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Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 30, 2026·5 min read
Agit Kabayel: The Heavyweight Nobody Wants to Fight
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 29, 2026·6 min read
WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO — the Alphabet, Finally Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 2, 2026·6 min read
Tyson's Peek-a-Boo, Explained: The System Behind the Terror
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 1, 2026·5 min read
The Shoulder Roll: How Mayweather Made Boxing Look Rigged
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 30, 2026·5 min read
Float: What Ali's Footwork Actually Was
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 29, 2026·5 min read
The Matrix: How Lomachenko Ends Up Behind You
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 28, 2026·5 min read
Canelo's Body Attack: Violence With a Savings Plan
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 27, 2026·5 min read
Usyk: The Cruiserweight Brain in the Heavyweight Room
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 26, 2026·5 min read
The Monster's Secret: Why Inoue's Power Doesn't Make Sense (Until It Does)
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 25, 2026·5 min read
Crawford's Switch: Fighting a Man Who Won't Stay One Fighter
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 24, 2026·5 min read
GGG's Jab: The Politest Way to Break a Man's Will
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 23, 2026·5 min read
The Pacquiao Angle: In, Out, and Gone Before the Reply
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·8 min read
How Boxing Is Scored: The 10-Point Must System, the Four Judging Criteria, Knockdowns and Real Scorecards Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·8 min read
Boxing Weight Classes Explained: All 17 Divisions in Order, Limits in Pounds and Kilograms, and Why They Exist
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 30, 2026·4 min read
Rounds, Bells and Twelve Threes: Boxing's Clock, Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·8 min read
Undisputed vs Unified Champion in Boxing: What Every Belt Means — WBA Super and Regular, Interim, Franchise, Lineal and The Ring
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 28, 2026·4 min read
Pound-for-Pound: Boxing's Most Argued-About Imaginary Title
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 27, 2026·5 min read
Amateur vs Pro Boxing: Two Sports Wearing the Same Gloves
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 26, 2026·4 min read
The Clinch: Boxing's Most Hated, Most Useful Position
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 25, 2026·5 min read
Sixty Seconds: What Actually Happens in a Boxing Corner
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 24, 2026·4 min read
8oz, 10oz, 16oz: What Glove Weights Actually Change
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 23, 2026·4 min read
Catchweight: The Negotiated Pound That Changes Everything
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 12, 2026·5 min read
UFC 329 Recap: Max Holloway Ends Conor McGregor's Comeback in Under Two Minutes
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·5 min read
Max Holloway's Three-Division History: What 'Blessed' Just Proved
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 12, 2026·5 min read
UFC 329 Undercard: Every Result You Need From T-Mobile Arena
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·4 min read
Paddy Pimblett's First-Round Statement at UFC 329
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·5 min read
Conor McGregor's Comeback, Interrupted: What Happens Next
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 12, 2026·5 min read
Oktagon 91 Recap: Krzysztof Jotko Dethrones Kerim Engizek in Cologne
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·5 min read
Kerim Engizek: From a Düsseldorf Orphanage to Middleweight Champion — and Back to Challenger
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·4 min read
Mochamed Machaev vs. Gjoni Palokaj: The Featherweight Title Fight That Co-Headlined Cologne
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 14, 2026·5 min read
Krzysztof Jotko's Second Career: The Ex-UFC Veteran Now Ruling Europe
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 14, 2026·5 min read
The Business of Combat Sports: How One July Weekend Delivered Vegas and Cologne
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 15, 2026·5 min read
UFC Oklahoma City Preview: Du Plessis vs. Usman — Former Champions, One Ladder
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 15, 2026·4 min read
The Coverage Promise: Every Card, Every Belt, Every Week
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 14, 2026·5 min read
The WBA Explained: Boxing's Oldest Belt and Why There Are Sometimes Two of Them
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 14, 2026·5 min read
The WBC Explained: Why the Green Belt Is the One Everyone Pictures
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 13, 2026·5 min read
IBF & WBO Explained: The Two Newcomers That Completed Boxing's Big Four
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 15, 2026·5 min read
Eubank vs. Papot Preview: The Night Boxing Gloves Start Talking
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 15, 2026·5 min read
Pacheco vs. Aleem Preview: The 25-0 Problem Every Prospect Eventually Faces
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 20, 2026·5 min read
Papot Drops Eubank Three Times in London: The Upset Nobody Ordered
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 20, 2026·5 min read
Pacheco Grinds Down Aleem in Eleven: The McGirt Debut Worked
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 20, 2026·6 min read
Boxing's Super-Weekend: Joshua in Saudi, Spence–Tszyu in Sydney, Two Lightweight Title Fights in Vegas
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 27, 2026·5 min read
Joshua Off the Canvas Twice, Then Ends It: Prenga Nearly Wrote History in Jeddah
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 27, 2026·6 min read
Tszyu Sends Spence Into Retirement: A Hometown Coronation in Sydney
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 27, 2026·5 min read
Jeddah's Title Undercard: Sheeraz Survives the Boos, Kelly Survives a War
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 27, 2026·5 min read
Vegas Lightweight Doubleheader: Roach–Zepeda for the Vacant WBC, Muratalla Defends the IBF
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 3, 2026·5 min read
Zepeda Overwhelms Roach for the WBC Title: Volume Answered the Craft
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 3, 2026·4 min read
Undisputed on the Line in Orlando: Cherneka Johnson vs. Dina Thorslund
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 10, 2026·5 min read
Thorslund Takes It All Back: A 100-90 Shutout for the Undisputed Crown
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 10, 2026·4 min read
Simpson Settles the Score: The Man Dropped Four Times Comes Back to Win
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 10, 2026·4 min read
Shields Defends in Atlanta: The GWOAT Puts Her Middleweight Belts on the Line vs. Kaye Scott
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 17, 2026·4 min read
Shields Comes Back Down and Takes the Belts: A Rare Stoppage in Atlanta
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 17, 2026·4 min read
Romero vs. Lopez: A Loud Champion, a Two-Division Star, and a Welterweight Title in Vegas
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 24, 2026·5 min read
The Takeover, Chapter Three: Teofimo Lopez Boxes His Way to a Third Divisional Title
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 24, 2026·4 min read
Cameron vs. Mayer: Three Belts, Two Elite Champions, One Unification in England
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 31, 2026·5 min read
Force Beats Finesse: Cameron Grinds Down Mayer to Unify at 154
Fight NewsRead the story→Aug 31, 2026·4 min read
Taylor Comes Home to Croke Park: An Undisputed Defense on Irish Soil
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·6 min read
Boxing Rules Explained: Legal Targets, Fouls, Knockdowns and the Count — The Complete Guide
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·6 min read
How a Boxing Fight Ends: KO vs TKO, Unanimous vs Split vs Majority Decision, Draws, Technical Decisions and No Contests
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 2, 2026·6 min read
Boxing Weigh-Ins Explained: Making Weight, Rehydration Clauses, the IBF Second Weigh-In and What Happens When a Fighter Misses
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 7, 2026·5 min read
Katie Taylor's Perfect Ending: Undisputed Again, in Front of 80,000 at Home
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 7, 2026·4 min read
Garcia vs. Benn Preview: The WBC Welterweight Title Fight the Desk Has Been Tracking
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 14, 2026·4 min read
Garcia Ends Benn in 1:25 of Round Two: Pressure Never Got to Ask Its Question
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 14, 2026·3 min read
Cruz vs. Bravo Preview: Pitbull Defends the Interim WBC Belt, First Fight Under Reynoso
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 21, 2026·4 min read
Cruz Stops Bravo in Six: Reynoso's First Fight in the Corner Ends in a Knockout
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 21, 2026·3 min read
Pat Brown Stops John Hedges in Six to Win the British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Titles
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 21, 2026·3 min read
Inoue vs. Nasukawa 2 Preview: Takuma Inoue Defends the WBC Bantamweight Title in a Rematch
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 25, 2026·4 min read
Fury vs. Joshua Is Official: Dec. 11 in Cardiff, on Netflix, for the WBA 'Super' Title Usyk Left Behind
Fight NewsdeRead the story→25. Sept. 2026·4 min read
Agit Kabayels nächster Kampf: WBC-Titelverteidigung am 28. November, inzwischen in Düsseldorf gegen Nelson Hysa
Fight NewsesRead the story→25 sept 2026·4 min read
Munguía vs. Melikuziev y Janibek vs. Bank: la AMB y la OMB ordenan dos peleas en el peso supermediano
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 25, 2026·4 min read
Pacquiao vs. Stevenson in Talks for the Fury vs. Joshua Card in Cardiff
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·8 min read
How Fury Beats Joshua, and How Joshua Beats Fury: The Tactical Breakdown
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·7 min read
Five Men Who Fought Both Fury and Joshua, and What Each One Tells Us
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·7 min read
The Fight That Kept Dying: Ten Years of Fury vs. Joshua, From First Call-Out to Cardiff
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·7 min read
Off the Canvas: What Every Knockdown of Fury and Joshua Tells Us About December 11
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·6 min read
The Davison Factor: What Fury's Old Trainer Brings to Joshua's Corner (and Where It Runs Out)
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·7 min read
Canelo vs. Mbilli: The Old Master Against the Unbeaten Wrecking Ball
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 26, 2026·7 min read
Pacquiao vs. Stevenson: Southpaw Against Southpaw, 47 Against 29
Fight NewsRead the story→Sep 27, 2026·4 min read
Agit Kabayel's November 28 Title Defense: The Opponent Search and How It Ended
Fight NewsesRead the story→27 sept 2026·4 min read
Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz noquea a Néstor Bravo en el sexto y retiene el título interino del CMB
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 5, 2026·5 min read
Whittaker Survives a Final-Round Scare to Beat Wallace and Earn a Shot at Bivol
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 5, 2026·4 min read
Iglesias vs. Zaren Preview: An All-Southpaw IBF Super Middleweight Title Fight in Quebec City
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 5, 2026·5 min read
Schofield vs. Bahdi Preview: 39-0 on the Line for the Vacant WBA Lightweight Title in Chicago
Fight NewsesRead the story→5 oct 2026·5 min read
Navarrete vs. Foster: unificación de tres títulos superpluma el 24 de octubre en San Antonio
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 6, 2026·5 min read
Fury and Joshua Meet in London: The VADA Standoff That Almost Cancelled the Press Conference
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 6, 2026·4 min read
Peter Fury, Joshua and the Camp Rumour: What Is Actually Confirmed
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 6, 2026·5 min read
Fury vs. Joshua by the Numbers: Age, Size, Power and the Record Each Man Brings to Cardiff
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·5 min read
Schofield Outlasts Bahdi to Win the Vacant WBA Lightweight Title in Chicago
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·5 min read
Sergio Mendoza Stops Ricardo Sandoval in Round Five to Take the WBC and WBA Flyweight Titles
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·4 min read
Iglesias Stops Zaren in Round Seven to Retain the IBF Super Middleweight Title
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·6 min read
Boxing on October 17: Dubois vs. Wardley II, Fundora vs. Hadribeaj and Figueroa vs. Kameda, Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·4 min read
Fury vs. Joshua: Ringwalk Expected Around 1 AM in Cardiff, and What That Means for Viewers
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 12, 2026·4 min read
Kabayel vs. Hysa Confirmed for November 28 in Düsseldorf: What Changed
Fight NewsdeRead the story→12. Okt. 2026·5 min read
Kabayel gegen Hysa: Düsseldorf, DAZN und die offenen Fragen zur WM-Verteidigung am 28. November
Fight NewsesRead the story→12 oct 2026·5 min read
Sergio 'Yoreme' Mendoza noquea a Ricardo Sandoval y conquista los títulos mosca del CMB y la AMB en Chicago
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·8 min read
Inside the Bivol vs. Beterbiev Rivalry: Light Heavyweight's Defining Trilogy
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·7 min read
The Mexican Monster's Long Wait: David Benavidez and the Politics of Boxing's Best
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·7 min read
Why Is Nobody Fighting Jaron "Boots" Ennis?
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·6 min read
What Is a "Champion in Recess"? Inside the Gervonta Davis Ruling
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·6 min read
The Teenage Heavyweight's First Loss: What Moses Itauma Showed Against Hrgovic
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·7 min read
Boxing's Best-Kept Secret: Why the Smallest Weight Classes Have the Sport's Best Technicians
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·7 min read
The Night That Wasn't: How the Ryan Garcia Scandal Shaped Devin Haney's Path to Welterweight
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·6 min read
The Towering Southpaw: How Sebastian Fundora Turned a Freak Frame Into a Title
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·6 min read
Still Elite at 43: Inside Erislandy Lara's Impossibly Long Cuban Clinic
Fight NewsRead the story→Oct 1, 2026·7 min read
Dubois vs. Wardley: Inside British Boxing's Bitter Heavyweight Rivalry
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 16, 2026·5 min read
The Headgear Paradox: Why Elite Amateur Boxing Removed It
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·5 min read
What Happens After a Knockout? The Part Nobody Shows You
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·6 min read
How Boxing Paydays Actually Work: From Four-Rounders to PPV Splits
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·5 min read
What Boxing Promoters Actually Do (And Why Fighters Need Them)
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·4 min read
How to Become a Boxing Judge: The Path Nobody Talks About
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·5 min read
Drug Testing in Boxing, Explained: VADA, Commissions, and the Gaps
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·6 min read
Ali–Frazier: The Trilogy That Defined Boxing, Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→Jul 17, 2026·5 min read
Hagler vs. Hearns: Eight Minutes That Boxing Never Got Over
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 9, 2026·5 min read
Crawford's Masterclass: Why the Complete Fighter Always Wins
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 8, 2026·6 min read
The Heavyweight Chessboard: The Race for Undisputed
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 6, 2026·4 min read
The New Breed: Welterweight's Changing of the Guard
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 5, 2026·5 min read
Inside the Superfight Era: How Money Is Reshaping Boxing
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 8, 2026·5 min read
The Rise of African Boxing: The Sport's Next Powerhouse
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 7, 2026·4 min read
Why Mexican Fighters Define Pressure Boxing
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 6, 2026·5 min read
The Cuban Amateur System: How an Island Builds Champions
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 5, 2026·4 min read
Eastern Europe's Technical Schools: The Modern Blueprint
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 4, 2026·4 min read
Boxing in Asia: A New Pound-for-Pound Standard
Fight NewsRead the story→Jun 8, 2026·6 min read
Why Dagestan Produces Fighters Who Don't Panic
Fight NewsRead the story→May 29, 2026·4 min read
Tyson's Best Knockouts, Broken Down
Fight NewsRead the story→May 22, 2026·5 min read
Why Judges Get It Wrong (And How Scoring Actually Works)
Fight NewsRead the story→May 21, 2026·4 min read
Fight Week: The 7 Days That Decide Everything
Fight NewsRead the story→May 19, 2026·5 min read
How to Watch Boxing Like a Coach
Fight NewsRead the story→May 18, 2026·5 min read
The Anatomy of a Robbery: Controversial Decisions Explained
Fight NewsRead the story→May 13, 2026·4 min read
Why Amateur and Pro Boxing Are Two Different Sports
Fight NewsRead the story→May 1, 2026·5 min read
Muay Thai: Why Thailand Builds the Toughest Fighters
Fight NewsRead the story→Apr 30, 2026·4 min read