At State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, before a sold-out crowd of 16,000 on Saturday night on DAZN, promoter Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions presented Claressa “T-Rex” Shields against WBA and WBC middleweight champion Kaye “Glamour” Scott in the main event. Shields stopped Scott in the sixth round to capture the WBA and WBC titles.

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Claressa Shields already knows where she wants to go after stopping Kaye Scott in six rounds Saturday night. Lauren Price is her first choice, with Tamm Thibeault and Mikaela Mayer also named as potential opponents at middleweight.

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Troy Isley defeated Joseph Hicks by unanimous decision Saturday night in Atlanta, but the performance did little to answer how the 2020 U.S. Olympian will fare against the better middleweights.

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Bakhodir Jalolov is reportedly returning to amateur boxing, a surprising decision for a 32-year-old heavyweight with the tools to capture a world title.

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Claressa Shields returned to middleweight Saturday night and overwhelmed Kaye Scott, scoring a sixth-round stoppage to capture the WBA and WBC titles at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

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Emanuel Navarrete and O’Shaquie Foster have agreed to terms for a super featherweight unification fight on October 24 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

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Eddie Hearn claims he would be shocked if Liam Paro defeated Devin Haney. That’s an interesting stance considering Hearn promotes Jack Catterall, another fighter trying to land Haney.

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Vergil Ortiz Jr. says nobody wants to fight him, but the explanation for his inactivity isn’t difficult to find. His lengthy contractual dispute with Golden Boy Promotions cost him valuable months while the junior middleweight division moved on without him.

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The talkSPORT Boxing panel isn’t happy about the WBO ordering Hamzah Sheeraz to defend his super middleweight title against Janibek Alimkhanuly. Their complaint would carry more force if Sheeraz hadn’t received his own VIP fast-track from the same organization.

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A legend of the heavyweight division has named his victory over Mike Tyson as the easiest of his decorated professional career. Known for his unique ‘peek-a-boo’ fighting style and…

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Lamont Roach Jr. plans to remain at lightweight after his loss to William Zepeda, but finding the right direction at 135 pounds presents a difficult choice. The opponents capable of providing Roach with a major payday are also the ones most likely to hand him another defeat.

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Longtime boxing businessman, matchmaker and promoter Rick Glaser accused Eddie Hearn of risking the entire Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight by refusing to go along with Netflix’s push to stage the bout in the United States.

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Ernesto “Tito” Mercado will not fight tonight on the Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott card in Atlanta after replacement opponent Roger Hilley missed weight, completing a bizarre two-day sequence that leaves one of boxing’s top young talents without a fight.

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Carl Froch has revealed that one man hit him noticeably harder than anyone else across his 35-fight career. Nottingham man Froch was known for his granite chin, unwillingness to…

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Robert Garcia believes Shakur Stevenson wants Raymond Muratalla at 135 pounds partly because the IBF lightweight champion struggles to make the limit.

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Rob McCracken knows Anthony Joshua better than most, so he is well placed to talk about his upcoming fight with Tyson Fury. McCracken played a pivotal role in…

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Promoter Ben Shalom wants to see Benjamin Whittaker fight Gradus Kraus, and Eddie Hearn should have little reason to reject the idea if he believes his own description of the 2020 Olympic silver medalist as a “generational” talent.

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Claressa Shields returns to middleweight tonight to challenge Kaye Scott for the WBC and WBA titles at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

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Conor Benn claims he will “Risk it all” in his September 12 bout against Ryan Garcia, but his choice of division tells a different story. If Benn wanted genuine competitive danger, staying at middleweight provided all he could handle.

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Sugar Ray Leonard became a five-division world champion by stopping Donny Lalonde in the ninth round on November 7, 1988, but the light heavyweight portion of that accomplishment deserves an asterisk.

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