Decorated amateur John Hedges has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom organisation. Hedges will campaign at super-middleweight after originally making the decision to turn professional with S-JAM Boxing ear...

Amid uncertainty regarding the fate of their scheduled summer shows, Matchroom Boxing has issued a statement to clarify a new set of event dates. The promoters’ proposed Manchester show on July 4 has now been cancelled while events pe...

Unified super-lightweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez says that, despite a frustrating delay to his scheduled defence against Viktor Postol, his plan remains to beat the Ukrainian and then jump into an undisputed 140lbs title showdown with...

It can all be summarised in three long-awaited words: boxing is back. Top Rank on ESPN returns Tuesday, June 9, as WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) takes on Puerto Rican contender Felix ‘La Som...

MTK Global has announced the return of its MTK Fight Night events in July. MTK Fight Night events will take place once a month from July and be broadcast live on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank. Discussions are also currently ongoing wit...

Battle-hardened WBA Regular champ Jean Pascal has offered four-weight champion Canelo Alvarez the opportunity to win another crown at 175lbs. “If Canelo wants to make history once again, if he wants to claim a second [world] title in the ...

Anthony Joshua has declared his interest in an intriguing domestic battle between his fighter Joshua Buatsi and light-heavyweight rival Anthony Yarde after the lockdown ends.  IBF, WBA Super and WBO heavyweight champion Joshua, who manages...

With a 53-year-old Mike Tyson whipping himself back into fighting shape and old rival Evander Holyfield, 58, swiftly following suit, the likelihood of middle-aged boxing legends making a comeback, for charity or otherwise, has become an unn...

As former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (27-2, 21 KOs) prepares for a potential ring return in August, it looks unlikely that fellow New Zealander Junior Fa (19-0, 10 KOs) will be the fighter in the opposite corner. Parker’s mana...

Three-division champion Ricky Burns says it would be fitting to finish his fine career in Glasgow, but the Scot still believes he has a few more good fights left in the tank. Having won world crowns at 130lb, 135lbs and 140lbs, ti...

WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte and UFC heavyweight star Francis Ngannou will meet in a special ePress conference at 7pm (BST) on Saturday (May 30) on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel. Eddie Hearn...

Jessie Vargas believes he will become a three-weight world champion and is interested in meeting former WBO 154lbs title-holder Liam Smith when boxing resumes later this year. Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) previously held the WBA 140lbs and ...

Taking advantage of the ongoing media circus and arguably pushing it to another level, veteran promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr has offered Mike Tyson $1,000,000 to box his fighter Joe Cusumano, plus a percentage of closed-circui...

Former WBA/WBC welterweight king Keith Thurman says that he wants to face unified champion Errol Spence Jr upon boxing’s return.  The 31-year-old, who lost his WBA Super crown to the evergreen Manny Pacquiao back in July 2019, says that,...

Ukrainian star Oleksandr Usyk has warned Dereck Chisora that adopting an aggressive approach in their heavyweight showdown will prove to be fruitless.  Former undisputed cruiserweight king Usyk was scheduled to face Chisora on May 23 in Lo...

Former WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. He joins brother Sunny Edwards in the Queensberry camp and believes it’s only a matter of time before th...

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Despite mandatories, contractual obligations and a worldwide pandemic delaying a potential undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, the prospect of an all-British showdown for all of the belts remains ...

Murat Gassiev’s trainer Abel Sanchez has revealed who the Russian is targeting in his long-awaited heavyweight campaign, after he was ruled out of a clash with Jerry Forrest back in February. Former unified cruiserweight champion Gass...

Two-time welterweight ruler Shawn Porter has tipped three-weight world champion Terence Crawford to overcome former foe Errol Spence Jr if the American pair meet post-lockdown.  Porter, known as ‘Showtime’, told Dan Rafael on ‘St...

They never met in the ring, but Mexican boxing legends Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales have been jousting outside of the ropes.  Four-weight world champion Morales lit the touch paper this week after suggesting they never fought b...

Former heavyweight destroyer Mike Tyson has stated that a rumoured trilogy clash with old nemesis Evander Holyfield ‘would be awesome for charity’. The 53-year-old Tyson, who bowed out of professional boxing after a sixth round retireme...

Ring legend Erik Morales has called for boxing promoters to put politics to one side and pave the way for more cross-promotional mega-fights.  Citing Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury 2 as the perfect example of how different promotional outfi...

Joe Joyce’s manager Sam Jones has ridiculed predictions that his fighter would be knocked out by rival Daniel Dubois in their postponed heavyweight encounter. Speaking on Queensberry Promotions ‘Lockdown Lowdown’, Jones argued: &...