Main Event Boxing

Michael Conlan has announced his retirement tonight following his split-decision loss to Kevin Walsh. The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist exits the sport with a 20-4 professional record 🇮🇪 👏

ANDERSON VS DACRES SET FOR WARDLEY VS DUBOIS UNDERCARD ‼️ @TeamBigBabyy is reportedly set to face @SolomonDacres on the Wardley vs Dubois in May after agreeing a co-promotional deal with Queensberry and Top Rank 🥊 It will be Anderson's second fight in nearly two years following his defeat to Martin Bakole back in 2024 whilst Dacres goes into the fight fresh off the back of a huge upset victory against Vladyslav Sirenko last year. Do you think Dacres can pull off another upset? 🤔 #HeavyweightBoxing | #BoxingNews | #BoxingWorld

✅ CONFIRMED: WBC No. 3 Ben Whittaker will return to the ring on the April 18 Callum Smith-David Morrell undercard in Liverpool.

🚨 BAM RETURN TARGETED FOR JUNE 13 👀 Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez's next fight is being targeted for June 13 in Phoenix, Arizona with WBA bantamweight champion Antonio Vargas the frontrunner to face him. (@BoxingScene)

🚨 ZUFFA X SKY SPORTS ✅ Sky Sports and Zuffa Boxing have agreed a multi-year UK broadcast deal, which will make Sky the UK broadcaster for all Zuffa Boxing events including at least 5 shows per year in the UK.

🚨 MATCHROOM'S UPCOMING SHOWS TO BE ANNOUNCED: April 25 - US (Likely Ben Whittaker on the undercard) May 2 - Walker-Eggington End of May - Another show End of May/June - Boots (Likely June) - Bam Rodriguez [Eddie Hearn via TheStompingGround]

🚨 SMITH-PUELLO ON JUNE 6 👀 The WBC super lightweight title fight between Dalton Smith and Alberto Puello is expected to take place on June 6 at the Sheffield Arena in England on a Matchroom show. (@BoxingScene)

It looks like a fight between Vergil Ortiz and Jaron Ennis is on ice for now…

🥊 Zuffa Boxing 05 has its main event. Andres Cortes 🇺🇸 vs Eridson Garcia 🇩🇴 📅 April 5 🥊 10-round lightweight bout The announcement has already sparked debate as Dana White’s new promotion continues building its roster. Full story 👇 worldboxingnews.com/zuffa-boxing-0…

Ebanie Bridges books April 18 return at Rainton Arena 🥊 The former IBF bantamweight champ will fight in Houghton-le-Spring just three months after losing to Alexis Araiza Mones in January. This follows her title loss to Miyo Yoshida in December 2023, putting her on.

🗣️ Agit Kabayel has responded to @Usykaa after the reigning unified champ didn't include him in his plans for his next three fights. Do you think Usyk is avoiding the German? 🤔 #OleksandrUsyk | #BoxingNews

"THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GOING STRAIGHT INTO A FURY FIGHT" @EddieHearn has provided a new update on when the highly anticipated clash between @AnthonyJoshua and @Tyson_Fury COULD happen. Do you think we will see that fight this year? The full interview with Eddie is now ✅ YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/rCR02_yjHHs All major streaming platforms 🔗 linktr.ee/IFLPod #EddieHearn | #AnthonyJoshua | #TysonFury

Tim Tszyu confirms plans for Errol Spence fight later this year 🥊 The Australian revealed "they predicted Errol Spence late in the year" when discussing his future after facing Denis Nurja on April 5.

✅ CONFIRMED: Skye Nicolson will defend her WBC interim title against Mariah Turner in an All-Australian clash that headlines Matchroom's first show as part of a new deal with Fox Sports. ➕ Teremoana Teremoana and Jake Wyllie on the card.

Negotiations ordered!🚨 Unified WBO/IBF Jr. Lightweight Champion Emanuel Navarrete and mandatory challenger Charly Suarez have 20 days to reach terms for their world title clash. #BeltsMatter

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will reportedly return this summer to fight Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz in a rematch at 140lbs 👀

A deal has been reached for Dmitry Bivol to defend his unified light heavyweight titles against Michael Eifert. The bout is likely to support Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven on May 23 at The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

🚨 BIVOL-EIFERT ON MAY 23 USYK CARD The Dmitry Bivol-Michael Eifert unified light heavyweight title fight is expected to take place on the May 23 Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven undercard. (@DanRafael1)

Jai Opetaia confirms he has been STRIPPED by the IBF but still plans to become undisputed at cruiserweight‼️ "I'm chasing the belts...I've been stripped once before, I've been stripped again, I'll get the belt back and become undisputed."

The Ring reports that the IBF Pocketed OVER $80K BEFORE Pulling Opetaia-Glanton Sanction! 💰 The IBF got $80K+ for Opetaia-Glanton, then pulled sanctioning during fight week due to promotional conflicts, after the fee was wired.