Here's your fight-size boxing update for December 5, 2019:
- Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua have an intense face-off days before their heavyweight title rematch which can be seen in the video at the top of the page.
- Congratulations to all who were voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame:
- Bernard Hopkins
- Juan Manuel Marquez
- Shane Mosley
- Kathy Duva
- Lou DiBella
- Dan Goossen
- Christy Martin
- Lucia Rijker
- Bernard Fernandez
- Thomas Hauser
- Frank Erne
- Paddy Ryan
- Barbara Buttrick
- Hiroaki Teshigawara will defend his OPBF super bantamweight title against Shohei Kawashima on the December 12 Korakuen Hall show.
- Top Rank announced multiple fights for their upcoming shows on December 14 in New York City and January 11, 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
December 14:
- Edgar Berlanga vs. Cesar Nunez
- Josue Vargas vs. Noel Murphy
- Steve Nelson vs. Cem Kilic: NABO super middleweight title
- Julian Rodriguez vs. Manuel Mendez
- George Kambosos Jr. vs. Mickey Bey
January 11, 2020:
- Rob Brant vs. Habib Ahmed
- Joseph Adorno vs. Hector Garcia
- Jeremy Adorno vs. Artrimus Sartor
- Chris Thomas vs. Samir Barbosa
- Shinard Bunch vs. Dennis Okoth
- Sonny Conto vs. TBA
- Xander Zayas vs. Antonio Duarte
- Emanuel Navarrete and Jerwin Ancajas preview their upcoming respective world title fights on December 7 in Mexico.
- According to Asian Boxing, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez will return to the ring on December 23 to take on Diomel Diocos as part of the Ryota Murata vs. Steven Butler undercard.
- Fightful participated in a media conference call led by Ruiz's trainer Manny Robles. A Twitter thread of highlights from that call can be seen at this link.
