Fighting

Cards on the table: I’m no boxing historian, but I am fairly certain you’ll be hard-pushed to name too many contests in our sport between two four-weight world champions. And even if you can, fights involving Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao will be doing most of your heavy lifting. Sure, recognising a “champion” in

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez will square off in a DAZN main event tonight from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in what you might call a “title consolidation” at 108 lbs. Kyoguchi currently holds the WBA “super world” bantamweight title, which is the one people pay attention to, while Bermudez holds the WBA “world” title, aka the

Shakur Stevenson won’t be chasing further unification quite yet, but that delay is for a good cause. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez revealed today that he’s in talks to defend his super featherweight belts against WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete, “tentatively in August or September.” Not that clashes with fellow titlists Joe Cordina and the winner of

In this video interview with Fight Hype, Ryan Garcia chats a little bit about his good ol’ friend Canelo Alvarez who is most recently coming off a clear decision loss to Dmitry Bivol in another light heavyweight world title bid. Here Garcia gives Canelo credit for having the gumption to make the attempt, but believes

Trevor Bryan is a massive underdog against Daniel Dubois for this coming Saturday’s fight in Miami, where Bryan will defend his secondary WBA heavyweight belt against the British prospect, but has warned Dubois not to look past him. The generally soft-spoken Dubois (17-1, 16 KO) didn’t say much at Wednesday’s press conference, noting that he’s

Showtime have officially announced the already-reported July 30 card at Barclays Center to be headlined by Danny Garcia’s move to 154 lbs against Jose Benavidez Jr, and have also announced two more fights for what will be a tripleheader on the network. Garcia (36-3, 21 KO) hasn’t fought since his Dec. 2020 loss to Errol

For Garcia (22-0, 18 KO), it will be his first time fighting at the former Staples Center, home to currently mediocre basketball loaded up with star names, and he’s excited to make his debut at Los Angeles’ No. 1 arena. “I grew up here, I have seen games here, this is Kobe’s house,” he said.

Adrien Broner is reportedly set to return to the ring on July 23 in Chicago, facing Omar Figueroa Jr in a Showtime main event, and Broner insists he’s taking the return seriously and aiming to become a champion again. Broner vs Figueroa was originally meant to happen in 2018, didn’t, and we’re getting it now,

Naoya Inoue put an exclamation mark on his rematch with Nonito Donaire today in Saitama, Japan, stopping the Hall of Fame-bound legend in just two rounds to unify the WBC, WBA, and IBF bantamweight titles. Inoue (23-0, 20 KO) was all “Monster” in this one, dropping Donaire (42-7, 28 KO) with an excellent right hand

Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire are set to unify three of the four major bantamweight titles, as the pair clash again after their 2019 Fight of the Year, once again in Saitama, Japan. Inoue vs Donaire 2 will air on ESPN+ in the U.S. starting from 5:30 am ET on Tuesday, June 7. If you

Early yesterday morning, WBO flyweight champion Junto Nakatani revealed on Twitter that he was flying to Los Angeles. A day later, IBF champ Sunny Edwards retweeted a post claiming the move was in preparation for a unification bout and added the caption “Camp has started.” This may not wind up going anywhere, but I want

Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Middleweight: (6) Jaime Munguia vs Jimmy Kelly, June 11 [super middleweight] Bantamweight: (1) Naoya Inoue vs (2) Nonito Donaire, June 7 Junior Flyweight: (1) Hiroto Kyoguchi vs (8) Esteban Bermudez, June 10 Upcoming Fights: (6) Joe Joyce vs TBA, July 2 … (2) Oleksandr Usyk vs

Devin Haney is the new undisputed lightweight champion, ending all arguments, whatever they were, with his win over George Kambosos Jr in Melbourne. Haney (28-0, 15 KO) did thank Kambosos (20-1, 10 KO) for taking the best fight available to either of them during his post-fight press conference, and discussed a contractually-agreed rematch that it

ESPN+, 5:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2. The first Inoue vs Donaire fight was an instant classic, the 2019 Fight of the Year in Saitama, and they go back to the same venue to do it again. This could be the last great shot Donaire gets, not because he’s any worse than

George Kambosos Jr lost his world title belts to Devin Haney in Melbourne, making Haney the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. You might reasonably expect the often brash Kambosos (20-1, 8 KO) to take a loss and have a lot of heat behind his words, but Kambosos’ post-fight press conference displayed a humble, still-confident

Joe Cordina scored a stunning second round knockout at home in Cardiff, Wales, and took the IBF junior lightweight title from Kenichi Ogawa in short order. Cordina (15-0, 9 KO) had been one of Matchroom’s more celebrated prospects, but saw his career stagnate a bit the last few years, before getting this opportunity and taking

Devin Haney remains a slight favorite going into tonight’s fight with George Kambosos Jr, even though Haney is the road fighter in Melbourne, Australia, and even though Kambosos has earned the right to be called the division’s top dog. Lines have narrowed just a bit over the last week or so, but really not by

George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney will settle any disputes in the lightweight division tonight, squaring off for all four major world titles and crowning an undisputed champion in Melbourne, Australia. John Hansen will be on the round-by-round call tonight, with updates coming in this stream starting from 9 pm ET: The fight, which already