Boxing news
- Robert Garcia says his team pulled out of Canelo v Mbilli undercard over missile alertsGarcia says an attorney already in Saudi Arabia told him they get at least two missile alerts a day, and the travel plan left a Tuesday arrival for a Saturday world title fight.
- Cheavon Clarke backs himself to beat Chris Billam-Smith again on 7 NovemberThe Tokyo Olympian, who twice beat Billam-Smith as an amateur, faces the former WBO cruiserweight titleholder as a professional for the first time after both men won on the same Zuffa Boxing bill in June.
- Eddie Hearn on Denzel Bentley's Zuffa Boxing move: ‘Guys, have a brain’The Matchroom promoter said Bentley could have had big nights defending his world title and is instead fighting Shane Mosley Jr “in front of 1,200 people at the Copper Box”.
- David Haye says Moses Itauma needs Andy Ruiz Jr after Filip Hrgovic lossThe former two-division world champion wants Itauma, who is set to return in the first quarter of 2027, to face the man who stopped Anthony Joshua in 2019.
- On this day in 2019: Conor Benn stops Steve Jamoye at The O2The fourth-round stoppage of the Belgian veteran kept the WBA Continental (Europe) welterweight title with Nigel Benn's son on the Prograis-Taylor undercard.
- O'Shaquie Foster and Vasiliy Lomachenko agree to fight next year after Navarrete winThe pair came face to face at ringside after Foster unified the WBC, WBO and IBF super-featherweight titles. No date or venue has been set.
- Shakur Stevenson released by Zuffa Boxing without a fight, Dana White saysUFC CEO Dana White said he offered the undefeated boxer his release himself, after a rumoured showdown with Devin Haney never came together, and insisted there is no bad blood between the two sides.
- Eddie Hearn calls Dana White's Zuffa Boxing 'a laughingstock of the sport'The Matchroom promoter said the people running Zuffa have "not a clue about boxing" and that White should admit at the end of the year it has been "an absolute monstrosity".
- Daniel Dubois backs Moses Itauma to rebuild and wants to fight him soonerDaniel Dubois says there is no shame in Moses Itauma's ninth-round stoppage by Hrgovic, and wants the fight between them to happen while it is at its most competitive.
- Eddie Hearn says he told Devin Haney a Ryan Garcia fight is the biggest in boxingThe Matchroom promoter said Garcia then walked into the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he and Haney were talking, and could not see Haney behind a pillar.
- On this day in 2014: Eubank Jr stops Omar Siala in two rounds in LiverpoolThe German was halted 1:50 into the second round of a scheduled eight-round contest, a technical knockout win for Chris Eubank Jr.
- O'Shaquie Foster drops Emanuel Navarrete twice in 12th round to unify three titlesThe WBC champion won a unanimous decision in San Antonio on scores of 118-108, 118-108 and 115-111, taking Navarrete's WBO and IBF super-featherweight belts.
- Vasiliy Lomachenko says he is back at 130 and explains why he walked away from Tank DavisLomachenko said he was tired from boxing and that 135lb was not his natural weight when he quit instead of facing Gervonta Davis.
- Albert Gonzalez knocks out Edward Vazquez in round two to retain NABF featherweight titleThe unbeaten Gonzalez dropped former world title challenger Vazquez with body shots in the co-feature of Navarrete vs Foster in San Antonio and moves to 19-0.
- Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez in advanced talks for 6 February fight in New York or Las VegasThe fight would unify Garcia's WBC and Lopez's WBA welterweight titles, though the WBA has ordered Lopez to defend against Jack Catterall.
- Frank Martin stops Tarik Zaina in round seven to win vacant NABO title in San AntonioMartin dropped Zaina with a left hand and finished him on the undercard of Navarrete vs Foster, his first win since a February draw with Nahir Albright.
- Dalton Smith wants to sell out Hillsborough and walk out with the Arctic Monkeys playing liveEddie Hearn said the owners of Sheffield Wednesday want to stage a Dalton Smith fight at the stadium next year, and that it should be a unification fight.
- Eddie Hearn says he likes Floyd Mayweather v Ryan Garcia and thinks Mayweather can winThe Matchroom promoter compared a Mayweather return to a 'welterweight George Foreman coming back' and said Garcia should otherwise be fighting Devin Haney.
- Eddie Hearn says Conor Benn is 'at the bottom of the pile' at Zuffa BoxingThe Matchroom promoter said Benn will either retire, have a big argument with Zuffa or fight Chris Eubank Jr, who he said 'holds all the keys' to a trilogy.
- Eddie Hearn on Zuffa Boxing's decline and 'potentially the extinction within 10 months'The Matchroom promoter said DAZN 'stuck the boot in' by signing Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney, and called Shakur Stevenson fighting only once this year 'criminal'.
- Dalton Smith keeps WBC title with split decision over Alberto Puello in SheffieldTwo judges scored it 115-113 for the unbeaten Sheffield champion and the third had it 116-112 for Puello, before Smith turned his attention to Shakur Stevenson.
- Dana White says he offered Shakur Stevenson his release from Zuffa BoxingThe UFC boss said he had nothing bad to say about Stevenson or his team, and pointed out that Zuffa Boxing never put on a single fight with him.
- Naoya Inoue's agent working with Matchroom to finalise Bam Rodriguez fight in Tokyo in MarchEddie Hearn said earlier this week that Rodriguez's team were willing to go straight into the fight in March and that he was waiting on an offer from Inoue's side.
- Manny Pacquiao next fight: Paddy Donovan says team in talks for CardiffIreland's Paddy Donovan says his manager has held talks with Manny Pacquiao's team about facing the 47-year-old at the Principality Stadium on 11 December, though the 27-year-old admits it is a long shot.
- Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua wants a 'final payday' in Cardiff: 'I'll give it to him'Fury says Joshua turned the fight down four or five times before, and that he will box on after 11 December with two fights left on his contract.
- Moses Itauma trains at Floyd Mayweather's gym after Filip Hrgovic defeatThe heavyweight has been filmed hitting the heavy bag at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, with his promoter indicating he is expected to return to the ring in January 2027.
- On this day in 2015: Eubank Jr stops Jeter in SheffieldThe second-round stoppage at Sheffield Arena kept the WBA interim middleweight title in Chris Eubank Jr's hands.
- O'Shaquie Foster calls Ryan Garcia vs Floyd Mayweather 'kind of sad for Ryan'The WBC super-featherweight champion, who faces Emanuel Navarrete in San Antonio on Saturday, called Mayweather "almost a senior citizen".
- Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly sign Matchroom extensions ahead of three-belt 154lb unificationEnnis's new deal covers his next seven fights, and the unification with IBF champion Kelly is targeted for January or February, likely at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
- J Prince says Bill Haney 'figured out a way to stop' Shakur Stevenson vs Devin HaneyStevenson's manager says both sides agreed 145lb before the Haney camp wanted 147, and denied there was ever a rehydration clause.
