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Richardson Hitchins will not be defending his IBF super lightweight title tonight on the Barrios vs Garcia undercard, with an illness pulling him out of the contest. Hitchins was set to defend against Oscar Duarte in the night’s final undercard bout. The show, of course, will go on, and now Gary Russell Jr vs Andy […]
In a surprising turn of events Conor Benn has just signed a deal with Zuffa Boxing, ending his longtime relationship with Matchroom. Benn, who’s career largely progressed under Matchroom, shared his excitement for his new prospects under this deal as Zuffa gets their most notable signing since Jai Opetaia. “I’m filled with excitement and hunger […]
Ryan Garcia will look to finally win a professional world title as he faces Mario Barrios for Barrios’ WBC welterweight belt, live tonight from Las Vegas. Garcia (24-2, 20 KO) is coming off of a miserable performance in defeat to Rolly Romero last May, and a lot of his marketability and credibility is truly on […]
Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington will finally run it back today in Nottingham, as the veterans meet again in a 12-round super featherweight main event on DAZN. Wood (28-4, 17 KO) and Warrington (32-4-1, 8 KO) first squared off in October 2023, with Wood stopping Warrington in the seventh round of a fight Warrington had […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn says that Anthony Joshua doesn’t have any “solid plans” to announce a return to the ring yet, but that the former heavyweight champ may be just about ready to return to camp. Hearn told Sky Sports that Joshua (29-4, 26 KO) was planning to return in March, then wanted to fight Tyson […]
Floyd Mayweather is creeping up on his 49th birthday later this month, and has announced that he intends to resume a boxing career that officially ended nearly a decade ago. Mayweather and his new team put out a press release today announcing his plans to come back to the ring in official, sanctioned fights, following […]
Golden Boy Promotions announced today that light heavyweight champion David Benavidez will move up to cruiserweight to challenge unified titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in the main event of a May 2nd Prime Video PPV from T-Mobile Arena. Ramirez (48-1, 30 KO) had a lengthy reign at 168 and did solid work at 175, but has […]
One of 2025’s under-the-radar fighters of the year, unified light flyweight champion Rene Santiago, will once again head into hostile territory to face former minimumweight champ Masataka Taniguchi on April 3rd in Tokyo. Puerto Rico’s Santiago (15-4, 9 KO) picked up an interim WBO title in 2023 before falling to countryman Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez in […]
Tomorrow night features a WBC welterweight title fight between reigning titleholder Mario Barrios defending his belt against challenger Ryan Garcia. Both fighters appeared for a final press conference yesterday to share some final thoughts on their upcoming battle, with Oscar De La Hoya showing off that brand new sparkly piece from the WBC, which will […]
Andy Cruz’s road back to a title shot could be shorter than expected, as Jake Donovan reports that the IBF has ordered him to face unbeaten Albert Bell in a final eliminator. Cruz (6-1, 3 KO), whose ludicrous amateur pedigree prompted a fast-tracked pro career, is coming off a terrific losing effort against reigning champion […]
The WBC has always been the most fashionable of the sanctioning bodies, going to great lengths to create all different types of world titles belts handmade from exotics materials, etc. over the years, and now the organization has graduated from belts to diamond chains and pendants. The WBC just announced the creation of The Crown […]
Ryan Garcia is set to take on WBC welterweight titleholder Mario Barrios this weekend in his first bid to become a world champion, and he talks to Fight Hub TV about the matchup, the recent changes in his life, and why he’s been calling out Shakur Stevenson as of late. Here’s some excerpts of what […]
Matchroom Boxing will continue to be a featured core of DAZN’s boxing business for the foreseeable future as the company has just announced that they’ve reached a five-year deal extension with the streaming platform which is said to demonstrate DAZN’s ongoing commitment to delivering the best boxing content in the world as they look to […]
As Tyson Fury gets ready to unretire once more and continue his heavyweight run, he tells Ring Magazine that despite his two losses to Oleksandr Usyk, it’ll be Usyk who will come crawling back to him in hopes of making a third fight before the year is out. Fury reasons that he has the financial […]
Fast-rising heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma was finally scheduled for his next fight against Jermaine Franklin, which was supposed to take place in January, until an unfortunate training camp injury forced Itauma to have the fight postponed. At the time there weren’t any real details about the injury that were publicly released, but it’s now been […]
After falling short in a title bid against Mario Barrios and failing to secure another one against Rolly Romero, Manny Pacquiao is back on the exhibition circuit, taking on former super lightweight champ Ruslan Provodnikov on April 18th in Las Vegas. The press release makes no mention of a broadcast partner, so odds are it’ll […]
As expected, heavyweight contenders Frank Sanchez and Richard Torrez Jr will meet in an IBF eliminator on PBC’s March 28th Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman show in Las Vegas. Olympic silver medalist Torrez (14-0, 12 KO) will have the momentum here after a well-aged decision over Guido Vianello last year. Sanchez (25-1, 18 KO) is […]
After an agonizing series of delays, Callum Smith and David Morrell Jr are officially set to meet in a tantalizing light heavyweight showdown for the interim WBO title on April 18th at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. Hometown fighter Smith (31-2, 22 KO) is coming off a cracker of a fight with Joshua Buatsi last February, […]
Arnold Barboza Jr and Kenneth Sims Jr will both move up to the welterweight division in a 12-round main event from Anaheim on Saturday, March 14, live on DAZN. The Golden Boy-promoted card will also feature world title defenses from Gabriela Fundora and Oscar Collazo. The 34-year-old Barboza (32-1, 11 KO) is coming off of […]
As Tyson Fury prepares for his latest return to boxing in an April fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov, the pair held an official press conference where Fury would explain what drove his desire to return to the sport once more and the selection of his opponent. “Why did I come back to boxing? Very, very interesting […]
Deontay Wilder sat down for a lengthy interview with Brian Custer and discussed his impending return to boxing along with his continued claims that Tyson Fury cheated in his past matchups against him. Wilder would ramble on about a whole lot of things over the hour long interview, and let his momentum crescendo when asked […]
As Mario Barrios prepares for this weekend’s world title defense against Ryan Garcia, he talks to Ring Magazine about what he’s learned over the years and why he’ll leverage all of his experience into make a dominant showing over Garcia. On why he hired Garcia’s former trainer Joe Goossen “Looking back after the Pacquiao fight, […]
As Richardson Hitchins gets set to defend his 140 lb IBF world title this weekend against Oscar Duarte, he talks to Fight Hub TV about how he’s feeling heading into camp, his thoughts on the upcoming fight, and more. Check out some of what he had to say below. Hitchins on training camp “Everything’s been […]
Thursday, February 19th Millions.Co, 7:00 pm ET, Champions Against Domestic Violence. From Altamonte Springs, Florida. A $19.99 PPV stream from Christy Martin Promotions. Tony Aguilar headlines in an eight-rounder. Vaughn Alexander, 1-11-1 since December of 2023, appears in support. Friday, February 20th YouTube, 5:30 pm ET, Night of Champions XIV. A BoxLab show from Orlando, […]
Fabio Wardley will make his first WBO heavyweight title defense against Daniel Dubois on Saturday, May 9. The bout will headline a DAZN-streamed card from Co-op Live in Manchester, England. Wardley (20-0-1, 19 KO) is coming off of his biggest win yet, an 11th round TKO victory over Joseph Parker to win the interim WBO […]