New survey reveals the fighters who bring the biggest show, before and after the first bell. A new survey of 2,500 UK boxing fans has named Tyson Fury the most entertaining boxer of all time, thanks to his unforgettabl  

Undefeated super middleweight contender Darius Fulghum preparing to ‘Make a big splash’ vs. Bek Melikuziev
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 09 May 2025

May 30th in Las Vegas LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2025) – Undefeated Darius “DFG” Fulgham (14-0, 12 KOs) is positioning himself for his first world title shot as he prepares to face Bektemir “Bully” Melikuziev (1  Read Full Story >>>

OKC Routs Denver; 149-106, Ties Series; Semis Series in East Remain Topsy-turvy as Boston Goes Down 0-2 With 91-90 Loss to NY
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 08 May 2025

The Oklahoma City Thunder restored a semblance of order in the Western Conference Semifinal series, tying the score with the Denver Nuggets following a decisive 149-106 rout today. Meanwhile, the Eastern Conf  Read Full Story >>>

U.S. officials tapped for Suarez title shot
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Thu, 08 May 2025
The roster of referee and three judges working Charly Suarez’s world title shot this Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in San Diego, California, has been released by Top Rank. Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told DAILY TRIBUNE that the third man on the ring when Suarez challenges defending World Boxin  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao eyes astonishing comeback: 'He still has two or three fights in him'
By Andy Lewis, The National, Thu, 08 May 2025
Manny Pacquiao is closing in on a return to boxing and hopes to fight two or three more times before hanging up his gloves once and for all. The Filipino legend, who will be inducted into the hall of fame next month as boxing’s only eight-division champion, has an agreement to challenge Mario B  Read Full Story >>>

SHAW SENDS A MESSAGE IN HUNT FOR UK OPEN GLORY | 2025 UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 08 May 2025
Home hero Jayson Shaw lit up Day Two of the 2025 UK Open Pool Championship, storming into Winners’ Qualification with a pair of dominant wins as he sets his sights on a maiden UK Open title in front of the passionate Telford crowd. Returning to the Telford International Centre for its fourth ed  Read Full Story >>>

WBO presents the Amanda Serrano Championships
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 08 May 2025

A historic All Female Amateur Boxing Card dedicated to highlighting local talent. San Juan, Puerto Rico – The World Boxing Organization (WBO) and its president Gustavo Olivieri, announced the Amanda Serrano Ch  Read Full Story >>>

GM Antonio faces tough competition in ASEAN Seniors Chess Championships in Penang, Malaysia
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 08 May 2025
Manila---13-Time Philippine Open Champion Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. is scheduled to compete in the ASEAN Seniors Chess Championships to be held from July 1 to 11, 2025, in Penang, Malaysia. "I would like to thank Penang Chess Association President Atty. See Swee Sie, who is also the   Read Full Story >>>

Boxing: Entertainment Sport or Sport Entertainment?
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 07 May 2025

Call it "entertainment sport" or "sport entertainment," boxing has always been that way, and fans, especially Americans, have liked it that way for as long as I can remember. Fighters produced by the USA or foreigners wh  Read Full Story >>>

JIM LAMPLEY'S BOOK TOUR IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK!
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 07 May 2025

Lampley Brings His Bestselling Memoir IT HAPPENED! A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports Television to Warwick's in San Diego on Wednesday and Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood on Saturday   Read Full Story >>>

Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Canelo Alvarez continues backward slide; Naoya Inoue maintains with wild win
By Brian Campbell, CBS Sports, Wed, 07 May 2025
At 34, Canelo Alvarez remains one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in boxing after reacquiring undisputed champion status last weekend at 168 pounds. But to say the Mexican superstar is trending in the right direction of late, as it pertains to the court of public opinion, would be an entirely d  Read Full Story >>>

CAPITO IGNITES TITLE DEFENCE IN STYLE | 2025 UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 07 May 2025

Robbie Capito launched his UK Open title defence in emphatic fashion, powering through two opening day victories to continue his run in Winners' Qualification round at the 2025 UK Open Pool Championship. Returning to t  Read Full Story >>>

Sol Levinson: The Man Whose Gloves Elevated Boxing
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

Behind every devastating punch is an organic hero— the gloves. Solomon “Sol” Levinson understood this better than anyone. He set out to change the fight game by crafting the best fighter’s gloves possible. In bo  Read Full Story >>>

Undefeated Cuban Heavyweight Prospect Dainier Pero Finishes Intense Las Vegas Training Camp Ahead of May 9 MVP Main Event on DAZN
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

LAS VEGAS, NV (May 6, 2025) — Boxlab Proomotions' rising heavyweight force and 25-year-old Cuban Olympian Dainier “The Fear” Pero (10-0, 8 KOs) has completed a focused and high-level training camp in Las V  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 5 May 2025: Inoue-Cardenas Saves Historic Boxing Weekend; Canelo-Scull Sets New Record for Fewest Punches Thrown
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

Highlights (in date order): MAY 1 -Kevin Lerena retains the WBC Bridgerweight title with a stoppage of Serhiy Radchenko MAY 2 -Teo Lopez outpoints Arnold Barboza in WBO super lightweight title defence -Devin H  Read Full Story >>>

Amir Khan hopes ‘sad’ Manny Pacquiao return isn’t for money
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 06 May 2025
Amir Khan gave his view to WBN on the imminent comeback of former target and training partner Manny Pacquiao. The former two-weight world champion spoke to Worldboxingnews.com before he flew to Saudi Arabia for the Canelo vs. Scull event. Khan answered questions on many topics, from the challe  Read Full Story >>>

Sampson Lewkowicz Congratulates Cardenas, Romero and Espinoza and Vows to Make Next Year's Cinco de Mayo Unforgettable, Highlighted by David Benavidez Facing the Winner of Bivol vs. Beterbiev
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

Cardenas drops Inoue. May 5, 2025 – Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz sends his congratulations to Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas, Rolando “Rolly” Romero and Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza for their success and bra  Read Full Story >>>

Saving the Best for Last: GSW Upstages Raw Rockets
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

The veteran Golden State Warriors saved their best performance for last, decisively defeating the upstart Houston Rockets in front of their home crowd and eliminating them with a businesslike  Read Full Story >>>

Antonio, Bagamasbad face tough competition in Woman FIDE Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao Open Rapid Chess Tournament on May 18
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025
Manila -- 13-Time Philippine Open Champion Grandmaster Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. and two-time Asian Senior Champion International Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad expect rough sailing in the Woman FIDE Master Sheerie Joy Lomibao Open Rapid Chess Tournament to be held on May 18, 2025, Sunday, at the Pav  Read Full Story >>>

Andres “Savage” Cortes Finishes Strong Training Camp Ahead of Crucial May 10 Clash Against Salvador Jimenez at Pechanga Arena San Diego
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

LAS VEGAS, NV (May 5, 2025) — Top Rank’s undefeated junior lightweight contender Andres “Savage” Cortes (20-0, 12 KOs) has wrapped up an intensive and powerful training camp in Las Vegas ahead of his upcoming 10-r  Read Full Story >>>

SALITA PROMOTIONS and ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT PRESENT HALL OF FAME FIGHT NIGHT
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 * LIVE ON DAZN AT TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO IBF USBA Heavyweight Titlist Brandon Moore To Face Undefeated & Dangerous Stanley Wright in Main Event Clash of American Heavyweights Unified World Champi  Read Full Story >>>

Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas prove that boxing doesn’t need gimmicks, just well matched fights
By Lewis Watson, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 06 May 2025
It was as if Sunday night’s undisputed super bantamweight title fight reset boxing’s dial. Following a weekend of gimmicks — spearheaded by a VIP-attended card in Times Square, New York, and a sparsely-attended breakfast fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas put o  Read Full Story >>>

IBA embraces Bare Knuckle Boxing
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2025
Dubai, UAE – The International Boxing Association (IBA) is to become a global Bare Knuckle Boxing governing body, embracing the roots of the sport and shaping the future of the combat disciplines. The decision to embrace a new discipline was made at the IBA Board of Directors meeting taking pl  Read Full Story >>>

Mario Barrios’ coach in the dark over Manny Pacquiao fight
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 06 May 2025
Mario Barrios’ trainer Bob Santos has told Worldboxingnews.com he’s in the dark over a Manny Pacquiao championship defense. Reports are rife that Barrios will defend the WBC welterweight title against the Filipino superstar on July 19 at the T-Mobile Arena. Several stories suggest Barrios   Read Full Story >>>

Monster Dynamite: Inoue Crushes Cardenas in Eight
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 May 2025

Espinoza Retains Featherweight Crown in Co-Feature LAS VEGAS (May 4, 2025) — The Monster returned to American soil for the first time in almost four years, and he did not disappoint. Naoya Inoue defended his und  Read Full Story >>>

"THE MONSTER" SURVIVES EARLY SCARE, DESTROYS CARDENAS IN THRILLING WAR TO RETAIN UNDISPUTED CROWN
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 May 2025

In a historic boxing weekend marred by big disappointments from the Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia and Canelo Alvarez fights, Naoya "The Monster" Inoue reminded the world why he reigns as the undisputed king of the lower weig  Read Full Story >>>

Naoya Inoue confirms next fight in September and another bout he has verbally agreed to for 2026
By Mark Lelinwalla, DAZN News, Mon, 05 May 2025
It took Naoya Inoue getting off the canvas following a shocking second-round knockdown before rebounding to overwhelm Ramon Cardenas with too much firepower in an eighth-round TKO on Sunday night in Las Vegas. After ending a busy boxing weekend with an exclamation point, the defending undisputed   Read Full Story >>>

Naoya Inoue survives knockdown to win action thriller over Ramon Cardenas: Full highlights and results
By John Hansen, Bad Left Hook, Mon, 05 May 2025
Naoya Inoue got up from just the 2nd knockdown of his pro career to win an all-action thriller in an ESPN main event from Las Vegas, Nevada. Ramon Cardenas showed a sturdy chin, a tenacious heart, and exceptional timing to give fans by far the best show of a stuffed boxing weekend. But, Inoue was ju  Read Full Story >>>

Dana White to Promote Canelo vs. Crawford: UFC Boss Set to Elevate Superfight to Historic Levels
By T. Chin-Te, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 May 2025

Dana White. The biggest boxing match of 2025 just got bigger. UFC President Dana White, a mastermind behind some of the most successful combat sports promotions in history, has officially joined the promotion team fo  Read Full Story >>>

Bata Reyes impressed with upcoming young players during exhibition in Libis
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 May 2025
Manila -- Efren “Bata” Reyes, the legendary billiards player hailed as the best in the world, was impressed by the talents of Mandaluyong pool players, having lost two matches and won six games in his one-day 10-ball exhibition, a highlight of the Sangguniang Kabataan Hagdan Bato Libis billiards  Read Full Story >>>

Oscar De La Hoya made a golden point: Turki Alalshikh and boxing fans were robbed
By Kevin Iole, KevinIole.com, Mon, 05 May 2025
Turki Alalshikh is not a fool, but too many people involved in boxing treat him like he is. The Saudi businessman has become the most powerful figure in the sport given his deep personal wealth and his access to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The PIF is one of the largest sovereign weal  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Wins the 'Xicoténcatl' Belt and is Undisputed Super Middleweight Champion Once Again
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 04 May 2025

The undisputed super middleweight championship is once again held by Mexican superstar Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs), who regained his IBF title against previously undefeated William “El Indomable  Read Full Story >>>