By Joseph Santoliquito Fundora and Tszyu cap off a thrilling night of action with a tense back and forth battle that ended with a career-defining win for Fundora Saturday night....
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Sofia, Bulgaria (March 22, 2024) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, hosted its second sold-out event in Bulgaria with BKFC-58 on Friday, March 22 at...
LOS ANGELES (March 18, 2024) — WBO/IBF minimumweight world champion Yokasta Valle wants to make history for Costa Rica, but standing in her way is a fellow pound-for-pound queen for whom this...
VERONA, N,Y. (March 2, 2024) — Raymond “Savage” Ford (15-0-1, 8 KOs) captured the WBA featherweight world title with a dramatic, come-from-behind 12th-round TKO win against Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov (12-1, 11 KOs). Trailing...
NEW YORK (Feb. 16, 2024) — O'Shaquie "Ice Water" Foster (22-2, 12 KOs) defended his WBC junior lightweight world title with a split decision over Abraham "El Super" Nova (23-2, 16 KOs) Friday...
LAS VEGAS (Feb. 8, 2024) — Teofimo Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) defended his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles with a unanimous decision win over Jamaine Ortiz (17-2-1, 8 KOs) Thursday evening at...
• Teofimo Lopez 139.6 lbs. vs. Jamaine Ortiz 139.6 lbs (Lopez's WBO/Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight World Titles - 12 Rounds) • Keyshawn Davis 134.7 lbs vs. Jose Pedraza 134.5 lbs (Lightweight — 10 Rounds) (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT) • George Acosta 131.3 lbs vs....
British Super-Featherweight Champion Liam Dillon has a chance to add the Commonwealth Title to his growing collection of belts when he faces a resurgent Reece Bellotti at the top of a...
(Jan. 31, 2024) — Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Lopez vs. Ortiz will be presented live this Thursday, February 8, at 10:30 p.m. ET/ 7:30 p.m. PT, on ESPN, ESPN...
PERTH, Australia (Jan. 30, 2024) —A new 135-pound king will be crowned Down Under. Three-division world champion Vasiliy "Loma" Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) and former unified lightweight world champion George "Ferocious" Kambosos Jr....
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (Jan. 13, 2024) — Twenty have tried. And 20 have been stopped. Unified light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) defended his WBC/IBF/WBO world titles with a seventh-round...
• Artur Beterbiev 175 lbs. vs. Callum Smith 174.6 lbs (Beterbiev's WBC/IBF/WBO Light Heavyweight World Titles - 12 Rounds) • Christian Mbilli 167.3 lbs vs. Rohan Murdock 167.6 lbs (Mbilli's WBC Continental Americas & WBA International Super Middleweight...
By Frank Bartolini Kings Promotions (Marshall Kaufman) ushers in the new ear on Friday. January 12 at the Live Casino in Philadelphia PA. Eight fights are scheduled with Philly...
By Frank Bartolini A couple of club shows highlighted a month of parties during the Holiday season. Sal Musuccio promoted a six fight show Saturday Dec 12 at the...
By Frank Bartolini Second week of November was very active and entertaining for the fight game. Getting things started promoter Lou Dibella of Dibella Entertainment. Edison Ballroom in the...
TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 26, 2023) — WBC/WBO junior featherweight world champion Naoya "The Monster" Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) made history again. The Japanese pound-for-pound superstar knocked out Filipino IBF/WBA champion Marlon Tapales...
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2023) — Unbeaten Mexican Rafael Espinoza spent 10 years in the pro ranks before his first world title shot. And when the opportunity finally came, he made the most of it. Espinoza (24-0,...
WEIGHTS, IMAGES AND RUNNING ORDER FOR HANEY VS. PROGRAIS First bell at 3pm live on Before The Bell on the Matchroom YouTube channel and DAZN 6 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight...
• Robeisy Ramirez 125.6 lbs. vs. Rafael Espinoza 125.3 lbs (Ramirez's WBO Featherweight World Title - 12 Rounds) • Xander Zayas 153.6 lbs vs. Jorge Fortea 153.7 lbs (Junior Middleweight — 10 Rounds) (ESPN+, 5:40 p.m. ET/2:40 p.m. PT) • Bruce...
David Benavidez Stops Demetrius Andrade David Benavidez proves to big and to strong for Demetrius Andrade. Benavidez looking for Canelo next. Photos courtesy of Ryan Hafey and Amanda Westcott
PACHECO VS. COCERES – WEIGHTS, RUNNING ORDER AND IMAGES FROM TODAY’S WEIGH-IN Pacheco takes on Argentine in first hometown headline show in LA FIRST BELL 3.45PM PT - LIVE ON ‘BEFORE...
LONDON (Nov. 16, 2023) – WBC and Lineal champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and WBO/IBF/WBA unified champ Oleksandr Usykwill collide in a historic undisputed heavyweight showdown on Saturday, Feb....
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 16, 2023) — Shakur Stevenson is now a three-weight king. Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) captured the vacant WBC lightweight crown with a unanimous decision win against Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos...
Navarrete and Conceição Fight to Majority Draw Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) and Robson Conceição (17-2-1, 8 KOs) fought to a majority draw in tonight’s co-feature. Navarrete, the reigning WBO junior...
Shakur Stevenson 133.8 lbs. vs. Edwin De Los Santos 134.3 lbs (Vacant WBC Lightweight World Title - 12 Rounds) • Emanuel Navarrete 130 lbs vs. Robson Conceição 129.3 lbs (Navarrete's WBO Junior Lightweight World Title — 12 Rounds) (ESPN+, 5:40 p.m. ET/2:40 p.m. PT)...
LAKE TAHOE, Nevada (Nov. 4, 2023) — It took him nearly 10 years, but “The Silent Roller” finally exacted revenge tonight. Nigerian contender Efe Ajagba (19-1, 14 KOs) defended his WBC Silver heavyweight...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Oct. 28, 2023) — It wasn’t without its fair share of surprises, but The Gypsy King prevailed. WBC & lineal heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury overcame an early knockdown to...
ROSENBERG, Texas (Oct. 14, 2023) — The Middleweight Boogeyman is now a unified world champion. Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs) defeated Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-1-1, 7 KOs) via sixth-round TKO to unify the WBO and...
Canelo Alvarez beat a game Jermell Charlo over 12 rounds.
TULSA, OK. (Aug. 26, 2023) — Heavyweight knockout artist Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson made it Sweet 16 tonight. The 23-year-old fighting pride of Toledo, Ohio, defeated Ukrainian contender Andriy Rudenko(35-7, 21 KOs) via fifth-round...
WROCŁAW, Poland (Aug. 24, 2023) — Ukraine’s unified WBA/WBO/IBF world champion, Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), puts his heavyweight hardware on the line against London's Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) this Saturday, Aug. 26 at...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Aug. 12, 2023) — Emanuel Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs) wanted an all-Mexican war to take his career to new heights, and that’s exactly what he got. Navarrete defended his WBO junior...
• Emanuel Navarrete 130 lbs. vs. Oscar Valdez 129.8 lbs (Navarrete's WBO Junior Lightweight World Title — 12 Rounds) Referee: Wes Melton Judges: Lisa Giampa, Chris Wilson and Zach Young • Lindolfo Delgado 140.7 lbs vs....
Chantelle Cameron returns to the Lion’s Den to put her undisputed Super-Lightweight World Titles on the line for a second time against Irish legend Katie Taylor at the 3Arena in...
LAS VEGAS (July 28, 2023) — Pound-for-pound queen Seniesa "Super Bad” Estrada (25-0, 9 KOs) defended her WBC/WBA minimumweight world titles via unanimous decision against Argentinian former world champion Leonela Yudica (19-2-3, 1 KO)...
Crawford Shocks - Gives Spence Old School Beating what was going to be arguably the best fight of the decade, and a memorable one to talk about for the ages-...
Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. is the biggest fight since Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao and in many ways more important because this is not only two top champions,...
• Seniesa Estrada 104.4 lbs vs. Leonela Yudica 103.7 lbs (Estrada's WBC & WBA Minimumweight World Titles— 10 Rounds) • Andres Cortes 130 lbs vs. Xavier Martinez 129.7 lbs (Junior Lightweight — 10 Rounds) • Karlos Balderas 135.9 lbs vs. Nahir Albright 134.1 lbs ...
TOKYO (July 25, 2023) – That's a wrap. Naoya Inoue, the pound-for-pound great from Japan, knocked out WBC/WBO junior featherweight world champion Stephen Fulton in the eighth round Tuesday at Ariake Arena...
TOKYO (July 25, 2023) – That's a wrap. Naoya Inoue, the pound-for-pound great from Japan, knocked out WBC/WBO junior featherweight world champion Stephen Fulton in the eighth round Tuesday at Ariake Arena...
SHAWNEE, OK (July 22, 2023) — Former unified and lineal lightweight world champion George Kambosos Jr. (21-2, 10 KOs) secured a narrow 12-round majority decision victory against an elusive Maxi Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) Saturday evening at FireLake...
• George Kambosos Jr. 134.6 lbs. vs. Maxi Hughes 134.7 lbs (IBF Lightweight Title Eliminator — 12 Rounds) • Keyshawn Davis 134.3 lbs vs. Francesco Patera 134 lbs (Lightweight — 10 Rounds) • Giovani Santillan 147.8 lbs vs. Erick Bone 147.6 lbs (Welterweight —...
By Frank Bartolini Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, New York City. Matchroom Boxing delivered another superb night of boxing to New York. On top of the card popular super...
TOLEDO, Ohio (July 1, 2023) — Toledo's fighting pride returned home for his first headlining attraction in a fight that ended up being his toughest one to date. Jared “The Real Big...
• Jared Anderson 243.4 lbs. vs. Charles Martin 250.5 lbs (Heavyweight — 10 Rounds) • Abdullah Mason 135.2 lbs vs. Alex de Oliveira 135.8 lbs (Lightweight — 6 Rounds) • Arslanbek Makhmudov 263.4 lbs vs. Raphael Akpejiori 255.5 lbs (Heavyweight — 10 Rounds )
By Frank Bartolini ATLANTIC CITY NJ 6/17/23: Bally’s Hotel and Casino hosted a night of boxing promoted by Sal Masumuci with Renee Atkins handling the matchmaking. A crowd of...
By Frank Bartolini As I traverse north on the New York Thruway to this year's International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions, the Hudson River runs alongside me moving in...
Teofimo Lopez Dominate Taylor to Claim Crown At MSG: NEW YORK (June 10, 2023) — The Takeover has conquered a second division. Former unified and lineal lightweight kingTeofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs)...
• Josh Taylor 139.8 lbs. vs. Teofimo Lopez 140 lbs (Taylor's WBO and Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight World Titles — 12 Rounds) Judges: Steve Gray, Joe Pasquale and Benoit Roussel Referee: Michael Griffin • ...
NEW YORK (June 8, 2023) – A heated rivalry comes to a head in New York City this Saturday night. Undefeated junior welterweight king Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO...
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