Sean Crose

“Only Boxing news,” Teofimo Lopez has posted on social media. “I am fit and ready to fight! I weigh 150 lbs and train steadily every day and every night! My principles are that when you’re at the top of the mountain, you must continue to build and chisel yourself from the Mind, Body, and soul!”

The 10-0 David Niyka walked into the ring in Australia on Wednesday hoping to lift the IBF cruiserweight title from the highly lauded, 26-0 Jai Opetaia. It simply wasn’t meant to be. The taller Niyka started off aggressively in the first, flicking an impressive jab as well as overhand rights and lefts to the body. For his own part, the defending champion remained confident of his skills, measuring his opponent so that when he landed, he landed with effect. Indeed, Opetaia’s left thundered home in the final seconds of the round.

“This is my longest time away from the ring,” Devin Haney said to a crowd of British reporters on Friday. The lightweight titlist was in London discussing his ring future with Turki Al Sheikh. Speaking to the media, Haney made it clear he’s excited to get back in the ring this March. “I want to fight anybody,” he said. “I want to make the biggest fights happen.” Sure enough, Haney has bigger plans than some might expect. “I want to be a spokesperson for clean boxing,” he stated. “I’ want to clean up the sport of boxing.”

“I’m going to make this short and sweet. I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” former world titlist Tyson Fury stated on social media Monday. “It’s been a blast. I have loved every single minute of it and I’m going to end with this…Dick Turpin wore a mask!” This is not the first time Fury has retired, or at least announced his retirement. Still, when a figure in the sport of Fury’s stature – both physically and professionally – ounces his or her retirement, it’s time to pay attention.

There’s been talk of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia having a rematch of their controversial 2024 throwdown. The first – and up till now only – battle between these two ended up being a shocking affair in numerous ways. First off, Garcia’s behavior was surprising leading into the fight to say the least. Then there was the fact that the popular Californian showed up overweight. Then, of course, there was the thrashing Garcia gave the favored Haney in the ring, knocking the man down numerous times en route to a decision win upset for brash young star.

Give Turki Alalshikh this – the man is passionate about boxing and is proactive in making interesting fights happen. The Saudi sports honcho’s latest project – to make a Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wider fight. While it’s true both towering heavyweights are seen as being past their best times in the ring, the fact they never met in battle during the post-Klitschko era has left an air of unfinished business about them. Now that Tyson Fury has retired, Alabama’s Wilder would seem like a natural opponent for London’s Joshua. With that beipng said, Wilder has taken a lot of damage throughout his career. Then again, Joshua has, too.

Those waiting for Errol Spence’s return to the ring are going to have to wait longer, for the former titlist’s long awaited match with current titlist Sebastian Fundora is no longer happening. While big fight after big fight is being made in Saudi Arabia, here in the United States, major potential bouts end up being no-go’s. Still its been stated in social media, and not incorrectly, that Spence has earned his right to take his time before getting in the ring again. His last bout was a horrible thrashing at the gloved hands of Terence Crawford, after all. Still, time waits for no one and Spence is now 34 years old.

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Bitter rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will be fighting in May – just not against each other. On Monday, Saudi sports honcho Turki Alalshikh stated that Haney would be facing Jose Ramirez while the colorful Garcia would face the brash Rolly Romero. “The Ring Magazine,” Alalshikh announced on social media, “is excited to announce its first boxing card in USA this May 2025 in collaboration with the video game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (which the card will be named after) and SNK Games. The card includes three fights: Ryan Garcia vs Rolando Romero Devin Haney vs Jose Carlos Ramirez Martin Bakole vs Efe Ajagba Further details about venue and exact date will be announced later, stay tuned.”