After 16 years as a pro, former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute has officially retired from boxing. Bute, 39, made it official that he retiring from the sport in a news conference on Wednesday in Montreal, Canada at the Bell Centre, one of his favorite venues during his long career in boxing.

In an interview with IFL TV that turned into a big rant, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn spend 40 minutes yakking about how WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel recently said that once Deontay knockouts out Anthony Joshua, his Matchroom empire be over.

STOCKTON, Calif. (March 19, 2019) — IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev, the only current world champion with a 100 percent knockout ratio, will take his iron fists to California for the second defense of his title.

Danny Garcia says he knew Errol Spence Jr. was going to beat Mikey Garcia the moment the fight was put together. It was a no-brainer in Danny’s mind that IBF welterweight champion Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) would hand Mikey (39-1, 30 KOs) his first career defeat last Saturday night due to him being so much bigger than the 5’6″ lightweight.

LOS ANGELES (March 18, 2019) —Undefeated super lightweight Arnold Barboza Jr. is a young contender closing in on a world title shot. Mike Alvarado wants another taste of world championship glory. Barboza, from South El Monte, California, will take on former 140-pound world champion Alvarado in a 10-round super lightweight bout on Friday, April 12 at Staples Center as part of the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony Crolla undercard.

Kell Brook says a rematch between him and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. is possible. Brook wants a big fight after he takes a tune-up on June 1 on the Anthony Joshua vs. Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller at Madison Square Garden in New York.

by Mariquita Pangilinan
If the 4th of July is the only month that works for Manny Pacquiao, Errol Spence Jr. is more than willing to accommodate him.

The 29-year-old Spence, a native of nearby DeSoto, Texas, would love to return to that venue for a showdown with Pacquiao. As was the case with Garcia, the 5-feet-10 Spence would own a four-inch height advantage over Pacquiao and would out-weigh his smaller opponent by a sizeable sum once they enter the ring.

Errol Spence Jr. (25-0, 21 KOs) was doing some gloating after beating Mikey Garcia (39-1, 30 KO) last Saturday night by 12 round unanimous decision in their pay-per-view fight on Fox Sports. Spence Jr. says the critics told him that he didn’t possess the ring IQ to beat Garcia, and he feels that he proved them wrong by out-boxing him over 12 rounds.

Michael Conlan 125.8 lbs vs. Ruben Garcia Hernandez 124.6 lbs
(Conlan's WBO Intercontinental featherweight title - 10 Rounds)

Luis Collazo 146 lbs vs. Samuel Vargas 146.2 lbs
(Welterweight - 10 Rounds)

Paddy Barnes 119.8 lbs vs. Oscar Mojica 118 lbs
(Bantamweight - 6 Rounds)

NEW YORK CITY (March 17, 2019) — For the third consecutive year, Irish sensation Michael "Mick" Conlan fought at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day. And for the third consecutive year, the rowdy Irish faithful left the building happy.

Conlan (11-0, 6 KOs) defeated Ruben Garcia Hernandez by 10-round unanimous decision (100-90 3x) to retain his WBO Intercontinental featherweight strap in front of 3,712 fans.

(March 17, 2019) —Former two-division world champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton and Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions have signed a multi-fight promotional pact with Top Rank in what is the latest collaboration between Top Rank, MTK Global and Queensberry Promotions.

Frampton, who will campaign as a featherweight, will bring one of the biggest names in one of boxing’s deepest divisions to ESPN platforms in the United States.

Errol Spence Jr. did an admirable job on Mikey Garcia, beating him by a decisive 12 round unanimous decision in their pay-per-view fight on Fox Sports on Saturday night, and he then called out superstar Manny Pacquiao, who came inside the ring afterwards.