Roarke Knapp is at full health and set to resume his rise through the ranks. The once-beaten junior middleweight prospect will face Jorge Garcia Perez on June 15. Their scheduled 12-round bout will headline a Golden Gloves-promoted event at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. It will mark the first ring appearance for Knapp (17-1-1, 12 knockouts) since last September. The 26-year-old Johannesburg native was due to face Josh Kelly on December 16. However, a hand injury forced him to withdraw. derail the fight. Now the healthy South African will return at a familiar venue aga ..read more

A spectacularly dysfunctional fight several weeks in the making has finally made its way to the schedule. Adrien Broner and Blair Cobbs are set to collide on June 7 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Their welterweight battle will headline the latest offering from Don King. The show is dedicated to the late Jose Sulaiman, the former WBC president and a longtime friend of the Hall of Fame promoter. “This spectacular fighting event is dedicated to the honor of the life and legacy of the late great Jose Sulaiman in the spirit of world peace,” King said in a prov ..read more

Ramon Cardenas was not known for his devastating power up until recent fights. That power saved him from defeat against Jesus Eduardo Ramirez. Cardenas rallied to defeat Ramirez via one-punch knockout Wednesday evening before a sold-out crowd at ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. A left hook to the body put Ramirez down for the ten-count at 1:37 into the ninth round of their main event. After a feeling-out opening round, Ramirez positioned himself within punching range to connect lead and counter right hands to the head of Cardenas. The 28-year-old from Guaymas, Mexico also landed ..read more

The idea behind this weekend’s showcase card was to position Vergil Ortiz Jr. for a title shot. That plan is still in play, even if for a manufactured title and the latest broken promise from the WBA. Approval was granted for an interim WBA 154-pound title to be at stake Ortiz’s announced clash versus Sydney’s Tim Tszyu. The unbeaten knockout artist still has to beat Thomas Dulorme this weekend and escape unscathed to preserve the mouthwatering matchup. Assuming the bout goes chalk, Ortiz (20-0, 20 knockouts) and Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) will then meet as part of a stacked August 3 show. In no sma ..read more

Australian junior middleweight champion Nikita ‘The Butcher’ Tszyu (9-0, 7 KOs) survived a mid-fight scare from Danilo Creati (8-2-1, 1 KO) to retain his title by 10-round unanimous decision at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday night. Sydney southpaw Tszyu, 26, started the fight well, applying effective pressure. His sniper-like left cross was matched with a hard right hook that had reddened Creati’s face as early as the second round. It looked like it was going to be an early night. But the 34-year-old Creati, who was born in Chieti, Italy but boxes out of Sydney, hung to ..read more

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez has finalized an opponent for his homecoming bout. Gonzalez will face Rober Barrera on July 12, All Star Boxing announced Wednesday afternoon. The 10-round bout will take place at the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Gonzalez’s hometown of Managua, Nicaragua and will stream live on ESPN+ in the U.S. and on ESPN Knockout throughout Latin America. The fight will be fought at 118 pounds. “We are anxious to get back in the ring,” said Gonzalez. “This will be a big comeback in my career and I’m grateful it’s going to be in front of my Nicaraguan people.” Gonzalez (51-4 ..read more

NEW YORK — While Ryan Garcia may be calling out Isaac Cruz, the junior welterweight known as “Pitbull” first has to deal with Jose Valenzuela on August 3. The 25-year-old from Mexico City tells The Ring that he heard when Garcia mentioned his name at the post-fight press conference following his upset majority decision win over Devin Haney in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cruz, who holds the WBA title at junior welterweight, was critical of Garcia’s unwillingness to cut the final 3.2 pounds on the scale, making him ineligible to win Haney’s WBC 140-pound title, but says he would welcome a fight with the Gol ..read more

WBO bantamweight titleholder Jason Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) wants to be big in Japan. The 33-year-old Australian will make the second defense of his belt when he takes on local hero Yoshiki Takei (8-0, 8 KOs) at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on May 6. The bout will take place on a massive world title quadruple-header headlined by undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) defending his Ring Magazine championship as well as his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts against Mexican southpaw Luis Nery (35-1, 27 KOs). The crowd is expected to be in the vicinity of 55,000 people. With ..read more

The full lineup has been revealed for the first Riyadh Season show to take place on U.S. soil. Nine different promoters will work together for the six bouts confirmed to grace the August 3 show at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. As previously reported by The Ring, WBA 154-pound titlist Israil Madrimov and pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford meet in the evening’s main event. Five more fights were confirmed during a press conference held Wednesday afternoon in New York City. Press conf underway for Aug. 3 #RiyadhSeasonCard. Announced lineup: Israil Madrimov-Terence Crawford Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz-J ..read more

Ramon Cardenas went from an unknown entity to a contender in a short amount of time. Now he could be a win or two away from fighting for a world title belt. Cardenas, rated No. 10 by The Ring at 122 pounds, will face Jesus Ramirez Rubio on Wednesday night at the Whitesands (also known as the ProBox) Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The 10-round bout will stream live on the ProBox TV application and YouTube page (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT). At Tuesday’s weigh-in, both Cardenas and Ramirez weighed in at 121.2 pounds. ProBox TV’s Chris Glover has been impressed with Cardenas’ ascent up the world ..read more