Fighting

The “MF x DAZN Series” will continue on Saturday, Oct. 15, as MMA legend Vitor Belfort will face Hasim Rahman Jr in a boxing match from Sheffield, England. Rahman appeared on the “MF x DAZN” card today in London to speak about the fight being official. It wasn’t clear if it will be DAZN or

Sky Sports (UK), 2:00 pm ET, Liam Smith vs Hassan Mwakinyo. This may wind up on FITE+ in the U.S., but maybe not. The main event is OK at best on paper, Mwakinyo has won a bunch in a row but the competition has been middling, and Smith has always, always done the business against

Jose Pedraza and Richard Commey came into tonight’s ESPN main event from Tulsa, Okla., both needing a win, and when all was said and done, neither of them got it. Pedraza and Commey fought to a split draw in the 10-round bout at 140 lbs, with Pedraza winning one card 97-93, Commey taking another 96-94,

KSI knocked out Swarmz in the second round of their internet celebrity boxing fight today at London’s O2 Arena, kicking off a show that will see KSI return in just a few hours to face Luis Alcaraz Pineda. We will have more results and highlights from the show as fights are completed and the results

Jose Pedraza and Richard Commey are set for a 10-round junior welterweight main event tonight on ESPN and ESPN+, and we’ll be here with live results for you. The card will kick off with prelims exclusively on ESPN+ at 6:30 pm ET, and the main card on both ESPN and ESPN+ will start at 10:30

Top Rank’s usual flotilla of prospects will be in action on its September 23rd Shakur Stevenson vs Robson Conceicao show in Newark. Most notably, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Keyshawn Davis makes his second appearance of the year against Omar Tienda in the ESPN co-feature and Henry Lebron meets Andy Vences in the featured ESPN+ prelim.

Ring Magazine just updated their pound-for-pound list, and undisputed lightweight titleholder Devin Haney did not make the cut. Haney, who holds the Ring Magazine title at lightweight (which isn’t an officially sanctioned belt anyway), immediately took to social media to announce that he’s no longer interested in Ring’s belt and won’t be carrying it around

As Andy Ruiz Jr gets ready for his next outing against Luis Ortiz, his father Andy Ruiz Sr takes some time to talk to Fight Hub TV about their preparations for the bout and their plans beyond as they already have another big fight in mind. Here Ruiz Sr explains why he thinks his son

And then there was one. Jake Donovan and Dan Rafael report that Josh Taylor has officially relinquished his IBF title, which he was ordered to defend against Jeremias Ponce earlier this month. As a result, Ponce has been ordered to face Subriel Matias for the now-vacant title. Odds are good that they won’t need the

Sebastian Fundora will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 8, facing Carlos Ocampo in a Showtime main event, defending his interim WBC 154 lb title. The card, which was announced on last Saturday’s Showtime event but may have been missed by a few of you, so we’re telling you about it officially! here anyway, will

Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler have agreed to terms for an undisputed bantamweight championship fight on Dec. 13 in Japan, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. It’s the fight that was expected for both, as Butler (34-2, 15 KO) made very clear his immediate interest in facing Inoue (23-0, 20 KO) following the latter’s destructive second

Unsurprising, but welcome all the same. Top Rank announced today that American viewers will get to watch Queensberry’s September 24th Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker show on ESPN+. The broadcast, which starts at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, will also include the featherweight unification match between Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KO) and Sarah Mahfoud (11-0, 3 KO).

As Robert Helenius prepares for his recently announced fight coming against former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder, Helenius talks to Lance Pugmire about his thoughts on this fight as he stands firm that he’s fully focused on winning this bout and not what could potentially come afterwards. Helenius says he plans to bring an even more

Promoters Bob Arum and Frank Warren are both confident that an undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will happen, following Usyk’s rematch win over Anthony Joshua this past Saturday. Fury (32-0-1, 23 KO) still holds the WBC title despite being officially retired, a position he’s made clear a few times lately,

Hughie Fury and Michael Hunter were slated to square off earlier this summer in a WBA eliminator, only for the former to withdraw due to unspecified illness. Now, Fury tells Sky Sports that the pair will meet on October 29th. That timeslot is presently unoccupied; the biggest shows that day, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Jamaine Ortiz

Devin Haney and George Kambosos Jr are officially locked in for their mandatory rematch, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15 U.S. time from Melbourne, Australia. To not be confusing, if you are in Australia, it will be on Sunday, Oct. 16. Haney (28-0, 15 KO) handily beat Kambosos (20-1, 10 KO) in June

Demetrius Andrade, who has long railed against major fighters for refusing to face him in high-risk, low-reward matchups, will ditch his middleweight title to avoid a high-risk, low-reward matchup. Jake Donovan reports that rather than face interim WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly as ordered, “Boo Boo” is set to move to super middleweight and “revisit” an

Following Anthony Joshua’s second consecutive loss to Oleksandr Usyk over the weekend, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn overcomes his disappointment to talk to iFL TV about what took place in the ring, the brilliance of Usyk, and Joshua’s post-fight antics. Check out some of what Hearn had to say below. Hearn on his immediate reaction to