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Getty Images The new year has a growing number of events set for the first few months. Many of the sport’s biggest names already have fights on the 2025 calendar, including several members of the pound-for-pound elite. Naoya Inoue, the undisputed junior featherweight champion and pound-for-pound elite fighter — will be in action on Jan. […]

The epic first fight was marred by Garcia failing a pre-fight drug test and missing weight badly Jan 15, 2025 at 12:24 pm ET • 2 min read Getty Images A rematch between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, one of the most controversial and bizarre events of 2024, is reportedly in the works with Saudi […]

We’re two weeks into 2025 and the boxing world is waiting for the schedule to break from the post-holiday slump. Things begin to get interesting in February with fights such as David Benavidez vs. David Morrell and the rematch for the undisputed light heavyweight championship between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. From there, big fights […]

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Two-time former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing. Fury posted a short message on social media making the announcement on Monday, just weeks after losing his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight championship. “Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet,” Fury said. “I’d like to […]

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Last year blessed boxing fans with long-awaited fights between some of the best fighters in the world. That hasn’t always been the case in a sport as dominated by politics as boxing. January tends to be a slow month in the sport, which gives us an opportunity to look ahead at the gifts we hope […]

Getty Images Highly-regarded prospect and former Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis is set for his first world championship fight. Davis will take on WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk on Feb. 14 in New York at The Theater in Madison Square Garden. Davis (12-0, 8 KO) has looked like a future world champion for much of […]

The sport of boxing was on fire in 2024. Four fighters earned undisputed status, including Artur Beterbiev at light heavyweight and Oleksandr Usyk at heavyweight. Those new champions also meant we got to see some long-awaited showdowns like Usyk vs. Tyson Fury (twice) and Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol (which will see its second matchup in […]

In a year-round, global sport like boxing, there’s a near-guarantee that every year will produce several great fights. That was no different in 2024, with several viable contenders emerging in the Fight of the Year race. Making 2024 even more interesting was the fact that these great fights took place across a variety of weight […]