Ppv.com announced it has extended its exclusive relationship with legendary boxing journalist and blow-by-blow announcer Jim Lampley through 2024.  Lampley, who ended his nearly five-year hiatus from boxing to work the Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo super middleweight world championship fight for Ppv.com, in September,...

Irish welterweight Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (11-0, 8 KOs) will fight English champion Danny Ball (13-1-1, 6 KOs) in a ten-round bout on November 25th. Donovan, age 24, will be showcased ahead of the rematch betweeen undisputed world junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron (18-0) vs. wrold lightweight champion...

Promoter Luis DeCubas Sr., a forty-year veteran in the sport, has been nominated for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, a milestone in his career. Known for rejuvenating the career of Hall of Fame inductee Roberto Duran, DeCubas has tirelessly promoted the sport, nurtured the careers of numerous fighters...

Nevada promotional powerhuse Top Rank has announced a multi-year partnership with combat sports apparel and equipment industry giant Venum. This co-branded collection includes a full suite of apparel — debuting in Spring 2024 and available at www.venum.com  — and will feature men’s tracksuits, boxing shorts, performance...

Heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr., the Olympic silver medalist from Tulare, California, looks to close out 2023 in crushing fashion. Torrez will face Curtis Harper (14-10, 9 KOs) on Saturday, Dec. 9th at Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida. This will be the first scheduled eight-rounder for Torrez, who...

Former two-belt champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev (pictured) will face Kevin Gonzalez in a WBA super bantamweight eliminator as the chief support bout to the flyweight unification bout between Jesse Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona on Saturday December 16th, live worldwide on DAZN –...

Callum Walsh W10 Ismael Villareal,,, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" is an often repeated phrase in the sport of boxing. The ability to remain composed when a boxer gets stunned is perhaps the most important characteristic that separates a contender from a pretender. On Thursday, November 9th at the...

Sonny Conto W6 Detrailous Webster ... Friday's main event at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphi saw local favorite Sonny Conto win a six-round unanimous decision over Detrailous Webster of Mississippi in a heavyweight fight. Conto worked behind a nice jab and rocked Webster on several occasions. Conto looked sharp considering he...

Promoter Frank Warren announced a line-up change for his show this Saturday at Manchester, England's AO Arena. Warren wrote that "injury has seen to it that we have lost the Anthony Cacace-Ryan Garner fight, but the good news is that we have been able to slot in a cracking little English heavyweight title fight between our...

Still no formal date for the heavyweght world championship unification bout between three-belt champion Oleksandr Usyk and WBC champion Tyson Fury, although the target date remains in February. Some big heavyweight news, perhaps the exact date of Usyk-Fury, or perhaps some news about former champions Deontay Wilder and...

There will be a rare bridgerweight (224-pound) fight at Emperors Palace in South Africa on November 24th when Kevin Lerena fights Senad Gashi for the WBC interim title. Lennox Lewis, the last undisputed world heavyweight champion, is scheduled to be ringside. It will be Lewis' first trip to South Africa since his famous...

Harlem Eubank TKO11 Timo Schwarzkopf... Harlem Eubank's Brighton (England) homecoming a strong performance as he stopped Timo Schwarzkopf of Germany in round eleven. Eubank was the first of his famous fighting family to headline in their hometown since Chris Eubank Sr. defended his world title in the seaside resort, in the...

Dominican slugger Edwin De Los Santos is ready for his first world title opportunity. The 24 year-old southpaw will face pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson for the vacant WBC lightweight world title on Thursday, Nov. 16th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) debuted in the pro ranks in 2018...

Kevin Nagle TKO3 Max DaSilva... It only seemed appropriate that a U.S. Army veteran, Kevin “Big Gulp” Nagle (4-0, 4 KOs), was the star of Granite Chin Promotions' show on Veterans Day eve at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Nagle, fighting out of Scituate, was deployed in Iraq and Kosovo. He is a...

Here are Boxingtalk's Saturday's fight predictions: Irma Garcia (22-5-1) vs. Stephanie Silva (8-0) (vacant IBF super flyweight title) … prediction: Silva by decision; Marie Connan (6-2) vs. Ayelen Micaela Alejandra Granadino (9-1-4) (vacant IBO flyweight title) … prediction: Granadino by decision; Shabaz Masoud (11-0)...

Jamel Herring TKO1 Nicholas Molina... After a first-round stoppage of previously undefeated Nicholas Molina in New York City earlier this week, ex-130-pound champion Jamel Herring vowed to remain active on his comeback campaign. Herring said, "Gotta lead by example. In 97’ Oscar De La Hoya fought five times. They weren’t...

The IBF issued its new ratings this week, and the most significant development is that Jaron "Boots" Ennis (pictured) has been upgraded to IBF welterweight champion at the expense of Terence "Bud" Crawford, the consensus world champion. Crawford gained true world champion status when he stopped Errol Spence Jr. in a...

Undefeated former two-division champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade held a Bay Area media workout on Friday ahead of his showdown against unbeaten former two-time super middleweight champion David “El Monstruo” Benavídez headlining on Showtime pay-per-view on Saturday, November 25th in a Premier Boxing Champions event...

Canadian junior welterweight Steve Claggett will fight the heavy-handed Miguel Madueno on Tuesday, Nov. 14th, in the ten-round main event at Casino De Montreal. A Calgary native, Claggett seeks to extend his winning streak to eight. In the ten-round co-feature, former middleweight title challenger Steven Butler looks to...

Jacqueline Calvo W12 Nora Cardoza ... In an all-Mexico flyweight contest, Jacqueline Calvo defeated Nora Cardoza by technical knockout in the sixth round on Thursday at the Foro 360 in Naucalpan, Mexico. The 27 year-old Calvo was in dominant form. She was patient and organized against an experienced opponent, but she...

Ohara Davies (25-2 with 18 KOs) and Ismael Barroso (24-4-2 with 22 KOs) will square off for the WBA interim title at 140 pounds on December 2nd at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.  The bout will be part of a Golden Boy Promotions event, which will also mark the return of Ryan Garcia to face Oscar Duarte in the main...

On October 10, 2023, the IBF ordered world junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (pictured) to begin negotiations for an IBF mandatory defense against Bakhram Murtazaliev, a Russian who is 21-0. An agreement was not reached within the time frame allowed by the IBF, so the sanctioning body has now ordered a purse bid...

This weekend, ESPN will premiere three special programs ahead of Top Rank’s show headlined by Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos. On Thursday, November 16th at 10:30 p.m. ET/ 7:30 p.m. PT, Stevenson vs. De Los Santos will air live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. Stevenson (20-0, 10...

P4P Entertainment is bringing professional boxing back to Corpus Christi, Texas on November 11th. The show, dubbed "Takeover 4," is set to feature seven exciting bouts.  The chief supporting bout will see hometown product "The Chosen One" Travis Crawford (5-2) take on Kaylyn Alfred (4-5-2) of Lafayette, Louisian in a...

Promoter Russell Peltz wrote: Ridley Park, Pennsylvania welterweight Mike Picciotti passed away Sunday (Nov. 5th) at the age of 66, a sad day for all of us who remember the excitement he brought to the boxing ring from 1976 to 1986, many times at the 1,800-seat 69th Street Forum in Upper Darby, PA. Other times, he fought at...

Here are the boxers' weights for Friday night's King's Promotions "Split-T Showcase" that takes place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia:  Sonny Conto 222.5 pounds -vs.- Detrailous Webster 241.5; LeAnna Cruz 113.4 -vs.- Tania Walter 113.6; Greg Outlaw 144.2 -vs.- Sebastian Gabriel Chavez 142.5; Dante Benjamin Jr....

Harlem Eubank (18-0) and Timo Schwarzkopf (22-5) face off tonight (Friday) in Brighton, England live on Channel 5 in the UK. Here are the boxers' weights for the show: Junior welterweights - twelve rounds  Harlem Eubank 139.6 pounds -vs.- Timo Schwarzkopf 140; Light heavyweights- eight rounds Lerrone Richards...

Hlula Dladla Boxing Promotions presents professional boxing at the Fordaville Hall in Escourt, South Africa on November 11th. Lindelani Sibisi (4-2 with 3 KOs), will face Sange Ngoza (7-3 with 2 KOs) in an all South African featherweight bout. Sbisi will enter the fight as a favorite, something he hasn't been used to. Sibisi...

Showtime has announced its pre-pay-per-view freestream line-up prior to broadcast set for Saturday, November 25th. The action will be topped by former 140-pound champion Sergey Lipinets (pictured) taking on Michel Rivera in a ten-round contest, plus Vito Mielnicki Jr. facing Mexico’s Alexis Salazar in a ten-round...

For Brazil's Olympic champion Robson Conceição, he hopes the third time will be the charm. Conceição will have his third world title opportunity when he takes on WBO junior lightweight champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete on Thursday, Nov. 16th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Navarrete-Conceição will serve as the co-feature...

Hamzah Sheeraz has sustained a perforated ear drum in training and his scheduled middleweight fight against Liam Williams at the Copper Box Arena has been postponed until early in 2024 from its original date of December 2nd. The remainder of the original lineup, featuring Gavin Gwynne, Sam Noakes, Raven Chapman and Brad...

Harlem Eubank (18-0) and Timo Schwarzkopf (22-5) shared a face-off at the final press conference in Brighton, England ahead of their clash live on Channel 5 on Friday night. Eubank and Schwarzkopf headline 'Bloodline', the latest Wasserman Boxing event.  The unbeaten Harlem becomes the first member of the famous Eubank...

Argentinean super middleweight champion Pablo “Pac-man” Corzo (who will give up his domestic title), has been confirmed to return to the ring this Saturday (November 11th) against Venezuela's Carlos Rivero (24-2-1 with 14 KOs). The ten-round super middleweight bout will be the chief support bout for Anahi Sanchez vs....

Shabaz Masoud and Jose Sanmartin will face off in a super bantamweight bout at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom, this Saturday, November 11th.  The fight has been rescheduled, as it was originally scheduled for October 21st but Masoud’s health problems after the weigh-in forced the fight to be postponed. ...

Bare-knuckle heavyweights “Big” Ben Rothwell and Todd Duffee will finally lock horns at BKFC 56, which will take place at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, December 2nd. With over 70 combined mixed martial arts fights – including almost 25 in the UFC – the two hard-hitting big men both enjoyed long...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced that social media superstar Jake “The Problem Child” Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) will face professional boxer Andre August (10-1-1 5 KOs) in his return to the ring on Friday, December 15th at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Paul vs. August, an eight-round cruiserweight...

Carlos Cuadras and Pedro Guevara, both from Mexico, will compete for the WBC interim super flyweight title on November 17th at the WBC Annual Convention in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Another Mexican warrior, Juan Francisco Estrada, remains as the WBC full champion in the division. For Cuadras (41-5-1), a win positions him for...

Undefeated WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo and Jose Benavidez Jr. went back and forth during a heated virtual press conference Tuesday ahead of their ten-round non-title bout that serves as the SHowtime pay-per-view co-feature on Saturday, November 25th in a Premier Boxing Champions event at Mandalay Bay Resort...

German junior welterweight Timo Schwarzkopf (22-5) is determined to defy the odds and ruin undefeated Harlem Eubank's homecoming in Brighton, England on Friday night, live and free-to-air on Channel 5. Eubank and Schwarzkopf headline a Wasserman Boxing show this week, with world class super middleweight Lerrone Richards back...

Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA event will see heavyweights Alan Belcher and Roy “Big Country” Nelson square off on Friday, November 10th in a battle between two fan-friendly combatants. The match-up headlines a show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS. The event will stream live and for free on...