Ringside Revelations: Latest Boxing News

Albert Ramirez will make the first defence of his WBA interim light heavyweight belt on February 5 in Montreal, against an opponent TBC, though EOTT president Camille Estephan is teasing a marquee name, justifying his standing as a serious player to watch.

O'Shaquie Foster's resilience has helped him overcome incarceration to become a two-time junior lightweight world champion.

Shane Mosley Jr. changed his mindset for the better following a one-sided loss to Brandon Adams seven years ago.

Stephen Fulton was scheduled to make his debut at the junior lightweight limit of 130 pounds on Saturday night.

Isaac Cruz isn't overlooking Lamont Roach as an opponent in their PPV headliner on Saturday night, though plans to test his durability and showcase his power when welcoming the 130-pound world champion into the junior welterweight division.

Lamont Roach recovered from his lone loss to Jamel Herring to win the WBA 130-pound title and later gave Gervonta Davis the most difficult fight of his career.

Lamont Roach's impending PPV headliner with Isaac Cruz this weekend will see a new world champion crowned at 130 pounds, and Britain's fourth before a big fight later this month.

Johan Gonzalez replaced Janibek Alimkhanuly on less than one week's notice after Alimkhanuly tested positive for a banned substance before his title unification fight against Erislandy Lara.

Pat McCormack believes he has finally found his groove in 2025 after a nightmare spell left him as one of British boxing’s forgotten men. Following his silver medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics, many expected McCormack to go on to become a professional world champion eventually.

Eddie Hearn has stepped up his war of words with Ben Shalom by claiming that Boxxer fighters are personally phoning him in a bid to jump ship. The Matchroom boss and Shalom have been going back and forth for months now but things intensified over the weekend when Boxxer’s first show on the BBC clashed with Matchroom’s event in Birmingham.

Mexican star and former world champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and reigning WBA Super Featherweight World Champion Lamont Roach went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet for Cruz’s Interim WBC Super Lightweight Title this Saturday, December 6 headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event available on Prime Video from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. (photos by Dylan Trevino)

Crawford also had choice words on a proposed fight with Manny Pacquiao 10 years ago and gave his take on why it never happened.

Eddie Hearn has heard the rumblings surrounding a David Benavidez-Ben Whittaker matchup as Benavidez's father and trainer Sr took to social media calling for it after his first-round knockout of Benjamin Gavazi last weekend. Here, he tells The Ring his stance on the matter.

The International Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was announced on Thursday, and the group is headlined by Gennadiy Golovkin, Nigel Benn, and Antonio Tarver in the men’s modern category, and Naoko Fujioka and Jackie Nava in the women’s modern category.

Shane Mosley Jr doesn't need telling how big this weekend's interim world title opportunity is, but also knows that inactivity could play a factor when he faces a much younger contender in Jesus Ramos on the Cruz-Roach undercard.

The purse bid for the light-heavyweight clash between Callum Smith and David Morrell has been cancelled after the two sides finally reached an agreement for the fight.

WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara is grateful to still have a fight this weekend against late-notice replacement Johan Gonzalez, but naturally unhappy about the way his three-belt unification bout with Janibek Alimkhanuly has fallen through on fight week, after it emerged the Kazakh failed a VADA drug test for Meldonium.

Returning Johnny Fisher has been inspired to unlock a new level of training intensity by his gym-mate Daniel Dubois. Fisher (13-1, 11 KOs) will hit the comeback trail in Monte Carlo on Saturday night in what will be his first outing since he was knocked out by Dave Allen in their rematch at London’s Copper Box Arena in May.