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WBO orders Lopez to defend title against Catterall

Sep 23, 2026 00:30 0 10 0 0

Teofimo Lopez has been ordered to defend his WBA welterweight title against Brit Jack Catterall in his next fight, the governing body confirmed Tuesday.

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PFL CEO Martin resigns nearly 2 months after merger with MVP

Sep 22, 2026 21:14 0 11 0 0

PFL CEO John Martin announced Tuesday that he has resigned less than two months after MVP and PFL merged fight promotions.

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Women's divisional rankings: Watpool cracks middleweight top 5 with KO win

Sep 22, 2026 16:55 0 27 0 0

Melinda Watpool stopped Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia to join the middleweight rankings. Here are the latest ESPN divisional rankings.

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Boxing divisional rankings: 'Pitbull' Cruz beats Bravo to enter junior welterweight top 5

Sep 22, 2026 16:55 0 48 0 0

Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz disposed of Nestor Bravo via sixth-round KO to join the junior welterweight top 5. Here are the latest ESPN divisional rankings.

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Men's boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Where does Opetaia land after another KO win?

Sep 22, 2026 16:55 0 13 0 0

Jai Opetaia continues to make his case as one of the best boxers in the world. Here are the latest ESPN pound-for-pound rankings.

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Marcial scores knockout over Huerta in pro fight

Sep 22, 2026 08:24 0 11 0 0

For weeks, Eumir Marcial's 20th Asian Games campaign hinged on one question: Could he get through his professional fight healthy enough to make the flight to Nagoya? Eventually, it was a moot question…

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'He's a rat': Gallen returns to fight NRL rival

Sep 22, 2026 06:48 0 8 0 0

At 45, NRL great-turned-boxer Paul Gallen is returning to the ring after answering an SOS call from promoters to fight the 'Big Nasty' Nelson Asofa-Solomona.

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Marcial out: Philippine boxing must find another route to Asian Games gold

Sep 21, 2026 13:20 0 10 0 0

The Philippines will now be without one of its best boxing gold medal hopefuls at the Asian Games in the form of Eumir Marcial.

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Marcial to skip Asian Games after latest pro victory

Sep 21, 2026 12:53 0 14 0 0

The ABAP has confirmed that Eumir Marcial will not compete at the Asian Games following his latest professional win.he

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Sheeraz vacates WBO belt, won't fight Janibek

Sep 19, 2026 12:57 0 11 0 0

Hamzah Sheeraz has opted against fighting mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly and instead vacated his WBO super middleweight title, the WBO confirmed on Friday.

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Asian Games: Philippine boxers looking to end gold medal drought

Sep 18, 2026 09:59 0 12 0 0

Boxers have won 15 of the Philippines' total of 71 Asian Games gold medals, but none since Rey Saludar won the 52kg division at the 2010 Guangzhou Games in China.

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Ryan Garcia: Biography, record, fights and more

Sep 16, 2026 23:56 0 10 0 0

Ryan Garcia has 26 victories, 21 by KO and two losses.

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