Mark Chamberlain stopped Pierce O’Leary in a dramatic tenth-round thriller to win the IBO World Super Lightweight title, while Royston Barney-Smith, Gary Cully and Steven Cairns all impressed on the Dublin card.
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, has ordered a purse bid for the vacant lightweight world title bout between Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi. The bidding is scheduled for Tuesday, August 11, in Cypress, Texas, United States. The purse bid will begin at 11:00 a.m. local time and will be conducted by…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee wishes to clarify an inadvertent error in the publication of the July heavyweight rankings, which incorrectly listed Jarrell Miller as the division’s official mandatory challenger. The heavyweight division has one official mandatory challenger: Moses Itauma, who currently holds the No. 1 spot in the rankings and has been…
Errol Spence Jr. and Tim Tszyu weigh-in ahead of their anticipated clash Saturday night in Australia, live on PBC Pay-Per-View. Former unified world champion and pound-for-pound great Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and Australian superstar and former world champion Tim Tszyu went face to face for the final time after hitting the scale at the…
Pierce O’Leary and Mark Chamberlain headline a stacked Dublin card on DAZN, with Royston Barney-Smith vs Reece Bellotti, Gary Cully vs Lee Reeves and several unbeaten Irish prospects also in action.
Matchroom Boxing is delighted to announce today Domino’s Ireland as an Official Event Partner for the historic Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship Fight Night at Dublin’s iconic Croke Park on Saturday, September 5, when the Greatest of All-Time, Katie Taylor battles Flora Pili – live worldwide on DAZN. It will be the last time that the…
Tszyu takes a major step toward a world title shot at 160 with a decisive victory over a modern legend in Spence Saturday night on PBC PPV. Australian superstar and former world champion Tim Tszyu took home a unanimous decision victory over former unified world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. in their middleweight bout that…
Mauricio Lara continues his road to becoming a two-weight World champion when he takes on Carlos Ornelas in an all-Mexico main event at Complejo Deportivo Artes Marciales in Guadalajara on Saturday August 29, live worldwide on DAZN. Lara (30-3-2 23 KOs) is ready to step on the gas in his bid to claim a Super-Featherweight…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues to strengthen the sport across the globe, and this week WBA Oceania hosted a Referee and Judge Training Seminar in Fiji as part of its ongoing commitment to the development of boxing throughout the region. The seminar took place at the Fiji Sports Council in Suva, where approximately 30…
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared René Santiago Champion in Recess and approved a bout between Daiya Kira and Carlos Cañizales for the WBA World Light Flyweight (108 lbs.) Championship. Santiago was scheduled to defend his crown against Kira, the division’s mandatory challenger. However, his team informed the Committee that…
Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions have today entered a landmark, long-term strategic alliance focused on accelerating the growth of women’s boxing. The partnership brings together MVP’s industry-leading platform for women’s boxing and Matchroom Boxing’s global promotional expertise and world-class roster to create significant new opportunities for female fighters both inside…
Argentine standout Joel Mafauad overcame an early scare to successfully defend his WBA Cono Sur Welterweight title, stopping Venezuela’s Elías Hidalgo via 10th-round technical knockout in the main event at Club Prado Español in Villa Nueva, Córdoba. The Mendoza native was forced to battle back after being dropped in the opening round, but gradually took…