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When unified lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. and mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. square off for the title it won’t be the first time they will have come face to face. They are penciled in to fight on June 5 in Miami, although the date and venue have not officially been announced, in the main event of a Triller Fight Club pay-per-view card.
The Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Kenichi Ogawa teams have come to terms for the vacant IBF junior lightweight world title fight. The bout is slated to take place on either July 10 or July 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the IBF told BoxingScene on Tuesday.
Junior lightweight Chris Colbert is close to a deal to make the next defense of his WBA interim title against former unified featherweight world titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa, multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions told BoxingScene on Friday.
WBC bantamweight world titlist Nordine Oubaali and former four-division world champion and mandatory challenger Nonito Donaire have had their long-delayed fight rescheduled.
Interim lightweight titlist Ryan Garcia, boxing’s hottest rising star, and veteran contender Javier Fortuna have agreed to terms to meet in a mandated bout, a source with knowledge of the deal told BoxingScene on Friday night.
Promoter Lou DiBella has sued junior lightweight contender O’Shaquie Foster for breach of contract. In an 11-page lawsuit filed by attorney John Wirt with United States federal court for the Southern District of New York—a copy of which has been obtained by BoxingScene.com—DiBella is asking a court to uphold the validity of his promotional contract and to prevent Foster from fighting for another promoter. DiBella is seeking “in excess of” $500,000 in damages.
The first six fight cards of the upstart Ring City USA series have generally featured competitive bouts on paper with several of them delivering on that promise. The series, which airs on NBC Sports Net (9 p.m. ET), will have two more events in April with both main events also seeming to look as though they will be competitive. There will be cards on April 8 and April 22, a source with knowledge of schedule told BoxingScene while also outlining the main events.
The last time former junior welterweight and welterweight world titlist Jessie Vargas was in the ring was in the main event of one of the final cards before the coronavirus pandemic shut boxing down for several months.
The fight between former unified heavyweight world titlist Andy Ruiz and former three-time world title challenger Chris Arreola, who are both from Southern California and due to meet this spring, have had their bout moved from April 24 to May 1 at a site to be announced, multiple sources with knowledge of the card told BoxingScene.
Former junior welterweight world titlist Maurice Hooker is going to be sidelined for at least two months but he will have the opportunity for another meaningful fight when he is ready to return, according to Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez. Hooker broke his right hand during an action-packed sixth-round knockout loss to rising star and fellow Dallas native Vergil Ortiz Jr. in their scheduled 12-round welterweight bout that headlined a Golden Boy Promotions card on DAZN on Saturday night at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.