Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia finally appear to have secured a date and a site for their long-discussed middleweight title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that the 12-round championship bout between Lara and Garcia is expected to be part of a Showtime Pay-Per-View broadcast December 9…

Chris Colbert and Jose Valenzuela have agreed to a rematch that’ll take place eight months after their first fight resulted in one of boxing’s most controversial outcomes of 2023. BoxingScene.com has learned that the second lightweight bout between Colbert and Valenzuela likely will be part…

For whatever reason, Demetrius Andrade has been unable to take part in any of the big-fight fun. The former Olympian believes he’s done his job. He hasn’t fought the best of the best but the names that were brave enough to face him have all…

Another undefeated southpaw suspects that David Benavidez is avoiding him as the unbeaten Benavidez prepares for his upcoming fight against Demetrius Andrade. That’s fine by Benavidez, who assured doubters during a recent interview with BoxingScene.com that David Morrell Jr. is also on his hit list.…

As much as Shakur Stevenson wanted to display his superiority over Frank Martin, the unbeaten Stevenson believes he’ll face a better, more dangerous southpaw November 16. Stevenson considers Edwin De Los Santos a more complex opponent than Martin, who withdrew from their fight a few…

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about Showtime Boxing’s demise, reports of a December 9th show featuring Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia have been swirling for a while. Dan Rafael’s postmortem claims the show will “likely” be a PPV…

A matchup of ranked featherweights, Giga Chikadze vs. Josh Emmett is the latest edition to UFC 296, the final pay-per-view of the year. The UFC announced on Wednesday that Chikadze (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) will take on Emmett (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in a 145-pound…

Jennifer Maia Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jennifer Maia is no longer on the UFC roster, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. The one-time flyweight title contender completed her deal in the co-main event of UFC…

Heavyweights are headed to UFC 296 in Las Vegas. Martin Buday, who recently cracked the promotion’s rankings, will welcome newcomer Shamil Gaziev to the UFC on Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena. Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the targeted booking…