Fighting

WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie and mandatory challenger David Light have successfully avoided their looming purse bid. Both men submitted signed agreements to meet on a March 11th BOXXER show in London. There is, however, a chance that things are going to get very complicated very quickly. Okolie (18-0, 14 KO) is presumably still locked

According to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have now reached an agreement to fight each other in their next outings, and won’t take any interim fights before meeting up to crown an undisputed heavyweight champion. Arum tells Sky Sports that he expects a Fury vs Usyk fight to

Hey, hey! It’s Tuesday in that wonderful holiday season, and even though things are pretty dead in boxing right now, we’ve still god a podcast for you! Listen, being honest up front: This is the least Boxing Chat episode we can do, because there just isn’t a lot going on at the moment. Next week,

As revealed last week, WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete will face Liam Wilson for the sanctioning body’s vacant super featherweight title in a February 3rd ESPN main event at Glendale, Arizona’s Desert Diamond Arena. Wilson (11-1, 7 KO), the WBO’s no. 3 contender, steps in for the injured Oscar Valdez. As I said before, while

We’ve still yet to have an official announcement for Caleb Plant vs David Benavidez despite both sides saying they’ve reached a deal. Recently, however, there were rumors going around that this fight might not actually come off, but Caleb Plant talks to Fight Hub TV and says it’s absolutely happening — it’s just a matter

Jose Ramirez will not be taking a WBC title shot against Regis Prograis in his next fight, as ESPN.com reports that Ramirez has officially decided to pass on the opportunity, citing the WBC’s 65-35 purse bid split in the titleholder’s favor. Ramirez told Mike Coppinger that he was “disappointed” in the ruling, believing the fight

Just two weeks after the passing of Mills Lane, boxing has lost yet another marquee official. Multiple outlets report that Hall of Fame referee Steve Smoger has died of an “undisclosed illness” at age 72. Smoger officiated more than 1000 professional fights during his 34-year career, over 200 of which were title fights. His CV

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya chats with Fight Hype and talks about his impression about Ryan Garcia declaring he wants to go right towards a fight with Gervonta Davis, no longer being interested in an interim tune-up bout first. Check out some of what De La Hoya had to say on the subject

Vincent Astrolabio promised promoter Manny Pacquiao a knockout as a gift for Pac-Man’s 44th birthday today, and he delivered on that, stopping Nikolai Potapov in the sixth round of a fairly one-sided fight to open tonight’s Showtime Championship Boxing broadcast. We’re still live with Rivera vs Martin coverage, so join us for the rest of

Frank Martin closed out 2022 with a dominant win over Michel Rivera tonight on Showtime, winning a clear decision over 12 rounds in a matchup that was never really in doubt. Martin took the fight on unanimous decision scores of 117-110, 118-109, and 120-107. Bad Left Hook unofficially had it 120-107, as well. The fight

Showtime’s final event of 2022 is also the final major U.S. boxing broadcast of the year, with Michel Rivera and Frank Martin meeting in a battle of unbeaten lightweights on Saturday night. Who wins the fight? Scott Christ (90-39) Love this matchup, love the risk both are taking, love that they’re not farting around with

Michel Rivera and Frank Martin meet tonight on Showtime in what will be the final major U.S. boxing broadcast of 2022. The unbeaten lightweights headline a three-fight main card on Showtime starting at 10 pm ET, with prelims airing free on YouTube and Facebook from 8 pm ET. We’ll be here with live updates, highlights,

Ryan Garcia will not be going ahead with a planned Jan. 28 fight against Mercito Gesta, instead focusing himself on the agreed April 15 mega-fight with Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Garcia vs Gesta was slated to be Garcia’s “tune-up” fight in January, and would have given him an opponent who is a southpaw, like Davis, and

It’s almost as if Paul Butler gave away his game plan during the ring walks on Tuesday. The Briton – who’s assignment was to become the first undisputed bantamweight champion in half a century – strolled out to “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor and, from the opening round inside the Ariake Arena, it was

Matchroom founder Barry Hearn is well aware that they need to play their cards right with star fighter Anthony Joshua if they’re going to salvage him as an elite attraction. After all, Joshua has lost three of his last five fights and despite his better showing against Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch, Hearn says Joshua

Michel Rivera says he has no doubt in his mind that he’s going to have his hand raised when he takes on Frank Martin this weekend in Showtime’s main event. Rivera says while Martin may be a good fighter, he’s still got the edge between them. “We know that Martin is a good boxer with

Josh Taylor’s name has been attached to a potential future fight against Teofimo Lopez — mostly because Lopez has steadily been targeting him — and after seeing Lopez’s most recent performance against Sandor Martin, Taylor believes Lopez is starting to face the realities of his current situation. Taylor tells Sky Sports that he still thinks

Shakur Stevenson’s quest for dance partner for his WBC final eliminator continues. He revealed recently that he had his eyes on no. 5 George Kambosos Jr after no.2 Isaac Cruz and no. 4 William Zepeda turned him down, but took to Twitter last night to announce that Kambosos had also declined the order. Kambosos defended