On Saturday, October 10, famed broadcaster Jim Lampley will be a special celebrity guest at “Fighter’s Heaven in Art and Literature,” the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Fighter's Heaven, Muhammad Ali’s historic six-acre former training compound in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, now operated as a museum dedicated to Ali's life and legacy.
Pointing to what they say are previous agreements made, with official communications from WBA President Gilberto Mendoza Jnr to back up their claims, WBA Regular welterweight champion Jack Catterall and his team remain resolute in their intention to force a showdown with WBA Super welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.
Jin Sasaki claimed the Japanese welterweight title in Tokyo, Japan, with a bruising six-round beatdown of David Ssemujju on Monday
The proposed showdown between McCall and Ibeabuchi is a horror show but the concept of moving forward only if it receives a certain level of support is potentially groundbreaking, writes Eric Raskin
The job of rebuilding Moses Itauma following his devastating collapse against Filip Hrgovic last month will not be an easy one, says George Groves
Eddie Hearn and Chris Eubank Jnr could be set to link up with view to making a third fight with Conor Benn, who was of course Hearn’s client for the first two contests
First it was the location, then it was the date, and now it seems the drug-testing protocols on the original contracts of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury were also different
Dogged, festive and energetic, Mexico’s Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz transformed himself from interim 140lbs champion to something much more in Saturday night’s sixth-round knockout of Puerto Rico’s Nestor Bravo
Eddie Hearn has all but confirmed that a deal for the long-awaited clash between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is completed for December 11 in Cardiff, Wales
After more than five rounds of working to keep the vicious attack at bay, Nestor Bravo felt the full bite of Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz Saturday night at Pechanga Arena. Unleashing a destructive left hook to Bravo’s jaw, Mexico’s Cruz knocked out the Puerto Rican in the sixth round to impressively retain his WBC interim 140lbs belt.
Daniel Blancas scored a seventh-round TKO of Sergio Jimenez in the co-main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card at Pechanga Arena.
Pat Brown claimed the vacant British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles with a sixth-round finish of John Hedges at Manchester’s Co-op LIVE.
Shabaz Masoud claimed a unanimous decision victory in his featherweight debut over Ckari Cani Mansilla at Manchester’s Co-op LIVE
MANCHESTER, England – Mark Jeffers defeated Keiron Conway over 10 rounds to earn a unanimous points-decision victory at Manchester’s Co-op LIVE
Roy Jones Jnr applauds Eddie Hearn standing his ground in his battle for the UK to stage Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury but believes it’s a stance that could hurt the promoter in the long term
A Netflix four-part docuseries on former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will debut on the network Tuesday, October 13.
Mexico’s former WBA super-lightweight champion Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), weighed 139lbs while Puerto Rico’s Bravo, 24-1 (17 KOs), came in at 139.2lbs for the Saturday night DAZN main event at Pechanga Arena.
Gustavo Olivieri, president of the WBO, has announced that Hamzah Sheeraz has vacated his super-middleweight title rather than face mandatory challenger Zhanibek Alimkhanuly
WBC interim middleweight beltholder Jesus Ramos Jnr has fallen ill with a suspected case of food poisoning and his scheduled Saturday title defense against Meiirim Nursaltanov is off, an official monitoring the Premier Boxing Champions card told BoxingScene Friday
Former British and European junior welterweight champion Colin Power died on September 16 from cancer. He was 70 years old.
Fabio Wardley, as he prepares to rematch Daniel Dubois, insists that he is making the necessary adjustments to gain revenge over the man who left him a bruised and bloody mess in May
Perennial light-heavyweight contenders Craig Richards and Radivoje Kalajdzic are set to collide in London, at the Copper Box Arena, on Zuffa Boxing’s September 26 show topped by Johnny Fisher's heavyweight showpiece against Michael Pirotton
The WBO has ruled out the possibility of Denzel Bentley defending his middleweight belt against Conor Benn, at least for now
Eddie Hearn has taken a fresh swipe at Dana White with the showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury – which feels like it’s been in the making since the dawn of time – on course to formally be confirmed for December, likely the Friday the 11th, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales
Saturday night at Pechanga Arena, Mexico’s WBC interim 140lbs champion Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), defends his belt against Puerto Rico’s Nestor Bravo, 24-1 (17 KOs), atop a DAZN card.
With fierce, new competition, a new boss pushing a revived agenda and fighters expressing a newfound push for big fights, the days of promoters cautiously steering their fighters and over-marinating bouts ripe to be made are no longer boxing business as usual.
On Sunday, October 18, undefeated WBO No. 13-ranked heavyweight Gustavo Trujillo will return to the professional boxing ring in a “stay busy” 10-round bout against journeyman Donald Haynesworth.
In addition to their announcement of a new light cruiserweight division, this week, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) also revealed their intention to ban boxing gloves utilizing horsehair for padding, as of January 1, 2028.
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Pat Brown is wisely expecting the very best John Hedges when they meet for the vacant British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
Eddie Hearn believes his former charge Conor Benn should get some credit for getting as far as a world title shot even though he was outclassed by Ryan Garcia on Saturday night
The stabilizers are nearly off for British cruiserweight prospect Pat Brown so much so that he's already targeting the division's best
Though he believes David Benavidez to be the 'face' of boxing, Roy Jones expects Jai Opetaia to prove a very difficult opponent
Queensberry and Frank Warren have won the purse bid for the Hamzah Sheeraz-Janibek Alimkhanuly WBO super middleweight title bout
On Saturday, October 24, a pair of 22-year-old bantamweight prospects and former amateur rivals, Steven Navarro and Emanuel Moreno, will meet in a 10-round clash for the vacant NABO title.
Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali and former figurehead of opposition to the proposed Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, has now reversed positions and authored a letter supporting the bill and urging the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to advance it to the full Senate for ratification.
John Hedges is thinking of his former coach Ricky Hatton a year after his tragic death, and on the week of the biggest fight of his career.
The British Boxing Board of Control will introduce a new weight class, light cruiserweight, with effect from January 1 next year
Roy Jones Jnr does not believe Conor Benn will flourish if he perseveres at world level
Ryan Garcia claims that old rival Gervonta “Tank” Davis has formally contacted him about a rematch
Denzel Bentley is willing to open the door to Conor Benn at middleweight and offer him a shot at his WBO middleweight belt
International Boxing Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Bernstein is celebrating his 75th birthday today.
On Saturday, October 10, fighter advocate and grandson of Muhammad Ali, Nico Ali Walsh, will return to the ring for the first time this year in an eight-round middleweight bout against undefeated Treavon Craycraft.
This Saturday, September 19, at Pechanga Arena in Temecula, California, Olympic bronze medalist and undefeated middleweight Eumir Marcial will continue his fast-track rise through the professional ranks in an eight-round, all-southpaw battle against local veteran Omar Ulisses Huerta.
If you’re looking for something to do at Thanksgiving and fancy watching two creaking old heavyweights whack each other senseless then this sounds perfect: Ike Ibeabuchi and Oliver McCall, 53 and 61 years old respectively, are pencilled in to meet at 2pm in New York on November 26.
Ryan Garcia, fresh from a one-sided, two-round stoppage of Conor Benn at the weekend, is keen to get back in the ring as soon as possible
The WBC Monday stripped cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian of his title, elevating Poland’s Michal Cieslak to champion, confirming Cieslak will defend his belt December 12 against unified champion David Benavidez.
On Saturday, October 10, former IBF junior-lightweight champion Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jnr will enter the bareknuckle boxing trigon to take on Brian Hyslop at the BKB 60 event, broadcast live (7 pm BST/2 pm ET) on VICE TV and Telemundo (USA)/TalkSPORT (U.K. & Ireland) from Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England.
Kevin Anton, 14-0 (12 KOs), will defend his WBC Continental Americas junior-middleweight title against Cuba’s also undefeated Yan Marcos, 15-0 (10 KOs), in the main event of ProBoxTV’s Friday, October 16, live broadcast from the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center in Phoenix, Arizona. In the co-main event, WBC No. 5-ranked Justin Pauldo, 20-2, (10 KOs), of Houston will face WBO No. 11-ranked Rene Tellez Giron, 23-5 (14 KOs), of Queretaro, Mexico, in a 10-round lightweight battle.
Chris Algieri, stopped by Conor Benn in 2021 and now a sports nutritionist, was not impressed with his former opponent as he was beaten by Ryan Garcia on Saturday.
George Chuvalo, the heavyweight whose chin was often described as the sturdiest in boxing history, died on September 12 – his birthday – at the age of 89