Dec

Weigh-in results and photos: Inoue-Parrenas, Mendoza-Yaegashi

Titleholders Naoya Inoue and Javier Mendoza made weight along with respective challengers Warlito Parrenas and Akira Yaegashi.

Dec

Fighter of the Year contender Naoya Inoue makes his move

by Ryan Songalia

Fighter of the Year contender Naoya Inoue will get a chance at a third big win in 2014 when he steps up two divisions to face long-time WBO junior bantamweight titleholder Omar Narvaez on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo, Japan.

Sep

New flyweight champ Roman Gonzalez pays tribute to Alexis Arguello

by Doug Fischer

Newly crowned RING/WBC flyweight champ Roman Gonzalez spoke to RingTV.com about winning his third world title in a third weight class, his first flyweight title defense and his plan to visit his mentor Alexis Arguello’s grave to make a special presentation.

Sep

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans from around the globe share their thoughts on Roman Gonzalez’s RING flyweight title-winning stoppage of Akira Yaegashi, Juan Estrada’s dominant TKO of Giovani Segura, Carl Frampton’s IBF 122-pound title winning decision over Kiko Martinez, mythical matchups, and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Sep

Dougies’ Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans from around the world share their thoughts on the weekend’s two anticipated flyweight championships, Akira Yaegashi vs. Roman Gonzalez and Juan Estrada vs. Giovani Segura, plus the Kiko Martinez-Carl Frampton rematch and Showtime’s tripleheader in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Sep

10: Notable flyweight title fights

by Doug Fischer

From Sept. 5-10 all five world flyweight titles – THE RING championship and the four major sanctioning bodies – will be on the line in three excellent matchups. In honor of the often over-looked division, Lee Groves presents 10 of the most notable 112-pound championships of all time.

Apr

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans share their thoughts on Tim Bradley, the Bradley-Pacquiao rematch, the Stevens-Johnson stoppage, Cunningham-Mansour, Carl Frampton, the cruiserweights, the heavyweights, boxing’s badasses and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Apr

Wins in Tokyo set up explosive Akira Yaegashi vs. Roman Gonzalez battle

by Ryan Songalia

RING and WBC flyweight champion Akira Yaegashi vs. Roman Gonzalez could be on the horizon after their respective opponents, Odilon Zaleta and Juan Purisma, fell last night in Tokyo.

Mar

Roman Gonzalez in hot pursuit of third world title

by Anson Wainwright

In the often-overlooked lighter weight classes, Roman Gonzalez has forged a path of dominance over the 105- and 108-pound divisions, and is now aiming to do the same at flyweight. He’ll face Juan Purisma on Sunday in Japan, with the goal of fighting RING and WBC champion Akira Yaegashi next.

Feb

Two stacked world title doubleheaders scheduled for April in Japan

by Doug Fischer

Japan hosts two world title doubleheaders in April. On April 6, RING flyweight champ Akira Yaegashi and WBC 108-pound titleholder Adrian Hernanez co-headline; and on April 23, WBC bantamweight king Shinsuke Yamanaka and IBF 122-pound boss Kiko Martinez share the bill.