Fighting

After controversially defeating Maxim Vlasov for the WBO light heavyweight title, Joe Smith Jr. turned down a unification clash with Artur Beterbiev in favor of a two-fight deal that would see him fight mandatory challenger Umar Salamov before a big-money bout with fellow New Yorker Daniel Jacobs. That first bout, originally scheduled for October 30th,

Demetrius Andrade is better at boxing than I will ever be at anything. If I live another 100 years, the gap would still literally be unfathomable. On top of being a talented boxer, Demetrius Andrade is a handsome guy. He’s charismatic and articulate in ways that almost never correlate with top-tier boxing, and seldom survive

Frank Gore will be stepping off of the gridiron and into the boxing ring on December 18 where he’ll face retired NBA guard Deron Williams. This obviously isn’t a fight that many people saw coming, but for Gore this isn’t exactly out of the blue as he’s been a longtime fan of the sweet science.

Just one man stands between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and his first world title shot, but he’ll have to earn it. Neil Marsh, who manages reigning European welterweight champion David Avanesyan, claims that the WBC have ordered Ortiz to face his charge in a final eliminator. The two sit at #1 and #3, respectively, in the

According to reporting by Dan Rafael, French heavyweight and Olympic gold medalist Tony Yoka will face countryman Carlos Takam on January 15, 2022 in Paris. Like Yoka’s last several fights, this one will be available on ESPN+. Yoka was reportedly in talks to face Martin Bakole in December, which itself would have been a nice

Gervonta “Tank” Davis is putting the final touches on his training ahead of a Dec. 5 Showtime pay-per-view clash with Isaac Cruz, who came in on short notice to replace Rolando Romero in the fight. The 12-round lightweight bout will see Davis defending his secondary WBA title, and Davis says he’s taking the hard-nosed Cruz

Jaron “Boots” Ennis impressed virtually everyone with his October beating of Thomas Dulorme, but the Puerto Rican veteran claims foul play. Per a press release, he’s “officially submitted a letter to the Nevada State Athletic Commission” asking the fight be overturned to a no contest on the grounds that Ennis initially dropped him with a

Last week Canelo Alvarez put his stamp on the super middleweight division by becoming the first ever undisputed 168lb champion by knocking out Caleb Plant. And covering the fallout from the bout is Showtime, who finishes off their All Access series on the fight with it’s epilogue conclusion. You can watch the full final episode

Jaime Munguia UD-12 Gabriel Rosado (118-110, 119-109, 117-111) Jaime Munguia and Gabriel Rosado were expected to put on a fun fight in tonight’s DAZN main event and did exactly that as they battled it out over 12 rounds of action. In the end Jaime Munguia took a unanimous decision on official scores of 118-108, 119-109,

David Benavidez and Jaime Munguia both did what was expected of them on Saturday night, scoring main event wins on Showtime and DAZN, respectively, and leaving no doubt about who the better fighter was in those rings. But now there’s a bigger question that awaits each man, and they’re coming in from different angles, with

PPV (AUS), 3:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Takeshi Inoue. That’s 7 pm in Australia. There appears to be no legal way to watch this in the United States or United Kingdom. If there’s a (legal) way to watch live in the U.S., I’ll be here for live coverage. If there isn’t, I won’t. I

David Benavidez came into tonight’s showdown with late replacement Kyrone Davis after a day filled with surprise upsets. But, with a potential Canelo Alvarez fight on the horizon in 2022, Benavidez (25-0, 22 KO) took care of business in front of a hometown Phoenix crowd, unleashing power punches at will on a courageous and resilient

Kid Galahad defends his IBF featherweight title for the first time today, taking on veteran Kiko Martinez, with Terri Harper also defending her WBC junior lightweight title, Chris Billam-Smith defending his European cruiserweight title, and more. Live coverage will begin at 2 pm ET, with the fights streaming on DAZN. All updates, including round by

Jaime Munguia and Gabriel Rosado are set for what could well be a war of a middleweight main event, headlining Golden Boy’s return to DAZN this evening from Anaheim, Calif. The rest of the four-fight card will feature returns for welterweight Alexis Rocha, middleweight D’Mitrius Ballard, and lightweight William Zepeda. Live coverage begins at 9

Seems like this fight just isn’t meant to be. Unified super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s WBA-mandated title defense against Ronny Rios already got pushed back once when “MJ” came down with COVID, and now it’s Rios who’s caught the virus just a week from fight night. “I hope that Ronny is feeling well, it’s a

Shawn Porter is just about set for his November 20 fight with Terence Crawford, which will headline an ESPN+ pay-per-view and have Crawford’s WBO welterweight title on the line. Porter (31-3-1, 17 KO) wants to be clear that this fight is more than a “test” for Crawford (37-0, 28 KO), and that he feels he

The anticipated match-up between domestic rivals Chris Eubank Jr (31-2, 23 KO) and Liam Williams (23-3-1, 18 KO) now has an official date and location, December 11th in Cardiff, Wales. The fight is presented by Boxxer and will be aired on Sky Sports. Both boxers have been talking up a potential meeting for a little

Okay, seriously, somebody needs to pick a different date. December 18th is now even more bloated with boxing, as David Morrel Jr. will defend his WBA “world” super middleweight title against Alantez Fox at The Armory in Minneapolis on FOX. The card will go head to head with both Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury on