Boxing News

Promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that negotiations are underway for mandatory challenger Lee Selby to take on IBF Featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich this spring.

The Welsh star dispatched Australian Joel Brunker inside nine rounds to land the shot at the Californian-based Russian, who has defended the title four times since wrestling it from Billy Dib in November 2013. More...

John Wayne Hibbert says he’ll show he is the biggest hitting Light Welterweight in Britain and maintain his KO run when he defends his WBC International title against Tyler Goodjohn at The O2 on January 31, live on Sky Sports.

Hibbert landed the title at the Greenwich venue with a fifth round stoppage of Leonardo Gonzalez in November. Goodjohn claimed a big win on the same bill as Hibbert as he edged out Ricky Boylan for the English title, a return to winning ways for the Cambridgeshire man after a loss for the same belt against Tyrone Nurse. More...

On Friday night, January 16, a mouthwatering title fight has been added as the second co-main event of a championship night of boxing at the Turning Stone Resort Casino and live on ESPN's Friday Night Fights.

Petr Petrov will defend his NABA and NABO Lightweight titles against the popular Hank Lundy in a 10-round bout.

The fight is promoted by Banner Promotions and Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES) Boxing. More...

We are staging a group photograph for anyone who has boxed or trained at the Empire Boxing Club over the past 50 years on Saturday 17th January at 11.00am outside the boxing gym.

This will commemorate the closing of the boxing club that has been a presence in St. Paul's for 50 years. More...

WBC heavyweight champion Bermane "B. Ware" Stiverne (24-1, 21 KOs) has trained to hurt, not just knockout, undefeated, mandatory challenger Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs), January 17 in his first defense of the Vitali Klitschko-vacated title he captured last May with his sixth-round technical knocked of Chris Arreola (35-4).

The 12-round Stiverne vs. Wilder championship fight headlines "Return To Glory," co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Don King Productions, airing live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT from MGM Grand in Las Vegas. More...

Maryland's undefeated Junior Middleweight prospect, Alantez Fox (13-0-1, 4KO's), makes his return to the ring on Friday, January 9, 2015 against Patrick Day (9-0-1 5KO's) from Freeport, NY.

The eight-round bout will take place live on Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation, at the Morongo Resort and Casino in Cazabon, California. The bout will be promoted by Dibella Entertainment and New Legend Boxing. More...

The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), sponsored by Ring 8, has announced its' Class of 2015 featuring 20 more inductees.

The fourth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Sunday afternoon at 12:30-5:30 p.m. ET, April 26, at Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. More...

On the verge of nailing down the biggest challenge of his career against quality Japanese operator, Tomoki Kameda, Doncaster’s Jamie McDonnell has the opportunity to put British boxing on the map when he heads to Las Vegas in spring for the likely unification bout.

McDonnell has performed as the underdog on several occasions so the daunting task facing him is something he has rehearsed plenty of times. McDonnell has been plying his trade at world level for a number of years now and he’s as ready as he’ll ever be to face the threat of the bantamweight division’s elite. Last year there was talk of domestic battles with Paul Butler and Scott Quigg but both meetings failed to materialise, McDonnell, managed by Dave Coldwell, will be a wanted man throughout the lower weight categories if he defies the odds against Kameda. More...

Tommy Martin says he’ll prove right the adage ‘if you are good enough, you are old enough’ when he challenges Ricky Boylan for the vacant English Light Welterweight title at The O2 on January 31, live on Sky Sports.

The 20 year old says he has been told on Twitter that he is too young to be facing the 26 year old Boylan for the title, two months before he turns 21. More...

Josh Warrington will face Dennis Tubieron in an official eliminator for the WBC Featherweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 11, live on Sky Sports.

Warrington is aiming to continue his meteoric rise over the last year inside his intimidating fortress and pick up the vacant WBC International crown in the process, but faces a tough task in the shape of ‘The Scorpion’ from the Philippines, who boxed for that title in December with his clash against Carlo Magali ending in a controversial draw. More...

As recently as 2012, Featherweight contender Tevin "The American Idol" Farmer was considered nothing more than a dangerous and useful journeyman. A fighter who would and could compete to a certain level but ultimately would fall a bit short against fighters with a perceived higher class.

Enter a bout that took place on October 12, 2012.

Farmer was summoned in to face hot undefeated prospect Jose Pedraza, who won the fight in the eighth round. After the bout, Farmer's record stood at a pedestrian 7-4-1. More...

Kevin Mitchell believes he will win a World title in style this year as he prepares to face Daniel Estrada in a final eliminator for the WBC Lightweight crown at The O2 in London on January 31, live on Sky Sports.

Mitchell meets the Mexican for the vacant Silver belt in the capital, and has his sights set on new WBC king Jorge Linares, who picked up the vacant World title in December with a KO win over Javier Prieto. More...

TV Channel Fight Network has announced highlights of this week's programming:

Thursday, Jan. 8

4:00 p.m. ET - KOTV Boxing Weekly - Covering all of the latest news in professional boxing, featuring full recent fights and highlights from the Sweet Science. More...

Promoter Dmitriy Salita is proud and pleased to announce another hard-hitter to his Star of David Promotions team.

Ytalo Perea, a heavyweight from Ecuador, who fought in the 2012 Olympics and won the Pan American gold for the second time at age 18, will be battling under the Salita banner, the promoter announced. More...

John Ryder will defend his WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight title against Les Sherrington at The O2 on January 31, live on Sky Sports.

Ryder kicks off a big year with a first defence of the belt against the experienced Australian Sherrington, who brings an imposing 35-7 record to the capital against the popular Islington man. More...