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Former World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion Jaime McDonnell announced his official retirement as a professional boxer after a long and fruitful career. The native of Doncaster, Yorkshire, had a professional career that spanned from 2005 to 2019 where he compiled a record of 31-3-1, 13 KOs). He made six defenses of the belt.

McDonnell announced his decision through a post on his Instagram account and thanked the fans and those who stood by his side during his years as a fighter.

Undefeated WBC middleweight world champion Jermall Charlo (31-0, 22 KOs) will enter the ring for a Juneteenth Day celebration in his hometown when he takes on Juan Macías Montiel (22-4-2, 22 KOs)on Saturday, June 19 at Toyota Center in Houston headlining on Showtime.

Other fights include rising lightweight contender Isaac Cruz (21-1-1, 15 KOs) battling former world champion Francisco Vargas (27-2-2, 19 KOs) in the 10-round co-main event, and former world champion Angelo Leo (20-1, 9 KOs) against Aaron Alameda (25-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super bantamweight bout.

Tickets for the live event go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, May 13 at 12 p.m. CT and can be purchased at toyotacenter.com.

By Joe Koizumi

The Japanese government decided to extend the state of emergency as for four major metropolis/prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, plus two more— Aichi and Fukuoka —in addition, because of the still rampant COVID-19 pandemic from today (May 12) until the end of May. Dangan Promotions planned to book seven regional/national title bouts in three shows on May 22 and 23 at the Sumida Ward Gymnasium, which was eventually forced to close during this month. Therefore, the following title bouts will be put on at the Korakuen Hall in June or July:

Japanese and WBO AP 115-pound title bout
Ryoji Fukunaga vs. Takahiro Fujii

Japanese 105-pound title bout
Masataka Taniguchi vs. Tatsuro Nakashima

Japanese female bantamweight title bout for the vacant belt
Kanako Taniyama vs. Yuko Henzan

Japanese youth 140-pound title bout
Jin Sasaki vs. Kaiki Yuba

OPBF female 105-pound title bout for the vacant belt
Yuko Kuroki vs. Mizuki Chimoto

Japanese 118-pound title bout
Kyosuke Sawada vs. Ikuro Sadatsune

WBO AP 105-pound title bout
Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Toshiki Kawamitsu

The shows at the Korakuen Hall in May will take place as scheduled with the limited attendance up to fifty percent at maximum. The Hall is a private facility, while the Sumida Ward Gymnasium is governed by the ward under the Tokyo Metropolis, which accounts for the difference of the treatments on the boxing shows at the respective venues.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni (3-0, 3 KOs) will clash with rugby league legend Paul Gallen (11-0-1, 6 KOs) at the Sydney International Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia on June 16 that will be televised on Foxtel Main Event Pay-Per-View. Huni’s promoter Dean Lonergan said he had received a letter from IBF chairman Carlos Ortiz confirming that Huni and Gallen will challenge for an IBF regional title. “I am thrilled to have the fight sanctioned for the IBF Pan Pacific title,” Lonergan said. Continue reading “Huni-Gallen collide June 16”

Two years ago, Danny Roman (27-3-1, 10 KOs) was the unified WBA and IBF super bantamweight world champion. He lost the belts in his first defense by split decision to Murodjon Akhmadaliev. Roman will now look to take one step closer to regaining his champion status against Ricardo Espinoza Franco (25-3, 21 KOs) this Saturday on Showtime from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

“Everything I do in boxing from here on out is to regain my status as a world champion,” stated Roman. “I’ll do whatever it takes to put me back in that position. A victory on May 15 will get me one step closer to that goal. I know in my heart I will become a world champion once again.”

Roman is currently rated WBC #2, WBO #2, WBA #3 and IBF #6, so a world title shot might not be far off if he handles Franco as expected. Danny is a 5:1 favorite in the bout.

By Robert Coster

Manguita Boxing Promotions, based in Santo Domingo, is putting on a card this coming Saturday in which three unbeaten Dominican prospects will have tune-up fights prior to making their US boxing debut in June and July. Red-hot lightweight Starling Almonte (13-0, 10 KOs) will clash against more experienced fellow Dominican Abraham Peralta (19-8, 8 KOs). This bout is scheduled for 10 rounds.

Another bout will pit jr featherweight WBA #15 Luis Reinaldo Nunez (10-0, 8 KOs) against visitor Florentino Perez Hernadez (14-5, 2 KOs) of Mexico, and up-and-coming lightweight Edwin De Los Santos (9-0, 8 KOs) will cross gloves against countryman Marco Antonio Acevedo (11-7-1, 2 KOs). These two bouts are scheduled for 8 rounds. Continue reading “Dominican prospects fighting on Saturday”

By Boxing Bob Newman

Christy Martin Promotions hits Myrtle Beach, South Carolina’s Crown Reef Resort on Saturday. This will be CMP’s second show at the Crown Reef in the last three and a half months. The 11 bout card will be headlined by New Orleans lightweight Jeremy Hill, who is coming off his first loss back in March on ShoBox, after reeling off 14 straight wins to start his career. He’ll be going up against tough Columbian Deivi Julio in an eight-rounder. Continue reading “Boxing back in Myrtle Beach”

Not long after Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders set an all-time indoor attendance record for a boxing event, professional boxing returns to the area. On Friday, May 21st The Boxing Showcase brings a professional boxing event full of hard-hitting action. Eight bouts set to take place with Rafa “Listo” Gaitan (5-0-1, 3 KOs) headlining in the main event against Jorge Armando Martinez (4-6, 1 KO). The opening bell is set for 7:00pm at the World Famous Mesquite Rodeo Arena in Mesquite, Texas. Special guest, Mexican sports legend Marco Antonio Barrera set to be in attendance. For ticket information call 469-316-7152. Former Fightnews.com® writer Christian Schmidt will be the ring announcer.

Before Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor clash for the undisputed junior welterweight world title Saturday, May 22 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, two featherweight firefights will get the action going.

Mexican contender Jose Enrique Vivas will battle the Robert Garcia-trained Louie Coria in a scheduled eight-rounder.

And, in an eight-rounder with a touch of gold, two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez will face Juan Tapia, the fighting pride of Brownsville, Texas. Continue reading “Ramirez-Taylor undercard announced”

Triller Fight Club today announced that they will again make history by having men’s and women’s undisputed title fights on the same card for the first time ever, with an elite boxing Pay-Per-View card co-headlined by the title fight between ‘The Takeover’ Teófimo López and ‘Ferocious’ George Kambosos Jr., which has four belts on the line—IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC and the prestigious Ring belt, and a four-belt title bout between Franchon ‘The Heavy-Hitting Diva’ Crews-Dezurn and Elin Cederroos. The PPV event will be the first-ever boxing event held at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, home of the Miami Marlins. PPV pre-sales are now underway. Continue reading “Triller announces Lopez-Kambosos site, undercard”

By TMZ.com

Logan Paul says he and his brother are taking no chances after Floyd Mayweather’s “I’ll kill you” threat … telling TMZ Sports they now have security watching them “at all times.”

Floyd dropped the menacing warning to Jake Paul after the younger Paul bro famously stole the boxer’s hat during a confrontation at the Logan-Mayweather pre-fight news conference in Miami last week.

Most considered it an empty threat — after all, nobody really thinks Floyd’s going to commit murder over a baseball cap — but Logan tells us he’s taking absolutely no chances. Continue reading “Paul taking Floyd’s ‘kill you’ threat seriously”