Few sports have a national holiday or weekend. Boxing stands out with two pseudo-holidays: Cinco de Mayo in early May and Mexican Independence Day in mid-September. These are times when the sport takes center stage, with little competition from other events. Cinco de Mayo isn’t celebrated in Mexico like Mexican Independence Day. However, the date
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On the horizon in less than a week’s time, on May 2, the biggest fight in boxing thus far in 2026 will take place between Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs). Not only will the battle between the two undefeated Japanese pound-for-pound stars be the most significant bout in Japanese
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The sport of boxing has a strange way of finding those who need it. It unearths diamonds from coal, discovering kindred spirits destined for triumph in the squared circle. Before former unified welterweight champion, Keith “One Time” Thurman, was headlining PPVs and fighting in front of thousands of fans, one man saw potential in him
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The relationship between fans and the sweet science ends when the combatants leave the squared circle. Pundits tend to dig a bit deeper, getting to know fighters personally so they can tell their stories on video or for their bylines. However, the sweet science means so much more to others. It’s not only a sport,
Boxing, much like life, isn’t fair. Some fighters have the luxury of becoming a star outside the squared circle, garnering and, at times, squandering opportunity after opportunity. Others have to rely on circumstances and world titles to put them in the headlines and main events. In many respects, boxing can be a popularity contest. Ryan
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The month of January isn’t particularly known for being a month where meaningful fights take place. It isn’t usually until almost at the halfway point of the year that the boxing calendar starts to open up with mega matchups of high importance. However, January 2026 has proven to be an exception. On the last day
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The Fighter of the Year award is one of the most prestigious and coveted in all of boxing. This year in particular, it’s debatable as to who should get the honors between Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue. Every year, there is a dispute over who the Fighter of the Year should be. But on some
Entering the squared circle this weekend is the return of one of boxing’s most celebrated pound-for-pound fighters, four-division world champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs). The undisputed super bantamweight champion will be headlining the Ring V: Night of the Samurai event with some of his fellow Japanese countrymen, Junto Nakatani and Kenshiro Teraji.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – At the home of the 5-time NBA championship team, the San Antonio Spurs, the Frost Bank Center, Premier Boxing Champions on Prime Video PPV put on an excellent card in front of a lively Texas crowd of 10,230 that filled the arena by the first fight of the PPV. Without question,
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Amidst one of the best cards of 2025, this weekend in San Antonio, Texas, one fight stands out above the rest. Former unified junior featherweight champion and current WBC featherweight titleholder Stephen Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) will move up in weight to take on WBC super featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs). Due to
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