Yordenis Ugas, the WBA welterweight champion, nearly quit the sport he loves so deeply a few years after a dangerous defection from his native Cuba.
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Sebastian Fundora (19-0-1, 13 knockouts) pummeled fellow 154-pound contender Erickson Lubin (24-2, 17 KOs) at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, to secure the WBC’s interim title.
Sebastian Fundora, an unbeaten 6-foot-6-inch super welterweight, is fighting Erickson Lubin on Saturday at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
When IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin steps into the ring against Ryota Murata on Saturday in Japan, it will be his first fight since December 2020.
Devin Haney, the WBC lightweight champion and 23-year-old Las Vegan, will fight WBA, WBO and IBF lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. for the undisputed 135-pound title June 5.
After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face during the Academy Awards, Westgate SuperBook oddsmaker Jeff Sherman made odds on a mythical boxing match between them.
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Hector Luis Garcia swarmed and pummeled Chris Colbert to win a unanimous decision on a Showtime boxing card Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring May 7 to fight WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, with T-Mobile Arena the front-runner to land the bout.
Junior lightweight Chris Colbert, who got the blessing of Deion Sanders to also use the nickname “Primetime,” will fight undefeated Hector Garcia on Saturday.
Former welterweight champion Keith Thurman ended his 31-month layoff in style, winning a unanimous decision over Mario Barrios on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Brian Kenny, Joe Goossen and Lennox Lewis are back in Las Vegas to call the Keith Thurman-Mario Barrios boxing card Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman last fought July 20, 2019, when he lost a split decision to Manny Pacquiao — the first defeat of his career.
Former boxing champion and Las Vegan Floyd Mayweather has announced formation of The Money Racing Team, which will attempt to qualify for the season-opening Daytona 500.
The fight on April 30 caps a monumental sporting weekend in Las Vegas that includes the 2022 NFL draft.