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Agit Kabayel was greeted with a hero’s welcome in his Germany homecoming bout, and responded to the atmosphere with a third round TKO win over Damian Knyba to retain the interim WBC heavyweight title and remain undefeated. Kabayel stoppage not without some debate The stoppage from referee Mark Lyson was a little premature, probably, but […]
24 days ago | 0 reads
Subriel Matias will defend the WBC super lightweight title tonight against mandatory challenger Dalton Smith, headlining a pay-per-view card from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. You may recall Matias having failed a drug test in November. His B-sample also came back positive for Ostarine, but the level of the drug in his system was below the […]
25 days ago | 0 reads
Heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel will look for a strong start to his 2026, as the hard-hitter returns home to fight in Germany for the first time since 2023, facing Damian Knyba in a 12-round main event from Oberhausen. Kabayel (26-0, 18 KO) has had his last three fights in Saudi Arabia, and has dramatically raised […]
25 days ago | 0 reads
Queensberry Promotions has announced the full undercard for Jazza Dickens’ March 14th title defense against Anthony Cacace in Dublin, and it’s definitely not short on Irishmen. In addition to the previously announced clash between Pierce O’Leary and Mark Chamberlain, the show will feature another crossroads bout (with the IBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE) between […]
25 days ago | 0 reads
Tyson Fury has proven many times in his career that you can’t always judge a book by its cover or a heavyweight boxer by their belly, and he’s brushing off criticisms that he’s out of shape ahead of a planned comeback fight. “Read a few comments (that said) I’m looking a bit hench — chubby, […]
25 days ago | 1 read
‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed just recently joined Ring Magazine to have a discussion on a new biographical film made of him, entitled ‘Giant.’ The film largely covers Hamed’s fighting career and his complicated relationship with trainer Brendan Ingle. Here’s some of what Hamed had to say on the film now that he’s had a chance to […]
25 days ago | 1 read
2025’s breakout female fighter is headed right back into the fray, as Matchroom announced that Elif Nur Turhan will defend her IBF lightweight title against Taylah Gentzen on the January 31st Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Josh Kelly undercard. Turhan (12-0, 8 KO) enjoyed a fairly unremarkable career on the European circuit before blowing away undefeated Shauna […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn just spoke with Fight Hub TV to talk about Anthony Joshua surviving a car wreck that killed two of his close friends and team members, and follow up reports about Joshua potentially retiring. Hearn says there have been absolutely no talks on what Joshua will do going forward and that right […]
26 days ago | 0 reads
As Dalton Smith heads into a WBC 140 lb title fight against Subriel Matias this weekend in Brooklyn, Smith tells Sky Sports that he believes he can outgun the Puerto Rican slugger, aiming for a stoppage win if he can manage it — although securing the win will be his top priority, above all. “My […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Arguably the biggest fight on the schedule has a working date and location, as Jake Donovan reports that undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue and former three-division champion Junto Nakatani “is targeted to take place on May 2 at the famed Tokyo Dome.” This would mark Inoue’s (32-0, 27 KO) second appearance at the Dome, […]
27 days ago | 0 reads
Keith Thurman is still expected to get his shot at WBC super weighterweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora after having the fight originally postponed due to a Fundora injury, and here he talks to Ring Magazine about the fight which he still anticipates taking place despite a new date still not having been announced just yet. Thurman […]
27 days ago | 0 reads
Vadim Kornilov, manager of unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, tells Lance Pugmire that his charge intends to return in “March or April” against IBF mandatory challenger Michael Eifert. Per Kornilov, Bivol (24-1, 12 KO) underwent back surgery this past August and intends to return to camp “soon.” Bivol overcame an awful stretch in the […]
27 days ago | 2 reads
As Shakur Stevenson heads into his upcoming 140 lb title opportunity against defending champion Teofimo Lopez, he joins Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr on All The Smoke Fight to talk about this chance to really make a statement in a marquee matchup on January 31. Here’s some excerpts from Shakur below. Shakur on how […]
27 days ago | 4 reads
With former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury acknowledging his intended return to boxing this year, he’s mentioned the likes of WBO titleholder Fabio Wardley as a potential opponent. That’s something that has caught Wardley’s strict attention as a fight he’d like to pursue, as he explains to Sky Sports. “It was good [to be named on […]
27 days ago | 0 reads
Anthony Joshua suffered a personal tragedy recently, with two friends and team members dying in an automobile accident in Nigeria. Now, retirement rumors are swirling around the former heavyweight champion, with his uncle saying that AJ has privately told the family he will not box again. Joshua, 36, suffered minor injuries in the accident, coming […]
28 days ago | 0 reads
Super welterweight contenders Brandon Adams and Caoimhin Agyarko avoided a purse bid by the skin of their teeth today, coming to terms for an April 18th IBF final eliminator “likely” to take place in Los Angeles. California’s Adams (26-4, 16 KO), onetime winner of The Contender, will have the crowd on his side as he […]
28 days ago | 0 reads
With former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on the verge of ending his latest retirement, he appeared on social media to talk about his motivation to come back to the ring, and says it has nothing to do with the money — although he surely isn’t going to turn down the money. “I’ve won literally everything […]
28 days ago | 0 reads
Here we go again. Last week, the IBF ordered Canelo Alvarez to battle Osleys Iglesias for the super middleweight title Terence Crawford left behind in his retirement. Unsurprisingly, Alvarez declined, citing his ongoing recovery from elbow surgery that will cause him to miss his traditional Cinco de Mayo bout. The sanctioning body then moved on […]
28 days ago | 1 read
WBA 147 lb champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero recently caught up with Fight Hub TV and explained that he has absolutely no interest in entertaining and potential fight against Devin Haney now or in the future, believing the Haneys to be too litigious for it to be worth his time. Here’s some of what he had […]
29 days ago | 0 reads
With Agit Kabayel set to defend his interim WBC heavyweight title against Damian Knyba this weekend in Germany, DAZN takes fans behind the scenes of his training camp in the time leading up to the fight. “Motivation is good but I think in one month, two months — the motivation is not for a long […]
29 days ago | 0 reads
Oleksandr Usyk was on hand for Naoya Inoue’s latest win on Night of the Samurai in recent days, and immediately following he spoke to Mike Coppinger on behalf of Ring TV to discuss his future in the sport of boxing as he continues to look towards putting together a fight against former champion Deontay Wilder. […]
29 days ago | 0 reads
Tuesday, January 6th CountryBox247.com, 7:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. From The Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. And if you didn’t already know, you’d better learn, as they seem to be rebranding it “The Troubadour.” It’ll forever be The Texas Troubadour Theatre for CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing originalists, though. All six […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
In a social media message co-posted by Tyson Fury and Ring Magazine, Fury has publicly announced that he will return to the ring to continue his career. Fury had made his most recent retirement announcement after losing back-to-back decisions against Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, still believing he was hard done by on the scorecards — […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Amanda Serrano successfully defended her WBA and WBO featherweight titles, beating a game Reina Tellez by unanimous decision over 10, three-minute rounds, in front of a lively crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Serrano (48-4-1, 31 KO) was chasing Christy Martin’s KO mark of 32, but didn’t quite get there, though she did press hard […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Holly Holm attempted to win her first boxing world title in over a decade tonight, and came up short, losing to WBA lightweight champ Stephanie Han by technical decision. The bout was stopped in the seventh round due to Han (12-0, 3 KO) suffering a cut on an accidental clash of heads. The cut maybe […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read