Abdul Khattab will have a familiar face in his corner when he enters the ring for his eight-round Scandinavian middleweight thriller against Oliver Flodin on January 19 at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark.
Female world champion Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano will fight for a record seventh weight division world boxing title on Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
By Jason Pribila: 2018 has come to an end and the Secondout.com team had the tough task of choosing their Fight of the Year. The best part of this award is that it could be chosen from fights that take place all over the scale, and anywhere from a club fight to the biggest venues that support the sport. However, when the fight of the year happens to take place on the sport’s grandest scale, all fight fans win.
Chris Algieri believes he can return to World title level in 2019 – but the returning American knows that his dreams could be shattered by defeat against Danny Gonzalez on Friday January 18 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Marc Livitz: On occasion, the casual viewer of professional boxing may find it odd when the sport’s top attractions aren’t listed among the top names in the field. While houses, pubs and arenas may fill to thrill American audiences, it’s often across the Atlantic where the best talent lies, especially when bouts are set in a tournament format and not simple mandatory meetings set forth by various sanctioning bodies.
Multi-weight world champion and future Hall of Famer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs), has a goal. That goal is to knock out his next opponent, Cincinnati’s Adrien "The Problem" Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs), when they collide on Saturday, January 19, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux will return to ring against Mexico’s Giovanni Delgado in an eight-round bout on Sunday, January 13 at the Microsoft Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Demetrius Andrade has vowed to dominate the Middleweight division in 2019 – starting with the first defense of his WBO title against Artur Akavov on Friday, January 18 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.
By Andy Rivera. The year of 2018 was a good one for boxing in the New Mexico region, the fans are still clamoring for the next Johnny Tapia or Danny Romero, a few made strides in the right direction by taking chances to showcase their skills so in time we may find out if one will shine.
Roy Jones, Jr. Boxing CEO-Co-Founder Keith Veltre has slammed the Professional Boxing Commission New Zealand (PBCNZ) regarding the controversial Joseph Parker vs. Alexander “The Great” Flores heavyweight fight, held earlier this month, due to numerous obvious low blows, resulting in Flores being knocked out in the third round.
By Derek Gionta: It is that time of year again. 2018 was another eventful one in professional boxing. The year end is a good time for reflection of the good, bad, and ugly of the sport. We always have our fair share of new faces, great fights, bad decisions, emerging prospects, and noble contributors outside of the ring.
At the age of 36, veteran South African Morti Mthalane, 37-2-(25), retained his IBF flyweight title via 10th round retirement over Masahiro Sakamotom 13-2-(9),from Japan at the Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao in China on Monday.
By Derek Bonnett: Kazuto Ioka was eying a Comeback of the Year finish for 2018 and these eyes felt he pulled it off, but the ruling parties saw it differently.
World heavyweight title contender Dillian Whyte has announced that he wants to fight WBA/IBF and WBO champion Anthony Joshua now but feels his fellow Briton may just seek easier paydays.
New WBC flyweight champ Charlie Edwards has turned his thoughts towards unification fights after claiming the title in a huge upset against Cristofer Rosales at the 02 in London on December 22.
Japanese puncher Hiroto Kyoguchi secured his second world title in Macao, China on Monday when he scored a 10th round tko win over current WBA light flyweight champ, Hekkie Budler.
Unbeaten former pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather completely destroyed Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in less than one round at the Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan on Monday.
Former pound for pound king Roy Jones’ RJJ Boxing Promotions Jr has reached an agreement with UFC to stream up to 72 live boxing events over the next three years.
WBO junior lightweight champion Masayuki Ito, 25-1-1-(13), retained his title via seventh round retirement against Russian challenger Evgeny Chuprakov, 20-1-(10), in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday.
Undefeated super middleweight contender Caleb "Sweethands" Plant hosted a media workout in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday as he nears his first world title opportunity when he takes on IBF 168-pound champion Jose Uzcategui in the main on Sunday, January 13 from the Microsoft Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.