Hiroto Kyoguchi to defend IBF minimumweight title against the Philippines' Vince Paras
IBF minimumweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi will face the Philippines' Vince Paras in his second title defense, his Watanabe gym said Monday. Kyoguchi will take on Paras, ranked 15th in the heavier ...
Boxer Daigo Higa suspended indefinitely for failing to make weight
The Japan Boxing Commission announced Wednesday that Daigo Higa's license has been suspended indefinitely following his failure to make weight for a world title bout earlier this month. Higa was stripped ...
President Donald Trump says he's considering a posthumous pardon for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by an all-white jury ...
Kenichi Ogawa stripped of IBF super featherweight title, suspended for doping
Kenichi Ogawa has been stripped of his IBF super featherweight title and suspended for six months for failing a doping test in December, his Teiken Gym said Thursday. News of the positive test broke in January, more than a month after Ogawa won the ...
Middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin finds replacement for Canelo Alvarez for title fight
Gennady Golovkin finally has an opponent for his May 5 fight. The middleweight champion has found a replacement for Canelo Alvarez, who has been suspended for six months by the Nevada Athletic Commission for failing two drug tests. Golovkin will defend his WBC, WBA and ...
Ryota Murata happy with progress after successful first title defense
Going into the fight, it looked unlikely WBA middleweight champion Ryota Murata would lose his belt to obscure challenger Emanuele Blandamura. But he still breathed a sigh of relief after successfully defending his title for the first time with an eight-round technical knockout victory over ...
Ryota Murata defends WBA middleweight belt with eighth-round TKO win over Emanuele Blandamura
Ryota Murata's style of fighting is so simple: Press his opponent and use his deadly signature right to beat him. It might have taken a little more time than fans expected, but he got the job done anyway. Murata successfully retained his WBA middleweight belt by ...
Daigo Higa was stripped of his WBC flyweight belt Saturday after failing to make weight on the eve of his title defense against Nicaragua's Cristofer Rosales. Higa, who is 15-0, was scheduled to defend his title on Sunday against Rosales (26-3) on the same card ...
Manny Pacquiao parts ways with longtime trainer Freddie Roach
Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach say their 16-year partnership has ended. Pacquiao disclosed his decision Friday in the final sentence of a news release detailing his plans for his upcoming fight against Lucas Matthysse. Roach says he didn't officially learn about the split until Pacquiao's ...
Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. excited about return to Japan
World-renowned boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. has introduced fighters in 35 countries in his long career. And he calls Japan one of "my favorite" nations to work in. The 59-year-old Lennon, the ring announcer when Ryota Murata captured the WBA middleweight ...
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury launching comeback after doping ban
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is returning to the ring after a doping ban. The 29-year-old Briton has signed with promoter Frank Warren and plans to fight on June 9 at the Manchester Arena against an opponent who is yet to be revealed. Fury has ...
Murata, Blandamura set for WBA title rumble
Ryota Murata is not a bluffer, so he does not lie about how he feels. Two days before his first title defense at Yokohama Arena against Emanuele Blandamura, the WBA middleweight champion said at a Tokyo news conference on Friday that he could not comment ...
The Canelo-Triple G rematch, expected to be the fight of the year, is off. Canelo Alvarez has withdrawn from next month's middleweight title bout with Gennady Golovkin, two months after Alvarez twice tested for a banned substance. "I have always been a clean fighter and I ...
Anthony Joshua beats Joseph Parker to collect third heavyweight belt
Anthony Joshua is a man in a hurry as he looks to unify the heavyweight division. He needed to get through the longest fight of his career to collect the third of the big four belts, though. The British fighter was taken the distance for the ...
Shinsuke Yamanaka, who successfully defended his WBC bantamweight crown in 12 consecutive fights spoke on Monday about his career and his decision to retire. "There is some sadness, but at the same time I want to indulge in some self praise, having really done well," ...
