Matchroom return to Mexico on Friday October 23 at TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City with a World title triple-header led by champions Juan Francisco Estrada, Román ‘Chocolatito’ González and...
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Alen Babic is promising to deliver another savage knockout when he meets Ireland's Niall Kennedy over eight rounds on the Joshua Buatsi vs. Marko Calic undercard on Sunday October 4, shown...
Josh Taylor 139.25 lbs vs. Apinun Khongsong 139.5 lbs (Taylor's IBF/WBA Jr. Welterweight World Titles — 12 Rounds) • Charlie Edwards 117.5 lbs vs. Kyle Williams 117.25 lbs (Bantamweight — 10 Rounds) • ...
Aqib Fiaz is determined to put his Matchroom Fight Camp disappointment behind him by beating Birmingham's Kane Baker when they finally meet on the Joshua Buatsi vs. Marko Calic undercard on...
Marko Calic says he will prove himself on the big stage when he takes on rising Light-Heavyweight star Joshua Buatsi for the WBA International Title on Sunday October 4, live on Sky...
LAS VEGAS (September 23, 2020) —The most anticipated fight of the fall — the Oct. 17lightweight unification showdown between WBC Franchise/WBA/WBO world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko and IBF kingpin Teofimo...
Ukrainian pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk will finally face British favourite Derek Chisora on Saturday October 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US, after their original May 23 date was postponed...
LAS VEGAS (September 22, 2020) — Gabriel Flores Jr. returns for his MGM Grand Las Vegas “Bubble” encore Saturday, Oct. 3 against veteran contender Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczweski in the...
Ramla Ali has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and will make her highly-anticipated professional debut in October subject to licensing. Signed to Unified Heavyweight World...
Heavyweights: Tyson Fury is the current 70’s Ali & 80’s Tyson. There’s only one name in the heavyweight division, it took us a long time to realize this, no disrespect...
Los Angeles, CA (September 21, 2020) Undefeated Knockout Artist Serhii ‘El Flaco’ Bohachuk, (17-0, 17 KOs), returns to battle this Friday, September 25 defending his WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Title...
Irish Heavyweight Niall Kennedy has landed a golden opportunity to jumpstart his career after securing an eight round fight with Alen Babic on the Joshua Buatsi vs. Marko Calic undercard on...
LAS VEGAS (September 19, 2020) — Jose Pedraza's second appearance in the MGM Grand "Bubble" resulted in yet another victory, as the Puerto Rican former two-weight world champion bested fellow 2008 Olympian Javier Molina...
• José Pedraza 141.5 lbs vs. Javier Molina 141.7 lbs (Junior Welterweight — 10 Rounds) • Efe Ajagba 242.3 lbs vs. Jonnie Rice 265.4 lbs (Heavyweight — 10 Rounds) • Robeisy Ramírez 125.9 lbs vs. Félix Caraballo 125.7 lbs (Featherweight —...
(September 18, 2020) — Haven "The Hitman" Brady Jr., an 18-year-old featherweight phenom from Albany, Ga., has signed a multi-year professional pact with Top Rank. Brady will turn pro in a...
Zhang Zhilei has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom. Matchroom’s deal with Zhang sees Eddie Hearn’s promotional outfit appointed as the sole promoter of the Chinese star. The unbeaten China...
LAS VEGAS (September 17, 2020) — Junior welterweight contenders Jose Pedraza and Javier Molina have shared history. Both were 2008 Olympians in Beijing, with Molina representing the United States and Pedraza...
(September 17, 2020) — Former flyweight world champion Charlie Edwards will test out the bantamweight waters in a 10-rounder against Kyle Williams on Saturday, Sept. 26 as the co-feature to WBA/IBF...
Matchroom Boxing have signed women's IBF Super-Featherweight World Champion Maiva Hamadouche on a multi-fight co-promotional deal with OPI Since 82. Hamadouche (21-1, 17 KOs) has only lost once in 22 fights, dropping a points...
Lewis Ritson will defend his WBA Inter-Continental Super-Lightweight Title against Mexico’s former long-reigning World Champion Miguel Vazquez on Saturday October 17, live on Sky Sports and DAZN. Ritson (20-1, 12 KOs) was originally slated to face...
Rising Light-Heavyweight star Joshua Buatsi will make his long-awaited return to the ring on Sunday October 4 as he defends his WBA International Title against undefeated Croat Marko Calic, live on Sky Sports and DAZN. Rio 2016...
Dillian Whyte has an immediate opportunity to exact revenge over Alexander Povetkin on Saturday November 21 as the Heavyweight rivals collide in a blockbuster rematch, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. Whyte...
Following the completion of Fight Camp, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing are pleased to confirm details of their upcoming Autumn schedule that includes the highly-anticipated rematch between Dillian Whyte and...
LAS VEGAS (September 14, 2020) — Heavyweight knockout artist Efe Ajagba will make his Top Rank on ESPN debut Saturday, Sept. 19 against veteran Jonnie Rice in a 10-rounder as the co-feature...
BRÆKHUS ACTIVATES MCCASKILL REMATCH CLAUSE Chicago star will defend undisputed Welterweight title in early 2021 Jessica McCaskill will defend her undisputed World Welterweight title against Cecilia Brækhus in early 2021...
LAS VEGAS (September 12, 2020) — Egidijus "Mean Machine" Kavaliauskas is a top welterweight contender once again. In his first fight since losing to pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford last December, Kavaliauskas knocked out Canadian...
Eddie Hearn says Gary Russell Jr andYuriorkis Gamboa are both targets for the return of WBC World Lightweight champion Devin Haney in November, live on DAZN. Haney (24-0 15 KOs)...
• Egidijus "Mean Machine" Kavaliauskas 146.5 lbs vs. Mikael Zewski 147 lbs (Zewski's NABO and vacant WBC Continental Americas Welterweight Titles — 10 Rounds) • Miguel Marriaga 125.9 lbs vs. Joet Gonzalez 125.8 lbs (Vacant WBO Intercontinental Featherweight Title —...
Johnny Fisher has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and will plan to make his highly-anticipated professional debut by the end of the year. Trained by...
LAS VEGAS (September 8, 2020) — Four belts, one champion. A universally recognized lightweight king will be crowned Saturday, Oct. 17, live on ESPN from MGM Grand Hotel & Casino...
LAS VEGAS (September 5, 2020) — Jamel "Semper Fi" Herring made up for the COVID-related postponements, defending his WBO junior lightweight world title via eighth-round disqualification over Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo at the...
• Jamel Herring 129.5 lbs vs. Jonathan Oquendo 129.6 lbs (Herring's WBO Jr. Lightweight World Title — 12 Rounds) • Steven Nelson 167.6 lbs vs. DeAndre Ware 168 lbs (Nelson's NABO Super Middleweight Title — 10 Rounds) • Jesse Rodriguez 109.2 lbs vs. Janiel...
LAS VEGAS (September 2, 2020) — Former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza continues his quest for another world title against 2008 U.S. Olympian Javier “El Intocable” Molina in a 10-round junior...
By Joseph Santoliquito Alfredo Angulo wears the scars. They hang on his sagging eyebrows and the tiny lines that dot his face from the stitches he’s taken through the years....
By Joe Santoliquito Erislandy Lara was so serene there was hardly a drop of sweat on his back. The WBA super welterweight “regular” champion was smooth, calculating and appeared to...
LAS VEGAS (August 29, 2020) — WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez solved the riddle of Viktor "The Iceman" Postol. In his first bout as a unified world champion, Ramirez came...
• Jose Ramirez 139.8 lbs vs. Viktor Postol 139.7 lbs (Ramirez's WBC/WBO Junior Welterweight World Titles — 12 Rounds) Judges/Referee: Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld/Russell Mora • Arnold Barboza Jr. 139.2 lbs vs. Tony Luis 139.4 lbs ...
LAS VEGAS (August 27, 2020) —Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound heavyweight destroyer from Toledo, Ohio, returns for his third “Bubble” appearance Saturday, Sept. 5 at the...
LAS VEGAS (August 26, 2020) — The Mean Machine is ready to rise again. Welterweight contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, a two-time Lithuanian Olympian coming off a valiant effort last...
(August 24, 2020) — WBA/IBF junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor will make his return to the ring from BT Sport Studio in London against IBF No 1 contender Apinun Khongsong...
Sunday August 23, 2020 (Las Vegas, NV) JOE "THE BEAST" SMITH JR.'s (now 26-3 21KO's) WBO Light Heavyweight World Title Eliminator against ELEIDER "STORM" ALVAREZ (now 25-2 13KO's) on ESPN+, ended in...
LAS VEGAS (August 22, 2020) — Joe "The Beast" Smith Jr. once again lived up to his moniker. The Long Island native, nearly four years since he knocked Bernard Hopkins through the...
By Kenneth Bouhairie Two-time welterweight world champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter improves to 31-3-1 (17 KOs) following his dominating unanimous decision victory over Germany's Sebastian Formella. It was complete and utter...
Katie Taylor retained her Undisputed Lightweight World Title with a unanimous decision win over Delfine Persoon as their highly anticipated rematch produced another brutal battle. The Irish star (16-0, 6...
Dillian Whyte was knocked out cold by Alexander Povetkin, as the Russian viciously halted his World Title ambitions in the finale of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex. Whyte had...
Jack Cullen has moved up to Super-Middleweight to chase his dreams of winning British, European and World Titles – but must beat Zak Chelli at Matchroom Fight Camp this evening to...
By Paul Magno This Saturday, August 22, FOX PBC Fight Night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) shines the spotlight back on the red-hot welterweight division. Live from a crowdless Microsoft...
Heavyweight Shawndell Winters has told Alen Babic in no uncertain terms that he’s bitten off more than he can chew for just his fourth pro fight this evening, shown live...
• Eleider Alvarez 174.6 lbs vs. Joe Smith Jr. 174.9 lbs (WBO Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator — 12 Rounds) • Rob Brant 161.1 lbs vs. Vitaliy Kopylenko 159.5 lbs (Middleweight — 10 Rounds) • Julian Rodriguez 141.5 lbs vs. Anthony Laureano 145.9 lbs (Junior Welterweight —...
MCCASKILL: I WANT TAYLOR TO WIN Undisputed Welterweight champion gunning for rematch with Irish star Jessica McCaskill will be glued to DAZN tomorrow afternoon – hoping Katie Taylordefeats Delfine Persoon...
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