Fighting

“I’d love to fight Dillian Whyte. Or even Anthony Joshua. I’d have them in all sorts of trouble with my left hook.” Daniel Howarth isn’t joking. Well, he is… but, he isn’t. “One, two,” bellows Gerard Starkey, founder of the Inclusive Hub boxing gym, as the sound of Daniel’s stiff jabs and straight rights reverberate

It’s overdue even by his deeply underwhelming standards, but Gary Russell Jr. has his next assignment. Keith Idec reports and Mike Coppinger confirms that Russell will face mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo atop a January 22nd PBC on Showtime card, location TBD. Russell (31-1, 20 KO) hasn’t fought since February 2020, when he took a solid

The International Boxing Hall of Fame has announced its newest slate of inductees, which will join both the Class of 2020 and 2021 in a ceremony this coming June. This year’s honorees: Four-division champion, pound-for-pound stalwart, and one of the most spectacular fighters in modern history, Roy Jones Jr. Three-division champion and fellow pound-for-pound standout

Tommy Fury has come out to give a public statement on his withdrawal from the Jake Paul fight, scheduled for Showtime PPV on Dec. 18, which will now be replaced by Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley 2. During the video Fury details how he contracted a chest infection during training camp before subsequently suffering a

Japan’s new COVID restrictions may have scuttled IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas’ plans to face WBO champ Kazuto Ioka in a New Year’s Eve unification, but he’s still planning to get in the ring before winter’s end. Promoter Sean Gibbons tells Sports Nippon that Ancajas intends to defend his title in January before revisiting

Junior middleweight prospect Hamzah Sheeraz has heard the criticism of himself and referee Steve Gray from this past Saturday’s stoppage win over Bradley Skeete, and Sheeraz is both owning up to the foul and offering Skeete a chance at a rematch to clear the controversy. Sheeraz, 22, had plenty of trouble with the 34-year-old Skeete,

During the post-fight press conference following Gervonta Davis’ decision win over Isaac Cruz last night, Davis and his promoter react to the win as well as the immediate diss that came from fellow lightweight star Ryan Garcia, who wasn’t exactly impressed by Tank. Mayweather on his thoughts on how Davis-Cruz compares to his past fight

Gervonta Davis lost his knockout streak, but kept his unbeaten record with a narrow and very competitive decision win over Isaac Cruz tonight in front of 15,850 fans in Los Angeles on Showtime pay-per-view. Davis (26-0, 24 KO) won the fight on scores of 115-113, 115-113, and 116-112, with Bad Left Hook also scoring the

DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs Algieri press conference. ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Lomachenko vs Commey press conference. A pivotal fight in a division that has lapped welterweight for actually being interesting and exciting, despite TV people still holding onto welterweight being so great. Wouldn’t expect much fireworks at

Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to action tonight on Showtime pay-per-view, facing Isaac Cruz in a 12-round lightweight main event from Los Angeles, in what will be the final big fight before the Staples Center is renamed later this month. Live coverage will begin at 8 pm ET. All updates, including round by round and live

Devin Haney and Joseph Diaz Jr face off tonight on DAZN, with live coverage beginning at 8 pm ET for the main card, with prelims starting for those interested at 4:30 pm ET. Live updates, including round by round from Wil Esco, will come in this stream: Here’s the full rundown of what’s on the

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Isaac Cruz will hit the scales today in Los Angeles, as they’re set to headline Sunday night’s Showtime pay-per-view at the Staples Center, in what will be the last boxing event under that name before it changes on Christmas Day. Updates from the weigh-in will come in this stream, if you’re

Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde will meet again today, 364 days after their first encounter resulted in a much-discussed split decision win for Arthur, who will once again defend his Commonwealth light heavyweight title in the rematch. The fight is available on FITE TV pay-per-view for viewers in the United States and possibly elsewhere, while

Kerman Lejarraga retained his European junior middleweight title with a brutal ninth round knockout of Jack Flatley today in Bilbao, Spain, a briefly scary scene that did see Flatley up and OK after quickly receiving medical attention. Lejarraga (34-2, 26 KO) dropped Flatley (17-2-1, 4 KO) in the first round and again in the eighth,

Following yesterday’s final press conference for this weekend’s Showtime PPV main event between Gervonta Davis and Isaac Cruz, Floyd Mayweather made his promoter’s appearance and sat down with the media to discuss a number of topics including the news of Canelo Alvarez’s planned move to cruiserweight to fake Ilunga Makabu. Needless to say, Floyd isn’t

Gennadiy Golovkin will not face Ryota Murata in a middleweight unification match on Dec. 29 in Japan, a move that had been pretty much expected since the country put down a tentative one-month ban on foreign travelers earlier this week due to the threat of the COVID Omicron variant. Mike Coppinger reported the news at

Top Rank has officially confirmed its first card of 2022, which will see Joe Smith Jr. defend his WBO light heavyweight title against Callum Johnson on January 15th in Verona, NY. Smith (27-3, 21 KO) was originally supposed to make his inaugural defense against mandatory challenger Umar Salamov ahead of a 2022 clash with Daniel

Though a WBA final eliminator against Michel Rivera was on the table, Jorge Linares is taking a different road. RCC Boxing, with whom Linares recently signed, has confirmed that he’ll face Zaur Abdullaev in Russia on February 22nd. The WBC previously affirmed that the bout will be considered a “semifinal eliminator.” Linares (47-6, 29 KO)