
Former titleholders Angel Ayala, Yamileth Mercado return May 21
Former flyweight titleholder Angel Ayala will return for the first time since losing his belt last year, sharing a main event on May 21 against former title challenger Jayson Mama

Former flyweight titleholder Angel Ayala will return for the first time since losing his belt last year, sharing a main event on May 21 against former title challenger Jayson Mama

Ellie Scotney retained her IBF and WBO belts while annexing Yamileth Mercado’s WBC title Friday at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Shadasia Green made her dream come true and Ellie Scotney won her US debut – and a world title belt – on Friday at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Ellie Scotney is 27 years old, she holds two junior featherweight belts and hopes to win another on Friday night when, on the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano III bill, she battles Yamileth Mercado inside New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Boxing historian Malissa Smith spotlights which undercard fights are most worthy of attention, her predictions on the winners and potential upsets.


Ramla Ali, the 2020 Somalian Olympian, will vie for her inaugural world title this Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where she faces WBC junior featherweight champion Yamileth Mercado.

Yamileth Mercado will defend her WBC junior featherweight title against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 29.

Yamileth Mercado of Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Mexico won a hard-fought unanimous decision over Paulette Valenzuela Saturday night at the Centro de Convenciones in Xochitepec, Mexico, just outside of Cuernavaca.

Yamileth "Yeimi" Mercado executed a high level of boxing, connected more often from the first to the last round, to defeat Zimbabwean challenger Kudakwashe Chiwindare by unanimous decision, and in turn retained for the fifth time her WBC super bantamweight world championship.