After taking 10 years to win his first world championship, Ryan Garcia needed only 4:25 to finish off Conor Benn on Saturday night in the first defense of his WBC welterweight title.
George Chuvalo, a hard-nosed heavyweight who never hit the canvas despite taking on the world’s best boxers, has died. He was 89 (born Sept. 12, 1937).
Tyson Fury has indicated his long-awaited fight with Anthony Joshua is off and challenged Oleksandr Usyk to a trilogy bout in November instead.
Canadian “Prince” Lucas Bahdi will fight for the WBA Lightweight World Championship in October.
The Muhammad Ali Center, founded by Ali and his wife, Lonnie, held a remembrance ceremony Wednesday morning and launched a new annual event called the “Day of Compassion,” to encourage volunteer work and small acts of caring.
Muhammad Ali’s legacy extends beyond his stinging right jab, world titles and Olympic gold medal, to the heart and compassion he showed long after he left the ring, his wife Lonnie Ali said.
David Benavidez became the first boxer to win championships at 168, 175 and 200 pounds, pounding his former sparring partner Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and knocking him out at 2:59 of the sixth round to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles on Saturday night.
Terence Crawford was found guilty of careless driving Monday and ordered to pay a $75 fine stemming from a traffic stop last year during which police ordered the world champion boxer and passengers out of his vehicle at gunpoint.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to a rematch of their landmark 2015 bout.
Ryan Garcia is an immensely talented boxer who has gone through his share of personal and professional turmoil in his young career, dominated Mario Barrios on Saturday night to win by unanimous decision and capture the WBC welterweight championship.
Floyd Mayweather says he is ending his nine-year retirement and returning to competitive boxing this summer.
Tyson Fury says his return to boxing was spurred by the deaths of two friends of rival Anthony Joshua in a car crash in December.
When Mike Tyson was developing as a young fighter in New York in 1980s, he had plenty of chances to test the skills that would one day make him the world’s best and fiercest heavyweight.
Muhammad Ali once joked that he should be a postage stamp because “that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.” Now, the three-time heavyweight champion’s quip is becoming reality.
Tyson Fury is returning to the ring after announcing on Sunday that he will step out of retirement. The former heavyweight world champion confirmed his comeback in a post on social media, which sets up the prospect of a long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua.
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.
The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was charged, the police said on Friday.
The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was charged, the police said on Friday.
British boxer Anthony Joshua is initially staying in Nigeria as he recuperates from injuries sustained after a deadly crash.
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday.
Jake Paul sustained a “double broken jaw” in his loss to former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, the YouTuber confirmed early Saturday.
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