Ringside Revelations: Latest Boxing News

WBC junior welterweight titleholder Subriel Matias is hopeful Shakur Stevenson unseats Teofimo Lopez as The Ring's new 140-pound champion January 31, even if he has business of his own to take care of this weekend against unbeaten British contender Dalton Smith.

The IBF was set to conduct purse bids on the heavyweight final eliminator between and on Tuesday but both sides have been given extra time to seal a deal.

Former junior bantamweight title challenger Jeyvier Cintron tells The Ring that after a lengthy four-year layoff, he's built up momentum and now ready to show he belongs among the world's best, when facing Jonathan Rodriguez on the Matias-Smith undercard this weekend.

Fabio Wardley wants to become undisputed heavyweight champion. If he doesn't get that opportunity, Wardley would love to face the former WBC champ Oleksandr Usyk beat twice in what would be a huge fight in England.

Aqib Fiaz could've chosen a different career path after injury, inconsistency and personal tragedy struck in his early 20s. Instead, he tells The Ring why the fire is burning brighter than ever within him before a must-win lightweight matchup with Jordan Flynn on January 24.

Subriel Matias makes the first defence of his second 140-pound championship reign against Dalton Smith on Saturday and believes their WBC world title fight won't go the distance.

Brandon Adams or Caoimhin Agyarko can become the IBF's mandatory challenger for the winner of its junior middleweight title bout between Bakhram Murtazaliev and Josh Kelly on January 31.

Heavyweight contender wants to face a familiar foe for his next fight in France.

There are too many excuses to name them all, but one Bruce Carrington heard frequently was 'high risk, low reward.' To the other 126-pound champions, fighting Carrington never made sense. In the past, Rafael Espinoza, the WBO belt holder, and Angelo Leo, the IBF titlist, told him that he needed to get some hardware first.

had to fight through fire to escape with a narrow points win against in December as part of "The Ring V: Night of the Samurai" card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Jaime Munguia followed Canelo Alvarez's lead in rejecting the IBF's offer to face Osleys Iglesias for the super middleweight world title left vacant by five-division champion Terence Crawford, who announced his retirement after a glittering 17-year career last month.

We can all agree that the year 2025 was full of some big highs and some awful lows and there's nothing like the turn of the year to crystallise what you want to take forward and exactly what you want to leave in the past. For my money, there are a few key things from 2025 that we need to bring with us but there are just as many that we need to bin for good. Here are my top fives from worryingly competitive fields.

Brad Pauls acknowledges Shakiel Thompson is a good fighter who has passed all the tests asked of him thus far, though believes his experience advantage will prove decisive when they tussle over 10 rounds on the Moses Itauma-Jermaine Franklin undercard on January 24.

Zelfa Barrett has won three straight since joining Joe Gallagher and rebuilding at lightweight, having been outpointed by newly-minted WBA 130-pound world champion Jazza Dickens. Now with an April 11 date to prepare for, he tells The Ring of his optimism for what's to come.

Two-time IBF bantamweight titleholder Emmanuel Rodriguez tells The Ring he harbours ambitions to become a three-time world champion at 118-pounds, before potentially moving up. First up, he must win well this weekend on the Subriel Matias-Dalton Smith undercard.

Confidence, bravado, and hubris were detected in the voice of Devin Haney ahead of his world title clash against Brian Norman Jr. Brian Norman Sr., however, was just as loud in his approach. He believed in his son, Brian Norman Jr., and was completely convinced he would retain against Haney. However it was Haney who came out on top in their 'Ring IV: Night of the Champions' co-main event on November 22, winning the WBO welterweight title.

The planned fight between Josh Padley and Jaouad Belmehdi now has a home. Matchroom Boxing announced on Monday that Padley and Belmedh will meet on January 31 for the European junior lightweight title.

It wasn't the most active year for Floyd Schofield, but the 23-year-old made the most of his lone appearance in 2025. It took Schofield just over a minute to stop Tevin Farmer in the first round of their clash last June. Although he hasn’t been in the ring since, Schofield believes that he’s ready to go into a big-time fight next.