
Charles Martin weighs in at 251.2lbs for Saturday return fight
Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin will step back into the ring on Saturday for the first time since his hard-fought loss to Jared Anderson in the summer of 2023.

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Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin will step back into the ring on Saturday for the first time since his hard-fought loss to Jared Anderson in the summer of 2023.

Former junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer, now competing at lightweight, has heard the chatter about his opponent William Zepeda’s potential February showdown with Shakur Stevenson, but Farmer thinks people are overlooking one simple fact—Zepeda has to get past him first.

Many fans might not yet know Mike Russell, the Petaluma-based cruiserweight who’s now spent two training camps with Mike Tyson over the past four years—including the current one, leading up to Tyson’s upcoming fight against Jake Paul.

Featherweight contender Bruce Carrington’s first big moment on ESPN came when he celebrated a knockout win by mimicking one of Mike Tyson’s iconic speeches. It’s no surprise he felt emotional meeting Tyson during fight week media obligations—a powerful moment for the two Brooklyn fighters sharing a fight card.

Oscar Collazo, the undefeated WBO strawweight champion from Puerto Rico, knows he has more than a belt on the line this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This night is also about showing that the little guys belong on the big cards.

The junior welterweight fight between former titleholder Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jnr, will no longer be a WBO eliminator as previously anticipated, with Barboza no longer eager to pay the WBO's sanctioning fees.

Guillermo Rigondeaux, the former multi-division titleholder, knocked out Dannis Aguero on Tuesday night at E11EVEN Nightclub in Miami, Florida, in a junior featherweight bout. Rigondeaux, 44, a two-time Olympic gold medalist from the 2000 and 2004 Games, floored Aguero with a body shot in the first round for the stoppage.

A potential slugfest is brewing under the surface of Saturday night’s “Latino Night” as junior welterweight puncher Oscar Duarte faces Batyr Akhmedov, a late replacement for Duarte’s original opponent, Kenneth Sims Jnr.

Marquis Taylor will return to the ring on December 13 in Houston, Texas, to face undefeated Petr Khamukov at the Red Owl Boxing Arena.

The former light heavyweight Ryan Bourland from North Dakota’s oil fields moved up to cruiserweight to face Jake Paul in February. Bourland didn’t make it out of the first round.