Boxing News

Olympian Josh Kelly set for pro debut in April

Assault charges against ex-champ Spadafora dropped

By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn has his sights set on staging his title defense against Errol Spence in his hometown in Sheffield in the UK. Hearn is open to the idea of staging the Brook-Spence fight...

By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye (28-2, 26 KOs) doesn't appear to be working hard in preparing for his fight in less than four weeks against cruiserweight Tony Bellew (28-2-1, 18 KOs) on March 4 at the O2 Arena in London, En...

Dennis Ceylan (18-0-1, 8 KOs) and Isaac Lowe (13-0-1, 5 KOs) had to be pulled apart following a heated exchange during the filming of a promo video for their upcoming European Featherweight title fight on March 18 at the...

By Scott Gilfoid: The management for WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) is kicking around the idea of staging his next title defense against #2 WBO Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) in Hughie's home city of M...

Lubin-Cota added to Thurman-Garcia card at Barclays

By Scott Gilfoid: Contrary to the opinions of boxing fans and the media that British heavyweight David Price (21-4, 18 KOs) was out of shape for his fight against #6 WBO contender Christian Hammer (21-4, 12 KOs) last Sat...

Undefeated rising star Erickson “Hammer” Lubin will take on once-beaten knockout artist Jorge Cota in the co-feature bout of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Saturday, March...

Bare Knuckle Boxing Legend Bobby Gunn is ready for his opportunity of a lifetime, when he takes on all-time great Roy Jones, Jr in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds for the WBF Cruiserweight title that will take place on Fr...

Sheffield's Hassan Ahmed (6-0) has put pen to paper to sign a new contract with JE Promotions. The Yemeni-born boxer has not graced the square ring for almost three years due to contract issues with former promoter Denni...

To celebrate the launch of the ground-breaking deal between pioneering boxing channel BoxNation and BT Sport, the eagerly anticipated superfight between Mexican rivals Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will be sho...

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says his fighter Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) will be fighting three times in 2017, and moving up to the lightweight division at the end of the year. Just how Arum knows thi...

Giovani Santillan (20-0, 11 KOs), a promising young southpaw in the junior welterweight division, makes his first start of the year this Friday against Mexico’s Omar Tienda (18-3, 11 KOs). The 8-round main event, which...

By Eric Baldwin: IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) will be making his first defense of his IB title this Friday night on February 10 against fringe contender #15 IBF Luis Cruz (22-4-1, 16 KOs) on ...

When junior welterweight powerhouse Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk first entered a boxing gym at age 12 in his native Belarus, he quickly learned why boxing is known as the loneliest sport. "The man who ran the gym I went to...

Lee to face Leatherwood on Golovkin-Jacobs card

DiBella Entertainment has inked an exclusive promotional agreement with undefeated talent Eric “Babyface Assassin” Walker (14-0, 7 KOs). The junior middleweight sensation will make his DiBella Entertainment debut on ...

Shields to make history in second pro fight

Hard-hitting contender Adrian Granados hosted Chicago media at the Garfield Park District Fieldhouse Tuesday as he prepares for his main event showdown with former four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Br...

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields will make her professional television debut on ShoBox: The New Generation, a series that has sparked the careers of 67 future world champions, on Friday, March 10, live on ...