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Naoya “Monster” Inoue lived up to his nickname when he demolished Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire in two rounds at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. (photos by Naoki Fukuda) The fight was a rematch of their 2019 thriller, which saw Inoue overcome a broken orbital bone and nose to win a unanimous decision in the

“The Monster” overwhelmed Nonito Donaire in their rematch Tuesday night. Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue dropped Donaire once apiece in the first and second rounds and stopped the 39-year-old Donaire quickly in their highly anticipated bantamweight championship rematch. Referee Michael Griffin stopped their scheduled 12-round, 118-pound championship unification fight at 1:24 of the second round, once

Can they do it again? While the result was little in doubt when the final bell sounded in 2019, what happened over the course of twelve rounds left an impression. Naoya Inoue may have won as many as nine rounds against Nonito Donaire to unify a pair of titles and win the World Boxing Super

Hall of Fame promoter Don King has finalized the full card for this Saturday, which features a main event with WBA “regular” heavyweight champion Trevor Bryan defending against the number one challenger Daniel DuBois at the Casino Miami Jai-Alai. The card titled “The Fight for Freedom and Peace”, will begin at 4 p.m. (doors open

Bob Arum does not think it will be a Herculean task to get perhaps the most talented fighter in his promotional stable to take on a rival company’s star draw. Arum, the head of Top Rank Inc., was asked for his thoughts on whether or not there is a favorable chance to see a match-up

At around 9:40 PM the night before his son’s biggest fight, Bill Haney finally arrived in Australia.  As he helped his son Devin prepared to fight George Kambosos for the undisputed lightweight title, Bill was waging a legal battle. He was denied a visa to enter Australia due to a decades old conviction, and most

WBC and WBO 122-pound world champion Stephen Fulton Jr. displayed his full complement of skills and made his case as a top pound-for-pound fighter in a dominant unanimous decision win over former unified champion Danny Roman Saturday night in the main event of action live on SHOWTIME in front of a sold-out crowd at The

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia – For the undisputed lightweight championship, Devin Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over George Kambosos (20-1, 10 KOs) to unify the WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO titles. (photos by Darren Burns, Mikey Williams) The scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110. Haney came out with his jab in

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia – For the undisputed lightweight championship, Devin Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over George Kambosos (20-1, 10 KOs) to unify the WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO titles. The scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110. Haney came out with his jab in the first. Kambosos was looking to counter of

Lourdes Juarez will defend her WBC World Female junior bantamweight title tonight against Debora Vanesa Gomez at El Domo de la Feria in Fresnillo, Mexico. The Juarez-Gomez fight will headline a Promociones del Pueblo card and will air live on Canal Space throughout Mexico, Central America, and South America.  Juarez (33-2, 4 knockouts), who resides

George Kambosos Jr. hasn’t even used what he would consider his harsher trash talk during the promotion of his showdown with Devin Haney. The unbeaten IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion still senses that he has annoyed Haney with some of what he has said, most notably when he called Haney “a rat” earlier this week for informing

WBO/IBF/WBA lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. (20-0, 10 KOs) and WBC champion Devin Haney (27-0, 15 KOs) are ready to collide in theor showdown for the undisputed title at Marvel Stadium. The fight, Sunday local time and airing Saturday evening in the United States, is one of the biggest bouts ever on Australian soil. (photos

WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire is eager to avenge a 2019 defeat at the hands of WBA, IBF champion Naoya Inoue. In a grueling fight that saw both fighters hurt, Inoue won a twelve round decision over Donaire in 2019. Next Tuesday in Japan, they collide for a second time with three world titles at

The boxing schedule has not disappointed so far in 2022.  A bevy of bangers has already filled the calendar in the year’s first five months, and the summer slate is surely set to be just as scintillating.  One matchup in particular that is heating up won’t be featured in a ring anytime soon.  A back

Bantamweight contender Aston Palicte is ready for war in Melbourne, Australia. Palicte will collide with local fan favorite Jason Moloney this Sunday (Saturday in America) at the 55,000-seat Marvel Stadium. The ten-round bout will be broadcast on ESPN in the United States as part of the card headlined by the undisputed lightweight championship bout between

IBF female super welterweight champion Marie Eve Dicaire (18-1), WBC titleholder Patrica Berghult (15-0) and former undisputed welterweight champ Cecilia Braekhus (36-2) are the reported participants in a three step tournament to go ahead this fall. Step 1: WBC queen Berghult defends the title against the former First Lady Braekhus August 13 in Cali, Colombia.

Joe Cordina is trying not to let the pressure of history weigh on his shoulders ahead of the biggest night of his life. Wales is only a small nation with a little over 3 million residents, but it has a proud boxing heritage stretching back to Jimmy Wilde a century ago. On Saturday, at the

Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce feels confident that he would “bang out” Oleksandr Usyk if they met in the ring. During their time as amateurs in World Series of Boxing, in 2013, Usyk won a decision over Joyce. Usyk is now one of the top players in the heavyweight division, with the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO titles