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Claressa Shields will have a familiar foe in her next bout, as she faces Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a rematch for Shields’ heavyweight championship on Sunday, February 22, in Detroit. Shields (17-0, 3 KO) and Crews-Dezurn (10-2, 2 KO) both turned pro against one another in November 2016, so the rematch will come just over nine […]
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Caroline Dubois has officially signed with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, ahead of her WBC lightweight title defense on the Paul vs Anthony Joshua card on December 19. The move was expected, as we’ve seen the winds of change hit women’s boxing in a big way. With Turki Alalshikh controlling much of the bigger boxing […]
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While a formal announcement for a January 31 140 lb title defense between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson was announced last week, the specifics around the venue had not been disclosed. ESPN is now reporting that the fight will take place at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The site will have both fighters competing close […]
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21-year-old lightweight champion Abdullah Mason earned his stripes with a decision win over Sam Noakes last month to take the vacant WBO belt, and speaking to Sky Sports he says he expects this to be just the beginning for him. “I feel like I’m one of the great fighters in my division, and I’m going […]
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Huseyin Cinkara’s one-shot knockout loss to Jai Opetaia this past weekend was just as damaging as it looked, as Mike Coppinger reports that the 40-year-old challenger “will be hospitalized for at least two days after suffering a brain contusion, small brain bleed and fractured C1 vertebra.” That’s, thankfully, a significantly better prognosis than we usually […]
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Following his majority decision draw with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz over the weekend, Lamont Roach appeared at the post-fight press conference to share his thoughts on believing he once again got the short end of the stick on the scorecards. “Honestly, obviously I’ve proved that I’ll fight anyone,” Roach said. “Again, this is not my natural […]
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Despite all of the talk about his latest retirement would be the one that sticks, even if he were offered a billion dollars, Tyson Fury has seemingly reversed course (in very Tyson Fury fashion), hinting at his return to boxing in the coming year. Many folks never believed Fury’s retirement would last very long, and […]
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Thursday, December 11th PunchingGrace.com, 6:30 pm ET, Alex Gaumont vs Ramadan Hiseni. From Gatineau, Canada. Another Eye of the Tiger show on PunchingGrace.com. So, if you’re big on Canadian boxing, the three month subscription might be worth considering while Top Rank remains in broadcast limbo. The main event is just the fight that goes last […]
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Pitbull Cruz and Lamont Roach fought to a majority draw in front of a fantastic crowd in San Antonio tonight, a good, hard-fought main event that saw Roach end something of a breakout year without actually receiving a win. It’s the second draw of 2025 for Roach, and both of them were genuinely controversial. Roach […]
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Shabaz Masoud kept his undefeated record and won the European super bantamweight title, beating Peter McGrail by unanimous decision in Monte Carlo. Masoud (15-0, 4 KO) won on scores of 114-113, 115-112, and 116-111 in a tight, competitive fight that really could have gone either way. McGrail (12-2, 6 KO) seemed to have the better […]
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Jai Opetaia had arguably his sloppiest, least inspiring performance since emerging as a top cruiserweight a few years ago today against Huseyin Cinkara — and then came the finish. Opetaia (29-0, 23 KO) scored an absolutely brutal knockout of Cinkara in the eighth round to retain his IBF cruiserweight title. Cinkara (23-1, 19 KO) did […]
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Results Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Lamont Roach headline the final Premier Boxing Champions card of 2025, with the two meeting in a super lightweight main event tonight from Texas. The show is available through PPV.com and Amazon’s Prime Video PPV at a cost of $74.95. Our live coverage will start at 8 pm ET, with […]
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Results Matchroom Boxing returns to Monaco today, with Shabaz Masoud facing Peter McGrail in a main event from Monte Carlo. The show will stream live on DAZN from 1 pm ET, and we’ll be here with live results, updates, and discussion in the comments section. Along with the main event, we’ll also see Beatriz Ferreira […]
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Results Jai Opetaia returns to action to defend his IBF cruiserweight title in Australia, taking on mandatory challenger Huseyin Cinkara in the main event, and we’ll be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section. For those in the U.S. and elsewhere outside of Australia and New Zealand, the fights will […]
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Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs Lamont Roach I think this is a pretty good fight. I don’t know how many people are going to be interested in paying $75 for it, 19 days away from Christmas, but PBC doesn’t really have many options anymore and haven’t since Showtime Boxing was killed, as PBC had, like many […]
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Update: In a pretty embarrassing turn of events, the WBC have now sanctioned Foster vs Fulton as an interim lightweight title fight, “sanctioning” a new “version” of this fight instead of having to deal with the reality that Fulton simply missed weight. — Scott Christ The hits just keep coming for tomorrow’s PBC PPV, as […]
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In light of the latest drama surrounding the WBC stripping Terence Crawford due to him opting not to pay his sanctioning fees, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn tries to give his impartial take on what’s transpired from an insider’s perspective. Hearn says that while he doesn’t always agree with how much sanction fees are, he feels […]
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With Teofimo Lopez officially set to defend his 140 lb world title against Shakur Stevenson on January 31, 2026, he joins Ring Magazine’s group to talk about the fight he’s currently the betting underdog in, why he’s confident he’ll prevail, and more. Check out some of what he had to say below. Teofimo on why […]
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The father/trainer/promoter of Devin Haney, Bill, just recently joined Ariel Helwani to discuss his son’s recent title win over Brian Norman Jr, why it was such an impressive performance, and a lot more during this segment. If I’m being honest, Bill rambled a lot more nonsense than I’m accustomed to hearing from him so I’ve […]
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In his first year of eligibility, long-reigning middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin leads the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s class of 2026. In addition to “GGG,” the latest batch of inductees include: Golovkin, Fujioka, and Nava were in their first year of eligibility. All new inductees will be honored in a ceremony this coming June.
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One of the dumber title reigns in recent memory will finally come to an end later this week, as Carlos Linares reports that the WBA will strip Lamont Roach Jr of his 130-pound title upon entering the ring to face Isaac Cruz for the interim 140-pound title this Saturday. Interim champ Jazza Dickens, who blew […]
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Jai Opeteia’s long tenure with DAZN may be at an end, as his upcoming title defense against Huseyin Cinkara will air on UFC Fight Pass outside of Australia. Tasman Fighters’ Mick Francis tells BoxingScene that he just recently signed the broadcast deal. Opetaia (28-0, 22 KO) is still under a co-promotional deal with Matchroom, which […]
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After the news broke of the WBC stripping Terence Crawford of his super middleweight title for not paying their proposed sanctioning fees, Crawford took to social media to let his thoughts be known on the situation. Here, Crawford makes it exactly clear what he thinks of the WBC’s green belt and where their president, Mauricio […]
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22-year-old super welterweight contender Bakary Samake, who currently sits at the top of the WBC rankings, has joined forces with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions ahead of a final eliminator. Samake (18-0, 11 KO) is coming off of three consecutive knockouts, dispatching Aussie journeyman Wade Ryan, South African kinda-sorta-not-really contender Roarke Knapp, and most recently Venezuelan […]
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Following yesterday’s news that heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk was targeting an unexpected fight against Deontay Wilder going forward, the WBC has paved way for this to take place with the organization formally granting him permission to make a voluntary title defense against Wilder after bumping him up into their top 10 in the division. “Deontay […]
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