
John Ramirez Aims To Secure Eliminator For Kazuto Ioka Title Shot
Undefeated super flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez (11-0, 8 KOs), fighting out of South-Central Los Angeles, aims to take over the super flyweight division.

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Undefeated super flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez (11-0, 8 KOs), fighting out of South-Central Los Angeles, aims to take over the super flyweight division.

Robeisy "El Tren" Ramirez promises to deliver fireworks as he prepares to defend his WBO featherweight world title on enemy turf.

Miami, FL; Marlon "La Furia" Aguas (14-1 9 KO's) of Quito, Ecuador has inked a multi-year exclusive promotional agreement with Tuto Zabala Jr's All Star Boxing, Inc. He is slated to appear this fall in the United States, marking his first fight under the promotional banner.

Tasman Fighters and Jai Opetaia have agreed to work with Matchroom as part of a global promotional partnership. Opetaia (22-0 17 KOs) wrestled the IBF World Cruiserweight title away from Mairis Briedis on home turf with an outstanding display in Queensland, Australia in July 2022, outboxing the Latvian with a show of skill mixed with guts after breaking his jaw in both the second and final rounds.

The current lineal heavyweight boxing champion and the former UFC heavyweight champion will meet in the ring. Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou are set for a sanctioned boxing match to take place Saturday, October 28th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in an epic showdown between two giants of their fields following the opening of Riyadh Season.

World championships medalist and multi-time national champion Freudis Rojas Jr., will return to his hometown of Las Vegas for his Sin City debut this Saturday, July 15. Rojas will take on Diego Santiago Sanchez in a 10-round welterweight bout on the undercard of Frank Martin vs. Artem Harutyunyan at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Knockout artists Nikita Tszyu (6-0, 5 KOs) and Liam Wilson (11-2, 7 KOs) will return to action on August 23rd, with further details on the pay-per-view event, including two international bouts to be announced shortly.

Harlem Eubank will tackle Ishmael Ellis in Edinburgh next week, as part of Lee McGregor’s homecoming show. The unbeaten Brighton stylist fights Ellis over 10 rounds, live and free-to-air on Channel 5, at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, on Friday, July 21.

Bitter enemies Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte were reunited in an intense face-off for their grudge match on Saturday, August 12. The event sold-out The O2 in just two hours.

In a dominant performance in front of thousands of fans in his home state of Texas, Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (15-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his WBA International Title when he defeated Haskell “Hackman” Rhodes (28-5-1, 13 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nevada.