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

Tomorrow from the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas, KO Night Boxing LLC presents 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez fights for the IBA flyweight title in the main event. Nico Hernandez 112 vs. Szilveszter Kanalas 110.8 Andrey Afonin 225.4 vs. Pedro Rodriguez 245.8 Oleksandr Teslenko 216.8 vs. Terrance Marba 214.4

Tomorrow from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will face Badou Jack on Showtime. Weights below Adonis Stevenson 173.4 vs. Badou Jack 175

Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (31-2-2, 17 KOs), the former world title challenger of Cebu, Philippines will battle 135-pound contender Roberto “Tito” Manzanarez (35-1, 28 KOs) of Phoenix, Arizona in a 10-round fight for the NABO Lightweight Title in the main event of the June 14 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.  ESPN

Tomorrow night from the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, TGB Promotions returns with a card televised on Showtime as WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. takes on Joseph Diaz Jr. Weights listed below Gary Russell 125.5 vs. Joseph Diaz Jr. 126

Split-T Management has signed undefeated junior lightweight contender Erick De Leon to an exclusive managerial contract. De Leon, 26 years old of Detroit by way of Sabina Nuevo Leon, Mexico has a record of 17-0-1 with 10 knockouts. Before turning professional, De Leon was a three-time (2009-2011) National Golden Gloves champion as