{"id":590894,"date":"2026-04-08T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590894\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:50:09","slug":"zuffa-boxing-announces-its-latest-major-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590894\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing Announces Its Latest Major Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zuffa Boxing, the joint venture between Dana White, TKO Group and Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority, is making major waves in the professional boxing industry yet again.<\/p>\n

Officially launched in January 2026, the new promotion seeks to introduce a centralized, UFC-style league model featuring a single world title and unified internal rankings. Their partnership with Turki Alalshikh, along with a distribution deal with Paramount+, is shifting the sport\u2019s power dynamic.<\/p>\n

Continuing the brand\u2019s momentum, Zuffa Boxing today announced the signing of Richardson Hitchins and Edgar Berlanga, who have entered into multi-fight deals with the promotion, according to a press release obtained by KO On SI.<\/p>\n

Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) joins Zuffa Boxing as one of the best super lightweight fighters in the world. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he captured his first world title in 2024 with a victory over then-unbeaten Liam Paro in Puerto Rico. Before turning pro, Hitchens represented Haiti in the 2016 Summer Olympics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a major step forward in my career,\u201d said Hitchins. “I\u2019m very grateful for this opportunity, and I want to thank Dana White, Nick Khan, and my manager, Keith Connolly, for giving a kid from Brooklyn the opportunity to fight on the biggest stage against the world’s best fighters. With Zuffa Boxing in my corner, I\u2019m going to show the world that I am a pound-for-pound, generational fighter.”<\/p>\n

Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) is seeking to reclaim one of the prize spots in the highly competitive super middleweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cZuffa Boxing is changing the game,\u201d said Berlanga. “I\u2019m here for the biggest fights on boxing\u2019s best platform. I\u2019m here to put the super middleweight division on notice. \u2018The Monster\u2019 is back!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Edgar<\/p>\n

Edgar Berlanga | Melina Pizano\/Matchroom Boxing<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to Dana White, Nick Khan, and the entire Zuffa Boxing team for believing in my talent. I also want to thank my father, Edgar Berlanga Sr., and my manager, Keith Connolly, for always guiding me in the right direction, and this move is no different,\u201d Berlanga continued. This is going to be a special journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hitchins’ last fight was in June against George Kambosos Jr, where he won by 8th rounud TKO. Berlanga’s last fight was a loss to Hamzah Sheeraz <\/a>in July.<\/p>\n

Berlanga and Hitchins are set to appear at a live Q&A with Zuffa Boxing\u2019s Max Kellerman ahead of the UFC 327 weigh-ins at the Kaseya Center in Miami at 4 pm ET on Friday, April 10. The event will be live-streamed on Zuffa Boxing\u2019s on all the promotion\u2019s platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing, the joint venture between Dana White, TKO Group and Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority, is making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-590894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}