Looks like UK-based promotional outfit Queensberry Promotions grabbed two very promising talents to add to their roster. Junior welterweight contender Brandun Lee and former amateur star and current professional super middleweight Nathan…
The WBA has ordered a fight between reigning WBA “super” champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong, known in the boxing world as Knockout CP Freshmart (24-0, 9 KOs) of Thailand, and Alex Winwood (4-0, 2 KOs) of Australia. Although the announcement…
Michel Rivera is eager to make a name for himself as a contender at 140 pounds. Rivera will face Hugo Roldan on July 27, Salita Promotions announced Monday afternoon. The 10-round bout will take place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit,…
NEWARK, N.J. — O’Shaquie Foster understands that making a title defense on ESPN means a lot more than just building a record. It’s also an audition of sorts for the bigger opportunities that he hopes the WBC junior lightweight title will…
Four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka has long courted a unification at junior bantamweight. He thought he’d get it against then Ring champion and WBC titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada late last year only for things to fall apart…
Fernando Vargas, Jr., along with his younger siblings, have absorbed as much information from their famous father in the gym. It has translated to with impressive performances, especially as of late. Vargas, Jr. dropped Juan Carlos…
The undercard has been finalized for the return of William Zepeda (30-0, 26 KOs) of San Mateo Atenco, Mexico, who will clash against Chicago’s Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) in the 12-round lightweight main event that will take place on…
Heavyweight prospect Justis Huni should have been celebrating after his last win. The 25-year-old former amateur standout from Brisbane, Australia had just claimed the biggest scalp of his career, outboxing Kevin Lerena over 10 rounds to…
Terri Harper will return to lightweight in a bid to add more hardware to her collection. The former 130- and 154-pound titlist will next challenge unbeaten WBO 135-pound beltholder Rhiannon Dixon. Their bout will land on the August 24 Jack…
Rhiannon Dixon will make the first defense of her WBO lightweight belt in an all-British clash with former two-weight titlist Terri Harper on the undercard of Jack Catterall’s junior welterweight title clash with Regis Prograis at Co-op…
Justis Huni is the latest Matchroom Boxing fighter to receive a homecoming headliner. The undefeated Australian heavyweight returns ‘Down Under’ for the first time in nearly two years. Huni will face countryman Troy Pilcher atop a July 25…
Orlando Gonzalez added another win over the weekend, continuing down a path towards the upper echelon of the 130-pound division. Gonzalez stopped gatekeeper Jose Santos Gonzalez Friday night at the Coliseo Jose Buga Abreu in Gonzalez’s…
Thachtana Luangphon (25-0-1, 15 KOs), also known as Chainoi “The Rockman” Worawut, is set to face Australia’s Sam Goodman in an elimination bout on July 10th, 2024, in New South Wales during a card promoted by No Limit Boxing. The winner…
European bantamweight titlist Thomas Essomba had been expected to face mandatory challenger Paul Butler next. There was in fact a purse bid scheduled for tomorrow. However, an agreement was made for Essomba to instead make a voluntary…
After Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s performance against Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday night, we thought it would be a good time to repost Tom Gray’s speculative story from the most recent issue of The Ring Magazine, the July 2024 edition.…
Liam Paro signed his life away when he agreed to travel to Puerto Rico to challenge IBF junior welterweight titleholder Subriel Matias in his home country. That’s if social media is to be believed, anyway. The 28-year-old Australian…
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez grinned the moment he hit the deck. The brief taste of adversity early in the sixth round was all the remaining motivation that he needed to finish what he started. Rodriguez overcame that slight hiccup to brutalize…
MIAMI, FL — The little engine inside of his head has slowed down. Besides, Teofimo Lopez Jr. had given up trying to catch his anxiety a few years ago. He is more reflective. He is more relaxed. He has learned to tame the dark apprehension…
The greater Phoenix area has not produced fond in-ring memories for Sunny Edwards. A return to the win column was afforded the former IBF flyweight titlist, who soundly outboxed Adrian Curiel. The fight was stopped at the start of round…
MIAMI, FL — Much was expected of Robeisy Ramirez. The two-time Olympic gold medalist was supposed to set the world on fire, like Vasiliy Lomachenko did. The Cuban expatriate featherweight southpaw has not yet exactly filled that promise.…
Yamileth Mercado turned away an icon to defend her throne. The long-reigning WBC 122-pound titlist outworked the more accurate Ramla Ali over ten rounds. Scores were 98-92, 98-93 and 97-93 f0r Mercado in their DAZN-aired title fight…
Arturo Cardenas took in the advice of Robert Garcia and applied it all the way to the finish line. A hard fought battle with locally-based Danny Barrios saw Cardenas ride a second half surge to take a well-earned majority decision win.…
Try as they might, some very high-quality fighters aren’t quite able to get over the hump and win a world title. They’re excellent professionals who are often able to run the best in their respective weight classes very close but can’t…
Juan Francisco Estrada is ready to go through the present to revisit the past. The reigning Ring/WBC junior bantamweight champion aims to once again share the ring with Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. The pair of future Hall of Famers have…
Super middleweight Raiko Santana can thank Overtime Boxing’s overtime rules after grinding out a decision win. Santana defeated former amateur standout Lorenzo Simpson by split-decision Friday night at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta,…
Yan Santana has made it a point to listen to advice given by one of the greatest fighters in recent memory. So far, that advice has paid off – and more. Santana, one of the top prospects in boxing, will face Brandon Valdes tonight at the…
Lamont Roach wanted to put on a show for his hometown fans in his first title defense, and that’s exactly what he did. Roach made the first defense of his WBA junior lightweight title on Friday in dominant fashion, stopping tough Irish…
Conner Kelsall silenced the home support of Conor Quinn to claim the vacant commonwealth flyweight title via 12-round majority decision on Friday at The SSE Arena (formerly Odyssey Arena), Belfast, Northern Ireland. Kelsall (12-0, 1…
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez and Juan Francisco ‘El Gallo’ Estrada are set for their highly anticipated championship. Both boxers weighed in right at the 115-pound limit for their DAZN headliner this Saturday from Footprint Center, home to the…
Cain Sandoval has demonstrated he can box over his last two fights. He will now face his toughest fight to date. Sandoval will face fringe contender Romero Duno on August 31, 360 Boxing Promotions announced. The 10-round bout will take…