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Showtime Sports has released a special feature recapping Terence Crawford’s homecoming parade in Omaha, Neb., on August 12 following his history-making ninth-round TKO over former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence, Jr., on Showtime PPV on July 29. The victory made Crawford the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era and the first male fighter to ever win the undisputed title in two weight divisions.

Unbeaten WBA #2, WBC #3, IBF #3 super middleweight Erik Bazinyan (30-0, 21 KOs) and Ronald Ellis (18-3-2, 12 KOs) will face off on October 11th for Bazinyan’s NABF and NABA titles at the Casino de Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This bout will be broadcast live on Punching Grace and ESPN+, serving as the co-main event for the IBF super middleweight title rematch between Mary Spencer and Femke Hermans. Heavyweight Simon Kean (23-1, 22 KOs) will feature on the undercard. Opponent is TBA.

IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia (22-0, 17 KOs) will make the first defense of his world title against 6’7 Jordan Thompson (15-0, 12 KOs) on September 30 at the OVO Arena in London. The fight will stream live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).

Jai Opetaia: “I have been waiting too long for someone to challenge me and now we finally have a fight. Thank you Jordan for stepping up but I hope you are ready!”

Jordan Thompson: “Opetaia is the recognised number one in the division and the best guy out there and that’s why he’s the one I want. This is my time now and the world will see that on September 30th. I ain’t never been one to just take part, I’m a winner, I’m going to win.” Continue reading “Opetaia opponent named”

WBA #11 super welterweight knockout artist Johan Gonzalez (33-2, 33 KOs) finished Ricardo Ruben Villalba (20-10-1, 8 KOs) with two knockdowns in round five on Wednesday night at the Whitesands Event Center in Plant City, Florida. Time was 1:57.

In a clash between unbeaten super welterweights, Leonardo Ruiz (13-0, 8 KOs) took a ten round majority decision over Raul Garcia (13-1-1, 11 KOs). Ruiz dropped Garcia in round five en route to a 96-93, 98-91 win on two cards. Garcia was up 95-94 on the third card.

Lightweight Justin Pauldo (16-1, 7 KOs) pounded out a ten round unanimous decision over Eduardo Estela (14-3, 9 KOs). Pauldo took over midway to win 95-94, 97-92, 98-91. Pauldo was deducted a point in round seven.

Super featherweight Mandeep Jangra (6-0, 4 KOs) won by fourth round referee’s stoppage against Markus Bowes (2-2, 2 KOs)

Michael Meyers 144 vs Tyrell Washington 144
Jordan Panthen 157 vs Todd Manuel 154.6
Sonny Robledo 141 vs Aurelio Parra Cosio 140.0
Ethyn Ewing 134.8 vs Elijah Ozuna 140.6
Nate Palencia 140.2 vs William Davis 139.4
Rene Moreno 134.9 vs Andres Figueroa (will weigh in later)

Venue: The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California
Promoter: Englebrecht Promotions & Events
TV: FITE

By Przemek Garczarczyk

DAZN’s Todd Grisham is a fan of fighting: WWE, kickboxing, UFC, crossover fights, was in “Creed III” PLUS, of course, a fan of boxing – as a TV commentator, he did it all. Todd will be in Wrocław, so we’re talking about Dubois’s chances vs. Usyk (slim), the best Polish fighter, Jake Paul being part of the Usyk-Dubois event plus the reason he plays as Deontay Wilder in the Undisputed boxing game.

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WBA/IBF super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales has arrived today at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to commence his training camp in preparation for a highly anticipated potential showdown against WBC/WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue. This eagerly awaited bout aims to determine the undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world.

Tapales, accompanied by his trainer Ernel Fontanilla, is ready to embark on an intensive training regimen at the Knucklehead Gym in Las Vegas. The proposed clash, slated for December, has generated immense excitement among boxing enthusiasts globally. Continue reading “Tapales arrives in USA”

Unbeaten junior middleweight Nikita Tszyu (7-0, 6 KOs) scored a hard-fought sixth round TKO over tough Jack “The Butcher” Brubaker (17-5-2, 8 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. Brubaker gave a game effort and took a lot of punishment until his corner threw in the towel in round six. Tszyu went down in round three from a headbutt, ruled a knockdown. Tszyu is the brother of WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and son of ring legend Kostya Tszyu.

WBO #5 super featherweight Liam Wilson (12-2, 7 KOs), rebounding from his loss to WBO champion Enamel Navarrete, to win a clear cut ten round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten WBO #12 Carlos Maria Alanis (12-1, 4 KOs) to claim the WBO international title. Scores were 100-89, 100-89, 98-91. Alanis down in round seven.

By Mauricio Sulaimán
Son of José Sulaimán / WBC President

Boxing is a unique sport, with a large number of particularities that make it so different from all the others.

The vast majority of fighters, perhaps all, come from humble cradles with rocking obstacles to overcome ever since they can remember. They manage to escape from the demons of crime, addictions and other temptations that lurk in the darker enclaves of the street and when they find the boxing gym, they change their lives to at least have a chance of making something of themselves.

There are two types of boxing. One is amateur, whose objective is to learn, compete and if successful, seek a medal in the Olympic Games; or jump to the other model that is professional boxing, where you get paid to fight.

The professional starts with four-round fights and levels up to six, eight, 10, and the championship fights are 12 rounds. Normally, in the beginning, it is the same coach who manages to get fights for his fighter to participate in, and thus gain experience. Later the figure of the manager or agent appears, who signs the fighters, represents them, and gets them fights. Finally, there is the promoter, who is in charge of setting up the events, putting on a variety of fights, looking for people to attend and thus be able to recover their expenses. Continue reading “What Is The Boxer?”

Lots of interesting heavyweight fights this weekend.

WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is a whopping 10:1 favorite to defeat WBA regular champion Daniel Dubois on Saturday in this week’a big fight at the Stadion Wroclaw in Wrocław, Poland. ESPN+ will show the bout in the U.S.

Meanwhile, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, WBO #5, WBA #7, WBA #7, IBF #15 Jared Anderson is 30:1 to defeat Andriy Rudenko, WBC #14 heavyweight Efe Ajagba versus WBC #9, WBA #14 Zhan Kossobutskiy is a pick-em, and 2020 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov is 50:1 to defeat Onoriode Ehwarieme. ESPN will air these bouts in the U.S.

WBA #5 middleweight Connor “The Kid” Coyle (20-0, 9 KOs) successfully defended his NABA title for a third time with an impressive fifth round knockout of Joey Bryant (17-2, 13 KOs) last Saturday at The Bind Tiger in Biloxi, Mississippi. Coyle displayed good skills and outboxed Bryant in the early rounds. In the fifth Coyle dropped Bryant three times, forcing the referee to halt the contest at 2:54.

Unbeaten heavyweight Mark Petrovsky (6-0, 4 KOs) struggled to a six round majority decision over 43-year-old former world title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (36-22-2, 20 KOs) on Friday night in Moscow. During the weigh-in for this fight, Johnson wore a t-shirt bearing a giant likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Ring legend Erik ‘Terrible’ Morales will no longer be the trainer of former world champion Jaime Munguía, but will remain as an adviser to the Munguía team. After four years working with Munguia, Morales will now dedicate himself to his work as head of the Institute of Sports and Physical Culture of Baja California.

The 26-year-old Munguia could train with Freddie Roach for his next fight, possibly against Edgar Berlanga in November.

Former world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) will make his debut in the cruiserweight division and measure up against former light heavyweight world champion Joe “Common Man” Smith Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) of Long Island, New York on Saturday, October 7. The 12-round clash, presented in association with Star Boxing, will take place live from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live around the world on DAZN.

Former unified junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer (18-1, 5 KOs) returns in a 10-round junior welterweight battle against Silvia Bortot (11-2-1, 3 KOs) on Saturday, September 2 at AO Arena in Manchester, England.

Mayer-Bortot will take place on the undercard of the highly anticipated middleweight rematch between bitter rivals Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr.

Promoted by BOXXER, Smith-Eubank II, Mayer-Bortot and additional undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ and be broadcast on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland.

Shadow Entertainment(Jenny Do) presented another edition of the LEAD event series Sunday night. The event took place at the Saigon Sports Club, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The main event saw hometown favorite Long Trinh (5-0, 4 KOs) of Vietnam defeat Chayanon Phothijun (7-4, 5 KOs) of Thailand by TKO.

Trinh had a sustained a steady body attack from early on in the fight which seemed to wear Phothijun down. Phothijun retired in his corner at the start of round 8. Trinh won the vacant WBC Asian Silver middleweight title. Continue reading “Trinh, Paciones win in Vietnam Sunday”

By Jeff Zimmerman

Fightnews.com® caught up with the grandson of the “GOAT” Muhammad Ali, Biaggio Ali Walsh, who continues his amateur MMA career in the PFL on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Madison Square Garden in NY. Biaggio shared his thoughts of his upcoming fight against Ed Davis, talked about Frances Ngannou teaming up with Mike Tyson to fight Tyson Fury and, Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz. He also shared his thoughts on Claressa Shields calling herself the “GWOAT” and Terence “Bud” Crawford possibly fighting MMA and much more in this exclusive interview.

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In a rare battle of undefeated boxers, Steve “The Savage” Sumpter used his athleticism to defeat James “Pitbull” Perkins in the main event of last night’s “Pandemonium at The Palladium,” presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), at the famed Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sumpter never stopped moving, Perkins kept charging forward. Sumpter (9-0, 7 KOs), fighting out of Pittsfield (MA), Sumpter won an eight-round majority decision, albeit it on contrasting judges’ scoring – two judges had Sumpter winning each round ( 80-72) but the other had it a draw, 76-76 – for the vacant IBA Americas Super Middleweight Championship. Continue reading “Sumpter defeats Perkins”

2020 Olympics gold medalist Gamal Yafai (5-0, 4 KOs) demolished Tommy Frank (15-4-1, 3 KOs) in the first round of their flyweight clash on Saturday night the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England. Yafai dropped Frank in the first 30 seconds and forced a quick stoppage at 1:40.

Welterweight Conah Walker (12-2-1, 4 KOs) battered previously unbeaten Cyrus Pattinson (6-1, 4 KOs) Walker dropped Pattinson three times and Pattinson’s corner finally kept their man on the stool after round eight.

Unbeaten heavyweight Solomon Dacres (7-0, 2 KOs) outscored Chris Thompson (12-5-1, 7 KOs) over ten rounds by scores of 99-91, 99-91, 98-92.

Undisputed welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford said on the Joe Rogan show that he wants to go up three weight divisions to fight the Canelo-Charlo winner. Crawford: “Terence Crawford vs. Canelo. That’s the biggest fight in boxing.”

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The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered a super bantamweight eliminator bout between #1 rated Tomoki Kameda and #2 Murodjon Akhmadaliev. The winner of the bout will be the official challenger for the world title, which is currently held by Marlon Tapales.

Should both contenders fail to reach an agreement within the time limit or should either party refuse to sign the fight, the WBA may call for a purse bid with a 50/50 purse split for each fighter.

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

It was a Japan-China competition with Japan winning 4-2 over China in six bouts. But the level of Chinese boxers remarkably improved to impress the crowd on Thursday at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. Formerly world-rated ex-OPBF champ Hironori Mishiro (13-1-1, 4 KOs), 134.5, withstood the opening attack of China’s previously unbeaten Yong-Chao Sheng (8-1-2, 5 KOs), 134.5, effectively retaliated with good jabs and right crosses and pounded out a unanimous decision (77-75, 78-74, 79-73) over eight scrappy rounds. Mishiro had tasted an upset technical decision loss to Min-Ho Jung in Korea this April, dropping out of the world ratings with his first setback. In his comeback go Mishiro, a tall stylish jabber, was forced to mix it up by the hard-punching Chinese. Mishiro, however, took back the initiative and kept outfighting the game but less skillful Cheng to overcome his early deficits on points. Continue reading “Mishiro defeats China’s Sheng”

Trinh The Long 159 vs Chayanon Phothijun 158
(WBC Asia silver middleweight title)

Arvin Jhon Paciones 107 vs Jonathan Refugio 107
(WBA Asia light flyweight title)

Vo Hong Dat 133 vs Ernie Sanchez 135
(WBA Asia lightweight title)
Avzalbek Kuranbaev 154 vs Adam Diu Abdulhamid 155
(WBA Asia South super welterweight title)
Kellian Sisovic 139 vs Iwan Ngabalin 135
Hamad Nabil 128 vs Trieu Kim Long 123
Lu Huu Thien vs 129 Vo Thanh Tung 123
Doan Gia Thanh 117 vs Pham Quang Khai 117
Doan Gia Dai 112 vs Vo Van Thanh 118
Luigi De Crescenzo 160 vs Dang Ngoc Tuan 156
Tyler Nguyen 124 vs Phan Thanh Nhieu 124
Kayden Tran 117 vs Vo Minh Thien An 108

Venue: Saigon Sports Club, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Promoter: Jenny Do(Shadow Entertainment)

In an exciting 10 round main event unbeaten Christopher Lopez (16-0-2, 10 KOs) of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and countryman Brandon Gamez (12-2-1, 10 KOs) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico fought to an action packed draw. The event took place at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun Mexico and was televised on ESPN KNOCK OUT. The fight had several heated exchanges including a fan pleasing final round. The offical scores were 97-93 for Lopez and 95-95 twice.

By Scott Foster at ringside

Friday night Most Valuable Promotions, in conjunction with Boxlab Promotions, DAZN and the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, FL, presented the second installment of their “Most Valuable Prospects” series. 29-year-old Junior welterweight prospect Nestor Bravo (21-0-1, 15 KOs), hailing from Arecibo, Puerto Rico, headlined the card facing his most dangerous foe to date, Will Madera (17-2-3, 10 KOs), who was fresh off an impressive showing in a points loss to heralded Brandun Lee (26-0, 23 KOs). This 10-round bout was contested for the vacant WBA Continental Latin America title.

Bravo, a switch-hitting puncher with a natural left hook, gave away the opening round before settling into a grove, consistently dictating the distance with his jab and corking left hooks. Madera flashed in the 5th & 7th rounds, but Bravo controlled the remainder of the bout. While the scores varied 99-91 & 96-94 x2, all 3 judges tabbed Bravo as the new WBA Jr. welterweight Continental Latin America champion. Continue reading “Bravo cruises to biggest win of career”

Undefeated super lightweight Kurt Scoby (13-0, 11 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Narciso Carmona (10–1, 6 KOs) out of Sevilla, Spain, in round six on Friday night at the OTE Arena in Atlanta. A barrage of unanswered punches prompted a referee’s stoppage.

Unbeaten super middleweight Shawn McCalman (14-0, 7 KOs) hammered out an eight round unanimous decision over Money Powell IV (13-2, 8 KOs). Sores were 79-73, 78-74, 78-74.

Super bantamweight Lorenzo Parra (23-1, 17 KOs) defeated Javon Woodard (12-2, 10 KOs) by split decision. After the scheduled eight rounds the bout was scored a draw. Per OTX rules, they fought an overtime round with Parra winning 86-85, 86-85, 85-86.