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Mike Coppinger and Jake Donovan both report that WBO super welterweight champion Xander Zayas and WBA titlist Abass Baraou have agreed to meet in a January 31st unification bout in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Per Donovan, the show will be announced on-site next week on the 12th. The 23-year-old Zayas (22-0, 13 KO) pushed for […]
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While DAZN has steadily increased its subscription rates and added more and more PPV events to their offerings on top of that, the company has just issued a press release indicated that they are ‘revolutionizing’ the PPV model by introducing a new ‘ultimate’ subscription pricing plan that will include its PPV events. The first three […]
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Oscar De La Hoya is back on his revenge tour and takes aim at Dana White once again for an investigation into alleged fight fixing in the UFC. De La Hoya says this only proves him right about the kind of businessmen Turki Alalshikh is dealing with, and thinks this whole saga only serves to […]
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With Devin Haney set to step straight into a welterweight title fight against Brian Norman Jr on Nov. 22, both fighters sat down with Ring Magazine to talk about the matchup and their expectations for the fight. You can catch some excerpts of what both fighters had to say below with the full video interview […]
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Top Rank, still on the hunt for a broadcast partner, announced on Twitter that its next two shows will air on their Top Rank Classics streaming service. That platform, which you can access for free via various services, hosted Mikaela Mayer’s win over Mary Spencer this past Saturday. The first of the two sees Rafael […]
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Badou Jack’s long-delayed rematch with Noel Mikaelian on December 13th is officially set to air on pay-per-view “via all major cable outlets, DIRECTV, and DISH in the United States, as well as leading digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, PPV.com, TrillerTV, and Fubo” with a “suggested retail price” of $29.99. Jack (29-3-3, 17 KO) edged […]
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Most Valuable Promotions has unveiled the full supporting cast for Amanda Serrano’s January 3rd rematch with Erika Cruz in San Juan, including a lightweight title bout and some of Puerto Rico’s top talents. The co-feature sees 44-year-old former titlist Holly Holm (34-2-3, 9 KO), who returned to boxing in June after 12 years as a […]
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Kell Brook is scheduled to return to the ring on Feb. 13 in Dubai for a fight against Eisa Al Dah after not having fought since a Feb. 2022 win over Amir Khan. In a conversation with Sky Sports he says he’s coming back to the ring in order to bring awareness to mental health, […]
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If you haven’t seen Denis Villanueve’s 2016 sci-fi classic Arrival, go watch that before reading the next few paragraphs. Or read them anyway. Or just skip them. You’ve only got one life to live and there’s no point subjecting yourself to the edicts of some weirdo from the Internet. Anyway, the movie’s climax kicks off […]
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Floyd Schofield Jr recently spent some time talking with Fight Hub TV about a number of topics, and during this particular segment his father and trainer made some bold proclamations about their intentions to be undisputed in two weight classes simultaneously while also also saying he expects Shakur Stevenson’s career to end sooner than you […]
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With Chris Eubank Jr set to rematch Conor Benn on Nov. 15, DAZN has released their face off interview where both fighters sat down for an interview with one another to discuss their impending sequel. “This is who I am,” Eubank Jr said to Benn. “I’m uncensored, I’m unfiltered. If I see something and I […]
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After it was formally announced that the Nov. 14 Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis fight would not be going through, Paul took to social media to air out his complaints about Davis as both a businessman and a person, emphasizing how difficult it had been to work with him up to this point. “Gervonta Davis […]
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Most Valuable Promotions has just officially announced that they will no longer move forward with the Jake Paul vs Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis fight, which has been scheduled to take place on November 14. The move comes after the controversy surrounding Tank’s latest legal issues with regards to alleged violence towards a former romantic partner, and […]
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Victor Conte, centerpiece of the infamous BALCO scandal who eventually became the lead nutritionist for some of boxing’s biggest fighters, died earlier today from pancreatic cancer at the age of 75. Conte’s Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative became synonymous with the performance-enhancing drug scandals of the late 90s and early 2000s, distributing difficult-to-detect steroid cocktails to […]
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During this video interview with Erickson Lubin as he prepares to take on Vergil Ortiz, he talks about his preparation for this fight and being ready for the moment, knowing that he has experience against some of the best fighters in the division. In this outing Lubin looks to set himself back up for a […]
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Matchroom Boxing’s efforts to establish a beachhead in Ghana, ostensibly to set up a future show headlined by Anthony Joshua, will officially kick off on December 20th when light heavyweights Craig Richards and Dan Azeez meet in Accra. Richards (19-4-1, 12 KO) scored an impressive knockout of then-unbeaten Shakan Pitters to set up major opportunities […]
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Mosape Ominiyi reports that Kurt Scoby will step up on less than two weeks’ notice to face top super lightweight prospect Adam Azim on the November 15th Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn 2 undercard at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, confirming a rumor shared last week by Mo’ Boxing, No Problem. Azim (13-0, 10 KO), fighting […]
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Per-Ake Persson caught sight of a BILD article, published yesterday, announcing that Agit Kabayel’s January 10th homecoming in Oberhausen will see him face undefeated Top Rank heavyweight Damian Knyba. This is quite the step back from a proposed showdown with Daniel Dubois, to say the least. Knyba (17-0, 11 KO) fought three times in 2025 […]
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With recent news of Gervonta “Tank” Davis facing a civil lawsuit for violence against a former partner, MVP has officially issued a statement saying that they are currently investigating the issue as it pertains to his scheduled exhibition with Jake Paul, which appears to have to potential to get shut down before it ever happens. […]
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Tuesday, November 4th CountryBox247.com, 8:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. I don’t want anyone to get alarmed… But, there’s no word on who will be the musical side of this show. I can tell you that Maidel Sando makes his 5th CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing appearance. But, who will bring the music?? […]
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Joshua Buatsi will stay in the light heavyweight race, at least for now, but even with a win over Zach Parker today, his prospects as a contender don’t look so strong. The 32-year-old Buatsi won a majority decision over Parker on scores of 95-95, 96-94, and 96-94, an outcome that stunned the DAZN commentary team, […]
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It looks like Ryan Garcia will again attempt to win his first pro boxing world title, with Mike Coppinger of The Ring reporting that Garcia is close to a deal to face WBC welterweight titlist Mario Barrios in “the first quarter” of 2026. Garcia (24-2, 20 KO) has attained incredible success as far as accruing […]
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Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez and Emanuel Navarrete now have a date set for their super featherweight world title unification bout. The IBF and WBO titleholders will meet on March 7 in Phoenix, according to Ring Magazine, with the fight streaming on DAZN and promoted by Matchroom Boxing. The bout has been expected since September, when Navarrete […]
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Results Joshua Buatsi and Zach Parker meet in a pivotal light heavyweight main event from Manchester, England, and Bad Left Hook will be here with live coverage and updates. We’ll have the live results as they come in in this post, plus discussion during every bout starting from 3 pm ET down in the comments […]
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Heavyweight (Limit: None) Last Rank Name Record 1 1 Oleksandr Usyk 24-0-0 (15) 6 2 Fabio Wardley 20-0-1 (19) 2 3 Agit Kabayel 26-0-0 (18) 3 4 Joseph Parker 36-3-0 (24) 4 5 Daniel Dubois 22-3-0 (21) 5 6 Derek Chisora 36-13-0 (23) 7 7 Filip Hrgovic 19-1-0 (14) 8 8 Moses Itauma 13-0-0 (11) […]
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