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This day in boxing history produced a champion from the smoke-heavy arena era of the 1910s, and the result of this bout carried consequences that stretched well beyond the final bell. On this day back in 1917 began the longest reign of any lightweight champion in boxing history. Benny Leonard vs. Freddie Welsh: May 28, […]

DAZN and ESPN Fight Cards Loaded with Talent This Weekend Several major fight cards head your way this weekend beginning on Friday night in Long Beach, California and then heading toward El Paso and Houston, Texas. All will be streamed. Super-hot prospect Terry Washington (7-0, 6 KOs) headlines a DMG Promotions card on Friday May […]

Bivol Returns to Defend Light Heavyweight Crown Against Eifert in Russia Unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will defend his titles against Germany’s Michael Eifert on Saturday, May 30, at the UMMC Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The event will stream live worldwide on DAZN, with coverage beginning at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT. […]

Billam-Smith vs Rozicki Headline Zuffa Boxing’s UK Debut Zuffa Boxing travels to Bournemouth, England this weekend. It’s a small coastal town inhabited by 200,000 people about 100 miles southwest of London. It has a sports club known as the Black Knight Football Club that is co-owned by Academy Award-winning actor Michael B. Jordan. Zuffa 07 […]

Billam-Smith Defeats Rozicki as Fight is Stopped After the Seventh Round The brutality. A rugged battle between cruiserweight contenders saw Chris Billam-Smith survive Canada’s murderous punching Ryan Rozicki to win by technical knockout on Saturday. Hometown hero Billam-Smith (22-2, 14 KOs) becomes the cruiserweight championship challenger by stopping Rozicki (21-2-1, 20 KOs) at Bournemouth, England […]

Cayden Griffiths always wanted to be a boxer. While others sought careers as teachers, lawyers, nurses, police officers and mechanics, Griffiths always wanted to fight professionally. Here comes Griffiths (8-0, 7 Kos) moving up the welterweight ranks set to meet Alan Ayala (12-6, 8 Kos) on Saturday June 20, at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, Calif. […]

In pursuit of the elite, Ashton Sylvie used his speed and footwork to out-maneuver former world champion Jojo Diaz and win by unanimous decision after 10 rounds in Long Beach on Friday. It was his third and most important win since losing by knockout. Sylvie (14-1, 10 KOs), a super lightweight, used his superior reflexes […]

Puerto Rico’s little giant Oscar Collazo moved up in weight and knocked out late-replacement Neider Valdez quickly to prove he can handle bigger guys with a knockout win on Saturday. Collazo packs power. “I felt great. They gave me this fight to push me,” said Collazo. “Thank God we got the win.” The WBO minimumweight […]

Forty-seven years ago this week, on June 22, 1979, Larry Holmes retained his World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship with a 12th-round technical knockout of Mike Weaver before 14,136 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Weaver was floored late in the previous round by a vicious right uppercut to the jaw. The determined Weaver, with the […]

Xander fights Jaron on Saturday. Whatever happened to the days when a Bob fought a Tom and what is a Xander and for that matter, what is a Jaron? Puerto Rico’s Xander Zayas (23-0, 13 Kos) defends the WBO and WBA super welterweight titles against Jaron “Boots” Ennis (35-0, 31 Kos) on Saturday June 27, […]