Ringside Revelations: Latest Boxing News

The Ring's No. 6-rated junior lightweight contender Eduardo Hernandez rides a three-fight win streak into 2026, where he'll headline a January 17 card in Mexico City against an opponent TBC. Despite his recent upturn in fortunes, the 28-year-old is still kicking himself after a 12th-round stoppage loss by O'Shaquie Foster for the WBC strap in Oct. 2023.

Osleys Iglesias' promoter, Camille Estephan, took to social media in confirming the IBF's order for his charge to face two-time undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez next to decide their new world titleholder. However, the Mexican star's injury status means the sanctioning body are likely to move onto the next available contender instead.

is barely halfway through her first full year in the paid ranks and yet showing why declarations she'll be a multi-weight undisputed world champion don't seem very far-fetched.

Kazuto Ioka's bantamweight debut couldn't have gone any better Wednesday, as he improved to 11-1-1 on the year-end holiday when breezing beyond Maikel Ordosgoitti in four rounds. Producing his first stoppage victory for two years in their WBA world title eliminator, the 36-year-old's standing could help manoevure him into a world title shot elsewhere.

There are changes to just two divisions in this week's Ring ratings update, but there was some discussion over making potential changes to the pound-for-pound top 10.

Eddie Hearn says it would make ‘perfect sense’ for Lewis Crocker to make the first defence of his IBF welterweight title in a rematch with Conah Walker.

David Adeleye is 29, coming off an anticlimactic 2025 and has this week publicly acknowledged the need for better displays to remind critics - and himself - he belongs among the heavyweight elite in 2026 and beyond after being outpointed by Filip Hrgovic in August.

Serrano (47-4-1, 31 KOs) is returning to 126 pounds after consecutive razor-thin decision defeats to 140-pound champion champion Katie Taylor. Christy Martin has 32 KOs.

Sebastian Hernandez doesn’t know what the judges were looking at. The hard-hitting junior featherweight contender didn’t protest when he found out he lost to Junto Nakatani in the co-main event of last weekend's 'Ring V: Night of the Samurai' card.

Terence Crawford, 38, says age played a key role in his decision to walk away from the ring.

Light heavyweight contender Willy Hutchinson has found contentment in boxing with trusted trainer Mirko Wolf.

Rising junior flyweight contender Daiya Kira (3-0, 2 KOs) tells The Ring he believes it's only a matter of time before his work speaks for itself on the world stage, starting this week in a WBA title eliminator against Ivan Balderas on the Kazuto Ioka-Maikel Ordosgoitti undercard.

Figueroa would be a noteworthy addition to what is rapidly becoming one of the deepest resumes in British boxing.

Gary Antuanne Russell was scheduled to defend his 140-pound belt on November 14.

Two of Anthony Joshua's closest friends were the passengers killed in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday, it's been confirmed.

The bout is being rescheduled from October after Sebastian Fundora injured his hand.

Bivol has been out of action since beating Artur Beterbiev for The Ring and undisputed light heavyweight titles in February.

Romero also has a mandatory obligation to fulfil with Shakhram Giyasov, leaving Pacquiao to mull over different options for his return.