Fighting

Tonight at 9 pm ET on pay-per-view, the legendary Manny Pacquiao returns to challenge Yordenis Ugas for the WBA welterweight title in the main event from Las Vegas. We’ll be here with full live coverage, all of the updates posted in this stream, including round-by-round for all four bouts from Wil Esco: Pacquiao, 42, is

With today’s weigh-in over and done with, Saturday night’s PBC pay-per-view is set, with all four fights good to go, including the Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas main event. The 42-year-old Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KO) weighed in at 146, a pound shy of the 147 lb limit, with WBA titleholder Ugas (26-4, 12 KO) right

During this video interview with Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, leading into this tomorrow’s Showtime PPV fight against Yordenis Ugas, Roach fields some questions from Fight Hub TV about the matchup and what could potentially come next for his fighter. Check out some excerpts of what Roach had to say below. Roach on why Pacquiao

It was just over a week ago that Andy Ruiz Jr was reportedly eyeing a potential October bout with Charles Martin, two former ex-heavyweight titlists, however short their reigns. But Ruiz instead is looking at a December return date, following a surgery on his right knee in Guadalajara this past Tuesday. The 31-year-old Ruiz (34-2,

UPDATE (4:46 pm ET): Canelo Alvarez has posted on Instagram that the fight is set for November 6. — Scott Looks like they weren’t kidding when they said a deal was “close.” ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reports that Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant have “agreed to terms for a November pay-per-view fight.” No details yet as

Manny Pacquiao took time to speak with boxing media members ahead of this weekend’s title fight on Showtime PPV, and while fielding questions from reporters, Pacquiao ranked his win over Oscar De La Hoya as the biggest win of his career. “The greatest victory is the De La Hoya fight,” Pacquiao said. “You know why,

We knew it was coming this fall, and now we’ve got a working date. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that super flyweight rivals Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are about “80%” through negotiations to meet in an October 16th rubber match. WBC super flyweight champion Estrada (42-3, 28 KO) and then-WBA champ Gonzalez (50-3,

Matchroom Boxing and DAZN make their return to Italy on October 1st with a card featuring unbeaten super-middleweight Daniele Scardina (19-0, 15 KO) taking on German veteran Juergen Doberstein (26-4-1, 7 KO). A lightweight matchup between Francesco Patera (24-3, 8 KO) and Devis Boschiero (49-6-2, 22 KO) is scheduled to be the co-headliner, which is

As WBA welterweight titleholder Yordenis Ugas gets set to put his belt on the line against a legend in Manny Pacquiao this weekend, Ugas tells Yahoo Sports that he’s been preparing for this moment for quite some time. And while this specific moment did pop up rather unexpectedly, he’s still ready to show the world

The WBA is continuing their pursuit of legitimacy after fallout from the Fox vs Maestre scandal rocked their organization, ordering their 115-pound “regular” champion to face the winner of the Estrada-Chocolatito trilogy. Before we go singing their praises for doing what any sensible sanctioning body would do when faced with a glut of in-house “champions”

Friday’s ESPN+ card from Dubai has been readjusted once again. The event was originally set to be headlined by Shavkat Rakhimov vs Kenichi Ogawa for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title, but that was postponed last week, and a cruiserweight bout between Ali Baloyev and Rolly Lambert Fogoum was made the new headline fight. That

Premier Boxing Champions will stage a rare Sunday show at Minneapolis’ Armory on September 5th, featuring a super welterweight main event between rising 20-year-old prospect Jesus Ramos and once-beaten Brian Mendoza. Ramos (19-0, 17 KO), nephew of veteran Abel, scored a dominant unanimous decision over Javier Molina this past May, which snapped a five-fight knockout

I don’t trust WBA President Gilberto Mendoza’s pledge to finally reduce the number of belts in play one bit, but at least one of them will be gone soon. The sanctioning body has ordered “world” super featherweight champion Roger Gutierrez to face interim champion Chris Colbert, giving the pair until September 15th to come to

Friday, August 20 ESPN+, 12:00 pm ET, Ali Baloyev vs Rolly Lambert Fogoum. This was originally supposed to be headlined by a vacant IBF 130 lb title fight between Shavkat Rakhimov and Kenichi Ogawa, but with that bout postponed, the card goes on. Baloyev was born in Kyrgyzstan, represents Kazakhstan, lives in Las Vegas, and

It was another night of disappointment for Andrew Moloney in his third attempt against Joshua Franco. After a surprise upset last June and an ugly, controversial no-decision in November, Moloney (21-2, 14 KO) was seeking vindication in the trilogy fight. He started off very well, moving laterally and keeping control of the distance. Franco (18-1-2,

“I don’t think anyone thought he had it in him to move this much. […] It’s staggering that he’s been able to move this much.” – Al Bernstein No painting achieves greatness solely through the number of brushstrokes applied in its creation. But, part of what made Rembrandt and his fellow Dutch Masters worthy of

Tonight at 8 pm ET on DAZN, Vergil Ortiz Jr puts his perfect pro record on the line in a welterweight main event against tough contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, plus three more fights on the main card. Wil Esco will be on the call, with round-by-round updates for the main event, plus highlights and

After getting sent to a purse bid and immediately canceling it by coming to terms, WBO super featherweight champ Jamel Herring and mandatory challenger Shakur Stevenson have a date and location for their long-brewing showdown. ESPN reports that the pair have signed contracts to meet on October 23rd in Atlanta, GA’s State Farm Arena. Per