Articles: Boxing

Dalton Smith destroyed a pressure fighter to become world champion. Alberto Puello presents the opposite problem: a mobile southpaw who can make Smith pursue punches instead of delivering them. At Utilita Arena in Sheffield on October 24, Smith’s first WBC super lightweight title defense hinges on controlling Puello’s lead foot and preventing the Dominican from […]

October 24, 2026 | Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas | 12 rounds | WBC, WBO and IBF super featherweight title unification Emanuel Navarrete throws punches from positions that would leave conventional boxers defenseless. O’Shaquie Foster makes opponents pay for exactly those mistakes. That contradiction defines Saturday’s unification fight. Navarrete’s looping combinations, unusual release angles, […]

Brandon Figueroa has already surrendered his WBA featherweight championship without absorbing a punch. The former champion weighed 127.4 pounds, 1.4 over the limit, and now enters Saturday’s fight against Tomoki Kameda with a question far more dangerous than the missing belt: what has the weight struggle taken out of his legs? Figueroa remains the favorite. […]

Fabio Wardley has already demonstrated that he can put Daniel Dubois on the canvas. What he hasn’t demonstrated is that he can keep the champion from recovering. That’s the technical fault line running through Saturday’s WBO heavyweight rematch at London’s O2 Arena. Wardley’s explosive counters can punish Dubois before the champion establishes his jab. But […]

Lucas Bahdi believes Floyd Schofield is vulnerable. Schofield believes Bahdi offers nothing particularly dangerous. Saturday’s vacant WBA lightweight championship will establish whether the favorite’s extraordinary confidence is supported by defensive discipline. Schofield needed two attempts to make the 135-pound limit on Friday. Both fighters have also disputed claims concerning their agreed rehydration restrictions. The uncertainty […]

Ricardo Sandoval spent his training camp preparing for Oscar Collazo. Now he faces Sergio Mendoza, a replacement with 23 knockouts, a southpaw stance, and a rather uncomfortable recent encounter with championship-level opposition. Collazo withdrew with a rib injury. Mendoza stepped into the vacancy after suffering a second-round knockout defeat to IBF light flyweight champion Thanongsak […]

Conor Benn has spent 15 weeks fighting Ryan Garcia’s first weapon before Garcia has even thrown it. The challenger has not made 147 pounds since April 2022. He fought Chris Eubank Jr. at middleweight, met Regis Prograis at 150, and has now described a cut involving an almost 1,000-calorie daily deficit, emotional breakdowns and days […]

Andy Ruiz Jr. does not need to rediscover 2019 in Newark. He needs to solve a much narrower problem first: how a 6-foot-2 heavyweight with a 74-inch reach gets safely through the enormous amount of empty space Damian Knyba can put in front of him. Knyba stands 6-foot-7 with an 86-inch reach, giving the Pole […]

Tszyu’s reputation has naturally grown around his stoppages. Mazoudier’s firsthand assessment points instead toward timing and sharpness. He told Fox Sports that individual punches did not feel overwhelmingly powerful. The difficulty lay in how cleanly and unexpectedly Tszyu could land them. That distinction matters in Tszyu vs. Mahoney. Mahoney has never lost in 18 professional […]

Teofimo Lopez and Rolando Romero do not need an introductory period. They have known each other for years, sparred together, and shared enough history that Romero says he once helped persuade Lopez not to walk away from boxing. Lopez, meanwhile, financially helped Romero during a difficult period earlier in his career. On Saturday, Romero’s WBA […]