World title action returns to the Big Apple when IBF 140-pound champion Richardson Hitchins (pictured) attempts to defend his belt against former world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. After beating Liam Paro to win the IBF  belt in December, Hitchins (19-0) will be looking to add another win over an Australian to...

WBO president Gustavo Olivieri explained his organization's procedure that will be followed to determine a new champion. In particular, the WBO lightweight (135 pounds) title is vacant because Keyshawn Davis failed to make weight for his scheduled title defense last weekend. According to Oilivieri, here are the WBO...

CES Boxing celebrates Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Paz [a/k/a Vinny Pazienza] on his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 7th in Canastota, New York.  A two-division champion, Paz's induction marks a key milestone in his storied career, highlighting his enduring influence and...

Fabio Wardley TKO10 Justis Huni... Fabio Wardley marked the occasion of fighting in the centre circle of Portman Road - home of his beloved Ipswich Town - by becoming the WBA interim heavyweight title holder. The 30-year old is now undefeated in 20 professional fights following a come-from-behind tenth-round destruction...

Abdullah Mason TKO5 Jeremia Nakathila... Abdullah Mason, age 21, became a main event fighter by default on Friday after Keyshawn Davis failed to make weight and saw his fight cancelled. This last-minute development allowed Mason, a lightweight from Cleveland to make his headlining debut. He delivered a dominant...

Bonginkosi Nhlapo W10 Nelson Mbhele ... Bonginkosi Nhlapo narrowly defeated fellow South African Nelson Mbhele on Saturday night. The South African light heavyweights headlined a show at Event City in Middelburg, in South Africa´s Mpumalanga province, promoted by Rise Boxing Promotions. It was an evenly contested bout,...

King's Promotions has postponed the June 19th fight card at The Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It will be rescheduled for Friday, September 5th. The card was postponed due to injuries suffered by fighters that were scheduled for the card. "Sometimes these things happen in boxing, but we already have...

Mickey Bey TKO3 Oscar Escandon... Former lightweight champion Mickey “Time Machine” Bey reasserted his presence in the division with a TKO wing over Oscar Escandon at 2:03 of round three in the main event from the Newtown Sports & Events Center in Newtown, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. Bey (26-3-1, 14 KOs) a native...

Irish junior middleweight Callum “King” Walsh will defend his undefeated records against Elias “Latin Kid” Espadas on June 26th at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Walsh picked up a big win in 2024 when he knocked out Dauren Yeleussinov in the ninth round. Since then, he's rung up three early KOs over...

Brandon Moore W5 Stanley Wright... Rising American heavyweight Brandon Moore (18-1, 10 KOs) triumphed in the main event of “Hall of Fame Fight Night,” live on DAZN at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Moore faced undefeated Stanley Wright (14-1, 11 KOs). A member of Salita Promotions’ heavyweight roster,...

Franchon Crews-Dezurn W10 Citlali Ortiz... In her promotional debut with Salita Promotions, Franchón Crews-Dezurn (10-2, 2 KOs) put her unified super middleweight championship on the line against Citlalli Ortiz (4-2, 1 KO) in the Verona, New York's Turning Stone Casino. Representing Mexico in the 2024 Olympic Games, Ortiz...

Wendy Toussaint W10 Joseph Hicks... On a night built to celebrate boxing greatness during the International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, junior middleweight Wendy Toussaint carved his own personal laegacy, scoring an upset over previously undefeated Joseph Hicks Jr. The bout took place last night (June 6) at the...

The Keyshawn Davis-Edwin De Los Santos fight has been canceled after Davis failed to make weight earlier today. Davis has been stripped of the WBO lightweight world title. Tomorrow’s card at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, will proceed with a new main event, the ten-round lightweight showdown between the unbeaten...

With the Keyshawn Davis vs. Edwin De Los Santos main event canceled after Davis failed to make weight, here are the boxers' weights for Top Rank's ESPN show in Norfolk, Virginia: Abdullah Mason 134.5 pounds -vs.- Jeremia Nakathila 134.8 (ten rounds); Kelvin Davis 140  -vs.- Nahir Albright 139  (ten rounds);  Tiger...

Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) returns to Norfolk’s Scope Arena this Saturday, June 7th to defend his WBO lightweight title against heavy-hitting Dominican Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs). Davis captured the crown in February with a fourth-round stoppage of Denys Berinchyk. Three months earlier, he electrified the...

Salita Promotions will present a night of fights on today (Friday, June 6th) at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, as part of International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. "Hall of Fame Fight Night," will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN. The event is headlined by heavyweight Brandon Moore (17-1,...

Hall of Fame boxing legend Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios squared off for the press earlier this week in order to preview their showdown taking place Saturday, July 19th on a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here is what...

Former 122-pound champion Brandon Figueroa (25-2-1) will face perennial contender Joet Gonzalez (27-4) on July 19th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Figueroa, who was also "e-mailed" the WBC championship by getting upgraded from interim titlist, is coming off a loss to Stephen Fulton earlier this year....

Bantamweight Eros Correa (15-1, 9 KOs) of San Jose, California, is set for one of the biggest fights of his career as he squares off against Michael Angeletti (13-0, 8 KOs) of Spring, Texas. The ten-round bout is part of the ProBox TV event, taking place on Saturday, June 7th at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San...

Boxlab Promotions’ newly signed middleweight Sebastian Juarez (7-0, 5 KOs) of Brownsville, Texas, takes on hard-hitting Shaquille Cameron (7-4, 6 KOs) from Gadsden, Alabama in a scheduled six-round bout. The fight is part of the action-packed Most Valuable Prospects 13 card promoted by MVP, set for Saturday, June 7th, at...

Connecticut's Parker Porter is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the BKFC (bare-knuckle) heavyweight division. The West Hartford, CT big man needed just 44 seconds to steamroll fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Chase Gormley in February.  He makes his return to the squared circle against Dillon Cleckler...

Two-time Olympic gold medal winner, and multiple weight class pro champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has announced his retirement from boxing. Lomachenko leaves the sport as the reigning IBF lightweight champion. The announcement came in a video posted on social media by Ring Magazine. Lomachenko's record is listed as 18-3...

As great as his career was, Nonito Donaire has not won a fight since 2021. He's coming back at age 42 next week to face a decent opponent, former flyweight title challenger Andres Campos, who has never fought at bantamweight. Unfortunately, the WBA decided to sanction Donaire-Campos for its interim bantamweight championship,...

Top Rank Boxing returns to The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, July 26th. In the main event, Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas will take on upset-minded Mexican puncher Jorge Garcia for the vacant WBO junior middleweight championship. In the co‑feature, Brooklyn native Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington...

Shocking news is being reported by the Kyodo news agency in Japan... former four-division champion Kosei Tanaka has unexpectedly retired due to vision issues in both eyes. The 29-year old held a press conference in which he admitted that he had been fighting with retinal detachment in recent years. He said he underwent...

The Kansas Athletic Commission has overturned a “no contest” ruling to a second-round technical knockout victory for a home-state boxer, Marco “El Tiburón” Romero (7-0, 6 KOs). Romero, fighting out of Olathe, KS, faced Noah Kidd (10-14-2, 5 KOs) on May 24th in a scheduled six-round bout outdoors at Energy Plaza in...

In February, former junior welterweight title holder Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (27-3-1, 18 KOs) edged out all-action contender Angel Fierro (23-3-2, 18 KOs) via unanimous decision in an early 2025 fight of the year contender. The two Mexican warriors combined to throw 1,410 punches over the ten rounds of action. Cruz was...

Phoenix teenager “King” David Garcia will make his debut for ex-champ-turned-promoter Danny Garcia’s Swift Promotions this Saturday night. The sixteen-year old will take on Marcelino Rangel (1-1) in a four-round bantamweight match-up from the Newtown Sports & Events Center in Newtown, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia....

The full card has been set by Star Boxing for Saturday night, June 14th at The Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. “This card is a throwback to an era when fans could see neighborhood wars at venues like Sunnyside Gardens, St. Nicholas Arena, Ridgewood Grove Arena and Madison Square Garden," said Joe...

Earlier this week, the WBC paid tribute to the achievements and memory of former flyweight champion Antonio Avelar. A video was shown reviewing the champion’s career, how he got to his title fight, how he won it, and what happened next in his career as he continued to excel. Avelar passed away on April 27th of this year....

Timing is critical in boxing, in and out of the ring, and hard-luck Canadian cruiserweight contender Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs) has been on the untimely side of issues the past few years. Rozicki reachedthe WBC #1 mandatory challenger position the past two years only to have two world title fights fall...

Carlos Reyes D6 Oliver McCall... Former WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, still plodding on at the age of 60, fought to a six-round draw in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday. McCall (61-14-1), in the third fight of a very late-age comeback bid, was in against 47-year-old Carlos Reyes (7-17-3). Official scores were 57-57,...

WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian Fundora's next fight wil be a rematch against ex-champ Tim Tszyu, scheduled for July 19th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This bout will serve as the chief support on the pay-per-view card headlined by Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios.  In their first encounter in March 2024,...

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will be the rare actively boxing Hall of Fame member when he seeks to add another memorable highlight to his legendary career and become a world champion once again on July 19th. On that date, Pacquiao challenges WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios on a PBC pay-per-view broadcast on...

Lightweight Justin Pauldo will look to push himself closer to a 135-pound title show this Saturday, June 7th when he takes on Juan Carlos Burgos (36-8-3, 22 KOs) in the ten-round ProBox TV main event at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. “I’m targeting anyone with a belt,” said Pauldo (18-2, 9 KOs)....

Bantamweight Bree Howling (8-0, 2 KOs), hailing from Calgary, is set to square off against fellow unbeaten Naomy Cardenas (8-0, 2 KOs) of Chihuahua, Mexico, in a six-round bout. The fight headlines the Most Valuable Prospects 13 card, promoted by MVP, live on DAZN globally from the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida...

Undefeated Brooklyn heavyweight Pryce Taylor (7-0, 5 KOs) will honor the late, great Hall of Famer George Foreman this Friday night when he enters the ring to take on Ed Fountain (14-8, 7 KOs) in the Hall of Fame induction weekend show at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. The six-round Taylor vs. Fountain...

Eric Priest W10 Luis Arias... Eric Priest continues carving out his place in the middleweight landscape, and on Saturday night in Las Vegas, he improved to 15-0 with 8 KOs when he put on a composed and technically sound performance, earning a unanimous decision victory over seasoned veteran Luis Arias (22-4-1, 9 KOs). From...

The WBC is sorting out its convoluted cruiserweight title situation. The sanctioning body announced that its Board of Governors has issued the following ruling: First, it has granted the appeal presented by Don King Productions and is ordering a direct rematch between WBC champion Badou Jack and former champion Noel...

PBC has announced the passing of Jose Santa Cruz, beloved father and trainer of former world champion Leo Santa Cruz. Born in 1958, Jose was the heart of Team Santa Cruz—an unwavering presence in his son’s corner and a true fighter in his own right. Jose exposed all of his sons to boxing. Armando Santa Cruz is a...