On Saturday, February 21, the Live! Casino & Hotel in Hanover, Maryland, will host a high-IQ chess match at 154 pounds. The tall, rangy southpaw Mykal “The Professor†Fox squares off against battle-tested Philadelphia contender Ray “The New†Robinson for the WBA Continental Americas Gold super welterweight strap. This bout is a pivotal crossroads for…
This Saturday, February 21, the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas sets the stage for a tactical shootout for the WBA super lightweight world championship. American titleholder Gary Antuanne Russell makes the first defense of his crown against undefeated mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka in a clash that promises violent precision wrapped in strategic nuance. Here are…
• DAZN and Matchroom Boxing extend long‑standing partnership for another five years in the U.S. and the U.K., reinforcing DAZN’s position as the global home of boxing. • The renewed deal guarantees a strengthened, year‑round schedule of world‑class boxing of more than 30 shows globally per year, combining premium Matchroom Boxing live events with original…
Callum ‘Mundo’ Smith defends his WBO Interim Light Heavyweight Championship against David Morrell on his home turf in Liverpool as part of a huge North-West double for Matchroom Boxing in the UK this April – with Cruiserweight sensation Pat Browntopping the bill in his hometown of Altrincham, live worldwide on the Global Home of Boxing,…
Power met precision — and power prevailed. Armenia’s Vartan Arutyunyan delivered a statement performance Saturday night at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia, stopping hometown titleholder Georgiy Yunovidov in the sixth round to capture the WBA Interim Bridgerweight World Championship. Yunovidov opened the bout boxing behind technique and range, looking to control distance and…
Under the bright lights of the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia, hometown fighter Elnur Samedov turned pressure into gold. Samedov claimed the WBA Interim super featherweight World Title with an 11th-round TKO over Colombia’s John Lenon Gutierrez in a grueling battle defined by pace, persistence, and punishment. From the opening bell, Samedov set a…
Leigh Wood says he is ready to turn back the clock and get the job done even quicker when he collides with arch-rival Josh Warrington this Saturday – live worldwide on DAZN. Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena is completely sold out for their ‘Last Man Standing’ return – a rematch, some two-and-a-half years in the making, that…
Matchroom Boxing is delighted to announce today the signing of two of the UK’s most exciting young prospects in Welsh twins Ioan and Garan Croft, who have both penned long-term promotional deals on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN. Younger by a minute, Ioan struck gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 before turning pro…
Few rivalries in boxing history have burned as fiercely—or as personally—as the six-fight war between “Sugar†Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta. The sport has always thrived on antagonism. From the moment prizefighting went professional, grudges have fueled rematches, trilogies, and legacies. Joe Jeannette and Sam Langford clashed 15 times in the early 1900s. Jeannette and…
Chile will take center stage in Latin American boxing when it hosts the upcoming WBA Fedelatin Convention from April 23–26, the World Boxing Association officially confirmed. The gathering will bring together leading officials, promoters, judges and continental representatives to map out the strategic direction of professional boxing in Latin America for the remainder of the…
The WBC 154-pound king aims to erase all doubts when he faces the great Keith Thurman Saturday, March 28 in a PBC PPV on Prime Video live from Las Vegas. The wait is finally over. After an injury-induced delay. WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno†Fundora is set to defend his title…
The former unified champion plans to remind the world that he’s still king when he faces WBC Welterweight World Champion Sebastian Fundora Saturday, March 28 in a PBC PPV on Prime Video, live from Las Vegas. The current landscape of the super welterweight division is about to face its ultimate litmus test. On Saturday, March…