Rumor Mill

After months of potential talks, the idea of Conor Benn facing Manny Pacquiao is becoming much closer to reality, at least, according to the head honcho of Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn.  Hearn, who promotes, Conor Benn, has seen Benn sidelined after testing positive for a banned substance, twice prior to his pay-per-view fight with Chris Eubank Jr., in October which saw the whole card cancel…

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez was supposed to face Gabriel Rosado over the past weekend in Long Beach, California. Still, a mishap saw his bout canceled and his future at the light heavyweight limit of 175 lbs in jeopardy. Ramirez, who is best known for making five world title defenses of the WBO super middleweight world title, which Ramirez won in 2016 over the champion, Arthur Abraham, no…

Keith Idec of BoxingScene.com reported that Yordenis Ugas and Mario Barrios will be set to face one another sometime this summer for the WBC interim welterweight title. This marks yet another WBC interim world title as Carlos Adames and Sebastian Fundora will be making defenses of their interim WBC titles while the respective champions are sidelined.  According to Idec, the fight could land i…

For fans of the lightweight division, it appears we are close to getting an interesting world title contender-type bout between the very popular Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, and undefeated Giovanni Cabrera, who trains at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.    The news first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN.com, which was also a topic on ThaBoxingVoice, a popular bo…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is eyeing the biggest payday of his career in boxing, as the 36-year-old UFC champ is looking towards who he could realistically face in the sport of boxing.   So far one name jumps out as former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Ngannou has publicly stated that he’d like the fight, and even more so, has gone to the lengths to say that th…

2012 U.S. Olympian and former world title challenger Michael Hunter might just be the next opponent for Joseph Parker, he revealed when speaking to Lo Hanshaw of Behind The Gloves. This has capped off months of rumors that the two could find themselves facing each other next.    Hunter, who has seen his biggest opponent landing a marquee opponent as since losing to Oleksandr Usyk …

Lightweight Devin Haney is the man of the division. Haney went to Australia last year and defeated undisputed lightweight world champion, George Kambosos Jnr., twice. Now it appears Haney will seemingly face Vasiliy Lomachenko on May 20th, as reported by ESPN.com's Mike Coppinger, yesterday, March 10th. Keith Idec reported that Top Rank has placed a hold on the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the day, …

Promoter Alex Krassyuk has said that if an undisputed title fight fails to materialise between his fighter Oleksandr Usyk (20-0 13KO) and Tyson Fury (33-0-1 24KO), the unified world champion will not be short of a challenger to dethrone him. Usyk, the holder of the WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles, has a list of mandatories lined up that must be obligated to retain all…

The promoter of undisputed women’s middleweight champion Claressa Shields says his side has made an offer to Britain’s unified light-middleweight champ Natasha Jonas, but that he understands the Liverpudlian has turned the fight down. “I believe it was Don King who said there are many ways to say no, and only one way to say yes,” Dmitry Salita said in an interview on the Sl…

Manny Pacquiao seemingly aims to secure a ring return at forty-four years old against Conor Benn and mark a sensational to the professional ranks following a failed bid to become the president of his native Philippines. The eight-weight world champion has not fought since 2021 following his defeat to Yordenis Ugas and losing his WBA welterweight title in that defeat. Sean Gibbons, a respected figu…

Few fights at the lower weights get people as excited as “The Monster” Naoya Inoue facing his toughest challenge yet in Stephen Fulton. Inoue, who was the undisputed world champion at bantamweight before giving up all four of his world titles en route to challenging for a world title at his fourth weight class, super bantamweight has previously held world titles at light flyweight, sup…

It seems like a never-ending saga when it comes to Gervonta Davis versus Ryan Garcia, as it feels like we get led down a rabbit hole each and every week as small bits of information seemingly leak out, with an official press release accompanying the bout, yet.   Keith Idec of BoxingScene.com, reported to that he learned some details about the rematch clause for this bout, which according to a…

Gervonta Davis will return in January in Washington D.C., per a post he made today on Davis' official Instagram page. No specifics were given in terms of the date, venue, or opponent, and the post was deleted not long after posted, but it was up long enough to make news. The hope is that he will be fighting fellow lightweight superstar Ryan Garcia, in what would be a mega-fight. Davis is faci…

David Benavidez and Caleb Plant are rumored to be fighting in March of 2023. A man who knows a thing or two about boxing and promoting, Oscar De La Hoya, who was Canelo Alvarez’s promoter for a good period of time, weighed in on the match-up. “I love the fight,” said De La Hoya to Fight Hub TV, a popular YouTube channel. “It’s a great fight, it’s a beautiful fi…

A bleak and stern warning was given out by Luis Ortiz about his fate if he faces Deontay Wilder. “He’ll kill Andy Ruiz,” said Luis Ortiz to Blue Bloods Boxing. “It’s easy money.” Ortiz, who fought Wilder twice, losing by knockout in both fights, but also fairing very well until, well he wasn’t - recently lost a close unanimous decision to Ruiz Jr. th…

The CEOs of Top Rank and Matchroom Boxing respectively are sounding off on the Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua rumored fight - and both have opinions on the matter. Here is what we know. Both fighters have agreed upon a 60-40 split in Tyson Fury’s favor, with a tentative target date of December 3rd in Cardiff, Wales, as the location for the fight.  As with everything in boxing, it is mo…

The vacant WBC 140 lbs world title will be on the line as Jose “Chon” Zepeda and Regis Prograis will face each other for one of the biggest prizes in all of the sport, on what is now being touted as a November 26th date. Jake Donovan of BoxingScene.com, reported that Marination Promotions has set aside a date of November 26th, no venue has been picked, but don’t be surprise…

Deontay Wilder is mere weeks away from his 2022 return to the ring against Robert Helenius on FOX pay-per-view, on October 15th, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Despite having such a big event on his schedule - Wilder eagerly awaits the next challenge. You gotta speak things into existence,” Wilder said on The Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer seemingly speaking about a…

Former middleweight world champion Demetrius Andrade is having one weird career. Regarded as one of the best fighters of his era, his resume is atrocious, and seemingly now at the end of his career - despite being a two-time world champion, a hall-of-fame bid seems unlucky. The latest in his weird saga is that he is now out of a fight with Zach Parker after Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotio…

Top Rank Inc head honcho Bob Arum has never been shy about expressing his opinions, and in the build-up to this weekend’s bout between Shakur Stevenson-Robson Conceicao taking place this Friday night at Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. “We’ve been exchanging documents with Matchroom,” Arum told one of the best reporters in all of boxing, Keith Idec of BoxingScene.c…

Despite holding a form of the WBC super middleweight world title, and fighting everyone put in front of him, David Benavidez is visibly frustrated at the fight he is getting. Benavidez is strongly rumored to face former world champion Jose Uzcategui next, has made it clear he wants one of the biggest names in the sport soon. “I’m trying to make the fight with Caleb Plant, I’…

A stunning turn of events saw veteran boxing reporter, Dan Rafael report via Twitter today that he was informed that Triller is no longer interested or promoting boxing moving forward. In a very discreet tweet, Rafael acknowledge a boxing fan with a shocking revelation. "I’m told they are done putting on boxing events,” said the veteran reporter. Triller Fight Club made head…