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WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will return to his usual stomping grounds of Liverpool’s Echo Arena to face former two-division titlist Brandon Figueroa on February 7th. The WBA ordered this bout in October despite Mirco Cuello winning what the sanctioning body specifically called a final eliminator in February. This, alongside the explosion of secondary belts […]
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During today’s kickoff presser for Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson, two other fighters around their weight class were in attendance and ended up engaging in some full-length banter for the cameras. Both Richardson Hitchins and Keyshawn Davis went face-to-face to seemingly agree to square off in the coming year right in front of Matchroom promoter […]
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Today was the opening press conference for the upcoming 140 lb title defense between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson on January 31. After some of the suits took their turns speaking on the event, we eventually got to hear a little from the fighters themselves, starting with Shakur. “I think that he did some great […]
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Broadway Joel, who generally has his finger on the pulse of Dominican boxing, reported earlier today that WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames will defend his title against Austin “Ammo” Williams on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez’s January 31st clash with Shakur Stevenson. The historically reliable Francisco Salazar said the same hours later, so it seems […]
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With all signs once again point to Tyson Fury returning to boxing in the coming year iFL TV just recently caught up with him to ask him a few questions, beginning with one about a potential fight against Anthony Joshua, reasoning that it would be awful if both of them retired for good without ever […]
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Shortly after news broke that WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois has signed a deal with MVP, with an upcoming title defense set for Dec. 19, Sky Sports reports that Dubois already has her sights set for a bigger showdown as she intends to pursue a lightweight title unification with Terri Harper in the coming year. […]
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Claressa Shields will have a familiar foe in her next bout, as she faces Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a rematch for Shields’ heavyweight championship on Sunday, February 22, in Detroit. Shields (17-0, 3 KO) and Crews-Dezurn (10-2, 2 KO) both turned pro against one another in November 2016, so the rematch will come just over nine […]
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Caroline Dubois has officially signed with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, ahead of her WBC lightweight title defense on the Paul vs Anthony Joshua card on December 19. The move was expected, as we’ve seen the winds of change hit women’s boxing in a big way. With Turki Alalshikh controlling much of the bigger boxing […]
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While a formal announcement for a January 31 140 lb title defense between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson was announced last week, the specifics around the venue had not been disclosed. ESPN is now reporting that the fight will take place at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The site will have both fighters competing close […]
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21-year-old lightweight champion Abdullah Mason earned his stripes with a decision win over Sam Noakes last month to take the vacant WBO belt, and speaking to Sky Sports he says he expects this to be just the beginning for him. “I feel like I’m one of the great fighters in my division, and I’m going […]
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Huseyin Cinkara’s one-shot knockout loss to Jai Opetaia this past weekend was just as damaging as it looked, as Mike Coppinger reports that the 40-year-old challenger “will be hospitalized for at least two days after suffering a brain contusion, small brain bleed and fractured C1 vertebra.” That’s, thankfully, a significantly better prognosis than we usually […]
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Following his majority decision draw with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz over the weekend, Lamont Roach appeared at the post-fight press conference to share his thoughts on believing he once again got the short end of the stick on the scorecards. “Honestly, obviously I’ve proved that I’ll fight anyone,” Roach said. “Again, this is not my natural […]
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Despite all of the talk about his latest retirement would be the one that sticks, even if he were offered a billion dollars, Tyson Fury has seemingly reversed course (in very Tyson Fury fashion), hinting at his return to boxing in the coming year. Many folks never believed Fury’s retirement would last very long, and […]
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Thursday, December 11th PunchingGrace.com, 6:30 pm ET, Alex Gaumont vs Ramadan Hiseni. From Gatineau, Canada. Another Eye of the Tiger show on PunchingGrace.com. So, if you’re big on Canadian boxing, the three month subscription might be worth considering while Top Rank remains in broadcast limbo. The main event is just the fight that goes last […]
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Pitbull Cruz and Lamont Roach fought to a majority draw in front of a fantastic crowd in San Antonio tonight, a good, hard-fought main event that saw Roach end something of a breakout year without actually receiving a win. It’s the second draw of 2025 for Roach, and both of them were genuinely controversial. Roach […]
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Shabaz Masoud kept his undefeated record and won the European super bantamweight title, beating Peter McGrail by unanimous decision in Monte Carlo. Masoud (15-0, 4 KO) won on scores of 114-113, 115-112, and 116-111 in a tight, competitive fight that really could have gone either way. McGrail (12-2, 6 KO) seemed to have the better […]
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Jai Opetaia had arguably his sloppiest, least inspiring performance since emerging as a top cruiserweight a few years ago today against Huseyin Cinkara — and then came the finish. Opetaia (29-0, 23 KO) scored an absolutely brutal knockout of Cinkara in the eighth round to retain his IBF cruiserweight title. Cinkara (23-1, 19 KO) did […]
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Results Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Lamont Roach headline the final Premier Boxing Champions card of 2025, with the two meeting in a super lightweight main event tonight from Texas. The show is available through PPV.com and Amazon’s Prime Video PPV at a cost of $74.95. Our live coverage will start at 8 pm ET, with […]
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Results Matchroom Boxing returns to Monaco today, with Shabaz Masoud facing Peter McGrail in a main event from Monte Carlo. The show will stream live on DAZN from 1 pm ET, and we’ll be here with live results, updates, and discussion in the comments section. Along with the main event, we’ll also see Beatriz Ferreira […]
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Results Jai Opetaia returns to action to defend his IBF cruiserweight title in Australia, taking on mandatory challenger Huseyin Cinkara in the main event, and we’ll be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section. For those in the U.S. and elsewhere outside of Australia and New Zealand, the fights will […]
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Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs Lamont Roach I think this is a pretty good fight. I don’t know how many people are going to be interested in paying $75 for it, 19 days away from Christmas, but PBC doesn’t really have many options anymore and haven’t since Showtime Boxing was killed, as PBC had, like many […]
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Update: In a pretty embarrassing turn of events, the WBC have now sanctioned Foster vs Fulton as an interim lightweight title fight, “sanctioning” a new “version” of this fight instead of having to deal with the reality that Fulton simply missed weight. — Scott Christ The hits just keep coming for tomorrow’s PBC PPV, as […]
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In light of the latest drama surrounding the WBC stripping Terence Crawford due to him opting not to pay his sanctioning fees, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn tries to give his impartial take on what’s transpired from an insider’s perspective. Hearn says that while he doesn’t always agree with how much sanction fees are, he feels […]
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With Teofimo Lopez officially set to defend his 140 lb world title against Shakur Stevenson on January 31, 2026, he joins Ring Magazine’s group to talk about the fight he’s currently the betting underdog in, why he’s confident he’ll prevail, and more. Check out some of what he had to say below. Teofimo on why […]
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The father/trainer/promoter of Devin Haney, Bill, just recently joined Ariel Helwani to discuss his son’s recent title win over Brian Norman Jr, why it was such an impressive performance, and a lot more during this segment. If I’m being honest, Bill rambled a lot more nonsense than I’m accustomed to hearing from him so I’ve […]
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