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In a developing story, on Friday evening, the International Boxing Federation ( IBF ) has withdrawn its sanctioning of Sunday’s Cruiserweight championship bout between its champion Jai Opetaia and Brandon Glanton. The decision comes following Zuffa Boxing’s, who will be promoting the bout, refusal to acknowledge independent sanctioning organizations or outside promoters, choosing instead to have their own championships and rankings in house.  While the latter represents a subject that will have ramifications and possible litigation between the promoter and independent sanctioning organizations as well as outside promoters, the IBF’s decision, in essence strips the undefeated Opetaia of the IBF World Cruiserweight championship regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s contest. The bout, however, will go forward as scheduled with the vacant Zuffa Boxing World Cruiserweight title on the line. The bout, which will headline Zuffa Boxing 04 can be seen here in the United States on digital...

It was announced earlier today by the World Boxing Council ’s ( WBC ) annual convention in Bangkok, Thailand that Conor Benn , who recently scored a twelve round unanimous decision in his rematch with former two-division world champion Chris Eubank Jr. on November 15th in a bout held in the 154lb. Jr. Middleweight division , has been named the new WBC number one contender in the 147lb. Welterweight division . This announcement puts Benn as a replacement for previous number one contender and Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao , who fought to a draw in July of this year with current WBC World Welterweight champion Mario Barrios . Barrios is rumored to be nearing a title defense early in 2026 against Welterweight contender Ryan Garcia , which has not been officially announced as of this writing. As for Manny Pacquiao, his next move as he intends to continue his comeback in 2026 is uncertain as of this writing. We will keep readers updated on developments as they are made available. Stay tuned....

Below in the following screenshots released on its website and social media platforms is a statement released by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and it's current president Gustavo Olivieri regarding the decision of now former two-time Undisputed World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to vacate its version of the World Heavyweight championship as of Monday, November 17th. Credit: WBO Credit:WBO Credit:WBO As previously reported here on The Boxing Truth®️ per Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, with Usyk now having vacated the WBO world title in the Heavyweight division, per WBO rules , which is a standard throughout the entire sport regardless of sanctioning organization, Fabio Wardley , who was the undefeated mandatory challenger for Usyk in the WBO Heavyweight rankings, and held interim championship status as a result, following his stoppage of previous number one contender and former WBO world champion Joseph Parker on October 25th in...

According to Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Oleksandr Usyk the undefeated two-time Undisputed Heavyweight champion of the world, and one time former Undisputed Cruiserweight world champion has chosen to relinquish the WBO World Heavyweight championship . Not only does this mean that Usyk is once again no longer an undisputed world champion in the Heavyweight division after successfully fully unifying it for a second time earlier this year with a knockout win in his rematch with Daniel Dubois , after having a similar situation occur after he successfully unified the division the first time in his first fight with Tyson Fury in 2023, when Dubois was a mandatory challenger in the IBF Heavyweight ratings , after previously being stopped by Usyk prior to Usyk’s first of two bouts with Fury, but it also now elevates undefeated number one mandatory challenger Fabio Wardley , who Usyk had been mandated to fight by the WBO as its latest mandatory challenger, to now WBO World Heavyweight c...

It has been announced that the October 25th pay-per-view card headlined by a bout between WBC Jr. Middleweight world champion Sebastian Fundora defending his title against former WBA Welterweight world champion Keith Thurman , which was scheduled to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV and streamed on Prime Video has been postponed due to a hand injury suffered by the champion. It has also been reported by noted Boxing journalist Mike Coppinger , currently of Ring Magazine that the scheduled co-main event, a WBC World Jr. Lightweight championship bout between between champion O'Shaquie Foster and former Jr. Featherweight world champion Stephen Fulton , will also be rescheduled. The Fundora-Thurman card was one of two scheduled pay-per-view cards to take place on October 25th. As of this writing, the other event headlined by former WBO World Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker facing top contender Fabio Wardley at the O2 Arena in London England, which wil...

It has been announced that former WBA Welterweight world champion Keith Thurman has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled non-title Jr. Middleweight debut against undefeated WBO Jr. Middleweight world champion Tim Tszyu due to a bicep injury suffered while in training for the fight. The bout, which was due to main event a pay-per-view card promoted by the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) group of promoters as their debut on Prime Video   from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV will go on as scheduled with the card now being headlined by Tszyu now defending his WBO championship against Jr. Middleweight contender Sebastian Fundora. Fundora, who is coming off of a knockout loss, the first of his career, in his last fight in April of last year at the hands of Brian Mendoza, who went on to lose a twelve round unanimous decision to Tszyu in October of last year.  Fundora (20-1-1, with 13 Knockouts) was due to make his return on the undercard of Tszyu-Thurman against Serhii Boha...

Credit: Most Valuable Promotions  In a follow up to the breaking story regarding the cancellation of the scheduled Women's World Featherweight championship fight between defending champion Amanda Serrano and IBF number one contender Nina Meinke, which was cancelled moments before it was to take place before a sell out crowd at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico  on Saturday night, the promoter of the card, Most Valuable Promotions have released a statement, which can be read in the photo above. We will continue to keep readers updated on any developments as they become available. Statement Courtesy of: Most Valuable Promotions Used with permission. The Boxing Truth®️ is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved 

The scheduled twelve, three minute round Women's Unified World Featherweight champion Amanda Serrano and Nina Meinke, which was to main event a Most Valuable Promotions card held this evening Saturday,March 2nd) at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico was cancelled moments before it was to take place. In an announcement made to the sell out crowd, it was revealed by an emotional champion Serrano that she was not cleared to compete due to an eye injury that is currently affecting her vision. The remainder of the card, which featured social media influencer, turned Cruiserweight boxer Jake Paul scoring a first round stoppage of Ryan Bourlandbefore the main event was to take place, went on as scheduled. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) went onto announce that they will be issuing refunds to everyone in attendance. A visably distraught Serrano, who was consoled by her promoter Jale Paul vowed that the fight will be rescheduled when she is healthy and it will take pla...

It has been announced that longtime Heavyweight contender and former European Heavyweight champion Robert Helenius will step in on a little more than four days notice to face former two-time Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua on Saturday, August 12th at the O2 Arena in London, England. Helenius steps in after the originally scheduled rematch between Joshua and former world title challenger Dillian Whyte was cancelled by promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing following Whyte testing positive for a yet to be named banned substance, which was described by Matchroom as quote "An adverse finding" in a test conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency ( VADA ) in which both Joshua and Whyte are enrolled. Although Helenius is stepping in on less than a week's notice, he is coming off of a third round knockout win on August 5th against a previously unbeaten fighter named Mika Mielonen in his native Finland. It was Helenius' first fight since suffering a one punch f...

It has been announced that the April 8th Jr. Flyweight world championship unification bout between WBC world champion Kenshiro Teraji and WBO world champion Johnathan Gonzalez has been called off. The bout, which was scheduled for April 8th at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan and was to include the vacant WBA world championship in the 108lb. Jr. Flyweight division was called off when Gonzalez had to withdraw from the bout after coming down with pneumonia. As of this writing, an attempt is being made by promoters and Teraji 's handlers to secure a substitute opponent in what one would assume would be an attempt to not only maintain the April 8th date, but also a defense of his WBC world championship. The Teraji-Gonzalez unification bout was scheduled to be streamed here in the United States on digital subscription sports streaming network ESPN+ . Obviously, with the status of the event now uncertain, there is also no word as of this writing as to whether the network will still strea...