Fighting

Kubrat Pulev appears to have found his niche. TMZ reports that after thrashing former UFC champion Frank Mir on Triller’s inaugural Triad Combat show last month, Kubrat Pulev will face another onetime titlist in Junior Dos Santos this coming February. Unlike the grappling-focused Mir, “Cigano” (21-9 MMA) has long used boxing as his key weapon,

Promoter Dmitry Salita tells Sky Sports that he’s been keeping a close eye on the negotiations between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, so that if the the two sides can’t reach an agreement that he can try to force his hand to make a fight between Whyte and Otto Wallin. Both Whyte and Wallin were

Andrew Moloney returned to the ring in Sydney, Australia, scoring a 10-round decision win over a game but outclassed Froilan Saludar to get back to his winning ways. Moloney (22-2, 14 KO) didn’t score any knockdowns and didn’t get the stoppage, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The 30-year-old junior bantamweight contender had Saludar

Junior bantamweight contender Andrew Moloney is back home in Australia, and will be in the ring tonight in Sydney, facing Froilan Saludar in a 10-round main event. The card will stream live on ESPN+ for those in the U.S. at 3 am ET, and will air on FOX in Australia. Moloney (21-2, 14 KO) has

Last month, the WBC ordered #1 welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. to face #3 David Avanesyan in a final eliminator, only for Ortiz manager Rick Mirigian to turn the fight down. Now, Mike Coppinger reports that Ortiz and unbeaten Michael McKinson have “agreed to a deal” to meet early next year in a DAZN main event.

Errol Spence Jr and Yordenis Ugas will meet in a three-belt welterweight title unification after all, with the fight now expected to come in the first quarter of 2022. Spence holds the WBC and IBF titles, and was set to face Manny Pacquiao when Pacquiao held the WBA belt in the summer of 2021. That

ESPN+, 3:00 am ET, Andrew Moloney vs Froilan Saludar. An Aussie card from Sydney, as Moloney looks to get back on the winning track after his trilogy with Joshua Franco, where he lost twice and the middle fight went to a no-contest. BoxRec are listing this as bantamweight but it’s also for a regional WBO

In case you were worried that Keith Thurman’s reported Jan. 29 return would mean two Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-views in January, don’t worry! Thurman’s return will actually be a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view on Feb. 5. Thurman, who hasn’t fought since his 2019 loss to Manny Pacquiao, will indeed be facing former 140 lb secondary

Jake Paul won again on Saturday night, brutally knocking out Tyron Woodley in the sixth round of what had been a pretty boring rematch on Showtime pay-per-view. Paul (5-0, 4 KO) and Woodley didn’t have a lot of buzz this time around. In part, that’s because the rematch came together on short notice. Also in

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will look to secure a light heavyweight title shot, as he faces Yunieski Gonzalez in a WBA eliminator in tonight’s DAZN main event from San Antonio. Live coverage will start at 9 pm ET, with Wil Esco handling the call for us this evening. All updates and discussion will come in the

Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley are set to do it again tonight, as the two meet in a Showtime pay-per-view rematch from Tampa, Florida. The show will go live at 9 pm ET, with a PPV cost of $59.99. We’ll be here for the full show, with all live updates, including round by round for

Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora meet once again today in Manchester, with the heavyweights headlining a DAZN card with their rematch. Prelim bouts will stream live at 11 am ET, with the six-fight main card starting at 1 pm ET, with main event ring walks are expected around 5 pm ET.. All updates for the

Israil Madrimov won his WBA junior middleweight eliminator over Michel Soro today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but there’s a lot more to the story than that. In a compelling fight where both Madrimov (8-0, 6 KO) and Soro (35-3-1, 24 KO) had success, but Madrimov seemed to be getting the better of things through eight rounds

Former lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko appears to be right back in the hunt for a world title following his most recent win over Richard Commey last weekend, and looking back on the bout Top Rank has released an epilogue episode covering behind the scenes action from the vantage of both sides. Going through and covering

As revealed at the end of October, top super lightweights Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza will headline a February 5th ESPN+ show in Fresno, which also features the pro debut of Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Richard Torrez Jr. As Scott pointed out in the above-linked piece, it’s an excellent matchup, one of the best

Japan’s travel restrictions scrapped a number of highly appealing fights this month, including a New Year’s Eve super flyweight unification bout between Kazuto Ioka and Jerwin Ancajas. Luckily, various outlets report that Ioka will remain on the Tokyo card and defend his WBO title against sixth-ranked contender Ryoji Fukunaga. Fukunaga (15-4, 14 KO) has won

Way back in March, the WBC announced a four-man box-off at 115 pounds that would see Juan Francisco Estrada face “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in a rubber match and mandatory challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai rematch Carlos Cuadras. Nearly a year later, one of those bouts is finally on the horizon. Dan Rafael reports that Srisaket-Cuadras 2 will

Matchroom has made a slight adjustment to its upcoming schedule. Dan Rafael reports that Liam Smith’s pending grudge match with Jessie Vargas, previously slated for January 29th, will now take place a week later on February 5th. The initial date would have seen it go head-to-head with Xavier Martinez vs. Robson Conceicao on ESPN and