Boxing News

By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council has voted to sanction the September 13 fight between Devin Haney and Zaur Abdullaev for their interim WBC lightweight title. Haney-Abdullaev is also a WBC final eliminator. As ...

By Tim Royner: Matchroom head Eddie Hearn is looking to add Liam Smith vs. Jessie Vargas to the undercard of the December 7th rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia. Hearn had hoped to match for...

The family of Magomed Abdusalamov settled a medical malpractice suit against doctors who worked the 2013 bout that left him with permanent brain damage.

By Doug Berman: Anthony Joshua and IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. met earlier today in their kickoff news conference in Saudi Arabia to talk about their rematch on December 7. This is the first of three c...

By Kenneth Friedman: Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) could be facing former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs) in his debut at lightweight, according to Mike Coppinger. A deal is in the w...

By Charles Brun: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has fired back at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder claiming that he’s using AJ’s name to get attention from boxing fans. Hearn says Joshua’s entire fo...

German Agit Kabayel, one of the heavyweight division's top up-and-comers, has signed a co-promotional agreement with Top Rank and will come to the United States to fight.

Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) hosted a media workout yesterday in his hometown of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico ahead of defending his WBO Junior Middleweight World Title in a 12-round bout against African warrior Patr...

By Charles Brun: Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. will hold the first of three news conferences on Wednesday in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Both fighters will be in attendance to promote their December 7 rematch in Riyadh, Sa...

Unified world champion Danny Roman will have to wait a little longer to defend his WBA title. Roman, who also holds the IBF crown, was forced to pull out of his upcoming fight with mandatory contender Murodjon Akhmadalie...

By Dan Ambrose: WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt (36-1, 32 KOs) will be defending his belt next against former WBA 130-lb champion Jason Sosa (23-3-4, 16 KOs) on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN on November 2 at t...

By Jeff Aronow: Andre Ward reveals that Roy Jones Jr. turned down a huge offer of $40 million to fight Mike Tyson shortly after he’d beaten WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz in 2003. Ward says Jones turned it down the...

By Barry Holbrook: Regis Prograis wasn’t impressed with the performance by Josh Taylor in his last fight against Ivan Baranchyk last May in their semifinal fight in the WBSS tourney. The fight was a tough one for Taylo...

By Aragon Garcia: With Saul Canelo Alvarez not fighting on September 14, it’s up to lightweight contender Ryan Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs) to reel in the fans for his fight on that date against Avery Sparrow (10-1, 3 KOs) on...

By Dan Ambrose: The winner of the September 14th fights between lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Otto Wallin and WBO 154-lb champion Jaime Munguia and Patrick Allotey will be given given Mayan Belts by the WBC....