Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Association ruled against Daniel Jacobs' management's request for a 60/40 purse split for a fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady "GGG"

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has a real live dog in front of this Saturday night in the form of the talented and well experienced BJ Flores in their fight at the Echo Arena

Parker-Ruiz in talks but unclear if vacant title would be at stake

Hall-of-Famer Harold Lederman and international matchmaker Ron Katz will be Ring 8's guest speakers this Tuesday night (Oct. 18) monthly meeting, starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O'Neill's Restaurant, located

Undefeated welterweight world champion Danny "Swift" Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) will make his first appearance in his native Philadelphia since 2010 as he takes on Colombia's Samuel Vargas (25-2-1, 13 KOs)

Undefeated 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Taras "Real Deal" Shelestyuk (14-0, 9 KOs) will face upset-minded Jaime Herrera in the 10-round welterweight main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader

Saunders withdraws from defense vs. Akavov

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he's interested in matching IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua against Luis Ortiz in 2017 IF the fight is a big enough one to make.

Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-1 12 KOs) is not a happy camper. When he signed up to go into the lion's den and face Andre Ward on his home turf this past March, not in his wildest

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO middleweight title holder Billy Joe Saunders has suffered an injury training for his voluntary title defense against fringe contender Artur Akavov. As such, Saunders' defense,

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury's boxing license has been suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control while they look into his various issues. This was

Fury will be back 'better than ever' - Hennessy

Luke Campbell MBE says beating Derry Mathews is a must if he wants to prove he's ready for world titles in 2017 as they clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.

By Brian Garnett: As we rapidly approach the end of 2016, boxing fans can only hope that we get better matchups in 2017. We, as boxing fans have had to endure many lulls through the years but 2016

By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury has revealed tonight that he's vacated his WBA/WBO/IBO heavyweight titles so that other fighters can fight for the belts. Fury, 28, will now looking to get medical treatment

By Dan Ambrose: Jeff Mayweather thinks middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin doesn't have enough to offer Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez right now in terms of popularity,

Management: Broner OK, despite social posts

WBC STATISTICS WBC Cruiserweight World Championship Liverpool, Merseyside, England - Echo Arena October 15, 2016 This will be the 1,946th fight sanctioned by the WBC in its 53-year history.

By Jim Dower: Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) will be fighting next month against little known #15 WBC fringe contender Samuel Vargas (25-2-1, 13 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round non-title fight on on November

Garcia to take on Vargas in nontitle bout