Lausanne, Switzerland – The city of Ufa witnessed the weigh-in ceremony ahead of the IBA Pro title fight at 60kg between Russia’s Albert Batyrgaziev and Albert Pagara from the Philippines. The event will b  

TODAY: Murtazaliev vs. Tszyu Final Press Conference Live on PBC YouTube Channel
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Undefeated IBF Super Welterweight World Champion Bakhram Murtazaliev and former 154-pound world champion and Australian superstar Tim Tszyu go face to face at their final press conference ahead of their showdown   Read Full Story >>>

Bivol’s Team File Protest For Rematch With Beterbiev
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Thu, 17 Oct 2024
Dmitry Bivol and his team are making immediate moves to bring about an instant rematch with Artur Beterbiev. Beterbiev won a close fight on points last weekend that some think Bivol won. Now Bivol’s team are doing this: Likely it won’t even need that type of action to get Beterbiev to  Read Full Story >>>

ABAP in full swing
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024

It’s back to the battlefield for ABAP as a five-strong team will represent the country at the U19 World Boxing Championships over 10 weight categories for men and women in the Pueblo Convention Center, Colorado, on Oct. 25-Nov. 2 after which  Read Full Story >>>

Scores 2 Settle: Emanuel Navarrete-Oscar Valdez & Rafael Espinoza-Robeisy Ramirez World Title Rematches Set for December 7 at Phoenix’s Footprint Center LIVE on ESPN
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Navarrete-Valdez II and Espinoza-Ramirez II will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 25 at 12 p.m. PST via Ticketmaster.com PHOENIX, A  Read Full Story >>>

Daniel Gonzalez defeats Michael Anderson in "Brick City Fight Night Series" main event at Prudential Center
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024

NEWARK, N.J. — “Brick City Fight Night Series” returned to Prudential Center in Newark on Saturday, October 12, bringing excitement and thrills to “The Rock.” The event drew a crowd of 3,647 fans, mar  Read Full Story >>>

THE INAUGURAL REYES CUP | TEAM ASIA WHITEWASHES TEAM EUROPE ON SECOND DAY
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Team Asia extended their lead with a dominant whitewash on the second day of the inaugural Reyes Cup, held at the Ninoy Aquino National Stadium in Manila, Philippines, from October 15-18, 2024. In partnership wi  Read Full Story >>>

Ukrainian legend Wladimir Klitschko backs World Boxing in its bid to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic Movement
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024
RENES, Lausanne, Switzerland (October 16, 2024) – Former multiple world heavyweight champion and Atlanta 1996 gold medalist, Wladimir Klitschko, has backed World Boxing and its President, Boris van der Vorst, in their bid to ensure that boxing remains a part of the Olympic Movement. Speaking in  Read Full Story >>>

LIGHT-HEAVY AMATEUR STANDOUT CONNER TUDSBURY PENS PROMOTIONAL PACT WITH MATCHROOM Mancunian talent targets greatness at 175lbs
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024
Mancunian Light-Heavyweight amateur standout Conner Tudsbury has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut in the new year. The 24-year-old learnt his trade at the Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club after wa  Read Full Story >>>

Lhuillier Lauds Strong Start in Asian Universities Women’s Softball Asia Cup 2024
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Oct 2024
Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (ASA-PHIL) President Jean Henri Lhuillier applauds the performance given by the Adamson University softball team wherein they displayed a commanding performance in their match against Hong Kong during the Asian Universities Women’s Softball Asia Cup   Read Full Story >>>

Welterweight Elijah Flores Secures Road Victory Against Omar Rosario and Remains Undefeated
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 Oct 2024

ORLANDO, FL (October 15, 2024) – Boxlab Promotions' undefeated welterweight prospect Elijah Flores (9-0, 3 KOs) extended his perfect record with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Omar Rosario (13-2, 4 KOs). T  Read Full Story >>>

Casimero not on Top Rank’s radar
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Wed, 16 Oct 2024
It doesn’t look like three-division world champion Johnriel Casimero is on Top Rank’s radar screen even after his smashing first-round knockout win over the weekend in Yokohama, Japan. “Nope,” Top Rank’s vice president for operations Carl Moretti told DAILY TRIBUNE when asked if the fla  Read Full Story >>>

THURSDAY: Alexandre Gaumont-Andres Viera Middleweight Battle to Stream LIVE in the U.S. on ESPN+
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Streaming action from Gatineau, Canada, begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT (Oct. 15, 2024) — Middleweight contender Alexandre Gaumont will lock horns with Uruguay’s Andres Viera in the eight-round main event this Thur  Read Full Story >>>

THE INAUGURAL REYES CUP | TEAM ASIA LEAD THE WAY ON THE FIRST DAY
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Team Asia emerged with the lead after the opening day of the inaugural Reyes Cup, held at the stunning Ninoy Aquino National Stadium in Manila, Philippines, from October 15-18, 2024. In partnership with Puyat  Read Full Story >>>

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol: writers and experts share their scorecards and opinions
By Anson Wainwright, The Ring, Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Sometimes a fight divides public opinion, and there have been many over the years. Historically, the middleweight showdown between Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard was the most hotly debated result in recent memory, and still is even today. More recently, the Ring lightweight championship fight be  Read Full Story >>>

Beterbiev's Surprising Stance on Bivol Rematch: "It's Not About Revenge"
By Ronald Crawley, RingSide24, Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Artur Beterbiev beat Dmitry Bivol to become the undisputed light heavyweight champion this past weekend in Saudi Arabia. The judges scored the fight a majority decision in Beterbiev's favor. The fight ended Bivol's unbeaten run of 23 professional fights. Beterbiev got the nod from two judges with  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 15 October 2024: Beterbiev Edges Bivol; Opetaia Stops Massey; Nicolson Outpoints Champman
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Highlights: -Artur Beterbiev takes a majority verdict over Dimitrii Bivol to become undisputed light heavyweight champion -Jai Opetaia retains the IBF cruiserweight title with a sixth round stoppage of Jack Massey   Read Full Story >>>

Roy Jones Jr. scored Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol a draw: ‘Nobody won or lost by four points’
By Bernard Neequaye, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 15 Oct 2024
Former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. has called for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol after Beterbiev eked out a majority decision win on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Jones, who won the 175-pound undisputed championship in 1999, believes the undisputed light heavyw  Read Full Story >>>

California judge dismisses claims against Manny Pacquiao in waiter's suit seeking 'finder's fee' from 2015 Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout
By Kevin Iole, KevinIole.com, Tue, 15 Oct 2024
A California Superior Court judge on Monday issued a summary judgement in favor of former world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao, finally resolving all claims against him in a years-old lawsuit in which a Los Angeles-area waiter sought a "finder's fee," for helping put the May 2, 2015, bout between Pac  Read Full Story >>>

Filipino boxing personages tell Casimero to shape up
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Tue, 15 Oct 2024
Amid the revelry over Johnriel Casimero’s sensational first-round knockout win in Yokohama, Filipino boxing personages expressed the belief on Monday that the heavy-handed fighter has to shape up. Moments after crushing Saul Sanchez of the United States on Sunday, Casimero downplayed his being   Read Full Story >>>

Road to Pakil: 8th SIKAT IIEE-Bayanihan Chess with Jao Mapa, new GM Daniel Quizon and NM Marlon Bernardino on simul games
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 15 Oct 2024
The 8th Speed-Chess IIEE-Bayanihan Knockout Armageddon Tournament (SIKAT) will go to Pakil, Laguna on November 9, 2024. This event is made possible by 2020 IIEE National President Rod Pecolera, taking root of his family from the said town, where he intends to share his expertise and engineering ser  Read Full Story >>>

3-Time, 2-Division World Champion Miyo Yoshida fighting for her boxing legacy at home in Japan
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Yoshida to defend her IBF Bantamweight World title Oct. 23 vs. Shurretta Metcalf on ProBoxTV live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY (October 14, 2024) – Three-time, two-division World Champi  Read Full Story >>>

Report: Terence Crawford-Tim Tszyu Soon To Be On The Table
By Paul Magno, Latest Boxing News, Tue, 15 Oct 2024
According to his team, there’s already a firm plan in place for Tim Tszyu when/if he beats Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF junior middleweight title this coming Saturday in Orlando, Florida. And that plan involves Terence Crawford. Numbers tossed around by Team Tszyu claim Crawford-Tszyu is a $  Read Full Story >>>

Casimero TKO’s Sanchez in 1st round
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024

JOHN Riel “Quadro Alas” Casimero of Ormoc City stopped Saul “The Beast” Sanchez of USA by a technical knockout in the 1st round, last October 13, Sunday, at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. The 35-y  Read Full Story >>>

Concio, Arca off to good start in Tagaytay chess tourney
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Tagaytay City---International Master Michael Concio Jr. and FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca got off to a blazing start by posting back to back victories in the second round of the Asian Juniors Chess Championships Standard competition at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City on Monday, Oc  Read Full Story >>>

EVERYTHING YOU MISSED AS PRESS CONFERENCE LAUNCHES THE INAUGURAL REYES CUP
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024

The countdown begins for Team Asia vs Team Europe, October 15-18. The stage is officially set for the inaugural Reyes Cup, launched on Monday with a pre-tournament press conference at the spectacular Ninoy Aquino Nation  Read Full Story >>>

Takuma Inoue Upset but Belt Remains in Japan; Japanese Fighters Win Three More World Titles
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024

In what could be considered as an upset, Takuma Inoue lost his WBA bantamweight title dropping a close but unanimous decision to fellow Japanese challenger Seiya Tsutsumi in the main event of the multiple world title card (pa  Read Full Story >>>

Filipino NM Robert Arellano rules Solas Charity Rapid Tournament Open chess tilt in Ireland
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Manila---Seasoned woodpusher and National Master (NM) Robert Arellano emerged as the champion in the Solas Charity Rapid Chess Tournament Open last Sunday, October 13, 2024 at the Solas Garden Centre Portarlington, Laois in Ireland. NM Arellano, who plays for the IIEE-PSME-Quezon City Simba's Tri  Read Full Story >>>

The ultimatum: Turki Alalshikh must tell Artur Beterbiev that Dmitry Bivol rematch is Saudi’s only option
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Turki Alalshikh assured all relevant parties early Sunday morning that Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will provide the funding for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. As the GEA’s chairman, Alalshikh can guarantee the light heavyweight rivals m  Read Full Story >>>

Artur Beterbiev's victory over Dmitry Bivol was no Thrilla' in Arabia. The duel was close and the controversy inevitable but none of that justified the howls of scorecard theft
By Jeff Powell, Mail Online (UK), Mon, 14 Oct 2024
To rematch or not to rematch? That is the question still being sifted through the desert sands after the over-heated sabre rattling which followed one Cossack defeating another in the battle to reign beyond dispute as boxing's world light-heavyweight champion. The duel had been close. The sco  Read Full Story >>>

Artur Beterbiev didn’t like the fight, yet still beats brilliant Dmitry Bivol
By Elliot Worsell, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 14 Oct 2024
After waiting so long for him to say something, Artur Beterbiev then suddenly said too much, reminding us all that the blessing and curse of a man of few words is that their few words carry great meaning. Intoxicated, it seemed, by the high of victory, the Russian light-heavyweight’s guard was   Read Full Story >>>

Casimero Makes Waves, Finally; Paras Fails to Repeat Vs Kyugochi
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Oct 2024

Johnriel Casimero finally made waves in his second fight in Japan by pounding out a first round TKO over American Saul Sanchez in a scheduled 10 round super bantamweight bout at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Casim  Read Full Story >>>