Newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Welterweight Champion, rising Irish star Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (12-0, 9 KOs), returns to action this Saturday night (Jan. 27) at Ulster Hall in Belfast to make his first title defense against Williams Andres Herrera (15-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round fight streaming live on DAZN. Donovan, who celebrated his 25th birthday ...
Conor Benn is confident that his commercial appeal is bigger than ever. The embattled welterweight from England is poised to return to the ring on Feb. 3 against New York’s Peter Dobson at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. It will be the second fight for Benn ever since it was revealed last year that he tested positive for the banned ...
Welterweight rivals Florian Marku (13-0-1, 8 KO’s) and Chris Kongo (14-2, 7 KO’s) have agreed to fight each other next. A date and venue will be confirmed in due course. A fight between the two has been building for some time and the feud came to a head last summer at the launch press conference for the delayed fight ...
Tyson Fury turned in an abysmal performance by all accounts in October when he sneaked by with a split-decision win against Francis Ngannou. Much like many of the boxing brethren had done before him, Fury was expected to dominate and blast the MMA fighter in an entertaining showcase. But the former UFC champion put up an admirable fight, even knocking ...
Becoming an undisputed champion meant the world to Vasiliy Lomachenko. Against Devin Haney in 2023, he thought he had officially gotten it done. But, despite believing he should’ve been given the decision, Lomachenko has learned to accept the outcome. Could that have been his final chance to hold all four titles? That’s a question the 35-year-old will have to answer. ...
Tenshin Nasukawa picked up his first stoppage as a pro boxer. It came in anticlimactic fashion, as a right ankle injury left Luis Robles unable to continue after three rounds. Nasukawa looked sharp in his third pro fight but was informed that the fight was stopped between rounds in their ESPN+ co-feature Tuesday at EDION Arena in Osaka. Headlining the ...
It’s become the currency of pound-for-pound status. Oh sure, it’s good to be a great fighter. But unless you’ve supplemented the status by capturing title belts across multiple weight classes, you’re doomed to a seat at the P4P kids' table. In fact, no fewer than seven of the 10 fighters on The Ring’s most recent best-of-the-best list have been champions ...
A stateside tour—or at least a visit—could be in Kenshiro Teraji’s future. The two-time and reigning lineal, WBC and WBA junior flyweight champion has thus far spent his entire ten-year pro career at home in Japan. That tradition continues on Tuesday, when he defends his crown versus WBA mandatory challenger and former secondary titlist Carlos Canizales (26-1-1, 19KOs) at EDION ...
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz will run it back. BoxingScene.com has learned that a unified flyweight championship rematch is in play between Houston’s Esparza and Argentina’s Alaniz. The bout is targeted to take place on a DAZN show this March in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions—Esparza’s career-long promoter—has shows planned for March 16 (William Zepeda-Maxi Hughes IBF lightweight title eliminator) ...
DiBella Entertainment fighter “Marvelous” Mykquan Williams sought to put on a breakout performance when he stepped into the ring last week in Plant City, FL, versus Luis Feliciano and he delivered, stopping his previously undefeated adversary in the sixth round. (photo by Emily Harney) Trained by longtime coach Paul Cichon out of Manchester Ring of Champions Society boxing gym near ...