Another week of action has yielded a few changes in our trailblazing Women’s Ratings. In the most important bout of the weekend, Argentina’s Evelin Bermudez kept her two junior flyweight belts with a dominant performance over a feisty Jessica Basulto in what could be the last boxing card ever held at Buenos Aires’ legendary Luna Park stadium. Basulto was very aggressive and led with her head all the time, but Bermudez never lost control and remained focused, connecting with power and accuracy before Basulto’s corner chose to throw in the towel in the eighth round to save their fighter from fur ..read more

The weekend is approaching, and from Friday to Sunday it will be “fight-o-clock” somewhere in the world. Every Thursday, The Ring will bring you the most up-to-date information on the most relevant fights you need to see in this week-at-a-glance, one-stop enhanced fight schedule. A quick checklist for the cognoscenti, a useful nuts-and-bolts guide for the boxing neophyte is what we’re aiming at. Here are this week’s most relevant fights: Friday, May 10 – Midas Hotel and Casino, Manila, Philippines Marlon Tapales vs. Nattapong Jankaew – junior featherweight – 10 rounds Reymart Gaballo vs. Kenbu ..read more

One Filipino star took a step forward towards another title opportunity while another took a major step backwards from contention. Marlon Tapales bounced back from his loss to Naoya Inoue with a first round knockout win over Thailand’s Nattapong Jankaew on Friday, while Reymart Gaballo likely saw his bantamweight title aspirations go up in smoke after getting stopped in one round by unheralded Mexican journeyman Kenbun Torres. The fights took place at Midas Hotel and Casino in Pasay City, Philippines and was promoted by Sanman Promotions, MP Promotions and Viva Promotions. Tapales (38-4, 20 kn ..read more

Yamileth Mercado will attempt a defense of her WBC junior featherweight belt against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday June 29, live worldwide on DAZN on the card topped by the blockbuster clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse Rodriguez for the Ring junior bantamweight championship and the WBC belt. Mercado (23-3 5 KOs) defends her title for the seventh time after winning the strap in November 2019, and will fight in the States for the just the second time in Phoenix, having taken on Amanda Serrano in Cleveland in August 2021. The long-reigning Mexican pitc ..read more

It’s been a memorable 30th birthday celebration for Carlos Adames. A long overdue upgrade to full WBC middleweight titlist will now come with a scheduled fight. Adames is set to make a voluntary defense versus Terrell Gausha. WBC officials confirmed that the bout will take place on June 15 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The bout will serve in supporting capacity to the Gervonta Davis-Frank Martin WBA lightweight title fight. It is not yet confirmed whether it will be part of the Pay-Per-View portion of the PBC on Prime show. Adames (23-1, 18 knockouts), The Ring’s No. 2-rated middlewe ..read more

Two undisputed champions in the top five of Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings were in action during a 48-hour span ending last week and starting this week.   Canelo Alvarez scored a knockdown en route to defending the super middleweight championship via unanimous decision over Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas on May 4. Naoya Inoue got up from an opening-round knockdown to twice drop Luis Nery before scoring a brutal sixth-round KO in defense of the junior featherweight championship.  Both future hall of famers defeated formidable challengers ranked No. 5 by The Ring in their re ..read more

Samuel Takyi will fully focus on his pro career, now represented by one of his nation’s most prominent managers. The 2020 Olympic Bronze medalist for Ghana has inked a long-term pact with Streetwise Management, founded and headed by Michael Amoo-Bediako. The signing motivated Takyi (4-0, 4 knockouts) to officially leave Ghana’s amateur boxing team for a more active pro career. “We have been following Samuel for a very long time even before he was in the Ghanaian national team,” Amoo-Bediako told The Ring. “To finally land him is great news. We want to thank Samuel’s advisors Dave Itskowitch an ..read more

Junior featherweight Elijah Pierce will square off against Lorenzo Parra on June 28, manager Trifon Petrov confirmed to The Ring Wednesday. The 10-round bout will take place at the Overtime Elite (OTE) Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and will stream live on DAZN (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT). “We are excited at the opportunity to have Elijah Pierce fight another world-rated contender,” Petrov told The Ring. “I am confident Elijah will dominate Lorenzo Parra. We are chasing (Ring Magazine and undisputed junior featherweight champion) Naoya Inoue. On June 28, we will be another step closer to making this fig ..read more

Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde are back at the negotiating table. The Ring has confirmed that the WBO has ordered an interim title fight between the pair of top light heavyweights. It came as previous talks fell apart over a discrepancy on the Yarde side. However, the stakes are now raised with the winner guaranteed to land a shot at what could be the undisputed championship by that point. The winner will be guaranteed a shot at the full title, currently held by unified champ Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 knockouts). The call for an interim title came when Beterbiev suffered a knee injury which p ..read more

The Ring has obtained paperwork confirming that manager Peter Kahn has won his lawsuit filed on Thursday, October 13, 2022, against former lightweight world champion George Kambosos Jr. in the circuit court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida. Kahn was awarded $350,000 in judgement of a lawsuit for breach of contract claiming lost wages. The paperwork reveals the final judgement came down on April 4. On May 6, the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, served DiBella Entertainment and Top Rank with writs of garnishment ordering them to withhold any monies that th ..read more