Julian Rodriguez handed ‘Sugar’ Cain Sandoval his first career loss at Zuffa Boxing 1 on Saturday. Kicking off the evening’s main card at the newly named Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Rodriguez put together a near-perfect performance, snapping Sandoval’s 17-fight unbeaten streak and running away with a decisive victory on the scorecards.

Undisputed women's heavyweight champ Claressa Shields held a pre-fight press conference with Franchón Crews-Dezurn at the Detroit Auto Show on Friday.

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins a gold medal at Paris Olympics after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. Khelif beat Yang Liu of China in a unanimous decision from all five judges.

Across the 13 contested boxing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Uzbekistan and China were the big winners. At the end of these Games, Uzbek boxers struck gold in five out of the seven men's categories contested. The biggest winner of all? Uzbekistan's super heavyweight (92+kg/202+) Bakhodir Jalolov. (We mean that in the most literal sense.)

WBC interim heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel has furthered his cause for a date with Oleksandr Usyk following a successful homecoming in Germany. Fighting in front of an electric atmosphere at the sold-out Rudolf Weber Arena, Kabayel was able to negotiate a confident start from Knyba before landing the final blows in round three.

Get full fight results, dramatic knockout highlights, and post-fight reactions from a night in which a challenger dethrones a feared champion.

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Asofa-Solomona quit the Storm following the conclusion of the 2025 season, signing a lucrative boxing contract, despite interest from rival NRL clubs. The 29-year-old proved his switch could be a fruitful one, disposing of Latimore in his professional debut on the Michael Zerafa and Nikita Tszyu undercard.

A rugged, no-frills boxing gym in St. Petersburg has helped produce four world champions. However, the gym’s rich history remains unknown to most outsiders. That will soon change. A local filmmaking prodigy made it his mission to put a long-overdue ...