Isaac Cruz, the WBA world super lightweight champion, won his title in emphatic fashion when he defeated Rolly Romero in Las Vegas in March.
Cruz's stock subsequently sky-rocketed, and manager Sean Gibbons said he has not seen anyone’s popularity enhanced as much in a long time.
Cruz makes his first defense on August 3 at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on a huge event co-promoted by …
Pick It: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk
When to Watch: Saturday, May 18. Please note the earlier start time, as this show emanates from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia: Top Rank’s press release says the undercard begins at noon Eastern Time / 5 p.m. BST. Other websites, including PPV.com, have the show beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Time / 7 p.m. BST.
How to watch: Pay-per-view streaming on ESPN+, DAZN…
Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) returned to the top table of the lightweight ranks with an impressive 11th-round knockout of George Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) in Perth, Australia, to claim the vacant IBF world lightweight title.
Not only did Lomachenko impress in the one-sided affair against his Australian counterpart, but he demonstrated that at 36 he had not succumbed to Father Time as the U…
Australian heavyweight Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne has announced his retirement from professional boxing.
Browne suffered a first-round defeat to New Zealand prospect Hemi Ahio on the undercard of Vasiliy Lomachenko-George Kambosos Jr. at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, leaving his final record at 31-6 (27 KO).
Browne, 45, shocked Junior Fa in a round in 2022, but he has lost his las…
Lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson is ready to rejuvenate his career following a forgettable win against Edwin De Los Santos in November and a short-lived retirement in February.
Next on the slate for Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) is a hometown title defense against Artem Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) on July 6 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.
And then, the 26-year-old Stevenson will be a fr…
Promoter Bob Arum heralded Vasiliy Lomachenko as one of the all-time greats following his 11th-round stoppage win over George Kambosos Jr. in Australia on Sunday.
Lomachenko claimed the vacant IBF lightweight title to improve to 18-3 (12 KOs) and looked as good as ever, becoming the first man to stop the tough Australian Kambosos.
They fought at the RAC Arena in Perth, and Ukraine’s Lomach…
There is admittedly some irony to pouring cold water on the premise of Naoya Inoue vs. Gervonta “Tank” Davis not long after boxing’s newest powerbroker poured gasoline on a potential fight between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez.
These kinds of fights — one boxer jumping up well above his best weight to take on another in his more natural habitat — aren’t u…
Don’t forget about him yet.
That was the message Vasiliy Lomachenko delivered Sunday morning in Perth, Australia, with an 11th-round knockout of former lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. that reunited Lomachenko with a lightweight belt and revived him as a player among a prominent group of younger fellow titleholders.
Capping a punishing display that left Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) cut …
All of the championship fighters have made weight in Perth, Western Australia head of Sunday’s Top Rank bill, with headliners Vasiliy Lomachenko and vacant IBF lightweight title co-challenger George Kambosos both came in under the 135lbs limit.
(Vacant IBF Lightweight World Title - 12 Rounds) Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.9lbs. vs. George Kambosos Jr. 134.2 lbs Referee: Ka…
A week after Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship via a unanimous decision win over Jaime Munguia, a sample of boxing insiders consulted by BoxingScene doubts that the Mexican will face the likes of David Benavidez or Terence Crawford next – unless, perhaps, he is offered a huge amount of Saudi cash to do so. Equally, however, each of the …
Vasiliy Lomachenko doesn’t need to do this, continuing this pursuit to recapture another belt as a lightweight champion.
He’s already won two Olympic gold medals, already become a world champion in his third pro fight, already stopped four consecutive foes on their stools – including rival double gold-medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux – and already won world titles in three di…
Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis has warned unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) to expect the best version of Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) when the pair meet at long-last in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
May 18 will see the long-awaited undisputed heavyweight title encounter finally take place after several delays.
Usyk and his promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, have been crit…
Eddie Hearn says there’s still a chance Canelo Alvarez will fight David Benavidez despite renewed speculation about a fight against pound-for-pound leader Terence Crawford.
Hearn, of Matchroom Promotions, remains skeptical about the Canelo-Crawford possibility, which resurfaced with comments from Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who told ESPN he wants to put together the proposed catch…
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) on Wednesday announced that it would require Artur Beterbiev to provide a detailed medical explanation of his latest injury.
Top Rank confirmed last Friday that WBO, WBC and IBF light heavyweight titleholder Artur Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus during training, forcing the postponement of his scheduled undisputed light heavyweight championship bout agai…
IBF featherweight world champion Luis Alberto Lopez has relished the role of the spoiler to the hometown hero for most of his career, now he wishes to look to do against “The Monster” Naoya Inoue in Japan.
Inoue knocked out Luis Nery in the sixth round making the first defense of his undisputed junior featherweight titles at the Tokyo Dome, Japan on Monday.
Lopez (30-1, 17 KOs)…
Vasiliy Lomachenko is heading into Saturday’s world title fight against George Kambosos knowing that his career is approaching the end.
Lomachenko faces Kambosos this weekend (May 12) for the vacant IBF lightweight title, in what will be the Ukrainian’s first fight back after losing to Devin Haney last May for the undisputed championship. Many saw Lomachenko as one of the …
WBO super lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez will fight next on June 29 in Miami.
He will box Calgary’s Steve Claggett, 38-7-2 (26 KOs), in his first fight since an unspectacular outing against Jamaine Ortiz in Las Vegas in February.
The always outspoken Lopez had taken to social media to voice his displeasure at how talks had gone ahead of the Claggett fight being made.
“That…
NEWARK, N.J. (May 7, 2024) — Newark’s three-division king is ready to defend his crown on native turf.
Shakur Stevenson will make the inaugural defense of his WBC lightweight world championship against Armenian-born German Olympian Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday, July 6, at Prudential Center in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey.
In the co-feature, O’Sha…
Robbie Davies Jr (23-4, 15 KOs) and Sergey Lipinets (17-3-1, 13 KOs) have both made the agreed catchweight limit of 142 pounds.
Davies Jr hit the scale at 141.6 pounds, with Lipinets also coming in 141.6 pounds ahead of tomorrow’s 10-round main event from the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida, live on ProBox TV.
Fernely Feliz Jr (7-0, 6 KOs) weighed in at a slender 204.…
By the time Terence Crawford steps into the ring to face Israil Madrimov in a Los Angeles soccer stadium on Aug. 3, he will have been inactive for 371 days. That’s one year, plus a leap day, plus five ordinary days. That’s 53 weeks.
And it’s a lot to ask of people to keep you in the No. 1 spot on their pound-for-pound lists when you’re off that long. Especially when, on to…
Manny Pacquiao’s advisor Sean Gibbons has said the Filipino legend has given himself a nine-month window to fight again before hanging up his gloves for good.
The 45-year-old has not boxed since a 2021 loss to Cuban Yordenis Ugas, but the 72-fight veteran and future Hall of Famer was close to agreeing a bout with Conor Benn this year.
The two went head-to-head in Saudi Arabia and negotiati…
Talk to enough boxing lifers and they’ll say one of the most revealing elements of a champion’s mettle is how they perform once they’re knocked to the canvas.
Funny, how at the same Tokyo Dome where Mike Tyson thumbed for his mouthpiece and succumbed to James “Buster” Douglas a generation ago, Naoya Inoue absorbed a hard first-round left hand to the head from former …
TOKYO – Luis Nery might have cut a dejected figure this morning.
There was discolouration around his eyes but as he sat in the hotel lobby, he posed for pictures and signed autographs for the fans. He smiled more than he had all week.
Mexican Nery was booed last night in his challenge of Naoya Inoue for the unified super bantamweight titles, and it has been well documented why.
…
Sebastian Fundora pulled off a huge upset when he defeated Tim Tszyu for the WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles last March. That victory started a queue of fighters lining up for a shot at the now-unified 154-pound champion. Fundora has options on the table, with Tszyu seeking a rematch and Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. calling for a shot at the title.
One man Fundora didn’t exp…
WBA junior lightweight titleholder Lamont Roach Jr. is set to make his first world title defense in his hometown of Washington D.C., on June 28 to be aired live on ProBox TV.
Roach (24-1-1, 9 KOs) impressed in his most recent outing, capturing the title from Hector Luis Garcia, and now turns his attention to his first defense, against undefeated Northern Irishman Feargal McCrory (16-0, 8 KOs).
&…
Tyson Fury doesn’t believe that size will play a factor when he faces Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 for the undisputed heavyweight championship.
Fury stands six inches taller than his rival Usyk and normally weighs in around 50 pounds heavier than the former undisputed cruiserweight champion. The 6ft 9ins heavyweight is known for using his size to break his opponents down, using it effectively i…
Michel Rivera is chomping at the bit to get his hands on Ryan Garcia. The super lightweight contender recently signed with Salita Promotions and would like to face Garcia in his next fight.
When Garcia will be able to fight isn’t yet known as the 25-year-old tested positive for a banned substance after his April 20 victory over Devin Haney at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. His case is…
TOKYO – The story had already been written before it was played out in front of more than 40,000 frenzied fans at the Tokyo Dome.
The stage had been set. We had seen the commercial.
Japan’s leading man, the boyish wrecking machine that is Naoya Inoue, was fighting for the honor of his country against the villain of the piece, Luis Nery.
Mexico's Nery had been banned from fighting in…
TOKYO – Naoya Inoue survived a scare and a first-round knockdown on Monday to drop Mexican challenger Luis Nery three times on his way to a spectacular sixth-round knockout.
Inoue was dropped by a wide southpaw left hook in the first and then floored Nery with a wondrous counter left hook in the second.
A further stunning left hook put Nery over again in the fifth, and in the sixth a…
Dmitrii Bivol will remain on the June 1 bill after Artur Beterbiev withdrew with a knee injury, facing Malik Zinad instead.
The light heavyweight unification clash between WBA champion Bivol and Beterbiev, holder of the WBC, IBF and WBO belts, was one of the most-anticipated of the year and it is hoped the contest will be rescheduled for later in the year.
Beterbiev, 39, tore his meniscus.
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TOKYO – Ahead of what has been called the biggest event in the history of Japanese boxing, International Boxing Hall of Fame historian Joe Koizumi has rated Naoya Inoue as Japan’s greatest boxer.
Koizumi first started writing for The Ring in the 1960s, aged just 17, and he is a boxing encyclopaedia who was enshrined in Canastota in 2008.
Koizumi first held a license with the Jap…
Jaime Munguia recognised that he was out-thought by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez throughout what proved his first defeat.
After an encouraging start to their undisputed super-middleweight title fight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, the 27-year-old Munguia was knocked down in the fourth round – and for the first time in his career – and rarely looked capable of victory on…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez insisted he could have stopped Jaime Munguia after knocking him down in the fourth round – and he then backed his fellow Mexican to learn valuable lessons from his first defeat.
Alvarez defended his undisputed super-middleweight title by earning a unanimous decision at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, having not only become the first to defeat Munguia, but …
Muhammad Ali. Sugar Ray Leonard. Roberto Duran. Marvin Hagler. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao. Oscar De La Hoya. Those are just a select few of the top fighters Top Rank boss Bob Arum has promoted throughout his Hall of Fame career.
You can also put pound-for-pound top star Naoya Inoue on Arum’s list of the most prolific and preeminent fighters the 92-year-old has presided over.…
Robert Diaz believes that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s superior experience will prove the key to victory on Saturday over Jaime Munguia.
The Mexican rivals contest Alvarez’s undisputed super-middleweight title at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend, at a time when it is increasingly being suggested that Alvarez’s 33 years and 64 fight…
Let’s start off with these brief and indisputable statements:
Canelo Alvarez and Naoya Inoue are the kings of their weight classes. Canelo is the undisputed super middleweight champion, the owner of all four major world titles. The same can be said of Inoue in the junior featherweight division. They are two of the best fighters of today. They are two of the best fighters of this gener…
LAS VEGAS – Despite the knee injury that forced three-belt light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev to withdraw from his planned June 1 undisputed title fight in Saudi Arabia, WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol wants to keep the date and his main event.
“We have no reason to not fight. We have been in camp for two months now,” Bivol’s manager, Vadim Kornilov, to…
Ryan Garcia has taken to social media to protest his innocence after news broke that he’d twice tested positive for banned substances on April 19 and 20, the day before and the day of his fight with Devin Haney in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia tested positive for two substances, ostarine and 19-norandrosterone, with the latter set to be analysed further by Carbon Isotope Ratio testing. I…
If it can’t be David Benavidez, Jaime Munguia’s a solid challenger to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on Saturday – he’s a top five super middleweight.
The all-Mexican element of Canelo-Munguia, in Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend, also gives it another element – not least because Mexican fans are the most vocal in this part of the world.
The timing of Saturday&…
LAS VEGAS – Ryan Garcia tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance known as ostarine on the day of and the day before his stunning three-knockdown victory over Devin Haney last month in New York, sources reported Wednesday.
The testing was performed by the Las Vegas-based Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), and an individual familiar with the process reports a second…
LAS VEGAS – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has encouraged Jaime Munguia to attempt to draw him into a physical fight on Saturday evening.
At Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, against his fellow Mexican and on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend, Alvarez makes the latest defense of his undisputed super middleweight title.
During Tuesday’s grand arrivals, the typically aggressive M…
LAS VEGAS – Jaime Munguia has vowed to knock out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez after hearing the undisputed super middleweight champion predict that he will stop him inside eight rounds.
At Tuesday’s grand arrivals at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand – on Saturday they will contest Alvarez’s title at T-Mobile Arena – Alvarez insisted that he will earn his first stoppag…
The animosity between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya became so intense at the final press conference to promote Saturday’s fight between Alvarez and Jaime Munguia that they had to be kept apart.
Alvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight title against his fellow Mexican Munguia at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, but if Munguia poses the greater threat to his …
LAS VEGAS – For the better part of two decades, three men have served as main-event fixtures on boxing’s highest-profile Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day weekend fight cards.
They shared rings, and they shared a bond: The obligation to wage battle on those thrilling Saturday nights against the most deserving and qualified opponent.
Oscar De La Hoya first inherited the mantl…
Jaime Munguia is expecting a “mentally” challenging fight when on Saturday he contests the undisputed super-middleweight title with the reigning champion, Saul Alvarez.
The Mexican rivals fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend, when Munguia will become the fourth challenger to “Canelo” Alvarez’s crown.
Munguia, 27, is consi…
Robert Diaz considers the timing “perfect” for Jaime Munguia to be challenging Saul Alvarez.
The Mexican rivals, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, on Saturday contest “Canelo” Alvarez’s undisputed super-middleweight title on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Diaz left Golden Boy Promotions after 15 years at the start of 2023, and therefore remained an influen…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has predicted that he will win Saturday’s undisputed super-middleweight title fight with Jaime Munguia inside eight rounds.
The Mexican rivals fight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on the occasion of Cinco de Mayo weekend, when the 27-year-old Munguia enters what, by a considerable distance, represents both his toughest and most significant fight.
If Alvarez remains the stron…
Ryan Garcia’s majority decision win over Devin Haney on Saturday, April 20 in New York has many wondering who he will fight next.
Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) has options. He could rematch Devin Haney, he could fight in-house Golden Boy fighters like Jose Ramirez, or he could attempt to fight WBO and WBC junior middleweight world champion Sebastian Fundora – something he has brought up. …
Tony Sims believes that the decline he has observed in Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jaime Munguia’s consistent improvement makes Saturday’s fight between them increasingly competitive.
Sims oversaw John Ryder’s fights with both during the past 12 months, and has therefore followed their progress into their undisputed super-middleweight title fight at Las Vegas’ T-…
Now that Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul is a real fight, let the debates begin.
Such was the mood on Monday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” when former world champions Timothy Bradley Jr., Paulie Malignaggi and Chris Algieri discussed the decision by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to sanction Tyson-Paul as a legitimate pro bout.
“They want (be…
John Ryder expects Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to have to come from behind to win Saturday’s fight against Jaime Munguia.
The 33-year-old Alvarez will defend his undisputed super middleweight title against his fellow Mexican on Cinco de Mayo weekend at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, in what Munguia’s co-promoter Oscar De La Hoya has already promised will prove a “changin…
With a week’s worth of consideration, Bill Haney – Devin Haney’s father and trainer – says his ultimate regret is “not enforcing the three pounds” that Ryan Garcia came in overweight before dealing Haney his first loss April 20.
“That’s calculated. That’s cheating,” the elder Haney told BoxingScene Monday in an extended telephone intervi…
Promoter Eddie Hearn expects Canelo Alvarez to stop Jaime Munguia this Saturday, but admitted the Mexican veteran’s age could come into play the longer the fight lasts.
Canelo defends his undisputed title against fellow Mexican Munguia this Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 4), in what has been billed as the old champion versus the hungry challenger.
The four-weight world champion has boxed 64 ti…
Oscar De La Hoya has predicted a “changing of the guard” when on Saturday Jaime Munguia challenges Saul Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight title.
“Canelo” Alvarez enters the all-Mexican showdown, at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Cinco de Mayo weekend, as the significant favourite against Munguia – a proven fighter but one who, unlike David Benavidez, …
Mike Tyson has confirmed that his fight with Jake Paul on July 20 has been “sanctioned as a pro fight.”
“I wasn’t joking when I said this would be a real fight. See you in July @jakepaul,” was posted on Tyson’s Instagram.
The outcome of the bout will be added to their professional records, and the fight will be contested over eight-two-minute rounds. They will…
Super middleweight Jaime Munguia is looking to continue a strong, and sometimes under-appreciated, run as a pro.
Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) will face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
On April 20, Ryan Garcia transitioned from a star to a superstar following his victory over Devin Haney. Golden Boy Promotions, which guides Garcia, now has …
It was a short night of work for Vergil Ortiz on Saturday.
The junior middleweight who fought at a catchweight of 156 pounds stopped former world title challenger Thomas Dulorme in the first round in a co-feature in Fresno, California. It was Ortiz’s second first-round knockout of the year, after he stopped Fredrick Lawson in a matter of moments back in January.
The fight was overshadowed …
Jason Moloney believes former opponent Naoya Inoue will continue his impressive knockout run when he takes on Luis Nery, but the Australian also thinks that Nery will bring “an exciting fight to the table” on May 6.
Inoue, the Japanese superstar, will defend his undisputed junior featherweight title at the 55,000-capacity Tokyo Dome, a historic venue that hasn’t been used for bo…
“His legacy is secure.”
We’ve heard that ad nauseam just about every time someone talks about Saul “Canelo” Alvarez refusing to fight David Benavidez. And it’s true: Canelo has spent the best part of 15 years taking on tough opposition in a variety of weight classes, almost always coming out on top. He is already a lock for the International Boxing Hall of Fame…
Pick It: Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia
When to Watch: Saturday, May 4. The prelims, free for everyone, begin at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Amazon’s website; the pay-per-view broadcast begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Time
How to watch: Pay-per-view streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video, DAZN, and PPV.com, and also available for purchase via traditional cable and satellite outlets.
Why to Watch: …
Super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli has previously told BoxingScene that Saul Canelo Alvarez’s undisputed title defense with Jaime Munguia is an “easy fight”.
Canelo’s showdown with fellow Mexican Munguia hits the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 4 to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
“I think Munguia will need to use a lot of pressure,” Mbilli …
A new chapter will be added to the saga of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez’s complicated relationship with Oscar De La Hoya when the undisputed super middleweight champion faces Jaime Munguia on May 4.
The Cinco de Mayo weekend showdown will mark the first time Alvarez and De La Hoya have been directly involved in a fight together since Alvarez sued Golden Boy and DAZN in 2020 and started a…
It makes a lot of sense for Terence Crawford to move up to 154lbs to challenge the WBA champion Israil Madrimov.
In the wake of Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora, it seems natural for Crawford to fight for a title in a fourth weight class – and to put him on course to unify all four titles in a third.
Though talented, Madrimov doesn’t have Crawford’s profile or experience…
Whether or not Oscar De La Hoya’s building up for a U.S. version of the “5 vs. 5” tournament that Eddie Hearn has lined up for June 1 in Saudi Arabia with rival British promoter Frank Warren, the gloves are off because of Hearn taking the lead role in the stacked Aug. 3 card in Los Angeles.
“No promoter is coming into my territory and think they can take over ‘my&rsq…
No one expected Ryan Garcia to beat Devin Haney at the weekend.
Not because he didn’t have the physical gifts or the talent – but because in the build-up to the fight he looked a mess, and because a year earlier he quit against Gervonta “Tank” Davis and looked far from spectacular when beating Oscar Duarte. It was right to question whether he should even have been fighting…
The money Katie Taylor was offered to have a rematch with Amanda Serrano was too good for Taylor to turn down, according to her promoter Eddie Hearn.
Taylor, 37, will defend her undisputed super lightweight title on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, when she perhaps would once have expected to next be fighting Chantelle Cameron instead.
It was in November when she earned a maj…
Jaron “Boots” Ennis was persuaded to sign for Matchroom on the promise of fighting regularly in his home city of Philadelphia.
The IBF welterweight champion’s first fight under his new promoters is scheduled to be against his mandatory challenger Canada’s 31-year-old Cody Crowley, and in Philadelphia, where he last fought when he stopped Raymond Serrano in November 2018.
…
Devin Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) has called for a rematch between himself and Ryan Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) after suffering the first defeat of his professional career at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia scored three knockdowns, claiming a majority decision and while his antics marred the lead-up to the all-Californian WBC super-lightweight title affair, Garcia was a worthy winner.&…
LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King and Kris Lawrence’s The Heavyweight Factory will host Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs) and Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (16-1-1 with 10 KOs) on Friday, June 7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
The featured fight of the night will see Cincinnati’s Broner st…
Ryan Garcia has backed Devin Haney to beat Gervonta Davis if the pair were to meet in the ring. Garcia’s comments come in response to Davis’s now-deleted comments after Garcia defeated Haney in New York last weekend.
Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) silenced his critics and won by majority decision at the Barclays Center, dropping the WBC champion three times over 12 rounds.
Davis h…
Trainer Joel Diaz was not happy with anything about Ramon Cardenas’ performance against Eduardo Ramirez through the first eight rounds Wednesday night, excoriating him and urging him to “wake your ass up.” It seemed overly harsh – Cardenas was boxing reasonably well and appeared to be winning the majority of the rounds.
Fair or not, it worked.
Between rounds eight and nin…
Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Marques Valle took a major step up against Damian Sosa in his first scheduled 10-rounder Wednesday night, and although Valle handled the two extra rounds just fine, he couldn’t quite cope with his experienced, relentless Mexican opponent.
At the end of 10 tremendously entertaining, hard-fought rounds at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Flori…
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz didn’t seem impressed with Ryan Garcia’s entertaining three-knockdown victory over previously undefeated Devin Haney on April 20. Instead, Cruz, the popular WBA 140-pound champion, was more focused on Garcia blowing the weight by 3.2 pounds at the weigh-in than what he did the next day, labeling him as frivolous and unserious.
“Ryan Garcia …
New York: His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), announced a blockbuster World title clash as pound-for-pound superstar Terence Crawford challenges Israil Madrimov for the WBA and WBO interim World Super-Welterweight title on August 3rd sponsored by Visit Saudi, MDL Beast and Red Sea Global at BMO St…
Is it an exaggeration to say that a left hook 40 seconds into Round 1 of Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney changed the previously all-but-destined outcome of the fight – a Haney win?
Besides that left hook, Garcia didn’t have many moments in the first five rounds. All three judges gave “KingRy” the first round and Haney the next four. Haney even staggered an off-balance Garcia with …
According to ESPN, a clash between super-welterweights Vergil Ortiz (20-0, 20 KOs) and Tim Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) is reportedly planned for August 3 in Los Angeles, California.
Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) will face WBA world super-welterweight champion Israil Madrimov (10-0-1, 7KOs) on the to-be-announced card at the BMO Stadium. Ortiz-Tszyu could also be added to the highly anticipated event.
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Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) has taken to social media and urged Ryan Garcia to retire from the sport following his emphatic victory over Devin Haney.
Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) dropped former WBC world super-lightweight titleholder Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) three times at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, before claiming a majority decision points verdict to defeat his Californian rival.
Garica…
Keyshawn Davis is wasting little time getting back into the ring following his one-sided stoppage win against former world titleholder Jose Pedraza in February.
The lightweight sensation Davis (10-0, 7 KOs), a 2020 Olympic silver medalist, will be taking on Miguel Madueno (31-2, 28 KOs) on July 6 as the co-main event of a Top Rank on ESPN show. In the main event, WBC lightweight titleholder Shaku…
Regis Prograis and Dalton Smith are ready to fight this summer, according to Eddie Hearn.
The 35-year-old Prograis has one date remaining of his three-fight promotional agreement with Matchroom, following the unconvincing victory over Danielito Zorrilla and defeat by Devin Haney that undermined his prospects.
When he lost to Haney, Prograis also sacrificed his WBC super-lightweight title, and wh…
Jaime Munguia grew up admiring Canelo Alvarez, and now he’s looking to snatch the mantle out of his countryman’s hands to become the new face of boxing for Mexican fans.
Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) and the undisputed super middleweight champion
Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) will square off on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The 27-year-old Munguia is thankful to be…
ProBox TV returns tomorrow with Wednesday Night Fights.
The card takes place at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida and sees the return of super bantamweight Ramon Cardenas.
Cardenas (24-1, 13 KOs), of San Antonio, Texas, came in under the super bantamweight limit weighing 121.2 lbs. His opponent, Eduardo Ramirez, better known as Jesus Ramirez Rubio (22-2-3, 16 KOs) – …
EL PASO, Texas (April 23, 2024) — Mexican former two-division world champion Luis Nery is aware that the odds are stacked against him, but a major upset in Tokyo wouldn't be the first of its kind.
Nery will challenge pound-for-pound king Naoya "Monster" Inoue for the undisputed junior featherweight world championship on Monday, May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.
Th…
Junior middleweight Marques Valle hopes to one day fight for every Puerto Rican when he steps foot in the ring.
Valle returns in a 10-rounder as the co-feature of ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights, on April 24 when he faces Damian Sosa from the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
Valle (10-0, 7 KOs), 25, is a hard-charging power puncher and a pr…
Devin Haney’s lost night was out of character, out of sorts, out of hope.
All the things that happen when several stiff punches land to the face.
On Monday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” the crew including former world champions Chris Algieri and Paulie Malignaggi reflected upon former undisputed lightweight champion Haney’s first loss, at age 25.
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ProBox TV analyst Shawn Porter’s recent comments on Naoya Inoue – that the Japanese star would need to conquer America to become a global superstar – have been roundly criticized.
It’s an age-old debate, whether a fighter needs to crack America to make it big, but as it stands, Inoue is huge in Japan and highly regarded around the globe.
The 31-year-old Inoue (26-0,…
Smaller venue, bigger card.
Upon further review, those promoting Terence Crawford’s Aug. 3 pursuit of a fourth division title have decided to make the venue more intimate than the massive Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by shifting their focus next door to BMO Stadium, officials with knowledge of the change told BoxingScene on Monday.
While downsizing from the historic 75,000-plus-seat to th…
A few years ago, as Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Gervonta Davis were making noise as undefeated 135 pound contenders, I somewhat rashly and publicly dubbed them the “Four Princes.” It was deliberately evocative and provocative, bestowed in the hope that this talented quartet would cross each other's paths with the frequency of Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, …
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman believes David Benavidez is content to play the waiting game before getting his opportunity to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Benavidez is moving up in weight to face Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June for a light heavyweight title, having missed out – this time, at least – on the sweepstakes to meet boxing’s franchise player, Cane…
Ryan Garcia trainer Derrick James feels vindicated following Garcia’s upset win against Devin Haney on Saturday night.
The 2022 trainer of the year had a forgettable 2023 campaign due to Errol Spence Jr. suffering a one-sided stoppage loss to Terence Crawford and Jermell Charlo losing a landslide unanimous decision to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
James also guided Frank Martin …
Ryan Garcia shockingly dealt Devin Haney the first loss of his career Saturday night, knocking him down three times en route to a majority decision win.
Garcia set the tone of the fight early, tagging Haney with his patented left hook in the opening minute of the fight, and later used the same punch to drop Haney in the seventh, 10th, and 11th rounds.
Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) won rounds two through …
Ryan Garcia has picked up from where he left off last night on social media and has come out swinging against Conor Benn.
The two have traded social insults through the day, and Benn admitted it has surprised him.
“Ryan hasn’t been on my radar,” Benn said. “If he wants it, he can come here. I ain’t no Luke Campbell either, so it’s a fight I’d definitely …
Oscar Valdez is fresh off a resounding seventh-round knockout win against Liam Wilson.
The WBO’s interim 130-pound titleholder Valdez is already anticipating fights against a group headlined by Luis Alberto Lopez and O'Shaquie Foster.
But before Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) begins the rigors of another training camp, the two-time Mexican Olympian is looking forward to the Cinco de Mayo weekend sh…
Devin Haney recognised he “fell asleep” on Ryan Garcia’s left hook and spoke of his desire for a rematch.
At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, he lost his undefeated status and WBC super-lightweight title after Garcia became the first to knock him down when his explosive power recorded knockdowns in the seventh, 10th and 11th rounds
Haney was also repeatedly hurt…
Ryan Garcia insisted his victory over Devin Haney proved there was no cause for concern about his mental health.
At the conclusion of 12 dramatic rounds at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, he was confirmed as the victor via majority decision over one of the world’s finest fighters.
Haney was dethroned as the WBC super-lightweight champion and though Garcia failing to make weight …
Ryan Garcia revived his career by recording one of the most remarkable of all victories to dethrone Devin Haney as the WBC super-lightweight champion.
He will not leave the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York with the title, because his being overweight made him ineligible to win it, but he enhanced his reputation by earning the most unlikely of majority decisions, via scores of 112-112, 114-11…
After watching all of “the madness” that transpired at Friday’s Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney press conference, there was one takeaway.
“We’re heading to the finish line,” former 140-pound champion Chris Algieri said from Barclays Center, where he watched Garcia come in a staggering 3.2 points overweight for his second title fight in a year, with unbeaten champion Ha…
Ryan Garcia might be about to feature in a blockbuster pay-per-view event, but he has behaved more like a celebrity diva than an active fighter in the build-up to his fight with Devin Haney.
Garcia has gone viral in recent weeks – although not in a good way – as conspiracy theories, odd live streams with fans and ridiculous videos have surfaced.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) will b…
David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs), the WBA’s secondary super middleweight titleholder, is reportedly set to move up in weight and challenge for a secondary WBA light heavyweight title against Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) on June 22.
Morrell’s move up to 175 pounds follows that of David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs), who will fight on the same card as Morrell against Oleksandr Gvodzyk (20-1,…
Last-minute negotiations are taking place ahead of Ryan Garcia’s weigh-in before his Saturday bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with Devin Haney.
Garcia, according to Dan Rafael, has weighed in at 143.2lbs, 3.2lbs above the super lightweight title limit, ahead of the ceremonial weigh-in due to take place at 2pm ET.
BoxingScene understands Ryan Garcia is on course to agree to pay $500,000…
Devin Haney is relishing boxing in New York for the first time as one of the world’s leading fighters.
The WBC super-lightweight champion on Saturday makes the first defence of his title against his long-term rival Ryan Garcia at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
He became the undisputed lightweight champion with successive victories over George Kambosos Jr. in Australia in 2022, defended h…