Floyd Mayweather says he will return Dec. 19 in Bangkok for an exhibition against Australian boxer Matt “The Jedi” Floyd, calling it a tune-up before a potential Ryan Garcia fight.
Rafael Espinoza retained his WBO featherweight title with a third-round TKO of late replacement Ricardo Blandon in Riyadh and immediately renewed his call for unification and Naoya Inoue.
Jaime Munguia survived a dangerous sixth-round rally from unbeaten Nikita Zon before winning a unanimous decision to retain his WBA super middleweight title in Riyadh.
Canelo Alvarez returned from a 13-month layoff to defeat Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision in Riyadh and reclaim the WBC super middleweight championship.
Denzel Bentley has been stripped of the WBO middleweight title after choosing to proceed with his Nov. 7 Zuffa Boxing fight against Shane Mosley Jr. instead of mandatory challenger Yoenli Hernandez.
Oleksandr Usyk’s adviser says the former undisputed cruiserweight champion plans to return to 200 pounds, with a potential 2027 showdown against David Benavidez as the major target.
Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli both made weight in Riyadh ahead of Saturday’s WBC super middleweight title fight, with Jaime Munguia and Rafael Espinoza also on weight for championship bouts.
O’Shaquie Foster has entered The Ring’s pound-for-pound top 10 at No. 10 after his dominant three-belt unification victory over Emanuel Navarrete in San Antonio.