Boxing News

By Kenneth Friedman: Eddie Hearn has come to the defense of former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s trainer Mark Breland, who some believe has become the scapegoat for his loss to Tyson Fury last Saturday nigh...

By Sean Jones: Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions revealed on Tuesday that they’re close to having an opponent finalized for May 2 for Canelo Alvarez’s next fight. Gomez says they’ll have an announcement soon for ...

By Matt Lieberman: In an effort to speed up the negotiations between IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev, the IBF has ordered a purse for March 3 in their headquarters in Springfield, New Jer...

By Tim Royner: Tyson Fury’s dad John Fury says Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn needs to dig deep into his pockets and come up with $250 million for Tyson to take on IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua if tha...

By Tim Royner: Dillian Whyte still wants to face former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Wilder despite him being dethroned by Tyson Fury last weekend. Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) doesn’t care that Wil...

February 26 – Undefeated heavyweight power-puncher Apti Davtaev will face veteran Lucas Browne in the 10-round co-main event of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION on Saturday, March 28, live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m...

By Charles Brun: In a sign that he WON’T be getting the Canelo Alvarez fight on May 2, Billy Joe Saunders has posted on Twitter asking if there’s “DANCE partners” for his next fight. The fighter that is expected ...

By Jim Maltzman: Eric Gomez of Golden Boy has confirmed that Jorge Linares has accepted a fight against Ryan Garcia on July 11, and he just needs to go over the “details” to get the fight done. Like Ryan’s last mat...

By Dan Ambrose: David Benavidez will be defending his WBC super-middleweight title against former IBF 168-lb champ Caleb Truax on April 18 on Showtime. @MikeCoppinger is reporting the new opponent for the 23-year-old Ben...

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum says he’s working on trying to put together a fight between welterweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford for June or July in a unification, according to @TalkBOX. Arum says if ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) and Samuel Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) hosted a press conference today ahead of their 12-round fight for the WBA Gold Welterweight Title. Undercard fighters from the event also participated in...

Light heavyweight contender Umar Salamov has signed a multi-fight promotional agreement with Top Rank boxing.