There is a lot of excitement about the prospects of Irish heavyweight Adam Olaniyan, and the former amateur star is too modest to admit why. “I don’t know,” he smiled shyly, asked why he felt ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va (WAVY) — Jerry Forrest considers himself as a boogeyman in boxing’s heavyweight division. “The Slugger” hails from Newport News and is making a homecoming Friday at Rivers Casino ...

Heavyweight boxing is entering a new era after Oleksandr Usyk’s decided to stand down as unified champion and sent his belts to different parts of the world. That's given a bunch of globally ...

Former UFC champion Henry Cejudo will make his professional boxing debut against actor Javon “Wanna” Walton, who is best known for his role as “Ashtray” in HBO series “Euphoria.” Cejudo and Walton ...

The combat sports landscape has evolved so much that a 37-year-old Dutch kickboxer is getting a chance to become a boxing heavyweight champion. Rico Verhoeven will face Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) ...

John L. Sullivan, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield. They are some of boxing’s most fabled figures, men who captured the ...

Anthony Joshua returns to the boxing ring for the first time in 2025 this Saturday The former two-time unified world champion last fought a legitimate heavyweight boxer when he was stopped inside five ...