
Best boxing prospects: 26 to watch in 2026 (Part III)
As 2025 comes to an end, it’s time to take a look at some of boxing’s most talented up-and-comers, here's numbers 10 to 1

As 2025 comes to an end, it’s time to take a look at some of boxing’s most talented up-and-comers, here's numbers 10 to 1

Japan’s junior lightweight prospect Reito Tsutsumi improved to 4-0 (3 KOs) with an excellent fourth-round win over Mexico’s Leobardo Quintana Sanchez at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh.

Damon “Pistol” Flores might be 15 years old, but he might be the best young boxing talent in the whole country.

Angelo Leo could still very well wind up with a homecoming headliner for his next outing. It will just no longer come against his originally stated target.

Masamichi Yabuki and Felix Alvarado had little difficulty complying with the IBF 2nd day weigh-in ahead of their clash this Saturday in Tokoname, Japan.

Kieran Mulvaney takes on the difficult task of listing the 50 most durable boxers in the history of the sport

Naoya Inoue senses that victory over David Picasso Saturday in Saudi Arabia allows him to supplant the now-retired Terence Crawford as the top pound for pound fighter in boxing.

Mike Tyson, with tiger in hand, knew Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah would fight when the young hopefuls were only teenagers, writes Tris Dixon

Holly Holm might be her next target, Lance Pugmire writes

Garcia is ill and unfit to fight, Jake Donovan reports

This will be Ramirez's first defense of his secondary WBA light heavyweight title.

Davis is making his first appearance at junior welterweight while Adames will be defending his middleweight title for the first time in about a year.

The heavyweight division that George Foreman briefly ruled over in the seventies was the strongest in history. The only other era that could compare arrived 20 years later and, incredibly, a middle-aged George Foreman was among the leaders of that wrecking crew, too.

Hall of Famer Michael Nunn looks back on his career, the victories, the disappointments and the ones that got away, writes Tris Dixon

Elliot Worsell talks in-depth to Pat Brown about following in the footsteps of his hero, Ricky Hatton

Following Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Daniel Dubois, Elliot Worsell marvelled at the incredible Ukrainian heavyweight king

Masamichi Yabuki and Felix Alvarado came in lighter for their head-on collision than was the case for their previous bouts.

No matter how bad things got for Israel Vazquez, you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. You couldn’t stop him from seeing the humor in small things. You couldn’t get him to feel sorry for himself

Masamichi Yabuki will be right at home, in front of his adoring fans in Tokoname, Japan, when he defends his flyweight title against Felix Alvarado on Saturday.

Kevin Gudino found peace in photography to balance the chaos of the boxing ring.

From 59 all the way down to 1, Matt Christie ranks each of Mike Tyson's performances in order of excellence

Naoya Inoue and Alan Picasso faced off for the first time this week at Thursday's final press conference ahead of Saturday's Ring 5: Night of the Samurai in Riyadh.

Vinny Paz details the highs and lows of his Hall of Fame career to Tris Dixon

At this point, Frank Sanchez has nothing to lose by waiting until 2026 for his next assignment.

Carl Froch tells Tris Dixon about the 'bullshit narratives' he had to go along with during his days as a pundit

Jake Paul thinks he won two rounds against Anthony Joshua but admits he was up against it from the start, writes Tom Ivers

A man can dream. And in the vision of enthusiastic advisor Sean Gibbons, his Mexican fighters David Picasso and Willibaldo Garcia perform strongly in Saudi Arabia Saturday, with Picasso meeting the undisputed junior-featherweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan and Garcia seeking to defend his IBF junior-bantamweight belt to set up an undisputed meeting with three-belt champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez

When former heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi returned to the ring earlier this year after more than 25 years out of the ring, he had lost his prime and his reflexes but had his undefeated record intact. Now he doesn’t even have that.

The verbose and confident father, manager and trainer of unbeaten three-division and welterweight champion Devin Haney has been pushing others for a fight following his son’s WBO title-winning performance against then-unbeaten champion Brian Norman Jnr last month in Saudi Arabia.

Tyric Trapp had a whole year to think about the disappointment of Virginia. Now he's put it all behind him, and is looking to make the United States' national team.

Reina Tellez’s résumé will tell you that her task ahead is – by far – the toughest as she challenges the legendary Amanda Serrano on the road in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Chris Billam-Smith is open to re-signing with Boxxer when his current deal expires at the end of the year.

A complicated boxer and a heavy puncher from Mexico will be throwing punches and doing their best to throw a wrench into the plans to stage a Naoya Inoue-Junto Nakatani super-fight at the Tokyo Dome in May

A revealing picture of boxing in 2025 was painted by the 'coverage' of Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul, writes Tom Ivers

There is no need for Junto Nakatani to send a message, even as he shares the stage with Naoya Inoue (in separate bouts) this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dave Allen is not sure when he will fight again.

Khalil Coe and Jesse Hart are back in each other's sights.

Erika Cruz fights to clear her name regarding her latest drug testing dilemma.

The IBF 168lbs belt is officially up for grabs as of Tuesday, one week to the day of Terence Crawford confirming his retirement.

Lucas Ketelle looks at fighters 11-20 in the second part of the best up-and-comers that boxing fans should keep an eye on.

Wilder has won once in the past three years but is the last big name from the previous heavyweight era yet whom Usyk has yet to face.

It might not have been much of a fight, but Friday's bizarre eight-round heavyweight contest between Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul was at least watched by lots of people.

“When I saw the size of that logo on his top, I couldn’t believe it,” beamed Harris.

“He [Turki Alalshikh] sponsors all of the companies and he supports everybody," Eddie Hearn tells Tom Ivers.

Injuries, promotional disputes and other snafus led to these anticipated fights being snake-bitten.

All the details for how to watch Naoya Inoue defend his junior featherweight championship against Alan David Picasso.

Former world titleholder Joe Cordina is now in a stronger position to challenge for a belt in a second weight class.

Ben Whittaker has caught the eye of David Benavidez, writes Tris Dixon

BoxingScene Today analysts Chris Algieri and Paulie Malignaggi were frustrated with Jake Paul's approach against Anthony Joshua

Asofa-Solomona and Latimore are both former National Rugby League professionals.