👀 Shakur Stevenson on his release from Zuffa Boxing: "I've been working my ass off, staying focused, staying in shape. I've been in camp for like 8 weeks preparing for fights that I was told was gonna happen and it has not happened but look it is what it is. This is the business of boxing. I'm not mad at anyone. I'm not pointing no fingers. Upon all of these issues and things that's been going on, I've requested to be released from Zuffa Boxing. Over the weekend my request has been granted and I'm now officially a free agent. This time, I want to tell the fans and tell everyone in the public that I'm now taking my career in my own hands and I'm starting my own promotional company and I'm willing to work with other promoters and anybody else that's out there that's willing to be serious about my career as I am about my career."

🚨 RYAN-TEOFIMO TALKS ADVANCING 👀 Talks for a Ryan Garcia-Teofimo Lopez welterweight title bout are now advanced with the fight being eyed for the first quarter of 2027. (@MikeCoppinger)

🚨 "THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF ZUFFA BOXING HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY ABYSMAL" 👀 Eddie Hearn: "July 26 was the last Zuffa show in America. We're in October and they've got nothing planned for the rest of the year so far announced. They've just done in the UK Johnny Fisher against Pirotton in a main event and their next show is in November and it's Chris Billam-Smith against Chev Clarke. This is since July. Their body of work from July to the end of the year is Johnny Fisher against Pirotton and Chris Billam-Smith against Chev Clarke in America and the UK [combined]. In their last press conference, Dana White said, 'Judge me over the next couple of years.' Smartly deviated from judge me after 12 months. Because I'm sorry but with that money, with that contract, with those connections to Turki Alalshikh, the first 10 months have been absolutely abysmal." (@uncrownedcombat's "The Ariel Helwani Show")

🚨 HEARN WANTS TO MAKE ZAYAS-VITO ✅ Eddie Hearn has confirmed that he will promote Xander Zayas' next fight in February. 👀 He wants Vito Mielnicki to return at a similar time before making a Zayas-Vito fight in the summer. (@IFLTV)

🚨 "GROUNDBREAKING NEWS FOR BOOTS-KELLY" 👀 Eddie Hearn: "We got massive plans with DAZN for that fight. You're looking at end of January because we want the right arena and the right slot for that. There'll be some pretty groundbreaking news for that fight. We're also in talks with Luis De Cubas and PBC about the winner fighting Fundora straight off the bat and we're looking to contract that almost in the same process." [@MatchroomBoxing]

🚨 HEARN GIVES BOOTS-KELLY UPDATE 👀 Eddie Hearn: "It's either December or very early January. Obviously we have both fighters under contract so when we say terms agreed, ultimately in Josh Kelly's contract, I can activate a Boots fight. And in Boots' contract, I can activate a Josh Kelly fight. That is effectively what we'll be doing for a unification fight up next." (@ProBoxingFans)

✅ CONFIRMED: Super Middleweight contenders Diego Pacheco and Darius Fulghum will clash Nov. 14 in Los Angeles live on TNT and DAZN.

🚨 BREAKING: Anthony Joshua has confirmed that he has returned to Ben Davison for his Tyson Fury fight camp, with Peter Fury also offering advice. “I speak to Peter Fury. He's willing to help me as well. Yeah, I'll speak to him. ... “[Peter] has given me some good ideas about our training and our approach, how I can approach this fight and where I can improve." [@RingMagazine] 👀 Peter Fury and Ben Davison both trained Fury for substantial periods of time. Fury was his nephew's lead trainer for the Wladimir Klitschko fight while Davison coached him for his comeback and the first Deontay Wilder contest.

🚨 WARRIORS BOXING WINS BENTLEY-YOENLI PURSE BID ✅ Warriors Boxing, as the lone bidder, has won the purse bids for the WBO middleweight title fight between defending champion Denzel Bentley and mandatory challenger Yoenli Hernandez. They bid the minimum $200,000. 📅🏟️ Potential dates: 12/19 Dec. Potential sites: Phoenix, Orlando or Las Vegas.

🚨 KELLY HAS FULLY AGREED BOOTS FIGHT ✅ Adam Booth on the three belt unification between Jaron "Boots" Ennis and Josh Kelly: "We've agreed all the terms and apparently, from what I've been told, so has Boots. We're just waiting for the date." (@TrisDixon) 💥 The expectation is that it will take place in Atlanta in late November or December.

🚨 ZACH PARKER TO ZUFFA BOXING ✅ Zach Parker will make his Zuffa debut against Umar Dzambekov on the Nov. 7 Chris Billam-Smith-Cheavon Clarke card. ➕ Lucas Roehrig fights Connal McDonald and Sam Hickey and Da’Mazion Vanhouter return to action in 8 round fights.

🚨 FURY-JOSHUA MIGHT NOT HAPPEN 👀 According to Mike Coppinger, there are issues behind the scenes which could lead to the Dec. 11 fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua being cancelled. 💥 It could be replaced by Terence Crawford-Ryan Garcia instead.

✅ CONFIRMED: Chris Billam-Smith will fight Chev Clarke in the main event of Zuffa Boxing 12 in London Nov. 7 live on Paramount+ & Sky Sports.

✅ CONFIRMED: TYSON FURY 🆚 ANTHONY JOSHUA, DEC 11 IN CARDIFF LIVE ON NETFLIX!

🚨 BENTLEY-YOENLI HEADED TO PURSE BID ❌ With Denzel Bentley and Yoenli Hernandez unable to agree terms for their WBO-ordered middleweight title mandatory fight, a Sept. 29 purse bid hearing has been ordered.

🚨 BREAKING: The WBA has ordered Teofimo Lopez to defend his WBA (Super) welterweight championship against the world champion Jack Catterall in a title consolidation bout. The pair have until Oct. 22 to reach an agreement or purse bids will be called.

🚨 WBC CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE RULING ✅ As widely expected, the WBC cruiserweight title was declared vacant Monday. ❌ Mikaelian was ordered to defend his WBC title against the mandatory challenger David Benavidez but refused to do so. 📈 Michal Cieslak has been elevated to full champion and must face David Benavidez next. Jai Opetaia is mandatory to the winner.

🚨 SHEERAZ-JANIBEK HEADED TO PURSE BID ❌ Queensberry and Top Rank, the promoters of Hamzah Sheeraz and Janibek Alimkhanuly, have informed the WBO that they've been unable to reach an agreement for their mandated super middleweight title fight. ✅ The WBO has scheduled a purse bid hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 16.