Boxing News, Commentary and Fight Results

Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk remains as convinced as ever that Russian athletes should not be allowed to compete at major sports events, even as the International Olympic Committee and FIFA appear to be softening their stance.

Oleksandr Usyk is scheduled to defend his WBC heavyweight title in May against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

French boxer Tony Yoka says he has taken a boxing license in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to a rematch of their landmark 2015 bout.

Ryan Garcia won the WBC welterweight title with a dominant unanimous decision over Mario Barrios on Saturday night.

Mario Barrios defends his WBC welterweight title against Ryan Garcia on Saturday night.

Manny Pacquiao returns to boxing for a 10-round welterweight exhibition against Ruslan Provodnikov in Las Vegas on April 18.

Tyson Fury says his return to boxing has been spurred by the deaths of two friends of rival Anthony Joshua in a car crash in December.

Mike Tyson said boxing in the United States is fading, and he wants to help revive it by building stronger amateur competition.

Shakur Stevenson impresses by earning a unanimous decision and has now won a world title in four separate weight classes.

Shakur Stevenson dominated Teofimo Lopez to win a title in a fourth weight class, taking a unanimous decision to capture the WBO junior welterweight belt.

Boxer Jarrell Miller was hit with such a good punch it knocked his hair off.

Teofimo Lopez delivered some of his best performances against boxers the experts thought would beat him.

Olympic gold medalist Lauren Price will head home to Wales to defend her world welterweight titles against fellow undefeated fighter Stephanie Pineiro Aquino of Puerto Rico on April 4.

Professional boxer Gervonta "Tank" Davis remains in a Miami jail following his arrest on charges of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment and battery.

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is to come out of retirement to face Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11.

With tape, gauze and scissors, Oceanside's Joe Quiambao wraps the hands of professional boxers. NewsdayTV's Jamie Stuart reports.

He gets calls from some of the top fighters and on Jan. 31, he will be wrapping the hands of Teofimo Lopez before his fight at the Garden.

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has issued his first public update following the car crash that killed two of his friends in Nigeria.

Jake Paul has slipped out of the WBA cruiserweight rankings after the YouTuber-turned-boxer was soundly beaten by former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last month.

Police say the driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria has been charged.

British boxer Anthony Joshua is initially staying in Nigeria as he recuperates from injuries sustained after a deadly crash.

Nigerian authorities say British boxer Anthony Joshua has been released from hospital.

Tributes have been paid after the crash that injured British former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed two close associates.

Fondly known as AJ, Anthony Joshua is one of Britain's most popular sports personalities.

Anthony Joshua, the two-time former world heavyweight champion from Britain, is in a stable condition in the hospital after being involved in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two people who were close friends and team members.

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue outpointed Alan David Picasso to set up a potential pound-for-pound super fight with Junto Nakatani.

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off in what would be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history.

Jake Paul proudly boasts he has become the face of boxing during the past decade.

Anthony Joshua's promoter says it would be "an absolute disaster and awfully embarrassing" if the British fighter lost to Jake Paul or was even taken the distance in their eight-round bout.

Terence Crawford has announced his retirement from boxing.

Big-punching Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan has stopped Beatriz Ferreira with a fifth-round barrage to take the Brazilian's IBF world lightweight belt in Monaco.

Gennadiy Golovkin, the power puncher who made a record-tying 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses, has been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

IBF world lightweight champion Beatriz Ferreira's opponent on Saturday has won her last three fights via stoppages — infrequent in women's boxing due to two-minute rounds.

Jake Paul brashly anticipates his brand won't take a hit with his latest boxing venture.

Former boxing champ Gennadiy Golovkin is set to take over as president of the new body aiming to run the Olympic tournaments at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

London native Anthony Yarde gets a third shot at a light-heavyweight world title when he faces WBC champion David Benavidez on Saturday night in Riyadh.

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professional bout.

Conor Benn has gained revenge for himself and his family by dominating Chris Eubank Jr. to score a unanimous points victory in their rematch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Queensberry Promotions says former world heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker failed a drug test on the day of his loss to Fabio Wardley.

Nigel Benn came up short against Chris Eubank twice.

Jake Paul could be about to get the toughest test yet in his boxing career — a fight against recent world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

Claressa Shields has signed a multi-fight deal that will pay her a minimum of $8 million.

Jake Paul's boxing match against lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was scrapped Monday, with Paul planning a different bout before the end of 2025.

Manny Pacquiao has hinted at a possible rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has mentioned ongoing negotiations during a news conference.

Former boxing champ Gennady Golovkin is heading into an electoral fight as he runs to become president of World Boxing, the new body aiming to run Olympic bouts at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.

Manny Pacquiao's son is set to make his professional boxing debut Nov. 29 on a card that his Hall of Fame father's company is promoting.

A court in Manchester has opened and adjourned an inquest into the death of former boxing champion Ricky Hatton.

Amanda Serrano will defend her featherweight titles in her native Puerto Rico against Erika Cruz in a rematch of their bloody bout in 2023.

Jaron Ennis has made a smashing debut at 154 pounds, defeating Uisma Lima with a first-round stoppage on Saturday night.