Fighting

News broke Saturday that former Puerto Rican Olympian Felix Verdejo was a “person of interest” in the death of Keishla Marlen Rodríguez Ortiz, with whom he was allegedly having an affair. Yesterday, Verdejo turned himself in to the authorities, and he now faces charges that will likely be revealed within the day. According to Jake

DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Canelo vs Saunders press conference. Talking, sponsors nobody cares about, etc. We’ll be here with a stream. BLH will have live coverage. DAZN, 3:00 pm ET, Canelo vs Saunders weigh-in. Underpants, scales, the usual. We’ll be here with a stream. BLH will have live coverage. Telemundo, 11:35 pm ET, Gadwin Rosa

We had a very busy weekend in boxing, no massive marquee fights, but a lot of interesting developments in various divisions, chiefly at heavyweight where two top 10 contenders picked up wins, one controversial and one not. What could be on tap for the weekend’s winners? Andy Ruiz Jr Ruiz got a solid if not

With a “third fight” (exhibition bout) between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield losing steam, it seems Tyson may have turned his attention instead to Lennox Lewis. Let’s be clear up front: If Lewis and Tyson get in a ring again, it will be an exhibition, not a full, sanctioned fight. But Lewis, 55, did confirm

Tonight at 9 pm ET on pay-per-view, Andy Ruiz Jr headlines a four-fight card against Chris Arreola, with prelims beginning at 7 pm ET on FOX. Bad Left Hook will be here for live coverage throughout the night. Live updates, including highlights and round-by-round coverage for all four PPV fights from Wil Esco, will come

Today at 1 pm ET on DAZN in most territories and also on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK, Derek Chisora and Joseph Parker headline a big Matchroom card from Manchester, England. We’ll be here with live coverage, including round-by-round for Chisora-Parker and Taylor-Jonas, plus highlights and fight-by-fight updates, all in this stream: It’s

Sunny Edwards lifted the IBF flyweight title from Moruti Mthalane tonight at York Hall, taking the win by unanimous decision and becoming a first-time world champion. Edwards (16-0, 4 KO) won on scores of 115-113, 118-111, and 120-108. Giving him every round is pretty indifferent judging, particularly down the stretch when Edwards had stopped doing

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back tonight for BKFC 17, and our live coverage will kick off at 8 pm ET for the card from Birmingham, Alabama. You can order the standalone PPV at Fite TV if you want, or you can watch cheaper via the BKTV app. Tonight’s main event will see Frank Tate

While Canelo Alvarez is currently scheduled to unify 168lb titles with Billy Joe Saunders, he’s just come out to explain how he had to deal with Mexican kidnappers in back in 2018 who had taken his brother. In an interview that’s scheduled to air this weekend on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Canelo recounts what

This Saturday night, FOX and Premier Boxing Champions are back on pay-per-view for Andy Ruiz Jr’s comeback fight against Chris Arreola. The decision to put the show on PPV has been hugely unpopular, and while probably not as simple a call as some might think, the bottom line for fans is that the show is

Back in 1969, a teenage and not-yet-Marvelous Marvin Hagler first laced up gloves and learned to box at the Petronelli Gym in Brockton, Massachusetts. 52 years later, the Brockton City Council voted unanimously to memorialize the late, great fighter with a street named in his honor: Marvin Hagler Drive. Hagler, who died last month at

Heavyweight veteran Derek Chisora is ready for another brawl Saturday against former titleholder Joseph Parker, which will air on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and stream on DAZN in all markets other than the UK, Ireland, China, New Zealand, and Samoa. Parker (28-2, 21 KO) is looking to win this fight and get

Yesterday, news broke about a possible failed urine test for super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka. Today, new developments reported by two major Japanese newspapers are raising questions about the accuracy and validity of the Japanese Boxing Commission’s testing process and protocols. The Ashahi Shimbun (mercifully, published in English online) discusses two major failures in the

Just hours after its official reveal, Floyd Mayweather’s June 6th exhibition bout with Logan Paul has the beginnings of an undercard. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix reports that Jean Pascal will face Badou Jack in a rematch of their 2019 title fight, while a clash between former unified super welterweight champ Jarrett Hurd and Luis Arias

With his planned June 5th clash against Terence Crawford dead in the water, Manny Pacquiao reportedly has a new target in mind. His business manager, Arnold Vegafria, posted a teaser on Instagram claiming “Pac-Man” would meet Mikey Garcia in Dubai later this year. Vegafria went on to tell ABS-CBN that they’re still working on the

Conor Benn isn’t planning on taking a victory lap after his most impressive victory to date. “The Destroyer” recently sat down with iFL TV to discuss his plans for the rest of 2021, which include a “step up” in July and an interim title bout by the end of the year. He doesn’t say which

Triller have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court of Central California seeking to fight back against massive piracy for their April 17 Fight Club pay-per-view event, seeking $100 million in damages. The event was headlined by Jake Paul’s win over Ben Askren, and was a major success, clocking in north of a million legitimate

Emanuel Navarrete and Christopher Diaz went to war on Saturday night in Kissimmee, Fla., with Navarrete stopping the outrageously brave Diaz in the 12th and final round to retain his WBO featherweight title. Navarrete (33-1, 28 KO) expressed great admiration for Diaz (26-3, 16 KO) after the fight, telling ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna, “I knew he