This time next week Andres Campos gets the chance to make history in a world title opportunity that came relatively out of the blue. The Chilean flyweight heads to London next weekend to face IBF world champion Sunny Edwards, the Englishman’s Matchroom debut live on DA…
Almost two months after he lost his unified junior bantamweight titles via split decision to Marlon Tapales, Murodjon Akhmadaliev still doesn’t understand how two of three judges scored the fight against him.
“I remember we spoke right before, and I felt good, so…
Yesterday, Sampson Lewkowicz made headlines as he issued an open letter to Canelo Alvarez and his team about a fight with the WBC super middleweight number-one contender, David Benavidez, who is signed to a promotional contract with him. Canelo Alvarez is currently view…
DAZN came rolling into the boxing world armed with a billion dollars fronted by charm offensive promoter Eddie Hearn in 2018 with a promise to revolutionise how boxing fans consume content. Matchroom’s full boxing schedule is broadcast excluisvely across the world alon…
Frank Warren has revealed that Anthony Joshua has turned down the opportunity to face WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in a fight which would have been held at Wembley Stadium.
Fury last week revealed that he sent a proposed contract to the former two-time unified w…
Sampson Lewkowicz has issued a public statement via a press release this evening regarding the future of a fight between his client, David Benavidez, who is the number one contender for the WBC super middleweight world title, and the undisputed super middleweight world champ…
Jorge Linares had a career filled with great fights. One of his last classics was against Kevin Mitchell, one of the most exciting lightweights of the modern era, who refused to go down without a good fight. On a stacked U.K. card that was headlined by Kell Brook stopping Fr…
Last week it was announced that the WBC light heavyweight mandatory bout, between three-belt light heavyweight champion, Artur Beterbiev, who holds the WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight titles, will face the number-one challenger Callum Smith, on August 19th, at the Centre…
Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood’s quickly made rematch received a pre-fight stain with the WBA world featherweight title only on the line Wood as Lara missed the 126 pound weight limit. Lara was in fact barred by the British Boxing Board of Control from weighing anything …
Diego Pacheco has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom – and the Super-Middleweight sensation headlines Matchroom’s latest fight night in Mexico, defending his WBO International and USWBC titles against Manuel Gallegos&nb…
The featherweight world title between Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood received a massive stain today. The WBA world title will now only be on the line for Nottingham’s Leigh Wood, the title he lost in February against the Mexican Lara.
The weight limit of 126 pounds was c…
Anthony Joshua defeated Jermaine Franklin earlier this year, but he might not have made any new fans in the process. A very tactical Joshua won a rather lackluster fight with Derrick James serving as his new head coach after Joshua removed Robert Garcia from his duties of be…
Montreal resident Artur Beterbiev, the unified WBC/WBO/IBF light heavyweight world champion, will defend his belts against WBC No. 1 contender Callum “Mundo” Smith on Saturday, Aug. 19 at Videotron Centre in Québec City, Canada.
Promoted by Eye of the Tige…
It was announced yesterday that Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith will not be rematching on July 1st, as their bout has been postponed.
Now we have a new piece to the ever-evolving chessboard that is the boxing puzzle, as Eddie Hearn, the CEO of Matchroom Boxing, put out …
With the biggest win of his career this weekend, Devin Haney, at a mere 24 years old, is now a free agent and a man with options. Holding a win over one of the greatest fighters of his era, Vasiliy Lomachenko, via a unanimous decision, as well as making the second title defe…
Chantelle Cameron broke hearts with a smile on her face last weekend.
The undisputed super-lightweight champion left Dublin having ended the unbeaten streak of undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor. The homecoming party, a week-long Taylor celebration, was abruptly en…
James “Buddy” McGirt is a former world champion and a legendary boxing coach. His coaching skills were on display as his fighter Janibek Alimkhanuly knocked out Steven Butler in two rounds on Saturday night in Stockton, California. Amongst McGirt’s stable o…
Sometimes, when a fighter wins, he finds himself in the Who Needs Him Club but for Jack Catterall a career-best performance that ended up in a controversial defeat 15 months ago has rendered him inactive ever since.
The Chorley super-lightweight contender has not boxed since…
Regis Prograis will defend his WBC World Super-Lightweight title against Danielito Zorrilla on Saturday, June 17 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, live worldwide on DAZN.
Prograis (28-1 24 KOs) became a two-time World king at 140lbs b…
Canelo Alvarez has expressed his strong desire to face WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in September for his upcoming bout, emphasizing his pursuit of revenge.
However, what remains uncertain is the direction Canelo Alvarez will take for his career beyond th…
A clash between Conor Benn and Kell Brook occurred today, as both were ringside at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, as the two were on-hand to witness the undisputed junior welterweight bout between Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron.
The incident happened when Broo…
Tomorrow night will see the battle of two undisputed champions. Katie Taylor (22-0, 6 KOs) moves up to 140 pounds to potentially become the Queen of two divisions. Standing in her way is the current ruler of the super lightweight division in Chantelle Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs).
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Boxing sees many physical specimens, Gary Cully goes above and beyond. The 6ft 3in lightweight towers over many heavyweights, let alone those competing at 135 pounds.
Many fighters, especially heavyweights, exaggerate their real height. I stand at 6ft 2in personally, I can a…
Big time boxing is firmly back on the Emerald Isle this Saturday when Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron collide at the 3Arena, Dublin.
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom return to Irish soil for the first time in nearly nine years. The last foray into the fight loving country …
Devin and Bill Haney have already started discussing the possibility of renewing his promotional agreement with Top Rank.
The undisputed lightweight champion, on Saturday at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand, fights the great Vasyl Lomachenko in what represents the biggest test of …
Katie Taylor is finally fighting at home. The undisputed lightweight champion will look to claim the same status at super lightweight when she challenges Taylor in Dublin on Saturday night.
This weekend’s show from the Irish capital marks a high moment for sport in the…
Seniesa Estrada is already a women’s boxing legend. The undefeated two-weight world champion, who now has unified the strawweight division titles when she defeated “Tiny” Tina Rupprecht in Fresno, California. Estrada’s expertise extends past when the …
Irish fight fans can scarcely believe it is finally here, but Katie Taylor is set to make her long-awaited professional Dublin debut on Saturday.
Taylor flew in from camp in Connecticut last weekend and will go through her first official Fight Week as a pro in front of her o…
In the fast-paced world of professional boxing, new talents constantly emerge, capturing the imagination of fans and experts alike. One such rising star is Andy Cruz, a gifted lightweight boxer with the potential to ascend to the ranks of the sport's elite. With his exceptio…
Cecilia Braekhus props up Katie Taylor’s homecoming clash with Chantelle Cameron this Saturday in Dublin, where she will face Terri Harper for her WBA super-welterweight world title.
Women’s boxing has seen a Changing of the Guard over the past years, Braekhus (3…
Devin Haney has emerged as one of the new faces of boxing. A fighter who turned pro as a teenager in 2015, built himself up on the smaller stages and now will look to defend all four of his lightweight titles and the undisputed crown against Vasiliy Lomachenko, on ESPN+ pay-…
Canelo Alvarez recently picked up a twelve-round unanimous decision over John Ryder on May 6th in Mexico. After the bout, Canelo stated that he wants to rematch the WBA light heavyweight world champion Dmitry Bivol, the man who beat Canelo last May.
Canelo and Bivol th…
The rumor mill is alive and well on this Tuesday afternoon of May 9th, 2023, as a slew of topics are now being discussed.
Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence is reportedly done for the last week in July in Las Vegas
Tyson Fury vs Zhilei Zhang might be&nbs…
Mexican Super-Featherweight talent Eduardo Nunez has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom.
Nunez (24-1 24 KOs) has dispatched all of his victims inside the distance to date, and the hard-hitting 26 year old is banging on the door of the World ch…
On May 6th, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing made an exciting long-term deal by signing the talented Cuban amateur lightweight, Andy Cruz. The Cuban fighter, who recently won the gold medal in the Lightweight division at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, has been making waves…
Chantelle Cameron puts her undisputed super lightweight title on the line next weekend where she will face one of boxing’s biggest stars. She will go up against Katie Taylor in Dublin, her opponent's hometown.
The show itself marks a huge occasion for Ireland, on…
Wednesday, May 3
The start of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-John Ryder fight week build-up demonstrated the extent – not that it was entirely unexpected – to which Ryder is viewed as little more than a dance partner to the all-conquering Alvarez amon…
Matchroom have announced the signing of Cuba’s talented Olympic gold medallist Andy Cruz.
The 27 year old built his reputation by defeating the promising Keyshawn Davis to become the lightweight champion at Tokyo 2020, and it is at lightweight where he will campa…
Matchroom have confirmed the signing of the WBC super lightweight champion Regis Prograis and will promote the first defence of his title against Liam Paro on June 17 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
The 34 year old had been one of the most talented fighters…
“The king is coming home,” read the backdrop at Guadalajara’s Degollado Theater, where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and John Ryder participated in Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in ahead of Saturday’s fight.
Degollado, incidentally, transl…
Canelo Alvarez has made weight for the defense of his undisputed world title at the super middleweight division, which includes the WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF world titles, as he faces John Ryder in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday, May 6th, on pay-per-view.
Alvarez, who has rel…
Callum Smith believes Saturday’s fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and John Ryder will show how much Alvarez has left.
On the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend and Alvarez’s first fight in Mexico in 11 years they fight at the Akron Stadium in Guadal…
Eddie Hearn and Conor Benn are proceeding with plans for him to fight in America on June 17.
The welterweight, 26, has been provisionally suspended by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) having twice tested positive for the female fertility drug clomifene.
That ban prevents Benn fro…
It appears we are one step closer to the rumored December mega-fight heavyweight card in Saudi Arabia as the promoter of Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn, the CEO of Matchroom Boxing, is pretty confident that his fighter will face Deontay Wilder in December. This wouldn't just be…
John Ryder believes that his experience of fighting on the undercards of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend has ensured he is fully prepared for what he will encounter in Guadalajara.
The 34-year-old is Alvarez’s opponent in his …
Tony Sims believes that a victory for John Ryder over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be as impressive as that John H Stracey recorded over the great Jose Napoles in 1975.
On Saturday in Guadalajara, on the occasion of Alvarez’s first fight in Mexico for 12 yea…
Tony Sims believes that in Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, John Ryder is fighting “one of the greatest of all time”.
Alvarez and Ryder fight on Saturday at Guadalajara’s Akron Stadium on the occasion of Alvarez’s first fight in Mexico since 2…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez revealed that he has wanted a homecoming since the last time he fought in Mexico, in 2011.
It was in June 2011 when, aged 20 in Guadalajara, he stopped the respected Ryan Rhodes. That November in Mexico City he then stopped Kermit Cintron, b…
The start of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-John Ryder fight week build-up demonstrated the extent – not that it was entirely unexpected – to which Ryder is viewed as little more than a dance partner to the all-conquering Alvarez among those in Guadal…
John Ryder felt “disrespected” by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when the Mexican started discussing the possibility of a rematch with Dmitrii Bivol later this year.
Alvarez lost to Bivol in May 2022 and has made little secret of his desire for revenge. He mos…
The rumor mill is back in effect on Wednesday, May 3rd, as we are back with a slew of hot stove items.
Tyson Fury will potentially go in the direction of Chinese star Zhilei Zhang in a fight that would take place this summer in the UK, however, Fu…
On Saturday night, the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, will host the homecoming of their adopted superstar son and undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs). He will be taking on 34-year-old John ‘The Goril…
Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the WBC is taking a hard line against an undisputed fight between WBO, WBC, and IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev and the WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. The reason is the country they are both from - Russia.
Cu…
Sunny Edwards meets unbeaten Chilean Andres Campos on June 10 as he tries to maintain a holding pattern ahead of a possible future showdown with Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
Both IBF flyweight champion Edwards and WBO champion Rodriguez have said they would like to fig…
Jack Catterall has had just two professional fights in three years. The British southpaw last graced the ring in Glasgow over a year ago in a split-decision defeat to Josh Taylor for the undisputed super lightweight championship.
Catterall (26-1, 13 KOs) was credited b…
After the reporting of this story, on May 6th, O'Shaquie Foster announced via his social media accounts that he is now a promotional free agent.
In February the Texas native O’Shaquie Foster fulfilled a life-long dream of becoming a …
Matchroom and DAZN are delighted to announce a three-year extension to their broadcast deals in the USA and Mexico – a deal further cement Matchroom as a true global leader in boxing while also confirming DAZN as THE home of global combat sports with the platform avail…
The WBC junior welterweight world champion, Regis Prograis, looked to have landed a new promotional home earlier today, but the fighter himself took to Twitter to say that is untrue.
News broke on Tuesday morning as Keith Idec of BoxingScene.com was the first to report …
For the past eighteen years, when you think of boxing in Mexico, you either think of Canelo Alvarez Record or had heard the name Canelo Alvarez adjacent to that phrase. Alvarez has had a hall-of-fame career, and it has been long already despite it not even being concluded.&n…
Trainer Jamie Moore is hard at work preparing Chantelle Cameron for the first defense of her undisputed super lightweight title against Katie Taylor in Dublin next month, along with getting world title hopeful Jack Catterall ready for his long awaited return just one week la…
Chile will have a chance to crown their first legitimate world champion when Andres Campos takes on Sunny Edwards for the IBF flyweight world title in London on June 10.
Campos (15-0, 4 KOs) has worked his way up the rankings in his native Chile, with the odd appearance in A…
We are just nine days away from Saul Canelo Alvarez’s return to his homeland when he squares off with John Ryder in Guadalajara, Mexico. Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) last fought on Mexican soil over a decade ago when defending his super welterweight world title against Kerm…
If I had one fighter circled as a star the 2016 Rio Olympic Games it would have been Joshua Buatsi. Physical gifts, an Olympic medal, God given athletic traits. Buatsi seemingly had it all, yet now in 2023, somehow seven years later, Buatsi has left his original promoter has…
Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF World Flyweight title against Andres Campos at the OVO Arena Wembley, London on Saturday June 10 live worldwide on DAZN – and topping a blockbuster triple-header of World title action with Nina Hughes defending…
Joe Cordina reclaimed his IBF super-featherweight world title with a gutsy display against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov last weekend in a Fight of the Year contender. The Welshman gritted his teeth to take Tajikistan’s first ever world champion the distance, dropping him in t…
Joe Cordina Looks Back on Tough Fight with Rakhimov
Joe Cordina admitted to being a little tender on the Monday after winning an early front-runner for 2023’s Fight of the Year, and it was only after the final bell that he realised he and former IBF super-featherweight…
The British Boxing Board of Control recently ordered purse-bids to take place on May 12 for Fabio Wardley to defend his British Heavyweight title against former Olympic bronze medalist Frazer Clarke.
Wardley plies his trade at Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport, with Clarke…
Promoter Eddie Hearn & Undefeated heavyweight Frazer Clarke (6-0, 5KOs) have clashed regarding a possible British heavyweight title between Clarke and current British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley (16-0, 15KOs).
The British Boxing Board of Control recently ordered W…
Joe Cordina reclaimed his IBF Super Featherweight World title in the Welsh capital last night, the title he lost outside the ring after defeating Kenichi Ogawa last year. Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) took the split decision win, defeating Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to become a two-time …
Joe Cordina (16-0, 9KOs) has successfully recaptured the IBF world super-featherweight title after defeating Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (17-1-1, 14KOs) in his home city of Cardiff. Cordina, who previously won the title after defeating the previous holder, Kenichi O…
The evening’s chief support for Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Joe Cordina's IBF Super Featherweight World title fight saw Sandy Ryan and Marie Pier Houle go to battle for the vacant WBO World Welterweight title. Houle started slightly better out of the two taking the cente…
Cardiff is no stranger in producing world champions at 130lbs. 25 years before Joe Cordina clinched the world title over Kenichi Ogawa with a vicious second round knockout, Barry Jones made his nation proud defeating Wilson Palacio over the distance to cl…
Matchroom and promoter Eddie Hearn head back to the Welsh capital tomorrow night with Joe Cordina ready to reclaim his super featherweight crown against Shavkatzhon Rakhimov.
Being in the city this week it’s clear how important this fight is for the whole nation. Forme…
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Joe Cordina have both come in under the super-featherweight ahead of their IBF world title fight in Cardiff today.
Cordina (15-0, 9 KOs) comes back to reclaim the crown he lost last year due to being stripped by the governing body shortly after his …
Former WBA Super Lightweight World champion Gavin Rees retired in 2014. He now trains many young fighters coming off the conveyer-belt in Wales.
Rees won his world title back in 2007 with a unanimous decision win over Souleymane M’baye. He would lead a distinguished ca…
Skill Challenge Entertainment’s audacious four-man heavyweight tournament appears to be growing some legs. The Saudi Arabian promotional outfit plans to bring the quadruple of Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua to the Middle East to shock the…
Welsh icon and International Boxing Hall of Famer Joe Calzaghe hopes Joe Cordina wins impressively on Saturday night and brings big-time boxing back to Wales.
Cordina actually said he was hoping to emulate Calzaghe and provide Welsh boxing with an all-important shot in the a…
During the official press conference for Shavkatzhon Rakhimov Vs Joe Cordina today in Cardiff, news broke that UKAD have officially charged and provisionally suspended Conor Benn.
The ongoing saga saw Benn’s British mega-fight with Chris Eubank Jr last year get cancell…
United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) has officially confirmed that undefeated welterweight, Conor Benn, has formally charged with anti-doping violations following two failed VADA-administered anti-doping tests for the substance Clomifene before his pay-per-view scheduled encoun…
Anthony Joshua has called out WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury following his unanimous points win over Jermaine Franklin at London’s O2 arena.
Joshua, who was returning to action for the first time since back-to-back defeats to unified world heavyweight …
Former European champion Zelfa Barrett faces-off with USA’s Jason Sanchez on the undercard of Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov Vs Joe Cordina at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday night.
Barrett’s last fight came against Rakhimov for the IBF Super Featherweight Wor…
Dalton Smith and Sam Maxwell will clash for the British and Commonwealth Super-Lightweight Titles at the Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday July 1, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
Sheffield’s Smith (14-0, 10 KOs),…
World honours are up for grabs this weekend in Cardiff when Joe Cordina and Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov put their undefeated records on the line for the IBF Super Featherweight title. That particular title was was torn from Cordina without him entering the ring.
Former cruiserweig…
Former super featherweight world champion Joe Cordina gears up for the chance to become a two-time world champion this Saturday in Cardiff when he faces Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov for the very same title he won last year.
Cordina (15-0, 9 KOs) dazzled the crowd with a spectacular…
Trainer Tony Sims has admitted that when it comes to Conor Benn’s next fight, first things must come first and his fighter needs to be licensed.
Speaking at the end of last week, before Boxing News broke the story today (April 18) that Benn had been provisionally suspe…
Reports are circulating from Matt Christie of Boxing News and the Daily Mail that welterweight Conor Benn has been provisionally suspended by United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) as the investigation continues into his two VADA-failed anti-doping tests conducted in 2022. The te…
Mikaela Mayer is looking to be a two-division world champion, as despite odd circumstances that forced her previous opponent Christina Linardatou, out of the fight, Mayer defeated Lucy Wildheart, who took the fight on 24-hours notice, via an unanimous decision…
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing has confirmed that he is seeking to make a heavyweight title fight between British heavyweight title holder Fabio Wardley (16-0, 15KOs) and his mandatory challenger and Olympic silver medalist Frazer Clarke (6-0, 5KOs) for later in th…
Canelo Alvarez has been very vocal about stating that if he were able to beat John Ryder on May 6th, in Mexico, that he is looking to face Dmitry Bivol, and would prefer to face him on the same terms as his prior fight, competing at the light heavyweight limit.
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Shavkat Rakhimov leaves for Britain on Friday in preparation for his first defense of his IBF 130-pound title against former beltholder Joe Cordina on April 22, but his Hall-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach says fighting on enemy turf holds no concerns for the native Tajikistan…
It is now less than three weeks until Canelo Alvarez makes his long-awaited return to fight in his homeland. Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) last performed as a professional in his beloved Mexico over 11 years ago, when he defended his WBC Super Welterweight World title against Kerm…
The WBC flyweight world champion, Julio César “Rey” Martínez will return to the ring on Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez May 6th card at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in which Alvarez will face John Ryder, that wi…
One of the UK’s busiest trainers is coming to the end of one of his busiest spells as several of his boxers prepare to box both home and abroad.
Next week, Tony Sims will be in the corner of his new cruiserweight client Jordan Thompson and Welsh star Joe Cordina, the f…
Josh Warrington is a former world champion, a huge ticket seller, and a fighter who has earned the rightful title as a legend in Leeds. Hence his ring nickname “The Leeds Warrior”.
Warrington appears set to return as the Twitter account International Boxing…
Hometown heroes Reshat Mati and Adam Kownacki return to action in the Big Apple as they star on the undercard of undefeated Super-Middleweight sensation Edgar Berlanga’s clash with Jason Quigley at The Theater at Madison Square G…
Former fighter and veteran broadcaster Raul Marquez was recently in Northern California as part of the ShoBox: The Next Generation broadcast team. Albeit, he was broadcasting a national fight, we took time out of his day to ask him about the biggest star in boxing right now …
During Saturday’s DAZN telecast, we saw the announcement of a June 24th fight between recent Matchroom signee, Edgar Berlanga taking on Jason Quigley live from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This will be Berlanga’s first fig…
Last year was the rise to stardom for Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez as he defeated junior bantamweight legends such as Carlos Cuadras and stopped former world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. It was the makings of a Cinderella story in boxing the one we all know and love…
The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has issued a notice to its respective flyweight world champion, Jesse Rodriguez (18-0, 11KOs), to provide the world governing body with a medical certificate regarding the injuries to his jaw which he sustained in his fight this past weeke…
To start the month of April, heavyweight Anthony Joshua had one of his sleepiest performances to date outpointing Jermaine Franklin, who prior had lost a close fight to Dillian Whyte. Joshua, who had lost three out of his last five fights was hoping to silence the detractors…