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Jesse Hart-Joe Smith Jr. Weight-Ins & Card Order

01/10/2020

Jesse Hart 175 lbs vs. Joe Smith Jr. 174.6 lbs (vacant NABO light heavyweight title — 10 Rounds) Steven Nelson 167.8 lbs vs. Cem Kilic 167.6 lbs (vacant NABO super middleweight title — 10 Rounds) ESPN+ (6:30 p.m. ET) Joseph Adorno 136 lbs...

Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall Announces 2020 Class

01/10/2020

The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame in Belfast, NY has announced the class of 2020. This year's past bare knuckle fighters to be inducted include, Pioneer Ben Count (1815-1861)...

Jarrett Hurd Ready for New Chapter

01/10/2020

By Caryn A. Tate The Olympic coach will be the new man in the corner of the former unified 154-pound world champion when he faces Francisco Santana on Saturday, January...

Felix Verdejo & Manuel Rey Rojas ready for Battle

01/10/2020

VERONA, N.Y. (Jan. 10, 2020) — Puerto Rican superstar Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo, inching closer to a lightweight world title shot, will see action on a special Top Rank on ESPN show...

THE RING RETURN OF THE “COMMON MAN”

01/09/2020

Atlantic City, NJ, January 9, 2020 JOE "THE BEAST" SMITH JR. (24-3 20KO'S) made his pro-debut in 2009 and spent much of his early years in boxing developing in the New...

Josh Taylor Signs Promotional Pact with Top Rank

01/09/2020

(Jan. 9, 2020) — The 2020 forecast is in, and “The Tartan Tornado” is coming to Top Rank and ESPN. WBA/IBF junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor, fresh off his...

Boxing Action Magazine Boxer of the Decade

01/07/2020

Legendary Philippines Boxer Manny Pacquiao has won the Boxing Action Magazine Boxer of the Decade Award for the Second Time!!! Gennadiy Golovkin came in Second Place for the Boxing...

January 2020 TOP 20: FEMALE BOXERS P4P

01/07/2020

January 2020 – BEST FEMALE BOXERS IN THE WORLD- P4P: 1. Claressa Shields 2. Delfine Persoon 3. Hyun Mi Choi 4. Cecilia Braekhus 5. Amanda Serrano 6. Katie Taylor 7....

Gary Russell Jr. Ready to Tangle with Tugstsogt Nyambayar

01/07/2020

Former World Champions Guillermo Rigondeaux and Liborio Solis square off for vacant WBA Bantamweight World Title in the co-main event and Jaime Arboleda takes on Jayson Velez in a WBA...

Leo Santa Cruz Wants Gervonta Davis In 2020

01/07/2020

The four-division titlist and current 130-pound World Champion has set his sights on a 2020 super-fight against undefeated two-division World Champion Gervonta Davis. Leo Santa Cruz spent the holidays in...

January 2020, TOP 40 P4P LIST:

01/05/2020

BEST P4P BOXERS IN THE WORLD: 1. Naoya Inoue 2. Jose Ramirez 3. Manny Pacquiao 4. Vasyl Lomachenko 5. Errol Spence Jr. 6. Emanuel Navarrete 7. Kosei Tanaka 8. Canelo Álvarez...

Joey Spencer earns 2019 Prospect Of The Year

01/05/2020

The undefeated 154-pounder had quite the successful year in and out of the ring—scoring four wins inside the squared circle and tying the knot in December. Best of PBC 2019:...

MARTINEZ DEFENDS WORLD CROWN AGAINST HARRIS IN TEXAS

01/03/2020

Julio Cesar Martinez will make the first defense of his WBC World Flyweight title against Jay Harris at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Saturday February 29,...

Philadelphia Boxing 2019 Round Up

12/31/2019

By Frank Bartolini Tremendous year of boxing in the “City of Brotherly Love” came to an end on Friday December sixth at The 2300 Arena. Washington DC native, junior welterweight,...

STAR BOXING’S 2019 YEAR IN REVIEW

12/31/2019

New York, December 31, 2019 JOE DEGUARDIA and STAR BOXING continued its excellence in 2019, developing and signing top talent, creating opportunities for its established stars, and pushing the boundaries of boxing by...

2020 Most Anticipated Boxing Matches

12/30/2019

Boxing is by far the biggest sport in the world that basically has absolutely no structure. No major annual tournament, no structured season emanating in some type of championship. Let’s...

BOXING ACTION MAGAZINE 2019 BOXER OF THE Year

12/29/2019

Emanuel Navarrete is the Boxing Action Magazine 2019 Boxer of the Year. Emanuel Navarrete Defended his world title against African Prince Isaac Dogboe in May of 2019 after beating Dogboe...

BOXING ACTION MAGAZINE December BOXER OF THE MONTH

12/29/2019

Jermell Charlo is the Boxing Action Magazine December 2019 Boxer of the Month. After being dominated for much of the fight with the exception of scoring a knockdown in round...

Gervonta Davis KO’s Resilient Gamboa, Captures Title

12/29/2019

BY George Henry ATLANTA (AP) — Gervonta Davis stayed unbeaten in his career with a 12th-round stoppage of Yuriorkis Gamboa to win the WBA secondary lightweight title Saturday night. Fighting...

Badou Jack Feels Good About Ring Return

12/27/2019

The former two-division champ says he feels as good as ever headed into Saturday night’s 175-pound showdown versus light heavyweight titlist Jean Pascal, live on SHOWTIME. When last seen in...

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury meet in Rematch

12/27/2019

LAS VEGAS – The long-awaited rematch of heavyweight titans is set, as undefeated WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilderand unbeaten lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury continue their...

JAKE PAUL AND GIB CLASH IN MIAMI ON JAN. 30

12/23/2019

The rumored grudge match between YouTube stars Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and AnEsonGib is finally official and will take center stage as the co-main event of a huge night of boxing on Thursday...

Charlo Makes Early Christmas Miracle

12/21/2019

After being dominated for much of the fight with the exception of scoring a knockdown in round two against Harrison. Charlo turns the tide in around 11 and basically destroys...

Heavyweights Efe Ajagba & Lago Kiladze put On A Show

12/21/2019

Heavyweights Efe Ajagba & Lago Kiladze put On A Show. Wow what a heavyweight fight between these to mammoth men, back and forth action was tremendous and the fans already...

Anthony Joshua Fight Day Review

12/21/2019

One of Anthony Joshua's final sparring sessions before the rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr was a disaster, he now admits. "I tried too much, punched too much - I was...

DUBOIS VS FUJIMOTO: WEIGHTS AND RUNNING ORDER

12/21/2019

COPPER BOX RUNNING ORDER Fight # 1 – 15:00 hrs (First Bell) 6 X 3 Minute Rounds International Cruiserweight Contest JAMES BRANCH JNR v ISTVAN ORSOS Fight # 2 4 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest...

The Harrison vs. Charlo Grudge Match

12/21/2019

By Paul Magno An old-fashioned grudge match with major implications is going down Saturday night when WBC World Super Welterweight Champion Tony Harrison rematches the man he took the belt...

5 Rounds of Entertainment not Enough for Phoenix Fans

12/21/2019

By Kevin Iole The stands at Talking Stick Resort were filled with people who show up to work hard every day, who give an honest effort, who follow the rules...

Mighty Mo Maurice Hooker is Back – Now Wants “his” belt back

12/20/2019

Mighty Mo Maurice Hooker is Back - Now Wants “his” belt back. MAURICE HOOKER Stops URIEL PEREZ in one round and immediately calls for his Belt back. He’s ready for...

Julio Cesar Martinez & Cristofer Rosales Have A War!

12/20/2019

Julio Cesar Martinez & Cristofer Rosales Have A War! Martinez Stops Rosales in round 9 of a memorable fight. Martinez is now flyweight champion and more importantly a Boxing Star...

Ryota Murata & Steven Butler Headline Tripleheader In Japan

12/20/2019

(Dec. 20, 2019) — Two days before Christmas, American fight fans will be treated to a special fistic stocking stuffer, a world championship tripleheader plus the return of the former...

On this day in history, Sugar Ray Robinson Wins Title

12/20/2019

December 20, 1946 Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Tommy Bell to win the world welterweight crown after a five-year wait. Robinson, one of the greatest boxers ever, battled back from being...

Kell Brook Makes Ring Return in February

12/20/2019

Kell Brook will make his eagerly-anticipated return to the ring against Mark DeLuca at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on Saturday February 8on a bumper bill featuring Kid Galahad taking on Claudio Marrero in a Final Eliminator...

Problems Continue for The Problem

12/19/2019

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio judge awarded $830,000 to a woman who claimed former boxing champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner sexually assaulted her at a Cleveland nightclub. The default judgement...

Daniel Jacobs & Chavez Jr. Weights & Card Order

12/19/2019

Gabriel Rosado 168.4lbs vs. Humberto Ochoa 166.1lbs Philadelphia Tijuana Followed by 10 x 3 mins Welterweight...

Abraham Nova Inks Deal with Top Rank

12/19/2019

(Dec. 19, 2019) — Abraham “El Super” Nova, the undefeated Puerto Rican-born 130-pound contender with the signature bleached blond beard, has signed a multi-fight promotional agreement with Top Rank. Nova’s...

‘Miracle Man’ faces Chavez Jr. in Phoenix

12/19/2019

Daniel Jacobs enters a new chapter in his career tomorrow night and in the latest episode of ‘Born Fighter’ says his early sacrifices as a teenager led to him becoming a...

GARCIA AND VARGAS CLASH IN TEXAS

12/18/2019

Mikey Garcia and Jessie Vargas will clash in a Welterweight blockbuster at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas on Saturday February 29 live on DAZN in the US and on Sky...

Tyson Fury & Deontay Wilder talking Trilogy for summer 2020 as well

12/18/2019

By Wally Downes Jr. Last year's controversial draw was a sensation as the 6ft 9in Brit outboxed the WBC king for most of the fight before suffering two late knockdowns....

HeavyweightS Daniel Dubois & Kyotaro Fujimoto Ready For Battle

12/18/2019

(Dec. 18, 2019) — The 22-year-old heavyweight destroyer, London’s Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois, will look to close out his breakthrough 2019 in devastating fashion Saturday from the Copper Box Arena in his...

Josh Taylor called Asian bouncer ‘big gay c***

12/18/2019

By Alexander Lawrie Scot Taylor called the Asian bouncer “a gay-looking c**t” and labelled him “a big orange-looking c**t” when he and a pal were chucked out the capital’s trendy Shanghai...

JACOBS HUNGRY FOR SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT SUCCESS

12/17/2019

Daniel Jacobs says he’s a happy fighter now he’s campaigning at Super-Middleweight as he makes his debut at 168lbs against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona...

Tyson Fury announces new trainer Javan ‘Sugar’ Hill

12/16/2019

By Jack Figg The Gypsy King decided to find a new coach just two months before his massive rematch with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. In the same day it was...

A History of Grudge Rematches at 154 Pounds

12/16/2019

By Michael Rosenthal A look back at some of the best rematches at 154-pounds ahead of Saturday night's anticipated sequel between WBC World Super Welterweight Champion Tony Harrison and Jermell...

CHAVEZ JR. Talking Big, but can he back it up?

12/16/2019

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has issued a warning to the World Super Middleweight champions that he’s coming for their titles after he takes on Daniel Jacobs at the Turning Stone...

The 1st WBC Muay Thai World Convention

12/16/2019

The World Boxing Council will host the inaugural WBC MuayThai World Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 13 to March 16, 2020, and the host site for this auspicious event will...

On this day in history, Hopkins begins title reign

12/16/2019

December 16, 1995 Bernard Hopkins stopped Segundo Mercado to win the world middleweight title. Hopkins dominated Mercado before dropping him in the seventh round four months after the pair battled...

Teofimo Lopez Captures IBF Lightweight Title with Electrifying KO

12/15/2019

By Daniel Gonzalez New York - A perfectly timed and placed overhand right hand not only made Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) the IBF Lightweight Champion, it catapulted him into...

Lupita Martinez retains Title

12/15/2019

Guadalupe “Lupita” Martinez, retained her World Boxing Council Super flyweight female Championship, defeating challenger Debani Balderas by UD, at the Unidad Deportiva Tulum, Quintana Roo. The event was presented by...

MIKEY GARCIA SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM BOXING USA

12/15/2019

Mikey Garcia has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA. Former four-weight World king Garcia (39-1 30 KOs) will return to action on February 29, exclusively live on DAZN, as...

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