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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White is planning to launch a boxing promotion within the next 12 to 24 months. The 53-year-old has been linked with a move into boxing for years and revealed …
Boxer Gennadiy Golovkin formally resigned his world champion position and will not face the mandatory fight ordered by the WBA championships committee, the organization announced. The development comes just two days ahead of a …
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov's next fight will take place in Moscow on February 21. His opponent will be Denis Savitsky.
Azerbaijani boxer Nijat Huseynov won the title of European champion, according to the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation. He won this title at the continental championship among boxers under 22 in the Croatian city of Poreč. The …
In the Croatian city of Poreč, the semi-final fights of the European Under-22 Boxing Championship took place. A member of the Azerbaijani national team Nijat Huseynov (51 kg), who reached this stage, left the ring with another victory. …
Iranian professional boxer Mohammad Javad Wafaei-Sani has been sentenced to death by hanging. This is stated in a message posted on the page of the Iranian human rights organization Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on Twitter. …
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson confirmed to British tabloid The Sun that he’s returning to boxing in a February 2022 bout. Tyson is expected to fight …
Russian boxer Gleb Bakshi was defeated by Brazil’s Hebert Sousa in the men’s middleweight (69-75 kg) semifinal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 23-year-old Brazilian won 4-1 and will now face Ukrainian Alexander Khyzhniak in …
22-year-old Azerbaijani boxer Magomed Abdullayev, performing in the weight category over 91 kg, defeated his opponent from Bahrain Danis Latipov in the 1/16 finals. The fight ended with a score of 3-1 in favour of Abdullayev. In the 1/8 …
Former world heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin says he is retiring from boxing because he needs time to fully recover from coronavirus. "I'm no longer young. I have decided to end my career," said the Russian, …
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s exhibition bout against YouTuber Logan Paul has a new date. They will face off on June 5, with the venue still to be determined, according to The Athletic's Mike Coppinger. The bout …
Russia’s WBC (the World Boxing Council) Interim Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin was unable to defend his belt in Saturday’s rematch against Britain’s Dillian Whyte, TASS reports. Povetkin was defeated by a …
Oscar De La Hoya is becoming the latest legendary boxer to come out of retirement, and he has high hopes for a potential opponent, Yahoo Sports reports. The 48-year-old boxer announced Friday that he is officially returning to the ring …
Boxing legend Mike Tyson says he will be getting back in the ring this spring, but his opponent has not been revealed. Tyson confirmed on his "Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson" podcast that he has a fight lined up for …
Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. has declared his interest in fighting one of either Russian MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko or ex-UFC champion Anderson Silva in an exhibition match, and says he doubts he’ll rematch Mike Tyson. Former …
Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has wasted now time spoiling his new-born grandson rotten - after buying the five-week-old a diamond-encrusted ROLEX. His daughter Yaya, 20, shared a picture of her son with rapper NBA …
Manager of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ali Abdelaziz, has claimed that his man was offered $100million for a boxing match with former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Khabib previously mentioned the …
The exhibition bout between boxing icons Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr was scored as a draw as the two fighters met in an entertaining if predictable clash in Los Angeles, RT reports. With a combined age of 105, Tyson and Jones Jr were …
Two boxing legends will return to the ring this year and square off in an exhibition fight. Mike Tyson, 54, will face Roy Jones Jr., 51, on September 12, CBS Sports reports. The heavyweights will fight with oversized gloves with the intent to not …
The interlocutor of Vestnik Kavkaza boxer Arthur Beterbiev is Honored Master of Sports of Russia, World Champion, two-time European Champion, World Cup winner, Olympic medalist. The current WBC world champion, IBF, won 15 fights by …
