Boxing News

By Jeff Aronow: Vasily Lomachenko could be defending his unified lightweight title against replacement opponent Felix Verdejo on October 3 if Top Rank is unable to negotiate the unification match against IBF 135-lb champ...

Mark Kriegel reflects on the loss of his good friend and mentor, famed journalist Pete Hamill.

By Matt Lieberman: Bob Arum is confident that he’ll be wrapping up the negotiations for the Teofimo Lopez vs. Vasily Lomachenko fight soon for October 3. Lopez, 23, wanted around $2 million, but he was offered $1.2 mil...

Former lightweight world titlist Jorge Linares is in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. His Aug. 28 fight against Javier Fortuna is now off.

By Charles Brun: Bob Arum is talking about wanting to move the trilogy match between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to early February if they’re unable to stage the fight in front of fans on Dec...

By Sean Jones: Welterweight contender Jaron Ennis’ strength & conditioning coach Rob Acosta believes Errol Spence Jr is making a blunder in facing Danny Garcia on November 21 without the benefit of a tune-up. Acosta wa...

By Kenneth Friedman: Jorge Linares has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus, and his scheduled August 28 fight with Javier Fortuna is now in jeopardy. Golden Boy hasn’t made a statement yet on the former three-di...

By Charles Brun: Once again, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman is saying that the winner of the trilogy match between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder must face mandatory Dillian Whyte by early 2020. This isn’t anything dif...

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao has no interest at all in moving up to 160 to challenge Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin, but he’s not saying no to meeting him at 154. Pacquiao says it’s too much weight for him to move u...