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• WBA Orders Purse Bid for Gadzhimagomedov-La Cruz on May 18
The has ordered the purse bid for the bridgerweight title bout between Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and Julio César La Cruz to take place on May 18. Through its Championships Committee, the WBA officially called the purse bid hearing, which will be held at the WBA’s United States office in Cypress at 10:00 a.m. local time. The … Continue reading "WBA Orders Purse Bid for Gadzhimagomedov-La C...2026
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• Andy Cruz vs. Albert Bell Talks Collapse, IBF Orders Purse Bid
Andy Cruz and Albert Bell are officially heading to a purse bid after failing to ... read more Andy Cruz vs. Albert Bell Talks Collapse, IBF Orders Purse Bid @ Boxing News 24/7...2026
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• Andy Cruz vs Albert Bell Negotiations Collapse, IBF Orders Purse Bid.

When everything appeared to be heading toward a deal, negotiations between Andy Cruz and Albert “Prince” Bell suddenly hit the ropes. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) officially ordered a purse bid for the lightweight eliminator between the Cuban standout and the unbeaten American, a high-stakes clash that will determine the next mandatory challenger at 135 […]...2026
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• Zuffa Boxing announce multi-fight deal for former world champion

Zuffa Boxing continues to make its mark in the boxing world and have now announced the signing of the former WBO cruiserweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith to a multi-fight deal. Billam-Smith (21-2, 13 KOs) enjoyed a great run of form, winning eleven fights in a row, including against Lawrence Okolie to win the WBO title, before being outpointed by Gilberto Ramirez. He scored impressive wins ...2026
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• IBF Orders Richardson Hitchins vs Lindolfo Delgado Purse Bid
Richardson Hitchins must defend against Lindolfo Delgado as IBF orders April 21 purse bid The ... continue IBF Orders Richardson Hitchins vs Lindolfo Delgado Purse Bid @ Boxing News 24...2026
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• EMX Sports wins purse bid for Chukhadzhian vs Paddy Donovan IBF eliminator
EMX Sports has won the purse bid to stage the IBF welterweight title eliminator between ... read more EMX Sports wins purse bid for Chukhadzhian vs Paddy Donovan IBF eliminator @ Boxing News 24/7...2026
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• Dmitry Bivol’s manager outlines ideal path after Michael Eifert fight

Dan Rafael and other media personnel revealed that Lineal and unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol looks set to face IBF mandatory challenger Michael Eifert in his first fight since undergoing back surgery. His manager, Vadim Kornilov, has also revealed the ideal two fights to follow the Eifert mandatory bout. Dmitry Bivol set to return against Michael Eifert Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) was la...2026
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• Dmitry Bivol agrees deal for Oleksandr Usyk undercard return in Egypt

Lineal and unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has been out of the ring since his historic rematch win over Artur Beterbiev on February 22, 2025. Many have speculated over whether Bivol’s return would see him fight Beterbiev again or face David Benavidez. IBF mandatory challenger Michael Eifert has also been waiting patiently, and it now appears that Bivol and Eifert have reached an ag...2026
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• Jack reinstated as WBC cruiserweight champion

Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images Badou Jack has been reinstated as WBC cruiserweight champion while Noel Mikaelian deals with legal issues With the fall of Mahmoud Charr this past weekend, I lost my purpose as a sportswriter. Never did I think I would find a similarly moronic saga to latch onto in lieu of developing a personality or any skills that meaningfully improve the world. Luckily...2024
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• Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez official for June 10 at Hulu Theater
Steve Welsh/PA Images via Getty Images and Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez is set for June 10 in New York, as expected, with the announcement made official tonight. It was expected, now it’s official: Josh Taylor will defend the WBO junior welterweight title against Teofimo Lopez on June 10 in New York, with Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater hos...2023
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"Sebastian Fundora reportedly vacates WBO title in favor of Tim Tszyu rematch"

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• Billam Smith vs Fress misses Eubank vs Benn 2 deadline by two days

The anticipated WBO Interim Cruiserweight title bout between Chris Billam-Smith and Roman Fress is officially off the table for the Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn 2 undercard. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has formally ordered a purse bid for the contest, triggering a mandated timeline that mathematically rules out the November 15th date at… »Billam Smith vs Fress misses Eu...2025
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• ‘No engagement’: Usyk’s ordered title defense against Parker gaining no traction

Oleksandr Usyk has had no negotiations with Joseph Parker for a WBO title defense. | Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Oleksandr Usyk may be willing to vacate his WBO title rather than be pushed into a mandatory title defense. Although undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk was immediately ordered to make a mandatory WBO title defense against Joseph Parker following his latest ...2025
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• ‘We gave our word’: Hearn explains why Bivol is fighting Beterbiev again instead of Benavidez

Eddie Hearn speaks on Jaron Ennis vs Eimantas Stanionis, Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3, and more. | Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images Eddie Hearn says Dmitry Bivol couldn’t go into a title defense against David Benavidez given his contract with Artur Beterbiev. Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn takes some time to talk to Fight Hub about this weekend’s welterweight titl...2025
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• Matchroom Boxing wins Yafai vs Rodriguez purse bid

Flyweights Galal Yafai and Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez Jr are slated to meet for the interim WBC flyweight title on DAZN Matchroom Boxing claimed the rights to stage the WBC interim flyweight title fight between Galal Yafai and Francisco Rodriguez Jr today, winning the purse bid unopposed with an offer of $222,222. Jake Donovan reports that the fight, which would earn the winner a shot at unifie...2025
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more

Dmitry Bivol took the “0” from Artur Beterbiev, as Beterbiev did to him last year | Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Dmitry Bivol took the “0” from Artur Beterbiev, as Beterbiev did to him last year, plus more from Riyadh and elsewhere in boxing! Dmitry Bivol gets revenge, goes undisputed at 175 The obvious biggest story of the week is that Dmitry Bivol rallied to cleanly beat Artur Beterbi...2025
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• Mbilli vs Sadjo eliminator off due to financial issues, Mbilli seeks WBC interim title

Christian Mbilli won’t be fighting Kevin Sadjo | Photo by Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images Christian Mbilli won’t be fighting Kevin Sadjo, withdrawing from the fight due to financial concerns. Christian Mbilli vs Kevin Sadjo will not be happening, as Mbilli’s team at Eye of the Tiger Management have announced that Mbilli is withdrawing from the proposed fight due to financial concerns. EotTTM...2025
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• Cacace vacates IBF super featherweight title

IBF super featherweight champion Anthony Cacace’s title reign is over without an official defense Rather than face mandatory challenger Ricardo “Sugar” Nunez, IBF super featherweight champion Anthony Cacace announced that he’s vacated the belt in favor of chasing “the biggest fights possible. He technically ends his reign, which began with a controversial knockout of Joe Cordina last May, without ...2025
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• Badou Jack handed WBC deadline / Zhang vs Kabayel update
World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion Badou Jack is set to face mandatory challenger Ryan Rozicki. The two sides have until February 4th to negotiate a deal, failing which a purse bid will be held that same day. The fight must take place within 60 days of a deal being reached. Jack, 41, 28-3-3 (17 KOs),… The post Badou Jack handed WBC deadline / Zhang vs Kabayel update appeared f...2025
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• Ball vs Doheny official for Mar. 15 in Liverpool

Nick Ball’s first fight of 2025 will pit him against former super bantamweight titlist TJ Doheny After a breakout 2024 saw him capture and defend the WBA featherweight title, Nick Ball’s first bout of 2025 will see him battle former super bantamweight champ TJ Doheny in a March 25th Queensbury main event at Liverpool’s Echo Arena. Ball (21-0-1, 12 KO) fell just short in a March title fight against...2024
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• Jack reinstated as WBC cruiserweight champion
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more
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• Jack reinstated as WBC cruiserweight champion
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• Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis-Cody Crowley IBF Purse Bid Back In Play For April 23

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has a new promoter but is stuck—for now—with the same mandatory challenger. The Ring has confirmed that the IBF has put its mandatory welterweight title fight back into play. Philadelphia’s Ennis (31-0, 28 knockouts) is still on the hook to defend versus Cody Crowley, subject to the results of a rescheduled April […] The post Jaron ‘Boots’ En...2024
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more
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• Y12 wins purse bid for Christian Mbilli vs Kevin Lele Sadjo, targets May in Paris

Photo by Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images French outfit Y12 Boxing claimed the rights to stage a super middleweight eliminator between Christian Mbilli and Kevin Lele Sadjo Y12 Boxing announced today that they’d successfully outbid Eye of the Tiger Management $878,000 to $776,000 for the right to stage the ordered IBF eliminator between Christian Mbilli and Kevin Lele Sadjo. Per their Instagr...2025
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• Frank Sanchez vs Agit Kabayel eliminator ordered by WBC

Frank Sanchez and Agit Kabayel could meet in a WBC eliminator | Richard Pelham/Getty Images Sanchez and Kabayel both won on Dec. 23 in Saudi Arabia, and now could meet in an eliminator. Frank Sanchez and Agit Kabayel have been ordered by the WBC to fight a heavyweight eliminator, according to Mike Coppinger of ESPN.com. An order for a fight doesn’t mean one will actually happen, as either ...2024
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• Ramirez vs Barboza ordered by WBO for vacant title, Teofimo and Haney involved
Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr look set to fight for the vacant WBO title at 140 | Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr look set to fight for the vacant WBO title at 140, but Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney are also involved. Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr have been ordered to meet for the vacant WBO junior welterweight (140 lbs) title, but ...2023
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• Sivenathi Nontshinga risks his IBF title against Regie Suganob on June 16

News reached The Ring that Sivenathi Nontshinga will put his IBF title on the line for the first time when he faces mandatory challenger Regie Suganob at the ICC, East London, South Africa, on June 16. The two parties had negotiated a deal instead of going to purse bid that was scheduled for April 11. […] The post Sivenathi Nontshinga risks his IBF title against Regie Suganob on June 16 appe...2023
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• Stevenson and Martin come to terms for vacant title fight

Elsa/Getty Images and Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions Both men are 1-0 this year, as Shakur Stevenson beat Shuichiro Yoshino and Frank Martin beat Artem Harutyunyan Promotional differences weren’t enough to stop the WBC’s ordered clash between Top Rank’s Shakur Stevenson and TGB Promotions’ Frank Martin. Keith Idec reports that the two sides came to terms today just hours ahead of a sc...2023
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• Vergil Ortiz cleared, will face Stanionis on July 8
Vergil Ortiz Jr is cleared to return and will face Eimantas Stanionis on July 8 | Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images and Cooper Neill/Getty Images Vergil Ortiz Jr is cleared to return and has his fight with Eimantas Stanionis rescheduled. Vergil Ortiz Jr has been medically cleared to return to action, and his fight with Eimantas Stanionis is now rescheduled for July 8, according to ESPN....2023
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• Sivenathi Nontshinga-Regie Suganob: April 11 Purse Bid Scheduled For IBF Title Fight
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• Stevenson needs new opponent after Martin ultimately declines the fight

Shakur Stevenson will have to look elsewhere for his next fight. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Shortly after it appeared that we had the fight set, Frank Martin apparently decided against it. Only days after it was reported that lightweights Shakur Stevenson and Frank Martin agreed to terms for a vacant title fight, which canceled a planned WBC purse bid, it seems the fight was not to be a...2023
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• Artur Beterbiev-Callum Smith: Top Rank Wins WBC Purse Bid, Offers More Than Matchroom
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• Beterbiev vs Smith official for August 19 in Quebec City
Artur Beterbiev will face Callum Smith in Quebec in August Artur Beterbiev will face Callum Smith in August on ESPN. Artur Beterbiev will defend his light heavyweight belts against Callum Smith on Saturday, Aug. 19, at Videotron Centre in Quebec City. The WBC ordered the fight in March, with Smith as Beterbiev’s mandatory challenger with that sanctioning body. Beterbiev also holds the IBF ...2023
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• Terence Crawford vs Sebastian Fundora ordered by WBO

Terence Crawford has been ordered to face Sebastian Fundora | Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Crawford won the WBO’s interim title in early August. The WBO has ordered that Sebastian Fundora must make a mandatory junior middleweight title defense against Terence “Bud” Crawford, who won the interim title on Aug. 3. Fundora and Crawford have 30 days to reach an agreement for the bout...2024
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• Dmitry Bivol agrees deal for Oleksandr Usyk undercard return in Egypt
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• Eddie Hearn Targeting Dalton Smith–Alberto Puello for Early June in Sheffield
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn is targeting an early June date in Sheffield for a potential WBC super lightweight title fight between Dalton Smith and mandatory challenger Alberto Puello. The WBC formally ordered the bout this week, giving both camps 30 days to reach an agreement before the matter proceeds to a purse bid scheduled for […] The post Eddie Hearn Targeting Dalton Smith–Alberto P...2026
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• IBF reschedules Dmitry Bivol–Michael Eifert purse bid to Tuesday
The IBF has rescheduled the purse bid hearing for Dmitry Bivol’s mandatory title defense against ... read more IBF reschedules Dmitry Bivol–Michael Eifert purse bid to Tuesday @ Boxing News 24/7...2026
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• Smith–Morrell Remains Unscheduled as Purse Bid Is Called
Smith–Morrell Remains Unscheduled as Purse Bid Is Called @ Boxing News 24/7...2026
• WBO orders Noakes vs Mason for lightweight title

Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images Undefeated lightweights Sam Noakes and Abdullah Mason have gotten the call to meet for Keyshawn Davis’ freshly lost belt As expected, the WBO has officially ordered top-ranked lightweight contenders Sam Noakes and Abdullah Mason to meet for their vacant lightweight title, which Keyshawn Davis lost on the scales ahead of last weekend’s ultimately canceled d...2025
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• Zayas vs Garcia vacant title fight planned for July 26 in New York

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Xander Zayas will get the chance to become boxing’s youngest male champion later this summer ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that super welterweight standouts Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia Perez will duke it out for the vacant WBO title on July 26th in New York. Long one of Top Rank’s most prized up-and-comers, the 22-year-old Zayas (21-0, 13 KO) graduated ...2025
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• WBA Orders Purse Bid for Pulev vs. Hunter Heavyweight Title Clash – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has officially called a purse bid for the heavyweight world title bout between reigning champion Kubrat Pulev and mandatory challenger Michael Hunter. The purse bid is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, in Houston, Texas, and will be conducted by WBA Championships Committee Vice-Chairman Julio Thyme. After granting both camps a …...2025
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• WBA Orders Purse Bid for Pulev vs. Hunter Heavyweight Title Clash
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has officially called a purse bid for the heavyweight world title bout between reigning champion Kubrat Pulev and mandatory challenger Michael Hunter. The purse bid is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, in Houston, Texas, and will be conducted by WBA Championships Committee Vice-Chairman Julio Thyme. After granting both camps a … Continue reading "WBA Orders Pu...2025
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• ‘We gave our word’: Hearn explains why Bivol is fighting Beterbiev again instead of Benavidez
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• Bivol vacates WBC title in pursuit of Beterbiev rubber match

Photo by Mark Robinson/Getty Images Dmitry Bivol has sacrificed his WBC title to battle Artur Beterbiev a third time, potentially in October Dan Rafael reports that undisputed light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has vacated his light heavyweight title ahead of a scheduled purse bid with interim champion David Benavidez, instead pursuing a rubber match with Artur Beterbiev that will “li...2025
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