Top Rank always maintains a solid crop of prospects, and they believe featherweight Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (9-0, 5 KOs) has the potential to become something special. Saturday night, live on ESPN+, Carrington will face his toughest challenge yet as he attempt…
For many people who live in the U.S., freedom is often taken for granted. Those who emigrate from another country on the other hand, especially one with a communist government, tend to make the most of the opportunity presented to them. That has been the case for 29-year-old…
The heavyweight division has some of the most unique personalities in the sport, and 24-year-old heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez Jr. (7-0, 7 KOs), who will be fighting on December 9, is no exception. The fight card on Heisman Night will stream on ESPN+, and the main port…
ESPN & Top Rank return with one of their biggest nights of the year, a fight card following the Heisman Award Ceremony on Saturday night. The card will be headlined by WBO featherweight champion Robeisy Ramirez (13-1, 8 KOs) defending his title against the undefeated Raf…
Junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas hopes to close the year on an emphatic note.The Puerto Rican takes on Spain's Jorge Fortea in a 10-round battle Saturday, December 9 at Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
"We are counti…
Bruce Carrington, a 10-round fighter nearing title contention, awaits his big moment. And, on December 9 that may well arrive as he steps up in competition during a Top Rank show in Florida.
Carrington faces former world title contender Jason Sanchez in a featherweight bout,…
Irish star Michael Conlan returns to the ring on Saturday, as he begins what could be his last build towards a world title.
Decorated amateur and two-time Olympian Conlan has been stopped in two previous world title events but retains his popularity in boxing having created …
British fighter Callum Smith (29-1, 21KOs) says he can "get rid of" the knockout artist Artur Beterbiev during their January 13 bout in Quebec City, Canada.
"I’m going over there with the full belief that if I catch him, I hurt him, and if I hurt him, I …
Bob Arum expects Josh Taylor to return to the ring in the coming months – and has suggested Manny Pacquiao as a potential opponent.
Taylor sacrificed his WBO super lightweight title when in June recording the first defeat of his career, on the night at New York’s…
Former two-weight world champion Andre Ward defended Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10KOs) following his sub-par showing against Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14KOs) November 16.
"He got a belt, he just got a check, and he just kissed his baby," said Ward rece…
Irish star Michael Conlan has his first fight with new trainer Pedro Diaz on Saturday in Belfast.
The two-time Olympian and two-time world title challenger was with coach Adam Booth for five years, having turned pro with Manny Robles.
Conlan has been training for his B…
Teofimo Lopez has confirmed that he has rejected a $1.5 Million offer from Golden Boy Promotions to Ryan Garcia, suggesting that the offer was unsatisfactory.
Speaking to reporters in Las Vegas as he attended this past weekend’s super-middleweight clash between David B…
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has made his picks when asked to select who would win dream fights spanning boxing eras.
Arum promoted each boxer involved and was asked on the Boxing Life Stories podcast who might win between Sugar Ray Leonard and Floyd Mayweather, Rob…
Bob Arum, who turns 92 next month, says he will never retire.
The veteran promoter, and the head and co-founder of Top Rank, is too busy looking forward to think about quitting his day job.
In a wide-ranging interview on the Boxing Life Stories podcast, Arum said his son-in-…
Newly crowned WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) has admitted that he will have to make changes to his lifestyle if he is to continue his upward trajectory in the sport following his victory over Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14KOs) in …
If there remained a single person in Las Vegas unaware of the fact that it was preparing to host a Formula One grand prix then they’d have been left in no doubt by the time of the conclusion of Shakur Stevenson’s fight – of sorts – with Edwin de los S…
All of the expectations surrounded Shakur Stevenson before and during his fight with Edwin de los Santos – not least because De Los Santos’ opportunity came when other fighters were ruled out.
But it takes two fighters to make a terrible fight. Everyone&rsqu…
Monday, November 13
The time will likely come when Shakur Stevenson is more widely recognised as the world’s finest fighter than is Terence Crawford in 2023, but four days before he fights to win a world title in a third weight division his date with Edwin de los Santo…
LAS VEGAS: ProBox TV analyst and ESPN commentator Timothy Bradley said he heard Shakur Stevenson may have carried an injury into the ring Thursday ahead of his world title fight against Edwin de los Santos.
Stevenson left the ring with a decision win over de los Sa…
Vasyl Lomachenko has gone quiet since his defeat to Devin Haney this past May.
The former three weight world champion won on many people’s scorecards when he collided with Haney for the undisputed lightweight world title in Las Vegas, losing by a narrow unanimous…
Shakur Stevenson apologised to Floyd Mayweather, Terence Crawford and Andre Ward after also apologising to his fans for his disappointing performance throughout his victory over Edwin de los Santos.
The 26-year-old won the vacant WBC lightweight title at the conclusion of 12…
Shakur Stevenson became a three-weight world champion when he was awarded the WBC lightweight title after labouring to perhaps the least inspiring victory of his career, via a unanimous decision, over Edwin de los Santos.
At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas he was awarded sco…
LAS VEGAS: Bruised, knocked to the floor, but never beaten, Robson Conceicao survived 12 rounds with Emanuel Navarrete to leave the ring with a majority draw Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
"I'm happy to come away with the belt," Navarrete said post-fi…
LAS VEGAS: Emiliano Fernando Vargas finished Brandon Mendoza in two rounds Thursday at a Top Rank show at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
When ProBox TV has seen him compete in the past, he looked like he was game for a ruck even if it came at the cost o…
LAS VEGAS: Shakur Stevenson has long appeared destined for the pinnacle of boxing.
Even going back as far as 2019, Top Rank CEO and founder Bob Arum told me that he regarded Stevenson as a mirror image of Floyd Mayweather — a left-handed version of TBE.
"I think S…
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk went nose-to-nose to announce their February 17 heavyweight unification fight in London today.
They will meet in Saudi Arabia and were joined on stage by Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, the real Rocky, and an inspired Usyk, who took a selfie …
Boxing’s two heavyweight world champions will finally meet to crown the one and only undisputed champion of the world.
WBC and Lineal Champion Tyson ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury will fight WBO/IBF/WBA unified champ Oleksandr Usyk in a history-making showdown on Sa…
Bob Arum has cast doubt on Tyson Fury’s status as favourite for his undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury and Usyk are to finally fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 17.
They had been scheduled to do so on December 23 — until the 35-year-ol…
Shakur Stevenson has continued his tirade against former undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney, accusing the former king of the 135lb division of running away from “the smoke” Stevenson would bring to the ring.
Stevenson (20-0, 10KOs) faces Edwin De Los San…
After a mostly quiet and uneventful fight week, celebrated individuals from the wider boxing fraternity arrived in Las Vegas for Shakur Stevenson’s fight with Edwin de los Santos.
Stevenson, with some justification, is increasingly being spoken of as the fighter of the…
Plans already exist for Shakur Stevenson to be matched with Vasyl Lomachenko in 2024.
On Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Stevenson fights Edwin de los Santos for the WBC lightweight title.
In the build-up to his opportunity to establish himself as a three-weight…
Terence Crawford has predicted Shakur Stevenson will succeed him as the world’s finest fighter.
Stevenson on Thursday at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena fights Edwin de los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight title.
If, as is widely expected, he succeeds he wil…
We officially have a WBC lightweight title fight tomorrow night on ESPN. Two-division champion Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) will face Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) as they both stepped on the scales earlier today to make their fight official. Both men were within the…
O’Shaquie Foster, the reigning WBC junior lightweight world champion, has signed a multi-fight promotional contract with Top Rank.A native of Orange, Texas, who trains out of Houston, Foster will make his Top Rank on ESPN debut in early 2024. “O’Shaqui…
“I’ve thought that and been thinking that, that that kid is special,” said Austin Trout.
The former world super-welterweight champion from New Mexico was talking about lightweight champion Shakir Stevenson, and it has nothing to do with column inches or the…
“Hands down the busiest week Las Vegas has ever seen,” was how Top Rank’s Mark Shunock described Sin City in the days before the Formula One grand prix. By the weekend he may be proved true – it regardless seems unlikely – but on Tuesday of…
Shakur Stevenson dismissed Edwin de los Santos as “little” after they came face to face for the first time.
Stevenson and De Los Santos on Thursday fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The Dominican Republican became Stev…
Edwin De Los Santos is a fighter many might have ignored or not heard about.
Fighting on smaller shows and undercards doesn’t diminish the hard and interesting journey De Los Santos has taken to a world title fight.
De Los Santos now is fighting for the vac…
The eagerly-awaited and much-anticipated heavyweight unification fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and Ukraine hero Oleksandr Usyk is set to be announced at a press conference on Thursday.
Initially, the contest was due to take place on December 23 to close out Riyadh Se…
LAS VEGAS: Top Rank prospect Floyd Diaz can extend his pro boxing record to 10 wins unbeaten with victory Thursday at an event inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and though he remains a fledgling star on the world stage, he told ProBox TV and other reporters that h…
LAS VEGAS: Shakur Stevenson is one of boxing's best fighters and appears to be getting bored with questions regarding fights with other athletes — both in boxing, and in mixed martial arts — at a time in which he's getting ready to box Edwin de los Sant…
Anytime you are the son or daughter of a legendary athlete in a sport, the road to your success can become increasingly difficult. Boxing is no different. For 19-year-old lightweight prospect Emiliano ‘El General’ Vargas (7-0, 6 KOs), growing up as the youngest s…
Two-weight world champion Natasha Jonas will defend her IBF World Welterweight Title against former unified world champion Mikaela Mayer in a landmark night for women’s boxing as two of the sport's biggest stars meet in the centre of the ring on Saturday, January 20th …
The time will likely come when Shakur Stevenson is more widely recognised as the world’s finest fighter than is Terence Crawford in 2023, but four days before he fights to win a world title in a third weight division his date with Edwin de los Santos feels at risk of b…
Emanuel Navarette is targeting a fight with Shakur Stevenson.
The Mexican, on Thursday at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on the undercard of Stevenson-Edwin de los Santos, makes the second defence of his WBO super featherweight title, against Brazil’s Robson Conceicao…
Shakur Stevenson plans to ask Top Rank to match him with Vasyl Lomachenko.
On Thursday at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena he fights Edwin de los Santos, 24, for the vacant WBC lightweight title.
The 26-year-old is the significant favourite to win a world title in a third wei…
Shakur Stevenson will look to become a three-division world champion on Thursday night.
Stevenson, who faces Edwin De Los Santos will further chase history with his latest world title fight.
The fight which will take place on Thursday, November 16th, from th…
2021 Olympic silver medalist, heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr., who hails from Tulare, California will step up in competition for his next fight.
Torrez will take on crafty veteran Curtis Harper on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Charles F. Dodge City Center …
We are days away from Shakur Stevenson versus Edwin De Los Santos.
The bout will decide the next WBC lightweight world champion as this is for the vacant world title.
In preparation for the Thursday night bout on ESPN, Blood, Sweat and Tears, a documentary that follows…
It’s a big week in Las Vegas, NV, as there will be a Formula One race and a WBC lightweight title fight. Two-division champion and undefeated Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) will face Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) live on ESPN. It’s a Thursday night card, as…
Shakur Stevenson aims to continue his journey to the greatness many predict for him against Edwin De Le Santos on Saturday.
Stevenson is 20-0 with 10 stoppages and is looking to continue collecting belts at 135lbs, starting with De Los Santos for the WBC lightweight title ha…
LAS VEGAS: A date with destiny awaits Edwin de los Santos, who said Friday that victory over Shakur Stevenson atop Top Rank's big boxing bill Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena will shape his life and career forever.
No matter who you speak to in the boxing business, there …
Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez believes that an encounter between William Zepeda and Shakur Stevenson could be in the offering, with Gomez confirming Zepeda has made Stevenson his number one target.
Zepeda (29-0, 25KOs) was last in actio…
Tyson Fury narrowly missed out being on the wrong end of one the biggest sporting upsets in history.
The current WBC heavyweight world champion scrapped through against MMA superstar and boxing debutant Francis Ngannou with a split-decision win last weekend in Riyadh, Saudi …
The Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição believes the third time is the charm.
After two failed world title attempts, Conceicao believes his upcoming fight with Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will net him a differen…
Heavyweight Zhilei Zhang is disappointed in Tyson Fury's most recent showing.
Tyson Fury recently fought former MMA champion, Francis Ngannou in a closely contested fight that saw Fury hit the deck. Zhang was disappointed by this.
Zhang, who is coming off back-to-back w…
Top Rank contender Xander Zayas is an ideal future opponent for rising super welterweight star Callum Walsh.
That's according to 360 Promotions boss Tom Loeffler, who represents Walsh. He told ProBox TV during a recent interview at the Wildcard Boxing Club in Hollywood that …
Shakur Stevenson still hopes that a Devin Haney can be made in the future.
Even though the fight was offered for the undisputed lightweight title, a bout Stevenson rejected due to a financial disagreement. Stevenson recently commented on the situation on the Bootleg Kev podc…
Olympic Gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov is always involved in any discussion regarding future heavyweight world champions.
The Uzbekistan superstar became an Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 games, which took place in 2021, but was also eight fights deep into his prof…
The story of the weekend was Raymond Muratalla seemingly vaulting himself into the world title conversation as he handed Diego Torres in a one-sided loss that ended in an eighth-round technical knockout. Taking place at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in…
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Jared Anderson was arrested yesterday on Monday by Orgen Police for a reported number of offences, which include improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, ac…
Boxing awaits to see who boxing’s current heavyweight king is.
An original date of December 23 for WBC champion Tyson Fury to collide with IBF, WBA and WBO unified titlist Oleksandr Usyk has been now pushed back to next year.
Both champions are in their mid…
Saturday night on ESPN+, boxing fans witnessed the official arrival of lightweight contender Raymond Muratalla (19-0, 16 KOs). It was no secret that Muratalla was bubbling as a prospect, but he needed a fight that would challenge him physically and force fans who weren&rsquo…
In a rather mild-mannered weekend of fights, the main event from the Tahoe Blue Events Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, we saw 2016 heavyweight Olympian Efe Ajagba stop Joe Goodall at 50 seconds of the fourth round to make a statement in the heavyweight division.
Ajagba us…
Boxing trainer Robert Garcia has sung the gospel of Raymond “Danger” Muratalla for years, and now it seems he might be a fight away from a big opportunity.
In the biggest test of his career, Muratalla defeated Diego Torres via eighth-round technical kn…
The undercard of the ESPN+ card from the Tahoe Blue Events Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, saw some interesting prospects improve their chances of becoming contenders on a card promoted by Top Rank Inc.
Super featherweight Henry Lebron held off a valiant effort by Willia…
Raymond "Danger" Muratalla, the undefeated lightweight signed to Top Rank Inc. and managed by Robert Garcia is looking to leave this weekend with a title shot within arms reach. Muratall boasting a record of 18-0 and 15 knockouts, will be the co-feature this Saturday at…
Felix Verdejo, a Puerto Rican former lightweight contender who was tipped for the top until his career began to unravel rapidly, was sentenced on Friday to two consecutive life terms in prison for the April 2021 murder of the mother of his unborn child.
Keishla Rodriguez was…
There was no scale fails in Lake Tahoe, CA, as both Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) and Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) came in at their comfortable weights as there aren’t any limits with the heavyweight division. It’s an interesting matchup as Goodall has a victory over …
Tyson Fury versus Francis Ngannou was known as The Baddest Man on the Planet, and while Fury won the boxing match, it was Ngannou who left Saudi Arabia as the baddest man on the planet. He over-performed to the extent that he looked excellent, and like a professional boxer &…
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter believes Tyson Fury’s struggles with Francis Ngannou proved that Fury cannot handle southpaws.
Usyk and his promoter Alex Krassyuk were present in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to watch Fury unexpectedly get knocked down and then labour to a cont…
Efe Ajagba, the Nigerian heavyweight contender with an 18-1 record and 13 KOs, is gearing up for a fight that could lead to huge things in the future as he fights Australian Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs). The press conference took place today for the event taking place on …
Top Rank & ESPN present a heavyweight main event on Saturday night live from the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, CA. Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) returns in an effort to get his name in the big fight mix next year as he faces Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) in an interes…
The manager of Tyson Fury, Spencer Brown has offered several reasons why Fury performed below the standard many had expected of him last weekend as the WBC heavyweight world champion toiled and eeked a split decision victory over former UFC heavyweight champion and prof…
Former WBA world super-middleweight world champion and now pundit, George Groves, has inadvertently drawn a comparison between Tyson Fury and Carl Froch. Rematch or retire.
Famously, Groves forced then unified IBF and WBA world super-middleweight champion Froch into a rematc…
The bantamweight king from Down Under is ready to bring a little mayhem up north. Jason “Mayhem” Moloney will defend his WBO world title against Mexican-American challenger Saul Sanchez on Saturday, Jan. 13, at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
Moloney-San…
Oleksandr Usyk has dared Tyson Fury to target his body when they finally fight.
The date of their undisputed world heavyweight title fight remains the subject of uncertainty, owing to Usyk’s insistence that they have signed a contract to fight on December 23 in Saudi A…
Joe Cordina hopes victory over Edward Vazquez can bring him closer to what would be defining fights against Emanuel Navarette and Shakur Stevenson.
The IBF super featherweight champion on Saturday makes the first defence of his title against America’s Va…
Alex Krassyuk, the promoter of Oleksandr Usyk, was far from impressed by Tyson Fury’s showing against Francis Ngannou in the desert of Saudi Arabia.
His comments regarding Fury’s showing were stinging.
Fury was dropped, bruised and ultimately was forc…
IBF, WBC and WBO light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev defends his unified titles against England’s Callum Smith in Quebec City, Canada on January 13.
Beterbiev’s upcoming clash with the former super middleweight champion has been reasonably well…
On December 9th, Top Rank and ESPN will head to the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida, as the Cuban WBO featherweight champion, Robeisy "El Tren" Ramirez, will look to make his third world title defense against Rafael "El Divino" Espinoza…
Real heavyweight boxing is back this weekend as Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) looks to continue his winning ways as he faces Australian Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) in a ten round bout that headlines an ESPN+ card from the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, CA.
Ajagba has kep…
Zhilei Zhang, the Chinese heavyweight contender, was one of the many who was unimpressed by the performance put forth by Tyson Fury against Francis Ngannou. The bout which occurred over the course of ten rounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for mega-millions made Fu…
Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson had his expectations surpassed by Francis Ngannou following his performance against Tyson Fury.
Ngannou impressed as he made his professional boxing debut against Fury this past weekend in Saudi Arabia, scoring a third-round knock…
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter has warned Tyson Fury he risks “legal consequences” if he doesn’t honour their fight date of December 23.
Fury struggled throughout Saturday’s fight with the mixed martial artist Francis Ngannou, on the o…
Tyson Fury was somewhat humbled following the conclusion of his encounter with Francis Ngannou this past weekend in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The WBC world heavyweight champion had been expected to come through the contest with Ngannou unscathed. However, it was anything but pla…
Francis Ngannou took to his YouTube channel, like most people do in the modern world, to address his closely-contested loss to WBC heavyweight champion and lineal champion Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia today. Ngannou, who won over the hearts of fans and made a lot of people in …
Former WBA world Super flyweight champion Andrew Moloney is set for his ring return at Pullan Event Centre in Albert Park, Melbourne Victoria
The Australian stylist comes home to the Pullman Hotel, Victoria, as he faces the strong Filipino Judy Flores, with the former world …
noisivi1. The Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk fight is actually a better fight than we hoped
For many, the saying a good big guy beats a good little guy was the old adage trotted out to describe this. Now, Fury might have seen better days; the severe weight loss and hard liv…
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) had one of the worst performances of his career and escaped Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a split-decision victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. It wasn’t the outcome that most insiders and oddsm…
The proposed undisputed heavyweight encounter between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk which was due to be held on December 23rd is reportedly off following Fury’s encounter with Francis Ngannou this past weekend.
Post-fight comments from Frank Warren suggest that he is r…
What the hell just happened?
Or what in the hell almost just happened?
Tyson Fury climbed off the deck to eke out a split decision win over Francis Ngannou in a historic Saudi Arabian 10-round showpiece that far exceeded many meagre expectations.
In his professional boxing d…
The anticipated grudge match for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles ended when Fabio Wardley clattered David Adeleye to defeat in seven rounds.
Ipswich’s Wardley is now 17-0 with 16 stoppages, and he had never felt better.
“I knew that was how …
New Zealand’s former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker started with real authority against Simon Kean and continued in that manner to drop and stop the Canadian in the third round to score an impressive win.
The time of the stoppage came after 2 minutes and 4 se…
It’s fight day, and in just a few hours, we will witness Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) face Francis Ngannou in a global event live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The odds have shifted since yesterday, favoring Fury even more to win by a knockout or stoppage. Do you want to k…
Promoter Alex Krassyuk is hoping that WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury comes through his encounter with Francis Ngannou unscathed.
Fury will face Ngannou on Saturday in the desert of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh as the pair face each other over ten rounds.
However, much o…
Unbeaten light heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol came face-to-face in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou gala dinner after the weigh-in for tomorrow's pay-per-view fight.
Beterbiev, with an impeccable record of 19 wins a…
One of the biggest vanity projects in combat sports history was on display in Saudi Arabia today ahead of the weigh-in for the crossover boxing match between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou.
The great and the good of boxing and MMA royalty were in Riyadh, lining up, taking pi…
Carlos Takam joins the heavyweight extravaganza in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when he collides with fellow African Martin Bakole tomorrow night on the undercard of Tyson Fury Vs Francis Ngannou.
The 42 year old veteran finds himself fighting in the Middle East due to his Cam…
According to a communication received by Boxrec.com's Grey Johnson, who reported that the Texas Commission has overturned the initial decision declaring Keyshawn Davis the winner in the bout against Nahir Albright has been reversed, resulting in a change to a no-decision out…