Fighting

The past few days have been full of bad news for boxing fans. Tyson Fury seems to have caught COVID, and his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder is getting delayed three months. Yorgos Kambosos fans worldwide are going to have to wait even longer than expected for their man to finally take down Teofimo Lopez,

Zurdo Ramirez made a strong debut with Golden Boy Promotions tonight on DAZN, dropping veteran Sullivan Barrera three times and scoring a fourth round stoppage win, as he looks forward now and targets world titles at light heavyweight. Ramirez (42-0, 28 KO) and Barrera (22-4, 14 KO) looked evenly matched enough for the first two

Triller are attempting to once again move the date for the Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos Jr fight, and now they also intend on changing the location. Mike Coppinger reports at ESPN that Triller want to push Lopez-Kambosos back to Oct. 17, and move the fight to Australia. Lopez’s team are not on board with

Tonight at 9 pm ET on DAZN, Zurdo Ramirez makes his Golden Boy debut in a main event against Sullivan Barrera at 175 lbs, plus Joseph Diaz Jr vs Javier Fortuna in a WBC lightweight eliminator, and more. Live coverage starts at 9 pm ET, with round-by-round for all four fights on the main card.

UPDATE (9:04 pm ET): The new target date for Fury-Wilder 3 is October, according to ESPN. Earlier today, it was reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN that there was a “COVID-19 outbreak” in Tyson Fury’s camp, and that his scheduled July 24 fight with Deontay Wilder would “inevitably” be postponed. That caused a stir, of

UPDATE (12:53 pm ET): Lance Pugmire of The Athletic says he spoke with Fury promoter Bob Arum, who said, “As far as I know, (Fury) doesn’t have it.” This does open up the chance that Fury and maybe enough people who don’t have it can isolate away from any others, but we’ll see. Yet again,

Top Rank’s looking at a very busy Friday on September 10th. Before Oscar Valdez takes on Robson Conceicao in Tucson, unbeaten French standouts Tony Yoka and Dylan Charrat will face Petar Milas and Kerman Lejarraga in Paris. The article doesn’t mention any broadcast details, but I’d be surprised if this didn’t end up on ESPN+.

Four months after scoring the biggest win of his career, 22-year-old lightweight slugger Angel Fierro has joined forces with Matchroom Boxing ahead of a planned return “later in the summer.” ✍️ Welcome to the team, rising Mexican Lightweight star Angel Fierro! Read more ⬇️ — Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) July 7, 2021 “Tashiro” (18-1, 14 KO),

In response to a question about whether Gervonta Davis would be willing to face fighters such as Teofimo Lopez or Josh Taylor, Mayweather promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe says his fighter can beat any top name around his weight class and that it’s all just a matter of making the best moves possible. On facing Lopez

No fighter in boxing today gives themselves the breadth of possible opportuntities that come with being able to fight from 160 up to 175 as Canelo Alvarez has proven he can. He can mix and match and skip and jump around, find a suitable matchup at light heavy, chop down a solid foe in Sergey

August 20 will be a big night in the women’s super-lightweight division as Kali Reis and Mary McGee make their returns to the ring in respective bouts. On the line are three of the four major belts in the division, potentially making this card the beginning of a mini-tournament for super-lightweight supremacy. Chantelle Cameron (14-0,

In the latest installment of Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, unified 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo discusses his upcoming fight with Brian Castano, whether he deserves a spot in the top of P4P rankings, and his future plans. Check out some excerpts below with the full video interview in the link above. Charlo on fighting Brian

Three time cruiserweight champion and reigning IBF belt-holder Mairis Briedis says he’s leaving the division and moving up to heavyweight. The 36 year old Latvian made his announcement on TikTok, which is apparently the latest social platform we’ll need to monitor for news like this. Briedis was last seen in action winning the finals of

During this video interview with respected trainer Robert Garcia, Garcia gives us his thoughts on the upcoming welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence. Garcia shares a bit of his perspective on the style matchup and explains why he thinks the fight could go either way. Garcia on who he thinks win Pacquiao-Spence

Nonito Donaire is now officially out of his planned Aug. 14 bantamweight title unification against John Riel Casimero, ending a big, dumb whirlwind that began just a couple of weeks ago. Donaire-Casimero was announced on June 19, replacing a scheduled fight between Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux for the same date, also on Showtime. Now, Rigondeaux

ESPN+, 5:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Steve Spark. Finally, someone in the States gets into the Tim Tszyu business again. I mean, look, is this really a good matchup for supposed emerging top contender Tszyu? No! It isn’t! Let’s be honest about it! It wasn’t when it was Michael Zerafa, either. Tszyu should really

ESPN+, 5:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Steve Spark. Finally, someone in the States gets into the Tim Tszyu business again. I mean, look, is this really a good matchup for supposed emerging top contender Tszyu? No! It isn’t! Let’s be honest about it! It wasn’t when it was Michael Zerafa, either. Tszyu should really

Chris Colbert took a short-notice challenge from Tugstsgot Nyambayar and came away with a solid win tonight on Showtime, out-pointing the 2012 Olympic silver medalist to win a clear decision. Colbert (16-0, 6 KO) won on scores of 117-111, 118-110, and 118-110. Bad Left Hook also had the fight 118-110 for Colbert, as did Showtime’s