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David Benavidez became the first boxer to win championships at 168, 175 and 200 pounds, pounding his former sparring partner Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, knocking him out at 2:59 of the sixth round to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles on Saturday night.
Naoya Inoue has retained his undisputed super-bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over Junto Nakatani in one of the biggest bouts in Japanese boxing history.
David Benavidez could be preparing for a Cinco de Mayo weekend showdown Saturday against Canelo Alvarez.
Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete by the new governing body recently put in charge of Olympic boxing competitions.
Billed as "The Day," May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing.
Heavyweight title contender Lawrence Okolie has failed a drugs test ahead of his fight scheduled Saturday against former Olympic champion Tony Yoka.
An undersized heavyweight, Bob Stallings distinguished himself by beating notable contenders such as Earnie Shavers, Chuck Wepner and Mac Foster.
Oleksandr Usyk has offered an explanation for why he's giving kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven a shot at his WBC heavyweight title.
Terence Crawford was found guilty of careless driving and ordered to pay a $75 fine stemming from a traffic stop in Nebraska last year during which police ordered the world champion boxer and passengers out of the vehicle at gunpoint.
Olympic champion Imane Khelif has injured her left shoulder while training, forcing a delay in her upcoming fight in Paris.
Tyson Fury has dominated Arslanbek Makhmudov for a unanimous decision victory and immediately challenged a ringside Anthony Joshua to fight him next.
Tyson Fury's latest comeback has revived the prospect of a long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua.
Manny Pacquiao is preparing for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather on September 19 in Las Vegas.
Former world champion Deontay Wilder has sent Derek Chisora into retirement by edging their chaotic heavyweight fight in London.
British boxers Caroline and Daniel Dubois have some catching up to do on Gabriela and Sebastian Fundora.
Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting has won her quarterfinal bout at the Asian boxing championships in her first event since World Boxing said she passed a gene test to confirm her gender.
Heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora arrived to a press conference on an army tank alongside Nigel Farage.
Lin Yu-ting, a boxing gold medalist at the center of a gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has won her first international bout since then at the Asian championships in Mongolia.
Floyd Mayweather says his planned rematch with Manny Pacquiao is an exhibition that does not count on either fighter's record.
Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC super welterweight title against Keith Thurman on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The promoter and family of junior flyweight boxer Isis Sio say she is awake and breathing on her own after initially being placed in a medically induced coma following a knockout loss last weekend.
Boxer Isis Sio is in a medically induced coma, according to a statement from ProBox TV.
Irish boxer Michael Conlan who famously gestured at 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games judges with his middle fingers says he plans to retire without achieving his dream of becoming a world champion.
Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has been cleared to return to competition at the Asian Boxing Championships following a review of her sex eligibility.
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.
