Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor officially kicked off fight week events on Tuesday with grand arrivals at the Toshiba Plaza ahead of the Showtime PPV event this Saturday, Aug. 26 taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,Nevada.
Edis Tatli will face Francesco Patera in a rematch later this year. The bout will take place in Finland, and the exact time and place will be announced soon.
Middleweight prospect Marcos "Madman" Hernandez is scheduled to face Kevin Newman II this Saturday on the Mayweather vs. McGregor undercard.
In a fight that more than lived up to its billing, Samuel Vargas and Ali Funeka went to war for ten rounds at the Brampton Powerade Centre in Toronto on Saturday night.
By Marc Livitz: It’s been nearly two years since we last saw Miguel Cotto in action. As the first Puerto Rican fighter to win titles across four divisions and now at the age of 36, he will look to pick up where he left off, so to speak when he faces Yoshihiro Kamegai of Japan on Saturday, August 26.
Former two weight world champion Carl Frampton has confirmed that he has parted Company with long time manager Barry McGuigan and promoter Cyclone Promotions.
Paul Hyland Jnr will defend his IBF European Lightweight title against Stephen Ormond at the SSE Arena Belfast,Northern Ireland on October 21
Neilson Boxing in association with Sanigar Events promote the first ever Commonwealth title fight in Swindon,Wiltshire in rematch between South Africa’s Michael Ramabeletsa and Bristol’s Ashley Lane.
Alberto “Explosivo” Machado scored an impressive unanimous decision victory against Carlos “The Solution” Morales to unify the NABO and NABA Super Featherweight titles in the main event of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Ferial de Puerto Rico in Ponce.
By Jason Pribila: Terence Crawford headlined Top Rank’s ESPN Card on Saturday Night. He used his biggest stage to date to put on an electric, history-making performance by stopping the over-matched Julius Indongo with a wicked body shot. In the process, Crawford has now accomplished his goal of unifying all four major belts in the junior welterweight division.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk scored a sixth round stoppage win over Craig Baker at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday.
After being ko’d by Terence Crawford in his junior welterweight unification battle in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday night Julius Indongo had nothing but praise for the new undisputed 140lbs king.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Vinnie LaManna’s Rising Star Prom’ns ran a card at the active Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City on Saturday.
Samoa is set to play host to the ‘Showdown In Paradise’ featuring undefeated Cruiserweight prospect in Samoan/ Australian Jai Opetaia who is facing undefeated American Frankie Lopez for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight World youth title in Apia.
TORONTO, ON: Samuel Vargas and Ali Funeka made weight Friday in Toronto,Canada.
Unbeaten David Benavidez and fellow contender Ronald Gavril will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Championship on Friday, Sept. 8 in the headlining attraction of a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
Erik Skoglund met the Swedish press at an Open Gym session today in Stockholm,Sweden and talked about sparring Danish legend Mikkel Kessler and feeling confident ahead of facing Callum Smith in Liverpool,England on September 16.
By Marc Livitz: Call it whatever you like. Proclaim that it’s nonsense or that its potential damage to either boxing or mixed martial arts is bound to be irreparable.
Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo took part in a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss their world title showdown in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 19.
By Derek Bonnett Twenty-two year old Mexican, Luis "Pantera" Nery crashed Shinsuke Yamanaka’s bantamweight world title reign with a devastating performance that just may lead the dethroned champion toward retirement like his countryman Takashi Uchiyama and Takashi Miura last month. The challenger traveled from Tijuana, Mexico to Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan.