Fighting

Good news: we’re not getting Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson III next month. Bad news: we’re getting something even less appealing. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix and The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger report that “The Real Deal” is set to face fellow Tyson conqueror Kevin McBride “as chief support” for Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr, which

Joe Smith Jr MD-12 Maxim Vlasov Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) became the new WBO light heavyweight champion tonight, in what appeared to be a controversial majority decision over Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) over 12 rounds of action. Official judges turned in scores of 114-114, 115-112, and 115-112 in favor of Smith. I

DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams press conference. DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams weigh-in. DAZN, 1:30 pm ET, Fabio Turchi vs Dylan Bregeon. Matchroom Italy are BACK! Turchi-Bregeon is for a secondary regional cruiserweight title. Francesco Patera is also in action. It’s a pretty typical Italy show. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Danny

Jaron Ennis passed another test tonight in a Showtime main event, knocking out Sergey Lipinets in the sixth round to take another step toward a possible welterweight title fight. Ennis (27-0, 25 KO) didn’t really have much more trouble with Lipinets (16-2-1, 12 KO) than he’s had with anyone else, though he did get hit

Tyson Fury has expressed some enthusiasm about a fight with Anthony Joshua finally getting done, and Joshua has also openly talked about it, which is a bit more rare, and today during the Benn-Vargas card in London (live coverage here), Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn gave another update on where the negotiations stand. “It was good

Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN and airing on Sky Sports in the UK, Conor Benn returns in a main event against Samuel Vargas, plus we’ll see world title fights between bantamweights Shannon Courtenay and Ebanie Bridges, and middleweights Savannah Marshall and Maria Lindberg. We’ll have live updates, results, and highlights for

Junior flyweight titleholder Elwin Soto is the latest fighter to sign with Matchroom Boxing per an ESPN report, with the WBO champion making the move away from Golden Boy and Zanfer promotions ahead of a planned 108lb title defense that is expected to be formally announced shortly. “I’m very excited to announce my next defense

Showtime’s back on Saturday night with a tripleheader from Connecticut, which may wind up being their last show in the Mohegan bubble. In the main event, Jaron “Boots” Ennis (26-0, 24 KO) takes on Sergey Lipinets (16-1-1, 12 KO), and the welterweight co-feature sees Eimantas Stanionis (12-0, 9 KO) face Thomas Dulorme (25-4-1, 16 KO).

During today’s final press conference for Saturday’s Showtime main event between Jaron Ennis and Sergey Lipinets, Ennis appeared to answer media questions leading into the bout. You can catch the card’s full press conference above thanks to Fight Hub TV, with some quotes from Ennis below. Jaron Ennis on what a win over Sergey Lipinets

Well, that didn’t take long either. With original April 24th foe Maciej Sulecki unavailable due to injury, former WBO super middleweight champion Jaime Munguia is officially set to face unbeaten prospect D’Mitrius Ballard on Friday, April 23rd. Jaime Munguia will now be fighting D’Mitrius Ballard after Maciej Sulęcki was forced to pull out due to

You’d be forgiven for forgetting Adam Kownacki’s last fight — in fact, he would prefer it that way. The world has changed a lot in the 13 months since Robert Helenius took his unbeaten record inside the Barclays Center, but the 32-year-old convinces me that his ambition burns even brighter than before. Last March, “Babyface”

Count Florian Marku among those not impressed by Conor Benn’s professional record or choice in opponents. While Benn is lined up to face Samuel Vargas this weekend, Marku dismisses Benn as a cherry picker who is carefully selecting opponents to hide his deficiencies. Talking to Sky Sports, Marku made his position very clear. “I knew

Joe Smith Jr has had some big highlight nights over the years, but has never won a world title. The light heavyweight “Common Man” will look to change that on Saturday, when Smith (26-3, 21 KO) takes on Maxim Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in Tulsa, live on ESPN+

Heavyweight Michael Hunter just shared some of his thoughts with Sky Sports on Oleksandr Usyk’s fairly recent move to campaign in the division, and makes it clear that he belives Usyk isn’t going to have an easy time landing big fights. In fact, Hunter says he thinks other heavyweights don’t really regard Usyk as one

After joining forces with Frank Warren earlier this year, former light heavyweight title challenger Callum Johnson is officially set to end a two-year layoff against Bosnia’s Emil Markic on Queensberry’s April 24th Denzel Bentley-Felix Cash card. Johnson (18-1, 13 KO) has struggled badly with inactivity this last half-decade, managing just three fights since 2016. In

Former junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison is the latest to join Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, and during the interview he talks about a number of topics ranging from losing his father/trainer to COVID, his return to the ring, and his plans to target some big fights in the division. Check out some excerpts from

After initially falling apart due to mutual bouts with COVID, the WBC bantamweight title fight between champion Nordine Oubaali and top contender Nonito Donaire has a new date. Julius Julianis, confirming an earlier report from Dan Rafael, claims that the pair will meet on May 29th in Los Angeles atop a three-fight bill. Oubaali (17-0,

Nestled between Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s stoppage of Ryoske Iwasa and Jamel Herring’s rout of Carl Frampton last Saturday, top IBF featherweight contender Kid Galahad revealed that his vacant title fight against Jazza Dickens will take place on the May 8th Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders card. MTK won the purse bid in February. June 2019 saw Galahad