 including pro bouts in the World Series of Boxing) returns from losing his title to face  Mexico’s Brandon Leon Benitez (21-2, 9 KOs). If Ramirez is successful on Saturday, he could...

Jared “Captain Deadpool” Warren struck gold at BKFC 62. After ten fights in the squared circle, Warren laid claim to the vacant BKFC light heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision victory over JoMi Escoboza last Friday at the sold-out Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Warren first competed...

A British super fight is set to take place on Saturday, September 21st. Newly minted IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (21-2) will defend his title against former two-time champion Anthony Joshua (28-3) at Wembley Stadium in London. On Tuesday, June 25th, IBF president Daryl Peoples received notification that world...

Junior middleweight Cristian Cangelosi (8-0, 4 KOs), hailing from Palermo, Sicilia, Italy by way of Brooklyn, NY, is primed to make his return to the ring tomorrow (June 28th) at the Royale Nightclub in Boston. Cangelosi will square off against Aelio Mesquita (21-14-1, 19 KOs) from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a scheduled six...

Teofimo Lopez, Robeisy Ramirez, and Nico Ali Walsh hosted a public workout yesterday ahead of their respective showdowns this Saturday, June 29th at James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO and lineal junior welterweight world titles against Canada's Steve Claggett (38-7-2, 26 KOs)...

California's Alexis “Lex” Rocha (24-2, 16 KOs), will face Mexico's Santiago "Somer" Dominguez (27-0, 20 KOs) on July 19th in a twelve-round welterweight fight that will headline Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN. The event, which is expected to end in a knockout, will take place at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino beginning at...

Josh Kelly will battle former 154-pound title holder Liam Smith at Wembley Stadium on September 21st in a middleweight battle that will support the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois IBF heavyweight title fight. At the press conference to anounce the fight, Kelly, who is promoted by Wasserman Boxing, said, "Firstly, I want...

 In the second half of the June 15th doubleheader at Miccosukee Casino & Resort in Miami, Florida, Coach Herman Caicedo’s second-place Miami Stealth survived an early scare on their home turf to come back and grind out a victory over Coach Barry Hunter’s 12th place DC Destroyers by a score of 228-219. In an eventful...

Former middleweight champion Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (pictured) and Shane Mosley Jr. held a virtual press conference Wednesday to preview their upcoming super middleweight showdown. Joining the virtual press conference was Mosley’s father, Hall of Famer Shane Mosley, and Jacobs’ trainer Andre Rozier. Jacobs vs. Mosely...

In April, the International Olympic Committee won an arbitration confirming its right to suspend IBA from involvement in the Olympic Games and Olympic selection process. The IOC said it wanted to see a new governing body emerge within a year if Olympic boxing is going to be part of the 2028 games. (Boxing is already...

Jack Catterall (pictured) and Regis Prograis will meet in a blockbuster junior welterweight clash at the top of the first ever boxing show to take place at Co-op Live in Manchester, England on Saturday August 24th, shown live worldwide on DAZN. Chorley’s Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) ended a two-year wait for revenge by...

Lester Martinez and former IBO super middleweight champion Carlos Gongora will step into the ring at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C. on Friday. The fight will be part of a ProBox TV event that will take place in the capital city and where Lamont Roach Jr. will defend his super featherweight world...

All indications are that former three-belt heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois for the soon-to-be-vacant IBF heavyweight championship at London's Wembley Stadium on September 21st. The reigining world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (pictured) essentially confirmed this today when he posted a...

UKAD, the United Kingdom Anti-Doping organization received information regarding the death of Mexican flyweight Moises Calleros. UKAD says it received this information shortly after publishing details of the outcome from a doping case concerning Calleros. UKAD stated, "Unfortunately, UKAD had no information regarding...

The front half of a Week 11 Team Combat League doubleheader at Miccosukee Casino & Resort in Miami, Florida, saw coach Marc Gargaro’s third-place Boston Butchers relying on some Money Round heroics and a 10-7 knockout by two-time USA Boxing National Champion Amelia Moore in round 22 to eke out a razor-thin 226-225 team...

According to the WBC, Devin Haney (pictured) has declined to make his mandatory defense and instead requested to be placed in the status of WBC champion in recess in the junior welterweight division.  The WBC Board of Governors unanimously granted Haney’s request and has declared him WBC world champion in recess. Haney...

ProBox TV and NoExcuse Promotions deliver championship boxing from Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 28th when WBA junior lightweight champion Lamont Roach Jr. makes the first defense of his title in a homecoming fight against New York-based Irishman Feargal McCrory at the Entertainment and Sports Arena. Roach makes the...

Boxingtalk sends its deepest sympathies to Roy Jones and his family, who are experiencing something no parent should ever have to go through, the loss of a child. Jones posted the following tragic message on social media: “Unfortunately, my son DeAndre took his life on Saturday. I’m so thankful that God allowed me to come...

Queensberry Promotions returns to the SSE Arena in the fighting city of Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday. Conor Quinn co-headlines in a bid for the Commonwealth flyweight title. The undefeated puncher, with six stoppages in his nine wins, goes up against decorated former amateur and 11-0 English champion Conner...

According to DAZN, former cruiserweight champion Marco Huck is set for a comeback bout on June 29th in Berlin. Huck (42-5-1) will end a nearly four-year ring absence against Greek heavyweight Evgenios Lazaridis (19-5). DAZN will boradcast the fight. Huck had a long reign as WBO cruiserweight champion from 2009 thgrough...

The WBO has decided that Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (pictured) will retain his title as WBO junior lightweight (130 pounds) champion in the wake of his split decision loss to Denys Berinchyk, on Saturday, May 18th in San Diego.  However, as to Navarrete’s status as WBO super champion and those rights and privileges, the...

UPDATE: Gustavo Olivieri, attorney for the WBO, announced that promoters Queensberry and Boxxer have reached an agreement to move forward with a WBO interim light heavyweight title fight between Willie Hutchinson and Joshua Buatsi. The WBO therefore announced that the purse bid scheduled for today has been canceled. Details on...

On Saturday, July 27th, world middleweight champion and boxing superstar Claressa “GWOAT” Shields of Flint, Michigan will rise two weight divisions to challenge WBC women’s heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse of Quebec at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and live on DAZN. The vacant WBO light heavyweight...

Mexico's Yamileth Mercado (pictured) will defend her WBC super bantamweight title for the seventh time, against Ramla Ali on Saturday, June 29th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. This bout will be part of the card where Juan Francisco Estrada will defend his WBC super flyweight title against former flyweight champion...