Naoya Inoue suffered a shocking knockdown during the opening round of his first defense of the undisputed junior featherweight championship on Monday inside the Tokyo Dome, an almost surreal scene that instantly gave boxing fans worldwide a flashback to Tyson-Douglas, but there would be no monumental upset on The Monster’s watch. Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs)
Eimantas Stanionis waited more than two years for this moment. The unwelcome 749-day ring absence ultimately came with a reward in the form of a lopsided decision over Gabriel Maestre. The battle of 2016 Olympians saw Stanionis prevail by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111 Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The win
Oscar De La Hoya overdelivered on his promise of verbal fireworks. Tension was expected between the chairman of Golden Boy Promotions and his former top client, Ring and undisputed 168-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. The two shared the stage for the first time since 2019, a year before their bitter 2020 promotional split. De La
The full lineup has been revealed for the first Riyadh Season show to take place on U.S. soil. Nine different promoters will work together for the six bouts confirmed to grace the August 3 show at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. As previously reported by The Ring, WBA 154-pound titlist Israil Madrimov and pound-for-pound king