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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Xander Zayas has landed a world title shot at 22, six years after signing for Top Rank Boxing as a teenager. The Puerto Rican worked his way through the WBO rankings to gain prime position as the mandatory challenger. As champion Sebastian Fundora signed a rematch contract with Tim Tszyu, Zayas was left to face the next in line, Jorge Garcia. After weeks of negotiations, Top Rank has finalized the clash.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Openly gay boxer Oscar Bonifacino has signed a contract with renowned promoter Sampson Lewkowicz ahead of his second pro fight. “La Bestia” inked a deal with the same man who represents current world champions David Benavidez and Sebastian Fundora. Lewkowicz continues his partnership with South America, having been in the corner of Sergio Martinez for many years.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Don King is bringing the heavyweight title back to the United States after winning a World Boxing Association purse bid. The former Mike Tyson handler, who survived a health scare over the last few months, is ready to promote another top division championship bout. Following his previous efforts with Trevor Bryan and Bermane Stiverne, King is aiming to oversee another American winning a belt.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
World Boxing News provides a Ginjiro Shigeoka update five days after the former IBF champion suffered career-ending injuries. Shigeoka fought a hard twelve rounds in a rematch against Pedro Taduran at the Intex Osaka in Japan. The 25-year-old lost via split decision, and doctors immediately needed to rush him to the hospital for treatment. The 105-pound fighter, who has held the IBF minimumweight title twice, had lost via knockout to Taduran last July.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Mike Tyson is the youngest heavyweight champion in history after ripping through the division in the mid-1980s. It’s a benchmark that nobody will ever break, despite two more attempts at failure. From making his debut in March 1985 to challenging Trevor Berbick for the WBC heavyweight title on November 22, 1986, Tyson recorded 25 knockouts in 27 victories. In 20 months, Tyson had scored 15 wins in 1985 and 12 in the next, breaking another record for the most wins in a single year.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Lightweight contender Abel Mendoza suffered a first-round beating at the hands of Daniel Morales as the Texan lost twice in one night. Mendoza risked his reputation by making the bold decision to compete in the Team Combat League last month following a spell in 2024. Since then, the 42-0 star has lost nine times in the one-round format. Morales, who is 8-0, 5 KOs in his professional career, is the first to stop Mendoza.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Teofimo Lopez faces the wrath of Turki Alalshikh following stunning comments aimed at his employer. The Las Vegas native claims to have been fired by Turki Alalshikh after unleashing another frenzied rant. The WBO super lightweight champion took to his chosen platform of social media to target the Saudi Arabian matchmaker. Lopez called Alalshikh a ‘d***tator’ in the worst of his verbal bashing. Nothing good can come of Lopez’s career sabotage.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Oleksandr Usyk plans to make it eight victories against five different British fighters when the Ukrainian battles Daniel Dubois. The formidable pound-for-pound king faces Dubois in a controversial rematch after stopping Dubois in nine rounds and winning handily in Poland. Usyk’s only downside in the 2023 clash at Stadion Wroclaw in Wroclaw was a low blow Dubois has since disguised as a low blow. That incident alone is the primary reason organizers managed to schedule this fight for July 19.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Canelo Alvarez is set to leave boxing ‘in a sad way’ by not facing his number one Mexican nemesis, David Benavidez. That’s the view of Benavidez’s father, Jose Sr., who is adamant the fight must happen for boxing legend Canelo to retire correctly. At 34 and with a long career behind him, the consensus is that Canelo could hang up his gloves at the end of next year. During that time, his four-fight Riyadh Season deal will come to an end.
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1 week ago | 
worldboxingnews.com | Phil Jay
Manny Pacquiao is too old, should stay retired, and will get beaten up by Mario Barrios on July 19 at the MGM Grand. That’s the view of unified world champion and pound-for-pound star Jesse Rodriguez. ‘Bam’ says Pacquiao is still causing excitement in the sport, but has no business facing a young champion like Barrios at 46. Pacquiao comes out of a four-year retirement when he didn’t look good against Yordenis Ugas to challenge for the WBC welterweight title.
