Ringside Revelations: Latest Boxing News

Dana White showcased Irish junior middleweight contender Callum Walsh on UFC Fight Pass cards before Zuffa Boxing was formed last year.

It has been a long, winding and controversial road to reach this point, but finally, the moment of a lifetime has arrived for Dalton Smith. The Sheffield man will get his first shot at a world title when he faces WBC 140-pound champion Subriel Matias on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Although Nakatani endured a severely stiff test vs. Sebastian Hernandez to the surprise of some, Rudy Hernandez warned not to put too much weight into the performance.

Like most, expected Nathaniel Collins to produce a career-best showing and anoint himself as Scotland's next star with an impressive win over Cristobal Lorente in October.

Sometimes, the most eye-catching performances aren’t necessarily the most spectacular. In December, Sam Hickey notched up his fourth victory with a calm dismantling of Aljaz Venko. The 26-year-old Scotsman dropped the Slovenian middleweight twice and coasted to a six-round decision.

Dzmitry Asanau will look to start 2026 with a career-best win when he boxes Claudio Daneff in the chief support preceding The Ring's No. 4-rated light heavyweight contender Albert Ramirez, headlining a Feb. 5 card against Lerrone Richards in a WBA interim title defence.

Subriel Matias and Dalton Smith made weight Friday for their 140-pound title fight Saturday at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.

Unbeaten heavyweight Agit Kayayel hopes to the land the biggest prize in boxing – Oleksandr Usyk – if he gets past Damian Knyba on Saturday in Germany but said he'll fight anyone.

Puerto Rican knockout artist Subriel Matias will make his first defense of the WBC super lightweight title against England's Dalton Smith on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Eddie Hearn said Jaron Ennis could challenge the Bakhram Murtazaliev-Josh Kelly winner next for the IBF junior middleweight title if they can't close a deal for "Boots" to finally face Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Lewis Crocker had other opponents in mind, namely Conah Walker, before the IBF ordered him to make a mandated defense of his IBF 147-pound crown against former IBF 140-pound champ Liam Paro.

Elijah Pierce and Lorenzo Parra were initially scheduled to fight November 29, until the former pulled out due to an illness.

Eddie Hearn is excited about the possibility of an IBF/WBC world title unification between Elif Nur Turhan and Caroline Dubois, having agreed an extension with the exciting Turkish talent, who makes her first championship defence on the Murtazaliev-Kelly undercard this month.

LONDON, England - 'Prince' Naseem Hamed sits on a chair in the centre of a room on the second floor of an upmarket hotel a short ringwalk from London's Leicester Square. Behind him is a six-foot black and yellow banner emblazoned with the word ‘Giant’, the name of the film which charts the story of his life from seven-year-old Sheffield kid to featherweight champion of the world.

We don’t want to say that Subriel Matias is one-dimensional, but he is known for one thing: pressure. The Puerto Rican native doesn’t bring anything tricky or out of the ordinary to the table, but no matter who’s in front of him, Matias moves forward poise and purpose, and he doesn’t stop throwing punches, usually until his opponent is unable to continue.

Promising Dominican junior welterweight Hendri Cedeno will have to wait beyond Saturday night to try to advance his career because he couldn't get a license from the New York State Athletic Commission.

Junior welterweight titleholder Richardson Hitchins says he wants to shut up Frank Martin in the ring.

Agit Kabayel didn’t expect a fight with Damian Knyba to be his reward when he knocked out Zhilei Zhang with a body shot 10½ months ago. Kabayel became the WBC interim heavyweight champion by beating the powerful Chinese southpaw February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.