Fighting

Teofimo Lopez has become a pretty good trash talker along with a world-class professional fighter, but he flipped that switch off to show some public support for fellow young star Ryan Garcia, who has withdrawn from his scheduled July 9 fight with Javier Fortuna to deal with some mental health issues. Lopez posted this on

Jake Paul attended Saturday night’s UFC 261 event in Jacksonville, Fla., and it’s safe to say he wasn’t greeted all that warmly by either fans or UFC legend Daniel Cormier. Cormier was working the event as a commentator, and has recently had words on social media with Paul, taking particular offense to Paul and Paul

Shakur Stevenson has wanted to get a big fight for a while now, and he was tuned in as usual on Saturday night, seeing Emanuel Navarrete stop a very game Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz to retain his WBO featherweight title in Florida. Stevenson (15-0, 8 KO) is the former WBO featherweight titlist, winning that belt in

Emanuel Navarrete returns to defend his WBO featherweight title against Christopher Diaz, with Edgar Berlanga back in the co-feature tonight against Demond Nicholson. Live coverage starts with the undercards at 6 pm ET on ESPN+. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call for the main event and co-feature fights starting at 10 pm ET

Kenshiro Teraji is still unbeaten and still has his claim to being the top 108 lb fighter in the sport today, as he dropped and out-pointed veteran Tetsuya Hisada on Saturday in Osaka, Japan. Teraji (18-0, 10 KO) retained his WBC junior flyweight title on scores of 118-109, 118-109, and 119-108. He put Hisada (34-11-2,

The much respected, all-action Colombian boxer Oscar ‘The Jaguar’ Negrete announced his retirement from the ring on Thursday. Speaking to the hosts of Boxeo de Colombia (while wrapping Deiner Berrio’s hands ahead of his matchup with Juan Pablo Romero on Ring City USA’s fight card in West Point), Negrete stated. “Today… on the microphones of

UK fans in the mood for free boxing are in luck, as Sam Egginton and Carlos Molina are set to duke it out atop a May 22nd Channel 5 broadcast from Coventry. Eggington (29-7, 18 KO), who’s still just 27 years old despite seemingly being an eternal fixture of the British super welterweight scene, competed

Saturday night on ESPN+ and ESPN, power punching super middleweight sensation Edgar Berlanga takes on Demond Nicholson in the Navarrete-Diaz co-feature. Does Berlanga extend his run to 17 straight first round knockouts? Can Nicholson hang around or even win? Scott Christ (24-7-2) Demond Nicholson is an alright young vet sort of fighter, 28 and has

Erika Cruz scored an upset in tonight’s Ring City USA main event, dominating against Jelena Mrdjenovich to take the WBA featherweight title and possibly move on to an even bigger bout with Amanda Serrano. Cruz (13-1, 3 KO) won on technical decision scores of 70-63 across the board, after the fight was stopped early in

WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney may be currently scheduled to face Jorge Linares next month, but he was really hoping for an even bigger fight against rising star Ryan Garcia. But despite publicly expressing his interest in a fight against Garcia, Garcia and his team instead opted to face Javier Fortuna — something Haney explicitly

With Joseph Parker set to face Derek Chisora on May 1, Parker manager David Higgins is fully confident of success for his man, telling Sky Sports that while they respect Chisora’s danger, he sees the British veteran retiring after losing the fight: “Provided that Joseph Parker does not make a silly mistake, and executes his

After a lengthy partnership with Sky Sports to air fights in the UK, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are reportedly going all-in with DAZN. The Athletic claims that they’ve “struck a record-breaking deal…that is worth well into nine figures.” The partnership goes into effect on July 1st; the May 15th Terri Harper vs. Hyun Mi Choi

Tyson Fury’s father John Fury isn’t known for a lot of empty praise, and he doesn’t see much out there worth praising in the heavyweight division past his son. John doesn’t see Anthony Joshua as a real threat to Tyson, saying, “It will take a lot better than AJ to beat Tyson.” But as for

Terri Harper’s quest for super featherweight unification officially kicks off on May 15th, when she’ll put her WBC title on the line against WBA champ Hyun Mi Choi atop a fairly stacked DAZN card in Manchester. Harper (11-0-1, 6 KO) dominantly dethroned Eva Wahlstrom for the belt in February 2020, battled pending Katie Taylor foe

As expected, the IBF heavyweight final eliminator between top prospect Filip Hrgovic and dangerous contender Michael Hunter went to a purse bid today, and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing emerged victorious. Neither a date nor a location has yet been revealed. DAZN already has a few summer dates set aside for fights like Jaime Munguia vs.

Ben Askren didn’t get the result he wanted last Saturday against Jake Paul, losing via first round TKO, but the former MMA champion isn’t shying away from talking about it. Askren spoke with Ariel Helwani of ESPN about the fight and the event, and here’s a bit of what he had to say. On what

2021’s glut of exhibitions and freakshow fights, which continue to be stunningly lucrative endeavors, may leave dedicated boxing fans bewildered and furious. There is a deep, abiding solemnity to the art of consenting adults punching each other for money, and a YouTuber decking a retired wrestler seemingly flies in the face of that. Speaking as

Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Light Heavyweight: (6) Marcus Browne vs Denis Grachev, Apr. 20 (Note: It looks like this fight is happening, it just won’t be part of PBC’s televised broadcast on Tuesday; if it doesn’t, oh well) Light Heavyweight: (10) Callum Johnson vs Emil Markic, Apr.