External Fantastic boxing card headlined by Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol rematch could be a catalyst for a turnaround for the business in the U.S. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, of all places, perhaps the deepest fight card in a half-century or more will take place at Kingdom Aren… Tue, 18 Feb 2025
External The Final 10-Count? ESPN’s potential exit could cripple boxing in the U.S. For the second straight year, the Super Bowl set a ratings record. Across all of its platforms, Fox averaged 127.7 million viewers for the P… Thu, 13 Feb 2025
External Freddie Roach, Teddy Atlas discuss if Terence Crawford could defeat Canelo Alvarez and if Jake Paul may have had a shot Jake Paul did nothing -- in a boxing ring, at least -- to earn a bout with Canelo Alvarez, the unified super middleweight champion and pound… Tue, 11 Feb 2025
External BoxingTurki Alalshikh gets his man: Canelo Alvarez signs four-fight deal with Riyadh Season, with Terence Crawford bout set for Sept. 13 After a turbulent day with a lot of dueling reports that a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford was off and one between Alvarez… Fri, 07 Feb 2025
External Who could blame Canelo for taking the money and running if he is offered a bout against influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul? UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier frequently says of mixed martial arts, "there are levels to this," when odd matches are proposed. The same … Wed, 05 Feb 2025
External Hall of Fame boxing columnist Michael Katz dead at 85 Michael Katz, whose cantankerous and irascible personality often overshadowed his brilliance as a boxing writer, died Monday afternoon at a … Wed, 29 Jan 2025
External Heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk cements his status as an all-time great with impressive gut-check win over battle-hardened Tyson Fury If you thought Oleksandr Usyk had done enough Saturday -- or like so many, more than enough -- to defeat Tyson Fury in their rematch for the… Sun, 22 Dec 2024
External Hall of Famer: Eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao leads IBHOF Class of 2025 By the time he agreed to a June 23, 2001, bout against Lehlo Ledwaba at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on an Oscar De La Hoya undercard, … Fri, 06 Dec 2024
External Feb. 22’s Riyadh Season card could be epic, but boxing promoters must plan for Feb. 23 and beyond If you live in the United States, you can't get away from the NFL. Media covers it like the White House 12 months a year. It's on the intern… Thu, 28 Nov 2024
External California judge dismisses claims against Manny Pacquiao in waiter's suit seeking 'finder's fee' from 2015 Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout A California Superior Court judge on Monday issued a summary judgement in favor of former world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao, finally resol… Tue, 15 Oct 2024
External The ultimatum: Turki Alalshikh must tell Artur Beterbiev that Dmitry Bivol rematch is Saudi’s only option Turki Alalshikh assured all relevant parties early Sunday morning that Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will provide the… Mon, 14 Oct 2024
External Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol begin the final countdown for the high stakes bout to determine the world's greatest light heavyweight Eddie Hearn is one of the world's most ubiquitous boxing promoters. If there is a big fight somewhere in the world, chances are good Hearn c… Fri, 11 Oct 2024
External Artur Beterbiev, Dmity Bivol gird for high-stakes battle that will see the winner walk shoulder-to-should with light heavyweight legends Imagine, it was presented to Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti, if a prime and healthy Artur Beterbiev were able to fight a prime and hea… Thu, 10 Oct 2024
External Canelo needs to learn a lesson from 'Money May' and save the exhibition bouts for once his career has concluded There is little Canelo Alvarez can do in however many bouts it is he has remaining in his professional boxing career that would seriously im… Thu, 22 Aug 2024
External There's no way a 58-year-old man should be boxing, but Jake Paul saw dollar signs and got Mike Tyson to buy into his scheme Let's assume for the moment that Jake Paul is a special talent, and that he's good enough to one day become a world champion, which he says … Mon, 19 Aug 2024
External Experts rave about Terence Crawford, compare him favorably with all of the legendary welterweights of the last 40 years There have probably been more great welterweights in the last 40 or so years in boxing than in any other weight class. Since 1980, welterwei… Thu, 01 Aug 2024
External Andy Ruiz has gone from the outhouse to the penthouse and much prefers the view from the top Long before that magical night in New York when he found himself suddenly, and most unexpectedly, on top of the boxing world, all the expert… Thu, 01 Aug 2024
External Obituary: Ex-bantamweight champion Richie Sandoval, long-time Top Rank employee, dead at 63 of apparent heart attack Richie Sandoval, a former lineal bantamweight champion who lost his opportunity to compete in the Olympics when the United States boycotted … Tue, 23 Jul 2024
External Junto Nakatani's lethal body shot more proof that Naoya Inoue isn't Japan's only boxing superstar Japan has long been a boxing hotbed and produced numerous elite boxers. Led by undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue, boxing ha… Sun, 21 Jul 2024
External WBC president expels Ryan Garcia, says "he is a good person who has severe problems ... and needs help badly' Ryan Garcia was expelled Thursday from the World Boxing Council by its president, Mauricio Sulaiman, who said in a interview with KevinIole.… Fri, 05 Jul 2024
