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Mario Barrios will defend his WBC welterweight title against Ryan Garcia. The long-rumored fight is now official for Saturday, February 21, and will stream live on DAZN, as part of the DAZN Ultimate tier or a pay-per-view charge. T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will host the event. Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KO) won the interim WBC […]
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It was immediately clear after Vergil Ortiz’s last fight that his team wasn’t exactly enthusiastic about the idea of immediately putting him in with Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, which represents a highly anticipated fight that should be a no-brainer. While Boots’ promoter Eddie Hearn has continued to publicly call for that fight to be made , […]
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Thursday, January 15th YouTube(?), 6:30 pm ET, Shinard Bunch vs John Paul Magalong. From Trenton, New Jersey. Arnold Gonzalez appears in support, who real die hards may recall from when he started his career on PBC prelims, then later fought on undercards for Top Rank and Tank Davis shows. The promoter’s materials say this is […]
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Dalton Smith won his first world title tonight in Brooklyn, New York, stopping Subriel Matias to win the WBC super lightweight title. It was the first world title fight for the 28-year-old Smith, who came over from the United Kingdom and remains unbeaten at 19-0 (14 KO), scoring the upset — though not a huge […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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