Ringside Revelations: Latest Boxing News

Dickens, the junior lightweight division's WBA champion, lost out on the chance to defend his title against Hayato Tsutsumi due to his opponent's orbital bone fracture.

Fighting former kickboxing champ Rico Verhoeven in February would require a quick turnaround for Anthony Joshua, who ended a 15-month layoff Friday night when he knocked out Jake Paul.

Former IBF junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu has welcomed an opportunity for another crack at world honours if the opportunity arises. Domestic rival Michael Zerafa, who boxes his younger brother Nikita on January 16, was unimpressed with his return showing in victory against Anthony Velazquez and warns his partnership alongside Pedro Diaz must improve.

Naoya Inoue was less concerned about entertaining fans than usual during his 12-round unanimous points victory over Murodjon Akhmadaliev three months ago.

In the wake of Terence Crawford's retirement earlier this month, the WBO have moved quickly by ordering Hamzah Sheeraz-Diego Pacheco for their vacant 168-pound world title.

BOXXER unveiled the signing of unbeaten Dutch light heavyweight contender Gradus Kraus over the weekend, with the 26-year-old eager to make a name for himself on a bigger platform in 2026 and beyond under Ben Shalom's promotional banner.

The 122-pound champion faces Alan Picasso this weekend in Saudi Arabia, and a win could set up a Japanese superfight with Junto Nakatani is May 2026.

Junto Nakatani has never sparred with countryman Naoya Inoue because the former's trainer, Rudy Hernandez, knew that they would fight one day.

Deontay Wilder is negotiating to challenge unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk next year but also likes the idea of facing Murat Gassiev.

Harry Wills, who died on this date 67 years ago, is unfairly defined by his inability to fight for the heavyweight championship.

O'Shaquie Foster is the 130-pound champion top contender Ray Ford wants to fight the most.

Michal Cieslak has praised Noel Mikaelian's hard-fought points win over Badou Jack to reclaim the WBC world cruiserweight title, but also told The Ring of why he's the deserving next in-line, rather than a mooted unification with Ring and IBF beltholder Jai Opetaia in 2026.

Anthony Joshua hates to see Terence Crawford go, particularly because he seems to have a lot left in his tank, but he understands that everyone takes his own path.

Caleb Truax twice fell short against world-level opposition and was strategically chosen as James DeGale's voluntary title defense after shoulder surgery. Struggling to keep up with mortgage payments and travelling to London in December 2017, the Minnesota man earned an upset decision, winning the IBF super middleweight world title and reminisces with The Ring.

Anthony Joshua gave Jake Paul credit for his toughness. The two-time unified heavyweight champ is still disappointed that he didn't knock out Paul sooner than the sixth round Friday night in Miami.

The biggest showdown in Japanese boxing history awaits in 2026 at Tokyo Dome, the nation’s mecca of entertainment. But how did Japan become such a hub for boxing talent? It laid the infrastructure in the early 2000s.

Troy Williamson has set himself up for a seismic 2026 after reeling off consecutive stoppage victories in upsets, first against then-English champion Mark Dickinson before ripping up the Christmas script in Leeds to stun BOXXER's unified British, Commonwealth and European champion Callum Simpson in 10 rounds on Saturday night.

Former 154-pound titlist Tony Harrison (31-4-1, 22 KOs) was far more convincing than his 10-round decision win over Edward Ulloa Diaz in July on his Salita Promotions debut, curling hooks and digging downstairs against the Argentine at Detroit's Fox Theatre before Kaye Scott secured the unified WBA/WBC middleweight world titles in her Olivia Curry rematch.