2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (527+ words) Emiliano Vargas holds the top spot in the WBO ratings at light welterweight. The sanctioning body manufactured a paper kingdom for a 22-year-old prospect, putting him on a collision course with Shakur Stevenson. Anyone taking that ranking seriously buys into…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (829+ words) Moses Itauma demanding an immediate rematch with Filip Hrgovic sounds brave. It is also completely delusional. Wanting revenge is fine for a young heavyweight with hurt pride, but Frank Warren indulging that impulse right now would be promotional malpractice. Revenge…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (283+ words) Anthony Cacace and Nick Ball already had a worthwhile domestic fight. The WBA has now decorated it with the sort of title arrangement that requires several paragraphs and a strong cup of coffee to understand. Cacace has been elevated to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (922+ words) Andy Ruiz Jr. wants another fight with Damian Knyba after losing a unanimous decision Friday night in Newark. The problem is finding somebody with a reason to pay for it. A second opportunity would allow Ruiz Jr. to blame the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (309+ words) Andy Ruiz Jr.’s comeback ended in disaster as Damian Knyba floored him in the seventh round and spent much of the night spearing him with long jabs. Knyba (18-1, 11 KOs) took the decision over Ruiz (35-3-1, 22 KOs) by scores of 117-110 and…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (389+ words) Sergio Mora bought into Moses Itauma before the Filip Hrgovic fight, and the defeat has not persuaded him to sell. His explanation leaves the impression that the talent forecast was sound and that Itauma simply needs to learn when to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (418+ words) Arnold Barboza Jr. and Oscar Duarte are in advanced talks for a welterweight bout that would headline a Golden Boy Promotions card on DAZN in Los Angeles this fall. Barboza’s long-range boxing makes him the favorite, but Duarte’s sustained pressure…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) Former two-division world champion Zolani Tete was shot and killed outside his home in Mdantsane, South Africa, on Friday evening. He was 38. Tete and a 27-year-old female passenger were waiting for his gate to open at approximately 6:30 p.m. when two masked…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (383+ words) Liam Smith will test how much he has left in a depleted middleweight division when he returns against Ilari Kujala on September 4 in Kirkkonummi, Finland. The 10-round contest at Varuboden Areena ends a 16-month absence for the former WBO junior…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (368+ words) After stopping 42-year-old Kaye Scott in the sixth round Saturday night in Atlanta, Shields named Lauren Price as her preferred target. She then mentioned Mikaela Mayer and Thibeault as alternatives before questioning Thibeault’s limited professional record. “She only had that…...