(Jan. 9, 2020) — The 2020 forecast is in, and “The Tartan Tornado” is coming to Top Rank and ESPN.

WBA/IBF junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor, fresh off his tour de force in the World Boxing Super Series, has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Top Rank. Taylor, from Edinburgh, Scotland, will make his Top Rank on ESPN debut in 2020 as he continues his quest to become the undisputed junior welterweight king.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Jan. 9, 2020) — Jesse Hart and Joe Smith Jr. faced off two days before their highly anticipated 10-round light heavyweight showdown Saturday from Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET). Hart is attempting to gain a measure of revenge, as Smith knocked out his mentor and close friend Bernard Hopkins back in December 2016.

Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (30-3, 21 KOs) hosted a media workout today at Boxers and Brawlers Boxing Club ahead of his 12-round middleweight fight against Jaime Munguia (34-0, 27 KOs) at The Alamodome. The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 11 at The Alamodome in San Antonio, TX and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.

Eric Gomez of Golden Boy has announced how superstar Canelo Alvarez will next fight on May 2nd, over the Cinco de Mayo weekend celebrations. Mexican fans have grown accustomed to seeing Canelo in a big fight at this time of the year; the four-weight champion facing Danny Jacobs in a big middleweight clash last May.

This is an all-British heavyweight showdown that could prove epic. Daniel Dubois, an unbeaten power-puncher, colliding with Joe Joyce, an unbeaten power-puncher. Who wins? It turns out me might get our answer sooner rather than later. Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren tweeted yesterday how he is “delighted to confirm talks are underway for a huge domestic heavyweight clash in 2020 – Juggernaut vs. Dynamite. Let’s make it happen.”

Undisputed Middleweight Champion Shields Battles Habazin for Vacant WBC & WBO 154-Pound Titles Live on SHOWTIME from Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

As the calendar flips to a new decade, undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields shared her New Year’s resolution ahead of her upcoming showdown against former champion Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBC and WBO 154-pound titles taking place Friday, January 10 live on SHOWTIME from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

We are just two days into the brand new decade – the ’20’s, the 2020’s – and superstar Manny Pacquiao has made a massive piece of boxing history without having thrown a punch since July of last year. It was in July when the incredible Filipino southpaw dynamo won a close but fully deserved 12-round decision over an unbeaten Keith Thurman to become WBA welterweight champion.

With less than a month to go before February 22, the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2 rematch pay-per-view section of the undercard is set, according to @MikeCoppinger. Top Rank will have 2 fights that they’re in control of in the undercard, and PBC adding one.

Warren Urges Joshua To Give Up Belts And Fight Wilder-Fury Winner Next

Top British promoter Frank Warren, like the rest of us, wants to see, once and for all, who is the number-one heavyweight on the planet. Warren obviously feels his man Tyson Fury is the best – now he wants a massive showdown with Anthony Joshua to take place so as Fury can prove it to everyone else. To this end, Warren has urged Joshua to give up his two belts, the IBF and the WBO, so he doesn’t have to take up 2020 with mandatory defences against Kubrat Pulev and Oleksandr Usyk.

Remember big-punching featherweight Nicholas Walters, AKA “The Axe Man?” Once one of the most exciting fighters of the lower weight divisions, the Jamaican held the WBA title and fought big names like Nonito Donaire, Vic Darchinyan and Vasyl Lomachenko. The last time we saw Walters in action he was losing to Loma, quitting on his stool in disappointing fashion just over three years ago.

Wilder vs. Fury II Tickets on Sale Tomorrow, Saturday,Wilder vs. Fury II Tickets on Sale Tomorrow, Saturday,December 28 at 10 a.m. PT!LAS VEGAS (December 27, 2019) — The long-awaited rematch of heavyweight titans is set, as undefeated WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and unbeaten lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury will continue their rivalry in the ring on Saturday,