The “Monster” will wake up American fight fans on Friday morning. From the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, two-weight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue will move up in weight to face WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell, and WBC light flyweight champion Ken Shiro will make the third defense of his belt in

DiBella Entertainment has announced the signing of top female prospect Tiara Brown (4-0, 2 KOs), an undefeated junior lightweight from Washington, D.C. “I am so proud to have signed Tiara Brown,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment. “She is a terrific fighter and an even better person. Tiara is a fulltime Washington, D.C. police officer,

Jose “Sniper” Pedraza is nearing a title shot while Shakur Stevenson is well on his way. Pedraza and Stevenson will see action June 9 on the Terence Crawford vs. Jeff Horn world championship event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pedraza (23-1, 12 KOs), from Cidra, Puerto Rico, will challenge

Fresno set for history [6:30 PT PST, ESPN+, Fresno, CA] IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas will make his second defense of his title Jonas Sultan at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA, as history will be made in this Filipino versus Filipino bout. Ancajas is the favorite and

Armin “The Bosnian Prince” Mrkanovic returned to the ring after an 11-month absence to win a win six-round unanimous decision over Nicholas Lavin in a cruiserweight bout that took place this past Friday night at Amazura Concert Hall in the Jamaica section of Mrkanovic’s hometown of Queens, New York. Mrkanovic controlled the