Boxing News

Beibut Shumenov, who said in January he was ending a retirement initially brought on by an eye injury, announced Thursday that his comeback fight will be against Hizni Altunkaya for a vacant secondary cruiserweight title...

By Jim Dower: WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam 'World Kid' Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) weighed in at 153 pounds on Friday afternoon for his first defense of his WBO title against unbeaten #6 WBC Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs)...

Members of the boxing media asked to weigh in on the world title showdown between light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and two-division world champion Badou Jack all see a close fight on Saturday, May 19 but lean ...

By Jim Dower: The Ring has decided not to strip Saul Canelo Alvarez of his middleweight title with their organization despite him being suspended for 6 months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for testing positive ...

By Scott Gilfoid: Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson is daring Tony Bellew to fight him to try and avenge his 6th round knockout loss from 2013, and he says he'll even come to the UK to fight him. The 40-year-old Stevenson (29-...

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn has reportedly named two big fights he believes he has a good chance of making between Adrien Broner and Amir Khan and Andre Ward and Tony Bellew for his streaming platform DAZN in the U.S. ...

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic "Mecca of Boxing," this Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. ET live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. The telecast will feature two bo...

Wladimir Klitschko has refused to rule out a return to a professional boxing ring and stated he will return to the sport for the right cause.

World champion Jorge Linares has promised to "shut up" pound-for-pound ace Vasyl Lomachenko when they meet this Saturday night. Taking place at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, 32-year-old Linares will be pu...

Promoters for Jose Ramirez and Regis Prograis have agreed to hold off on the fight for now with the hope of "building momentum" and eventually setting up an even bigger fight, perhaps next summer.

By Donavan Leonard: Up until two months ago, it was thought that boxing discussions this week would center around Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez, depending on the outcome of their fight that was to be held last week...

By Jim Dower: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (32-5-1, 19 KOs) has ended his 5-month retirement, and he'll be coming back next month to face novice fighter Steve Bosse (1-0) on June 29 at a still to be ...

By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) plans on taking advantage of his replacement opponent Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort ...

Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has reached an agreement for $1 billion in rights fees over eight years from the Perform Group's sports streaming service, DAZN, which launches in June in the U.S. Boxing events will...

By Allan Fox: Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn revealed a new huge $1 billion, 8-year deal to have his fighter's bouts streamed live on DAZN. Matchroom will be partnered with Perform Group. All total, it'll be 32 ni...

Undefeated lightweight prospect Devin Haney and veteran Mason Menard made weight on Thursday for their 10-round main event matchup tomorrow/Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT) from 230...

By Ian Aldous: On Saturday May 19th, Gary Russell Jr. (28-1) will defend his WBC world featherweight championship against undefeated contender, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz (26-0), on home turf at the MGM National Harbor in M...

A short, but murderous puncher, fighting behind a squat, peekaboo style, light heavyweight Alvin "Iron Majik" Varmall Jr. enjoys the comparisons people make between himself and former heavyweight champion "Iron" Mike Tys...