After three years of campaigning at 154lbs, it appears that ‘Pretty Boy’ is on the cusp of getting a world title shot. Kelly ...

The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women's ...

Boxing star Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, just six days after he was injured in a title fight in Tokyo, Japan, ...

World Boxing already had announced its plan to require competitors to undergo a polymerase chain reaction test or an equivalent genetic screening test to determine their sex at birth. The rules will ...

According to several sources, the positive result involved Ioka, 32, who on Dec. 31 defended his World Boxing Organization’s super flyweight title by defeating fellow Japanese Kosei Tanaka, 25 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The World Boxing Association stripped Joshua Franco of his super flyweight belt Friday after the American failed to make weight on th ...

USA Boxing has terminated its 77-year membership in the International Boxing Association (IBA) ahead of its move to a rival governing body that hopes to return the sport to Olympic favor. The US ...

"It's easy to say you'll knock me out, but it's much more difficult to do it," said Alvarez, who puts his World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization belts on the ...

Japanese boxer Inoue Naoya is on a winning streak, having won 18 straight bouts since turning professional. As his boxing attracts attention around the world, Inoue has his sights set on the title ...

The Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) announced on May 19 that it would not discipline four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka because it could not certify a violation of doping rules following his ...

Four-division world boxing champion Kosei Tanaka announces his retirement during a press conference in Nagoya on June 4, 2025. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Four-division world boxing champion Kosei ...

The World Boxing Organization is ceasing all activity until at least June 15 and the annual conference scheduled for October is up in the air because of the COVID-19 pandemic, WBO president ...