Former world champion Sergey Lipinets didn’t fight like a late replacement. Lipinets dropped and punished former world champion Omar “Panterita” Figueroa Jr. for eight rounds, causing Figueroa’s father Omar Sr. to stop the fight before the start of the ninth round in a scheduled 12-round WBC Super Lightweight title eliminator headlining live on SHOWTIME Saturday,…
It took some time for Emanuel Navarrete to warm up. But when he did, that was all he wrote. Navarrete defended his WBO featherweight world title with a sixth-round stoppage over Eduardo Baez on Saturday evening at Pechanga Arena.
Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he waited to discover if he had honored his war-torn country by retaining his world heavyweight titles. When he heard the winning words “and still,” an emotional Usyk raised his left arm and pulled the flag over his…
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, feels confident that his boxer will present “huge problems” for WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
America’s dream maker and Australia’s emperor are primed for a second Down Under showdown to establish ultimate supremacy at 135 pounds. Undisputed lightweight world champion Devin “The Dream” Haney will defend all the belts against Sydney native “Ferocious” George Kambosos Jr. on Saturday, Oct. 15 (Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16 local time), at Rod Laver…
Unbeaten super welterweight Sebastian “The Towering Inferno’’ Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs) will defend his Interim WBC Super Welterweight Title against former title challenger Carlos Ocampo (34-1, 22 KOs) live on SHOWTIME® on Saturday, October 8, headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Isaac Dogboe remains uncertain over his immediate future despite winning a WBC title eliminator with his win over Joet Gonzalez last month.
Africa Boxing Championships lightweight champion Nick Okoth has rescinded his decision to retire from international boxing.
Unified Heavyweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk and former two-time champ Anthony Joshua both exuded confidence at Friday’s weigh-in ahead of their rematch on Saturday. Ukraine’s Usyk and UK’s Joshua meet again for the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight belts Usyk snatched from Joshua via unanimous decision last September in England. This time, the battle…
Former world champions Omar Figueroa Jr. and Sergey Lipinets both made weight on Friday ahead of their Saturday night WBC Super Lightweight title eliminator.