The WBA has rendered Alberto Puello its super lightweight champion in recess as it attempts to resolve his status with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. BoxingScene.com confirmed Wednesday that the WBA changed Puello’s championship status for failing a performance-enhancing drug test last month. The WBA…

Once overlooked, the lightweight division has morphed into one of the most exciting weight classes around. In the previous and coming weeks, the talent-riched division placed its top guns on display. To kick things off, Shakur Stevenson successfully abandoned his super featherweight throne and headed…

Junior middleweight Tim Tszyu has made good on his promise to stay busy. As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Tszyu will make a defense of the interim-WBO junior middleweight title against Carlos Ocampo on June 18 in Queensland, Australia. Tszyu was in action back in March, when…

Tim Tszyu will remain active as he awaits his first career title shot. No Limit Boxing confirmed that Australia’s Tszyu will take a second interim fight, as he is set to face Mexico’s Carlos Ocampo. Their scheduled twelve-round junior middleweight bout will take place on…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Arman Tsarukyan’s next fight is booked, although it may not be with a fighter most fans would have predicted. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed with MMA Fighting that Tsarukyan will face Joaquim Silva at the…

Teofimo Lopez likes Devin Haney’s jab and believes his rival’s conditioning has served Haney well. Lopez just doesn’t think the undefeated, fully unified lightweight champion has enough “dog” in him to beat Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) is slightly favored to beat Lomachenko (17-2,…

Devin Haney puts all of his belts on the line in a fight against the former champion. As we close in on the May 20 lightweight title battle between undisputed champion Devin Haney and challenger Vasiliy Lomachenko, Top Rank promotes the fight by releasing…

UFC strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill are still fighting each other – just not this Saturday as planned. Originally booked for this weekend’s UFC on ABC 4 main card in Charlotte, N.C., the bout between Dern and Hill is shifting one week later to…

Canelo Alvarez has been critical in the past of Ryan Garcia not putting in enough effort while Garcia trained in the same gym as him. Garcia’s former mentor also suggested Wednesday that he could’ve made a better effort to get up in the seventh round…