World Boxing News News Updates

Ryan Garcia will have the chance to become a world champion on February 21, despite an extraordinary run since late 2023. Garcia is scheduled to challenge WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in a 12-round title fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the bout streaming live worldwide on DAZN.… Read more »

Abel Mendoza is undefeated, active, and nine years into his professional career. Yet despite a 42–0 record and more than 160 rounds logged, his name remains absent from boxing’s top-100 rankings at lightweight. On paper, that combination is unusual. In practice, it reveals what modern rankings actually reward — and… Read more »

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. returned to the ring on Saturday night with a fourth-round stoppage win in San Luis Potosí, adding a needed result to a career that has recently been more about getting back to routine than making statements. At Arena Potosí, Chavez Jr. stopped Argentina’s Ángel Julián in… Read more »

Mario Barrios says the chatter about his championship status is just that — chatter — and he is treating it the same way he has treated most of his career: by showing up on major cards and doing his job. Speaking at the recent press conference, Barrios was asked about… Read more »

Abel Mendoza’s unbeaten record is again being clouded by administrative inconsistencies after another professional bout failed to appear on the official register. For Mendoza, it is the latest chapter in a problem he says has followed him for years, with fights completed in the ring still not reflected publicly afterward.… Read more »

Zuffa Boxing staged its inaugural professional event on Friday night in Las Vegas, delivering an eight-fight card that produced decisive outcomes. Headlining the debut show, unbeaten middleweight Callum Walsh overcame a mid-fight setback to secure a unanimous decision over former world title challenger Carlos Ocampo, setting the tone for an… Read more »

As the boxing calendar moves toward spring, several high-profile plans at the top of the sport remain unsettled, reflecting the familiar realities of negotiations, scheduling, and mandatory obligations across multiple divisions. With major names expected to feature prominently in the coming months, clarity on opponents, venues, and timing has yet… Read more »

Amendments to the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (H.R. 4624) advanced this week after a bipartisan committee vote, according to a letter sent directly to World Boxing News from Congress. The updated proposal would introduce an optional new framework, Unified Boxing Organizations (UBOs), alongside existing sanctioning bodies, with lawmakers… Read more »

Zuffa Boxing has confirmed the full lineup for its second professional boxing event, continuing an early pattern that favors proven world-level experience over volume or spectacle. Z02 takes place on February 1 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, with all three bouts scheduled for 10 rounds. The format mirrors… Read more »

Deontay Wilder has the kind of late-career opportunity most heavyweights never get twice. A 2026 showdown with Oleksandr Usyk is agreed, approved by the World Boxing Council, and built around the one scenario that still makes Wilder dangerous against an elite technician: the single, division-shifting punch. Now he is prepared… Read more »