Josh Taylor expects the postponement of his fight with Jack Catterall to be to his advantage.
Their date of April 27 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena has been moved to May 25 to give him additional time to recover from the squint surgery he had in February, but he is relishing the prospect of additional time to prepare for the rematch with his greatest rival.
Taylor was awarded a controversial…
Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora has emerged as the replacement for injured Keith Thurman to meet WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu March 30 in the debut Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view card in Las Vegas, BoxingScene has learned.
Two officials with knowledge of the negotiations said Premier Boxing Champions product Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) will move up from his spot opening the…
Before assessing Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jaime Munguia, it’s important to recognise that David Benavidez is the fighter who most deserved the opportunity Munguia has been presented with.
That’s one of the fights the world most deserves – so much so it’d be a shame if it doesn’t materialise in the near future.
But as an alternative to that, Canelo-Munguia i…
Keith Thurman has been declared out Monday for the March 30 pay-per-view main event versus unbeaten WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu because of a training camp injury, BoxingScene has learned from two officials.
The card will remain an Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and Premier Boxing Champions officials have worked Monday to replace Thurman, with Sebastian Fundo…
“The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora promises to reignite his flame when he steps back in the ring for a firefight against Serhii Bohachuk on March 30 for the vacant WBC super welterweight title.
Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) was on the wrong end of the 2023 Knockout of the Year, in which Brian Mendoza shocked him in the seventh round of a fight Fundora was comfortably winning via near…
Bill Haney has no idea what Ryan Garcia is doing with his Instagram account or in the gym.
What Haney is most focused on is preparing his son, world 140-pound champion Devin Haney, for an April 20 title defense at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and to avoid behavior that could compromise the Garcia showdown.
So when unbeaten lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson posted on X Saturday that he “…
Issac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz might be best known for his close fight with Gervonta Davis, but that doesn’t mean that he is going out of his way to advocate for that fight in the prelude to his March 30 WBA title fight.
Cruz faces WBA junior welterweight world champion Rolando Romero in a bout that serves as the co-feature for Keith Thurman versus Tim Tszyu on Amazon Prime pay-per-view.&…
Calvin Ford thinks that if Keith Thurman beats Tim Tszyu, he could have a chance at fighting Terence Crawford.
Thurman will face Tszyu on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be broadcast on Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
Ford is a high-profile coach and serves as the lead voice along with his co-trainer Kenny Ellis in the career of Gervonta Davis.
The elep…
As manager of Mexico’s Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, Sean Gibbons has marveled at how the popularity of his 25-year-old former lightweight title challenger has shot upward since Cruz fought Gervonta Davis three years ago.
Gibbons reports Cruz’s Instagram followers have nearly tripled, reaching 825,000 now and poised to eclipse 1 million by the time he completes his scheduled March…
A boxing ring is flat – level from one side to another. So why does it always seem like William Zepeda is rolling downhill over his helpless opponents?
Maxi Hughes was just such an opponent, unable to provide resistance in the face of Zepeda’s pressure atop a DAZN card Saturday night from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. At the end of four increasingly lopsided rounds, and seeing their …
Feargal McCrory (16-0, 8 KOs) defeated Carlos Carlson (25-8, 16 KOs) by third-round technical knockout in the co-main event of Friday's Callum Walsh-Dauren Yeleussinov card at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City.
Ireland's McCrory earned the WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title with the win.
McCrory dropped Carlson in the third with a vicious left to the body that fo…
Subriel Matias will face Liam Paro in June in Puerto Rico.
IBF super lightweight champion Matias recently made the switch from PBC to Matchroom, and he will make his Matchroom debut against Paro, who is coming off a destructive knockout of countryman Brock Jarvis in 2022 and a six-round stoppage of Montana Love in December.
Paro (24-0, 15 KOs), of Australia, was the frontrunner to face Mat…
We know the who, the when and the where:
Mike Tyson will take on Jake Paul on July 20, fighting in AT&T Stadium outside of Dallas, Texas, broadcast live on Netflix.
We even know the why.
This is going to earn more money for Tyson and Paul than anything else could for them in this era, all for a main event that will last an hour or less, and for the four or so months of training and promotio…
William Zepeda came under his contracted weight for his bout against Maxi Hughes.
Zepeda (29-0, 25 KOs) came in under the lightweight limit at 133.8 pounds for his12-round main event at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
His opponent, Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) came in slightly heavier but still under the limit at 134.6lbs. The fight will be a lightweight eliminator for the WBA and IBF lightweight…
Francis Ngannou gave a peculiar reason to explain his clinical second-round knockout defeat to former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25KOs).
The Cameroonian MMA star posted a video on his Instagram account, explaining that he felt fatigued on the day of the fight against Joshua but refused to take any credit away from Joshua for his victory over him in the Saudi Ar…
Beyond the beautiful mind Freddie Roach brings to his corner as a seven-time trainer of the year, his wit and mind games truly shine when he’s given time to thoughtfully devise comments and gags to get under the skin of his fighters’ opponents.
Roach, closing preparations with his Irish fighter Callum Walsh (9-0, 7 KOs) for today’s main-event bout versus Dauren Yeleussinov (11-3…
Kevin Cunningham believes that both Keith Thurman and Tim Tszyu’s legacies could be impacted by their upcoming fight.
Thurman and Tszyu face each other on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
Cunningham currently trains junior middleweight contender Erickson Lubin. In the past, he has worked with Adrien Broner and Devon Alexander and during a co…
Callum Walsh is turning into a star, according to his promoter Tom Loeffler.
Walsh (9-0, 7 KOs) fights Dauren Yeleussinov (11-3-1, 10 KOs) on Friday, March 15, at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York City.
Walsh is doing the impossible – bridging the gap between boxing and MMA fans and has become the boxer that the UFC fans know and like.
“I have been in …
Radivoje Kalajdzic produced a knockout of the year contender against Sullivan Barrera on Wednesday in the main event at ProBox Event Center in Plant City, Florida.
After breaking down his opponent in the late rounds, Serbia’s Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) swarmed Barrera (22-5, 14 KOs) in the 10th, punching him through the ropes in a sensational ending. Kalajdzic’s run at a second wo…
Nicklaus Flaz turned in an aggressive performance in a sixth-round stoppage of Luke Santamaria on Wednesday at the ProBox Event Center in Plant City, Florida.
For Flaz (12-2, 8 KOs), the win marked his third straight – and a notable one in that it was the first career knockout loss for Santamaria (14-4-1, 7 KOs).
“I had fun in the ring,” Flaz said. “It was the tough…
Conor Benn and Manny Pacquiao met face-to-face in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week, with initial reports that the pair and their representatives were in talks for a proposed fight.
Despite the 45-year-old Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) not having fought since August 2021, the possibility of a fight with Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) gained traction on social media.
In an interview with BoxingScene.c…
To watch Ryan Garcia’s behavior over the past several weeks has been to peer through the fingers with your sweaty palms facing inwards.
It has not been comfortable watching Garcia yo-yoing from euphoria to distress, from sadness to shock, and for each day to spawn varying emotions and social media posts of unpredictability and chaos.
The overarching feeling, however, has been one of concer…
Vlad Eliseev’s Top Boxing Generation returns to the Stereo Plaza in Kiev on March 30 in association with Balu Fighting League Pro.
The main-event will see Nazri Rahimov (13-3, 7 KOs) lock horns with Colombia’s Jorge Moya (15-4-1, 4 KO) for a WBC youth silver super lightweight title with the bout scheduled for 10 rounds.
Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, Eliseev an…
LAS VEGAS – March 12, 2024 – Mexican superstars will go toe-to-toe as Canelo Promotions presents a Cinco de Mayo weekend blockbuster that will see pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez puts his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former world champion Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video on Saturday,…
Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7KOs), who was recently allowed to resume her career after being taken off the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC’s) list of suspended athletes, has seen the WBC ensure the current undisputed super-featherweight champion makes a swift return to the ring.
The WBC has called for purse bids, which will see Baumgardner defend her respective titles against Def…
Come one, come all, professional boxers: I’m about to tell you how to land a huge fight.
Here’s all you have to do: win. Stay undefeated if you can. That’s the most important thing. If you just keep winning, no one will be able to ignore you anymore. You’ll get a fight with a pound-for-pound talent or a huge star. And the really big fights are driven by casual fans, who ne…
Former world champion Chris Algieri believes the May 4 all-Mexican clash between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jaime Munguia could turn into a shootout.
The fight was formally announced this week following weeks of intense speculation about who would broadcast and who would promote the fight, with Munguia fighting off competition from Edgar Berlanga to be in the opposite corner in Las Veg…
According to Callum Walsh, his second consecutive main event at Madison Square Garden’s Theater this Friday is just another fight. But make no mistake about it, the unbeaten junior middleweight also knows it’s a big deal.
“I definitely pay attention to it after I fight, not in the buildup,” said Walsh, who faces Dauren Yeleussinov in a 10-rounder for the WBC Continen…
Junior middleweight Marques Valle, a promising power puncher, is on the verge of making a big name for himself in the division.
Valle, in his first scheduled 10-round bout, returns Wednesday against Raul Garcia at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
Both Valle (10-0, 7 KOs) and Garcia (13-1-1, 11 KOs) are 25-year-olds who turned pro in 2021. The matchup marks Valle’s chance…
It’s been 19 years since Mike Tyson’s last professional fight and 21 years since his last win.
It’s been 28 years since he last held a belt, 34 years since Buster Douglas ended the myth of his invincibility, and 38 years since he became the youngest heavyweight champ ever.
It’s been 25 years since I wrote a cover story for Boxing 99 titled “The Secret of Mike Tyson&…
'Hot Rod' ready to make statement against Sullivan Barrera on ProBox TV, eyes Bivol next
Light heavyweight contender 'Hot Rod' Radivoke Kalajdzic is setting out to make a statement against fellow world title challenger Sullivan Barrera this Wednesday night on ProBox TV.
Kalajdzic returned to the ring last year, stopping the tough Mickey Ellison, and is fully focused on Sullivan Barrera as a champi…
Conor Benn says if he has to go through Manny Pacquiao on his way to a world title, then that is what he will do.
Benn and the Filipino icon went head-to-head in Saudi Arabia last week, and news of a summer fight between the two quickly spread.
Benn, whose last two fights have been in the USA following two positive VADA tests ahead of his proposed 2022 bout with Chris Eubank Jr, still stre…
Highly touted junior middleweight Jordan ‘The Patriot’ Panthen, (7-0, 6 KOs), heads back into back into battle on Thursday, April 4 against hard-hitting Uzbek veteran Ravshan Hudaynazarov, (19-5, 14 KOs) in the eight-round feature fight at SOCA Fights from The Hangar in Costa Mesa, CA and broadcast live on TrillerTV starting at 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT.
Following a weeklong sessio…
Filip Hrgovic (17-0, 14KOs) has long awaited his opportunity at a world title following his August 2022 victory over Zhilei Zhang (26-2-1, 21KOs), claiming a narrow points win over the Chinese heavyweight contender.
The win over Zhang put the Croat Hrgovic into the IBF’s mandatory position for an opportunity against either Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua, who appeared on the same Aug…
Watching from a distance this time, Abel Sanchez took note of one particular turn of event in Saul "Canelo" Alvarez’s most recent fight negotiation.
“He broke away from [Premier Boxing Champions] and then they went back to him,” Sanchez said. “That shows you who’s driving the truck of boxing.
“That shows you who’s in control. He’s the fac…
One of the most iconic figures in sports history, Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist was known around the world for his charisma, his confidence, and his ability to back it up inside the ropes.
Already a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, next month Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Known simply as “The Great…
Charlie Edwards will launch his bid to become a two-weight world champion when he headlines a Wasserman Boxing event at York Hall on Friday April 12, live and free on Channel 5.
And on the same crunch night of action, Lerrone Richards looks to accelerate his pursuit of second world super middleweight title, when he fights in the co-main event.
Edwards, the former world flyweight king, is now tar…
Australian heavyweight prospect Justis Huni is now 9-0 (4 KOs) but he survived a tough test and a 10th round crisis to get by Kevin Lerena.
Huni was hurt early in the fight and in real danger of falling apart in the 10th and final round, but he managed to ride out the storm, stay on his feet and snare a decision win.
Southpaw Lerena, inspired by the passing of his mother last week, was mom…
Super bantamweight contender Bruno Tarimo is ready to kick-start his career now that he and his family members have received Australian visa approval.
Tarimo (28-4-2, 7 KOs) soared into the super featherweight rankings after a string of upset victories over Aussie contenders Billy Dib, Joel Brunker and Nathaniel May in 2019. Tarimo’s link-up with Aussie trainer Angelo Hyder and manage…
Eimantas Stanionis has not fought competitively in almost two years.
Stanionis, a Lithuanian welterweight, defeated Radzhab Butaev in a WBA regular title fight on the undercard of the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas 147-pound unification bout in April 2022.
A former European gold medalist, Stanionis made his mark in one of boxing’s premier weight classes before an intriguing mat…
Former two-weight world champion and Hall of Famer Andre Ward believes that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez risks damaging his legacy if he refuses to eventually face David Benavidez.
Discussions between Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) have not been successful thus far. The fighters have been unable to agree on a deal for a lucrative match in recent months, and Alvarez rec…
“I want my title shot.”
Those are the words of 2016 U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell who recently signed with Golden Boy Promotions.
Conwell, aged 26, trains out of the Soul City Boxing Gym in Toledo, Ohio. Though he was promoted by DiBella Entertainment to start his career, Conwell has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions and he believes that is the partnership that will allo…
Mark Heffron’s manager, Kevin Maree, believes that his fighter still has what it takes to make an impact on the world stage.
Last Saturday, Heffron (30-3-1, 24 KO’s) scored a brutal second-round knockout of Serhii Ksendzov. It was Heffron’s first outing under his new trainer, Lee Beard, and the first time he has been in the ring since he lost his British and Commonwealth s…
Tim Tszyu considers himself to be cut from an old-school cloth.
The son of Hall of Fame fighter Kostya Tszyu has carte blanche to make such statements, especially since the highly active fighter’s actions back up his words in the ring.
Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) will look to make another statement when he takes on former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) on March 3…
Now comes the real question …
With their May 4 undisputed super middleweight bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas now official, can Jaime Munguia subject Canelo Alvarez to anything near the rugged treatment the boxing public delivered while battering Alvarez during the process of him settling upon his Mexican countryman as a foe?
The unbeaten, 27-year-old Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs), a forme…
Oscar De La Hoya has urged Jake Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) to take boxing seriously after Paul’s promotional firm, Most Valuable Promotions, announced that the Youtube star turned boxer will face former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Paul, who fought to a first-round stoppage win against Ryan Bourland last week in Puerto Rico,…
Anthony Joshua answered so many questions during his convincing Friday night triumph, clinched by a hellacious second-round knockout of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
And with that, he posed the biggest question of all in the increasingly fascinating heavyweight division:
Tyson Fury, can you top that?
Joshua’s unleashing of a right-handed hammer shot square to the face o…
Producing an explosive performance to beat Francis Ngannou is the most effective way Anthony Joshua can force a future fight with Tyson Fury.
Ngannou doing well against Fury in October created an increased demand for him to fight the world’s other leading heavyweights, and with Joshua as marketable as he already is – especially given how good he looked against Otto Wallin in December,…
David Haye has told Anthony Joshua he can’t risk trading with Francis Ngannou on Friday evening.
Joshua and Ngannou fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aware that in the event of victory they will secure a future date with the winner of the two fights between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title.
The 34-year-old Joshua impressed in December when he stopped Otto Wal…
Manny Pacquiao said he never cut corners in his training, whether it was for an exhibition bout like the one he’s scheduled to do in April, or a full-fledged return to the sport, as he’s poised to do now.
Pacquiao, 45, told BoxingScene Thursday following a face-to-face meeting with England’s Conor Benn that he intends to leave Saudi Arabia this weekend with a signed contract to …
Jake Paul’s dreamlike participation in boxing has landed him the most significant living name in the sport with Thursday morning’s announcement that Mike Tyson and Paul will stage a “global live sports event” by boxing on Netflix July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Texas.
How much boxing life remains in Tyson, 58, remains to be seen.
What remains especially true is that Paul, …
Otabek Kholmatov was just seconds from becoming the WBA featherweight champion until Raymond Ford stopped him with seven seconds remaining on the clock.
Kholmatov and Ford produced throughout their competitive and dramatic fight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York on March 2.
The Uzbek, 25, was ahead on two of the judges' scorecards by three points until Ford snatc…
Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&am…
The deft linguistics, incisive blow-by-blow commentary and unbridled passion all made Jim Lampley the voice of boxing for decades, both in reality and on the silver screen. So when he co-hosted the viewer chat for the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jermell Charlo fight on PPV.com last year, it was almost as if all was well with the boxing world.
At least for one night.
“I was work…
The IBF has ordered South Africa’s Sivenathi Nontshinga (13-1, 10 KOs) to defend his light flyweight world title in a rematch against his mandatory challenger, Christian Araneta (24-2, 19 KOs), of the Philippines.
Nontshinga recaptured the IBF world title on Feb. 16 in an immediate rematch with Adrian Curiel (24-5-1, 5KOs) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Last November, Curiel produced a shocking second-…
Sebastian Fundora is aiming for the Fundora family to have two world titles by the end of March.
Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) faces Serhii Bohachuk (23-1, 23 KOs) on March 30 as part of the pay-per-view card on the Keith Thurman-Tim Tszyu bill. Fundora-Bohachuk is for the vacant super welterweight world title.
Trained by his father, Freddy Fundora, boxing is in the blood. Sebastian&rsquo…
Darius Fulghum has a passion for boxing.
The prospect, new to Golden Boy, has turned down the financial stability of his career in nursing to chase his dream.
Fulghum succeeded at the trials for the 2020 Olympic Games as the eighth seed. He fought at heavyweight, but has moved down to super middleweight as a professional. Yet it was his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, who recently inspir…
Fabio Wardley believes that Francis Ngannou will get a first-hand demonstration of just how much Anthony Joshua has improved since linking up with Ben Davison when the two meet in Saudi Arabia on Friday night.
Joshua and Davison worked together for the first time last December and Joshua put in his best performance for a while, forcing Otto Wallin to retire on his stool after five one-sided round…
Tyson Fury revealed Wednesday that plans are in place for the winner of Friday’s Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou heavyweight bout in Saudi Arabia to meet the winner of Fury’s two-bout series with fellow heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
WBC heavyweight Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), speaking on a Queensberry Promotions stream to help promote both Joshua-Ngannou and his May 18 bout for undis…
Francis Ngannou vowed to “shock the world” when he fights Anthony Joshua on Friday evening.
On the occasion of his second professional boxing match, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he fights the 34-year-old Joshua with a date against the winner of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk on the line.
Fury revealed earlier on Wednesday that plans exist for the winner of Friday’s fight to meet the win…
Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight World Champion Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) has signed with New York-based lawyer Keith Sullivan.
Yoshida, 35, is a three-time, two-division world champion having captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Flyweight crowns twice in 2019 and 2021. A native of Japan, she moved to Manhattan last year, trains at the famed Gleason&rsquo…
Artur Beterbiev’s trainer Marc Ramsey believes a long-awaited showdown with fellow Russian Dmitrii Bivol is finally on track for June 1.
An undisputed light heavyweight title fight between Beterbiev and Bivol has been discussed since both men shared ownership of the 175 pound belts. The arrival of Saudi Arabia into the boxing world, with its generous purses, has made the fight more re…
On Tuesday, Top Rank announced that Naoya "The Monster" Inoue will defend his undisputed junior featherweight world title against former two-division world champion Luis "Pantera" Nery on May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.
For Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs), it will be his debut headlining at the iconic venue. The bout will also feature three other world title defenses: Jason "Mayhem" M…
Ryan Garcia’s recent run of erratic behavior has prompted Devin Haney to declare that his rival might call it quits on his career even before their scheduled clash takes place on April 20.
During their back-and-forth promotional banter, Garcia said he would retire if Haney stopped him in one round.
“Ryan might retire before we get to the fight,” Haney quipped.
Haney (31-0, 15 …
In the perplexing and riveting case of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, many seemingly conflicting facts are true all at once.
– Fans and followers are incredulous that Alvarez is bypassing the ripest fight since 2010, when pound-for-pound kings Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao failed to strike a deal and instead launched an aggravating five-year waiting process before their letdow…
Henry Garcia has reassured supporters of his son, Ryan Garcia, that the fighter is “OK” despite concerns for his welfare due to his erratic behavior during last week's press tour for his upcoming fight with super lightweight titleholder Devin Haney.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), following his initial press conference with Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) in New York last week, began posting questionable…
Anthony Joshua meets Francis Ngannou in a fight that fewer and fewer people have referred to as a circus act since Tyson Fury had his hands full with Ngannou last October.
Instead, a rebuilding Joshua, 27-3 (24 KOs), meets an inspired Ngannou, with many seeing Ngannou as a far more credible threat this time around, than when he was a huge underdog and written off by the boxing public against Fury…
Heavyweight Showdown, Justis Huni vs Kevin Lerena on the Undercard "Knockout Chaos" in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, March 8, 2024 – Riyadh Season is set to witness an electrifying heavyweight boxing match, as two formidable contenders, Justis Huni and Kevin Lerena, prepare to go head-to-head in "Knockout Chaos" event on March 8th, 2024. The highly anticipated event promises…
“The fight is on,” said Robert Smith, general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control.
He was referring to the bout between Uzbek Israil Madrimov and Magomed Kurbanov of Russia for the WBA junior middleweight title in Saudi Arabia on Friday in Saudi Arabia, on the “Knockout Chaos” bill topped by the heavyweight attraction between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou…
Thunderdome 45 saw Jordan Laruccia bolster his undefeated while introducing several up-and-coming prospects from Western Australia at the Metro City Night Club in Northbridge.
Jordan Laruccia Defeats Wellem Reyek
In the main event, Laruccia (7-0), of Perth, overcame his most experienced opponent to date, knocking out Wellem Reyek (21-28-4) in a brilliant showing.
Laruccia, who captured the Aust…
Jake Paul continued to call for a fight with undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) following his first-round knockout win over Ryan Bourland (17-3, 6 KOs) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Paul (9-1, 6 KOs), a YouTube phenom/professional boxer, dominated proceedings against Bourland in a one-sided affair which saw Bourland withdrawn by referee Luis Pabon after 2:37 …
Roy Jones Jr. famously moved up from light heavyweight to heavyweight in 2003, conceded 33 pounds to fight John Ruiz, and still scored a unanimous decision victory to become a titleholder in the sport’s glamor division.
In the fight for undisputed heavyweight supremacy on May 18 between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, the matchup between titans will feature a serious size discrepancy.&…
Anthony Joshua has suggested a long-awaited domestic battle with Tyson Fury could be in the pipeline following a recent interview on ITV.
The former unified heavyweight world champion faces Francis Ngannou on March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the latest instalment of Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season, launched in October 2023 with Tyson Fury’s heavyweight encounter with Ngannou.…
Mike Tyson has accused Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) of disrespecting boxing and Mexico with the undisputed super middleweight champion allegedly walking away from a lucrative proposal to face his mandatory challenger David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs).
A fight between Canelo and Benavidez is one of the most attractive in boxing and has long been discussed, with Benavidez holding the WBC&rsqu…
Undefeated lightweight Steven Cairns has flown under the radar considering he is one of Ireland’s most-exciting prospects.
He recently signed with Frank Warren with news of his Queensberry debut expected this week.
“I’m back and I’m going to be on TV soon knocking some guys out,” Cairns said, exclusively to boxingscene.com. “I’m delighted abo…
Mike Tyson has not been as involved with Francis Ngannou’s second professional boxing fight.
Ngannou faces Anthony Joshua, Friday March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on DAZN pay-per-view.
Ngannou, the former MMA champion-turned boxer without a professional victory under his belt, will look to have an encore performance having taken Tyson Fury to the wire last October.
“For this on…
Tyson Fury insists that the cut that caused the postponement of his eagerly awaited fight with Oleksandr Usyk has already healed and that he is ready to stop the Ukrainian when they finally meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 18.
Fury and Usyk were scheduled to contest the undisputed heavyweight championship on February 17, but Fury was forced to withdraw after suffering a gash over his right eye…
Francis Ngannou’s trainer Dewey Cooper has predicted a stoppage victory over Anthony Joshua when they fight on Friday evening.
Cooper was asked for his prediction on the date in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and answered: “I’m taking Francis Ngannou by stoppage.”
“Every time we go to fight the goal is victory, but we are trying to dominate our opponent and stop them,&…
To have a relationship with boxing is to have a love-hate relationship with boxing. Those are the rules.
Boxing is many things. Violent. Inspiring. Unjust. Beautiful. Exasperating. Exhilarating.
And above all, unpredictable.
All of these many things boxing is — the best of it; the worst of it; the weirdest of it — were on display across two overlapping televised/streamed cards on Sa…
Angelino Cordova is looking to shock the world.
Cordova wants to end Julio Cesar Martinez’s four-year reign as the WBC flyweight champion on the undercard of Tim Tszyu-Keith Thurman at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30.
The Venezuelan, 28, is coming off the biggest win of his career. He won a unanimous decision over Angel Acosta in April 2023, and has since waited for his o…
Raymond Ford had no idea what the scorecards said, that two judges had him behind, that he was seconds away from losing to Otabek Kholmatov.
But Ford knew the fight had been close for the previous 11 rounds. He knew he had Kholmatov hurt. And he did exactly what he needed to do, scoring a dramatic 12th-round technical knockout with just seven seconds left Saturday at Turning Stone Casino in Veron…
Amanda Serrano’s promoter early Sunday revealed the timeline of how the undisputed featherweight champion went from a planned main event before her home fans in Puerto Rico to a stunning last-minute cancellation that left her in tears.
Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), told Boxing Scene in a text message that the source of Serrano’s eye i…
Jake Paul called for Ryan Garcia to “chill out” in the aftermath of his first-round stoppage of Ryan Bourland.
Paul recorded his ninth victory as a professional at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico when the referee Luis Pabon intervened to rescue the 35-year-old Bourland from further punishment while he struggled to defend himself as a consequence of a powerful …
CES Boxing returns to Rhode Island on Saturday, March 23, with a huge doubleheader at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino.
The popular Jimmy Burchfield Classic Invitational amateur showcase kicks off the day's festivities at 2pm, followed by a stacked professional boxing card beginning at 7pm EST.
Dominican sensation Alejandro "El Abusador" Paul…
Jermell Charlo has been stripped of his WBA junior middleweight title, meaning the former undisputed champion has lost the last of his undisputed titles.
WBA president Gilberto Mendoza informed Dan Rafael of the championship committee’s decision to relieve the 33-year-old Charlo of his final piece of title hardware.
Charlo is 35-2-1 (19 KOs), now without a belt for the first time since 201…
Trainer Mark Farrait has hit back at online reports that his super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga would not be ready to face Canelo Alvarez later this year.
In an interview earlier this week, Farrait was asked whether the New York-based Berlanga would be prepared to face the Mexican in 2024, and in his reply Farrait gave Canelo his props and said: “I don’t think anyone is ready…
Bernard Hopkins has said that whatever beef he had with Ryan Garcia has been squashed.
Speaking ahead of the Los Angeles leg of the Devin Haney-Garcia press tour, Hopkins said he had never had any hard feelings with Garcia, who on Tuesday in New York had stood up and embraced the Golden Boy Promotions exec and former world middleweight and light heavyweight champion.
“To me, he burie…
LOS ANGELES – Can a fight be lost at a news conference, more than one month before the first bell?
The fact that’s now a discussion point tells you all you need to know about the mental undressing that Devin Haney delivered to a wobbled Ryan Garcia late Thursday afternoon at Hollywood’s Avalon Theater.
The 25-year-old must have at least briefly regretted the enormity of his soc…
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Kholmatov vs. Ford will be presented live this Saturday, March 2, at approximately 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, exclusively on ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
In the main event, Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov will fight Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA featherweight world title. This duel of unbeaten so…
Ryan Garcia feels that his former training partner Canelo Alvarez would and should fight David Benavidez.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) is in the midst of promoting his April 20 fight against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) in New York, and Garcia stopped by the popular morning radio show The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, where he discussed Canelo.
“He has to fight Benavidez to keep boxing go…
Promoters Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya have met to talk about the state of the sport and discuss key talking points.
In times through the past they have been rivals, but they got on the same page on DAZN for an interview with Chris Mannix.
DAZN broadcasts fights from both stables, De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Hearn’s Matchroom, and Hearn said that promoters in the sport…
Najee Lopez found himself in ProBox TV classic
Lopez outpointed Marcos Escudero in the co-main event from the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida and Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), a 24-year-old light heavyweight, was tested.
Escudero (14-3, 12 KOs), a 30-year-old veteran, pushed a pace on Lopez that had not been seen before. Entering the bout, the experience showed on paper – but m…
Devin Haney has little respect for the skills of Ryan Garcia.
Haney defends his WBC super lightweight title against his rival on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) is making the first defense of the title he won when he defeated Regis Prograis in December in San Francisco.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) bounced back from his loss to Gervonta “Tank&rdq…
There is a featherweight title fight you better not sleep on this Saturday night.
Camden’s Raymond Ford has his first shot at a world title against Ukrainian Otabek Kholmatov at the Turning Stone in Oneida in upstate New York.
Ford is a gifted southpaw – poised and cultured, slick, quick, and gifted.
He’s also only 24 and a former Golden Gloves champion who has keenly wa…
Junto Nakatani is one of my favourite active fighters. On Saturday he produced a wildly impressive performance against a very-tough champion in Alexandro Santiago, who previously impressed when he won his title from Nonito Donaire. He was brilliant.
Regardless of Donaire’s age, Donaire can seriously punch, so for Nakatani to completely control Santiago – disarm him; keep him where he …
Undefeated heavyweight phenom Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson is angling for another big knockout. The fighting pride of Toledo, Ohio, steps up in class to face Belgian contender Ryad Merhy on Saturday, April 13, in the 10-round main event at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In the 10-round heavyweight co-feature, Nigerian puncher Efe Ajagba and Italian standout Guido…
Bryce Mills has the ability to move a lot of tickets. But this weekend he hopes to begin showing he’s more than just an attraction.
Mills faces Gerffred Ngayot at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino, in Verona, New York, on Saturday, March 2 as part of the ESPN+ telecast of the Otabek Kholmatov-Raymond Ford undercard. The venue is an appropriate battleground given Mills’ and Ngay…
Light-heavyweight contender Radivoje 'Hot Rod' Kalajdzic (28-2, 20 KOs) returns to action on March 13 against former world title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-4, 14 KOs) live on ProBox TV.
Kalajdzic, who defends his WBA Continental North America title, continues his charge towards another world-title fight. The winner is potentially in line to clash with one of the light-heavyweight champ…
The origin story isn’t anything spectacular. In fact, it’s the stereotypical one that has been attached to prizefighters around the globe for decades. A kid does well on the amateur scene – well enough that someone approaches them with an offer to make some money in a fight, and the kid takes it.
Twenty-year-old Amanda Serrano – the kid, in this case – versus Jackie …
Jazza Dickens has revealed that his days at featherweight are over. From this point on the 32-year-old will campaign at super featherweight.
After struggling mightily to make weight before his IBO featherweight title defence against Hector Sosa last July, Dickens has decided to step up to 130lbs. Dickens was stopped in the 10th round by the Argentinean.
The Liverpudlian was intent on aveng…
The Japanese Boxing Commission has reportedly overturned Luis Nery’s lifetime ban from boxing in Japan ahead of a potential fight with the undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
Inoue, 30, is on course to make the first defence of his undisputed title – having most recently won the IBF and WBA titles from Marlon Tapales in December – at the Tokyo Dome in Japan…
Najee Lopez passed a tough test Wednesday night, winning a 10-round majority decision over Marcos Escudero at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
With super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga in his corner, Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs) fought like a veteran in the co-feature of "Wednesday Night Fights." The judges scored the bout 95-95, 97-93 and 99-91 in favor of Lopez.
Lope…
Devin Haney is excited to make his Barclays Center debut on April 20 against Ryan Garcia, in what will be Haney’s first defense of his WBC world super-lightweight title.
The location of the fight, however, is a point of contention for Garcia. Last week he posted on the social media platform X that he would do everything he could to get the fight moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Las Vegas …
Oscar De La Hoya is not optimistic that boxing fans will get to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight Jaime Munguia in May.
De La Hoya was recently in New York City promoting a bout between WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, set for April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
With the announcement of Alvarez’s split with Premier Boxing Champi…
Oscar Valdez exited the ring last August 12 with a loss on his record, a right eye so discolored and swollen it conjured memories of Carmen Basilio after his rematch with Sugar Ray Robinson, and a sense of self-worth every bit as battered as that eye.
For the first two weeks after his unanimous decision defeat to Emanuel Navarrete – his second loss in 16 months, after starting his career u…
Former welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has said Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will “follow the money” in terms of who he fights, and who he fights for next.
Canelo has already stated that he will box on May 4 in Las Vegas, but speculation has been rife that his time with PBC might be over.
Edgar Berlanga defeated Padraig McCrory in six rounds last weekend to put his name in…
As the boxing world turns its eager eyes towards the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a groundbreaking event is on the horizon. On March 8th, the ring will be graced by two of the heavyweight division's most formidable figures: Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou. This 10-round heavyweight bout is not just a fight; it's a spectacle, part of the Riyadh Season, promising to blend the raw power …
Naoya Inoue will receive an offer to fight in Australia if he successfully defends his undisputed super bantamweight title against Luis Nery.
His stoppage of Stephen Fulton Jr in July 2023 has contributed to him becoming widely recognised as the world’s finest fighter, and the Australia-based No Limit Boxing hope to tempt him to fly south to defend his titles against Sam Goodman, the …
Callum Walsh appears to be Tom Loeffler’s next star.
Walsh headlines a UFC Fight Pass card on March 15 against Dauren Yeleussinov (11-3-1, 10 KOs) which will be at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
This marks the third-year in a row that the 23-year-old Walsh (9-0, 7 KOs) has fought on St.Patrick’s Day weekend.
Loeffler, the boss of 360 Promotions, explained that one…
Claressa Shields might have a new battle on her hands.
Shields picked up a split decision against Kelsey DeSantis as a part of the PFL MMA fight card last Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
Two notable developments came out of the bout. First, Shields avoided tapping after being stuck in a painful armbar submission hold – a moment that went viral. Second, Shields' feud with Cris “Cyborg…
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn remains frustrated that Gervonta Davis has refused to negotiate for a proposed fight with Conor Benn.
Davis revealed Hearn’s initial offer on X, which was sent with an invitation for further talks. The letter stated Davis would receive a guaranteed $10 million and an upside percentage of PPV and gate receipts.
“I was just trying to be good for the sport…
The Boxing Writers’ Club will cease to exist after its final Annual General Meeting at the end of April.
Its treasurer, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee journalist Colin Hart, 88, and its secretary, the respected David Smith, chose to stand down from their positions after that AGM, and because of their struggles to find a replacement the committee decided it was time for the Londo…
Gor Yeritsyan has firmly planted his flag in the welterweight division following a strategic victory over Quinton Randall in a ten-round headline bout at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. This win not only cements Yeritsyan's status as a contender to watch but also signals his readiness to challenge the division's elite.
The Welterweight Scene: A Division in Flux
The welterweight div…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reportedly split with promoters Premier Boxing Champions.
The world’s leading fighter had been expected to fight for the second time since signing a three-fight contract with the promotional organisation, but after his victory over Jermell Charlo in September 2023 they have reportedly mutually agreed to separate.
Alvarez had signed for PBC, run by the …
Most not knowing who Ryan Bourland is didn’t stop him landing the biggest fight of his life.
On March 2 at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he will fight Jake Paul over eight rounds.
“I was thinking about making a shirt that said ‘Who the f*** is Ryan Bourland?’, because that is what everyone keeps asking me on social media,” he said w…
Trainer and former light heavyweight contender John Scully has slammed the WBC for greenlighting a WBC interim light heavyweight title fight between David Benavidez and Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June.
Gvozdyk said terms have been agreed for a fight in June, with many fight fans hoping Benavidez was in the frame to face Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, after he said his May 4 opponent in Las Vegas wo…
For the first time in five fights and more than three years, Edgar Berlanga scored a knockout. Whether his sixth-round stoppage of Padraig McCrory is sufficient to put him ahead of David Benavidez, Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo in the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes is a different matter, but to hear both Berlanga and his promoter Eddie Hearn talk afterward, it would not be a surprise if the Puerto R…
Takuma Inoue made the first defense of his WBA bantamweight title by impressively stopping Jerwin Ancajas in nine rounds at Tokyo’s Kokugikan.
In what perhaps represented the finest performance of his career – and certainly his finest win – he ended the improving Ancajas’ challenge 44 seconds into the ninth round with a powerful right hand to the body.
It was a right hand…
Kosei Tanaka added to his impressive collection of belts and is now a champion at 115lbs having won belts at 105, 108 and 112.
The new WBO super flyweight champion won the vacant title with a solid victory over Mexican co-challenger Christian Bacasegua, flooring the Mexican in round eight and earning the decision on all three scorecards by margins of 116-111, 117-110, and 119-108.
Bacasegua was …
Ryan Garcia has taken to social media to criticize the decision to stage his April 20 fight with Devin Haney in New York.
The former amateur rivals meet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in one of the showpiece events of the year.
The location has been a talking point, with the WBC super lightweight fight heading to the East Coast, and it is even more so now after the challenger, Garcia, spoke …
Cain Sandoval and Javier Molina is an interesting boxing fight news and the co-feature of Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions on Friday (February 23) at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California.
Sandoval has been a tour-de-force as a pro. The 21-year-old from Sacramento, California is 11-0 with 11 knockouts in the junior welterweight division. Added to that, he has only gone 28 ro…
Australian super flyweight Andrew Moloney is positioned at number three in the rankings for the vacant WBO super flyweight title that Kosei Tanaka and Christian Bacasegua Rangel fight for on Saturday in Tokyo.
Moloney will be following closely, aware that he is in line to fight the winner on the undercard of the fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr for the IBF lightweight t…
Former world cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson has warned Anthony Joshua that his inside fighting game will need to be on point ahead of his fight with Francis Ngannou on March 8 in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua has won three on the bounce since back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk, against Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin. Former UFC champion Ngannou has had just one fight as a prof…
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Frank Martin have reportedly agreed terms to fight for the WBA lightweight title.
The rivals, according to ESPN, are on course to fight either late in the spring or early in the summer, on a Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view.
Davis, 29 and the defending champion, last fought in April 2023, when at a catchweight of 136lbs he stopped …
WBA bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue (18-1, 4KOs) has credited Jerwin Ancajas (34-3-2, 23KOs) as “the best fighter I’ll ever face”.
The younger brother of the revered Naoya Inoue defends his title for the first time at the Kokugikan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, having won it last year via a unanimous decision against the former unified super-flyweight champion Liborio Solis.
T…
Light heavyweight contender Oleksandr Gvozdyk has agreed terms to fight David Benavidez in Las Vegas in June.
Fight fans had been hoping Benavidez was ready to take the call from Canelo Alvarez to box in May, but Gvozdyk – "The Nail" – is now very much in the frame for Benavidez.
Former WBC champion Gvozdyk, 36, is currently at number two in the WBC rankings. Benavide…
Joe Calzaghe wants more of the world’s leading fighters to remain at and build their legacies in their natural weight divisions.
The 51-year-old recently celebrated 15 years in retirement, having last fought when he improved his record to 46-0 with victory over the once-great Roy Jones Jr. By the time of that fight at Madison Square Garden in New York he had established himself as not only …
Junto Nakatani will “walk out” with Alexandro Santiago’s WBC bantamweight title on Saturday in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, believes his former opponent Andrew Moloney.
The 26-year-old Nakatani secured a title at super flyweight, and therefore a second weight, when defeating Moloney for the vacant WBO title last May via a highlight-reel 12th-round knockout.
“I’m v…
Edgar Berlanga hopes that Padraig McCrory backs up his words and comes to fight when the pair clash at Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night (February 24).
Berlanga (21-0 16 KOs) faces the Belfast man after beating Irishman Jason Quigley in June at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The Puerto Rican star has vowed to pick up where he left off in the final round w…
Edgar Berlanga meets the undefeated Irishman Padraig McCrory in Orlando, Florida this Saturday, when the moving parts in one of boxing’s brightest weight classes will again shuffle.
The super middleweight division has got the sport talking – several top contenders are in pursuit of boxing’s top draw, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
There are, among others, David Benavidez, J…
Former world title challengers Kubrat Pulev and Mahmoud Charr will meet in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on March 30 to contest the vacant lesser version of the WBA heavyweight title.
The contest was confirmed at a press conference in Sofia and was attended by both boxers, with the fight due to take place at Arena Sofia, a 12,000-seat venue.
Charr was reinstated as the WBA’s seconda…
Unified WBO and IBF strawweight world champion Yokasta Valle has started her training camp.
Valle is preparing to fight the WBA and WBC champion Seniesa Estrada as she looks to become the undisputed champion on March 29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The fight is broadcast on ESPN and Valle will be training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Los ange…
Junto Nakatani has revealed his struggles to make the super flyweight limit contributed to him moving up to bantamweight to challenge the WBC champion Alexandro Santiago.
On Saturday, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, he fights at 118lbs for the first time, having made one defence of the WBO 115lbs title he so impressively won when stopping Andrew Moloney at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand.
Ha…
Teddy Atlas reckons Edgar Berlanga would have learned more in his last five fights than his first 16 combined.
The trainer and analyst believes that Berlanga did not develop much after an introduction to the pros that saw him win his first 16 fights, all by first-round knockouts.
Berlanga then went eight rounds with Demond Nicholson, had three 10-rounders to defeat Marcelo Cocerers, Steve Rolls …
Naoya Inoue has been in the awards again, having been named Japan’s Boxer the of the Year at the annual Japanese Boxing Commission and Sportswriters Club ceremony in Tokyo.
The brilliant super bantamweight champion, dubbed ‘The Monster’, enjoyed a brilliant 2023, with decisive wins over Stephen Fulton and Marlon Tapales, and for many he was boxing’s Fighter of the Year.…
Alexandro Santiago has revealed the extent to which the Santiago family business is reliant on him defending his WBC bantamweight title against Junto Nakatani on Saturday night.
The Mexican, 28, impressively won the vacant title against the once-great Nonito Donaire in July 2023, and plans to use it as a platform to secure his and his family’s long-term futures.
He fight…
Padraig McCrory believes Edgar Berlanga and his team have made a mistake in picking him to fight this Saturday and that he’s one punch away from changing his life when the unbeaten Super-Middleweights clash at Caribe Royale in Orlando, live worldwide on DAZN.
McCrory (18-0 9 KOs) faces-off with Berlanga (21-0 16 KOs) for the first time today (Tuesday) in Orlando as the…
Felix Cash last boxed in December 2022 but when he returns to the ring the European middleweight title will be on the line.
Cash left his previous trainer Tony Sims and for three months has been working with Adam Booth.
The middleweight contender is 16-0 (10 KOs) but has been beset with personal problems and failed to capitalize on his stunning win in 2021 over Denzel Bentley.
The EBU has called f…
The man Edgar Berlanga hopes to fight someday soon, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, is fond of saying: “No boxing, no life.”
Berlanga knows there’s more to it than that. Did he always feel that way? That’s something only he knows in his heart, but, at least today, the super-middleweight contender is well aware that no boxing doesn’t mean the end of life.
There are …
Josh Taylor has claimed he heads into his long-awaited rematch with Jack Catterall unhindered following his unanimous decision defeat by Teofimo Lopez last June in The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Lopez relieved Taylor of his only remaining title by clinching the WBO super lightweight crown and the lineal championship.
Taylor's loss to Lopez was the first time he had boxed fol…
Flint, Michigan’s Ardreal Holmes Jr extended his undefeated record with a superb second-round knockout of Marlon Harrington.
Holmes fought Harrington at 154lbs in the main event on Salita Promotions’ inaugural DAZN broadcast at the Wayne Star Fieldhouse in Detroit.
Harrington started more aggressively, and was on the front foot for the opening 30 seconds of round o…
The promoter of Alexandro Santiago has had quite a week and believes it will continue.
Santiago makes the first defense of his WBC bantamweight title on Saturday, February 24, in Japan against the No. 1 ranked challenger for his belt Junto Nakatani.
Santiago won that title last summer against future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire on the Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford undercard.
Nakatani is …
Edgar Berlanga believes that a potential fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford is a “mismatch”.
Both fighters’ next opponents are still to be confirmed – Alvarez is expected to fight on May 4; Crawford remains in contention for a rematch with Errol Spence – and speculation persists that Alvarez, the world’s highest-profile fighter,…
Teofimo Lopez Jr. appears to be zeroing in on a potential clash against Terence Crawford with each passing day.
With “Bud” on a break and a rematch against Errol Spence Jr. nowhere in sight, the 140-pound WBO champion Lopez could leverage his “super champion” status to force the issue against the undisputed welterweight king.
The WBO’s rules indicate that …
During a lively press conference in Manchester, Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall completed their two-city press tour and it didn’t take long for tempers to flare.
The fighters almost got physical before they even took their seats, with Chorley’s Catterall being cheered and Scotland’s Taylor the protagonist and the villain being booed by the Manchester crowd.
Catterall said he…
Chantelle Cameron is no longer working with Jamie Moore.
The news came at the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall II press conference in Manchester today, and Moore said the split was amicable, although he was unsure why it happened.
Moore, who trains Catterall, was on-hand in Manchester and was cordial in interviews discussing a range of topics, from his fighters to the biggest names in t…
Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew admits there have been discussions for him to make a return at bridgerweight.
Bellew has been in talks to return and fight the WBC bridgerweight champion, Poland’s 15-0 (14 KOs), Lukasz Rozanski, who won the vacant belt by blitzing Alen Babic in a round. That was last April, in Poland, and Rozanski has not boxed since.
“I kind of agreed…
The future is unwritten. But one thing I can say with total confidence looking a few decades over the horizon is that nobody’s children or grandchildren will one day ask Saul “Canelo” Alvarez why he didn’t fight David Benavidez.
Benavidez’s promoter, Samson Lewkowicz, told ProBox TV a few days ago that Canelo’s legacy will be “stained” and “ta…
Undefeated welterweight knockout artist Avious “Tha Underdog” Griffin (13-0, 12 KOs) has officially announced a partnership with world renowned trainer Brian 'BoMac' McIntyre, Ring Magazine's 2023 Trainer of the Year. Griffin's decision to join forces with BoMac marks a significant breakthrough in his career, as he looks to elevate his game to even greater heights.
Griffin, known for …
Britain’s present crop of top cruiserweights did things the old fashioned way.
For years they bucked the trend of modern boxing and engaged in an unofficial round robin – risking unbeaten records and shunning big paydays in order to prove themselves.
Their fights rarely made headlines, but they were always hard-fought, and meaningful.
Fights like Richard Riakporhe’s…
Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew admits there have been discussions for him to make a return at bridgerweight.
Bellew has been in talks to return and fight the WBC bridgerweight champion, Poland’s 15-0 (14 KOs), Lukasz Rozanski, who won the vacant belt by blitzing Alen Babic in a round. That was last April, in Poland, and Rozanski has not boxed since.
“I kind of agreed i…
Britain’s present crop of top cruiserweights did things the old fashioned way.
For years they bucked the trend of modern boxing and engaged in an unofficial round robin – risking unbeaten records and shunning big paydays in order to prove themselves.
Their fights rarely made headlines, but they were always hard-fought, and meaningful.
Fights like Richard Riakporhe’s British…
LONDON, UK (February 20, 2024) - Viddal Riley has signed a long-term contract extension to commit his future to BOXXER and Sky Sports.
The rising cruiserweight star joined BOXXER in 2021 and has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting talents in a thriving domestic division.
The 26-year-old captured the English Cruiserweight Title with a shut-out points vic…
The higher reaches of the heavyweight division are the land of milk and honey – even fringe contenders command the type of purses that champions in lower weight divisions can only dream of. Unearthing a potential heavyweight star is the dream of boxing trainers around the world.
Robert Hodgins has perhaps found one.
Years of hard work contributed to the trainer guiding Fabio Wardley fro…
It is less than three weeks until Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou meet in the ring, but they have already come face-to-face on camera.
In a Face Off interview for DAZN, the two heavyweights, 34-year-old Joshua, who is 27-3 with 24 KOs, and Ngannou, 0-1 as a professional boxer, talked about how the March 8 fight in Saudi Arabia came about, and what they thought might happen.
Ngannou said that he…
“They’ve already painted the narrative with the robbery and all that and fucking everything,” Josh Taylor told ProBox TV. “Do you know what I mean? They have already painted the narrative, so I am the away fighter.”
Taylor’s name comes first on the poster for his rematch with Jack Catterall on April 27 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
“I’m the A-s…
With the City Ground out of the running, a rematch between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington has been placed on hold for the foreseeable future.
The news was disappointing for all involved.
Wood had been denied the chance to fulfil a lifelong ambition and box at the home of his beloved Nottingham Forest, Matchroom had lost one of the crown jewels of their 2024 schedule and the fans had been denied th…
The highly unlikely clash between Conor Benn and Gervonta Davis has officially fallen through the cracks.
Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn informed the boxing public on Monday that Davis punted on an offer that was presented.
In recent weeks, Tank has teased a tilt with the second-generation British star. With Davis now out of the picture, former two-division champion Danny Garcia has stepped up …
Conor Benn has hit out at Gervonta Davis for rejecting an offer from Matchroom for Baltimore’s WBA lightweight title holder to move up in weight and fight him.
Promoter Eddie Hearn was in Edinburgh today to kick-off proceedings for the April 27 bout between rivals Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, revealing to Pro Boxing Fans that Davis had refused the offer to fight Benn.
Davis initiall…
You have seen Jacob Macalolooy, you just probably didn’t know it.
Macalolooy will return to action on March 16 at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California as part of a Westside Promotions card.
The viral sensation was all over the internet when he helped Errol Spence Jr. prep for Manny Pacquiao. Macalolooy was the man in the famous video who gave Spence honest work befor…
O’Shaquie Foster made the second defense of his WBC super featherweight title, winning a split-decision over Abraham Nova in his Top Rank debut on Friday, February 16.
The bout was closer than expected and a tactical affair, one that showed off a trait that coach Bobby Benton has grown accustomed to with Foster; a flair for the dramatic.
Foster stopped Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Herna…
James Page made the news again, only this time it is for being the hometown hero of Pittsburg, California.
Page, the former WBA middleweight champion, has had a full life at 52-years of age. He made three successful defenses of his title before being stripped of his crown. Page always wanted to fight Puerto Rican great Felix Trinidad, but the opportunity never presented itself.
Page su…
Promoter Eddie Hearn has attempted to call the bluff of promotional rival Ben Shalom in an effort to make one of Britain's best domestic fights.
Earlier this month, the EBU ordered their European super-lightweight champion, Adam Azim, to defend his title against British and Commonwealth champion Dalton Smith, following the former’s successful title defense at the SSE Arena against Enock Poul…
Charlie Sheehy sees himself as similar to the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Brock Purdy.
Sheehy recently picked up an eight-round unanimous decision over Abdel Sauceda on the Teofimo Lopez-Jamaine Ortiz undercard.
Sheehy is 25-years-old and a native of Brisbane, California, one town over from San Francisco and not far from where the Niners used to play at Candlestick Park.
With a re…
Roy Jones Jr has described as “very unfair” suggestions that Jared Anderson showed he lacked the heart to fulfil his potential when they were filmed having an emotional conversation.
He has also predicted his fellow American will one day reign as a world heavyweight champion.
The great Jones Jr established himself, in his prime, as one of the finest fighters in history. As a consequenc…
Eddie Hearn believes the British fight scene “needed” the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall because of the extent to which its leading fighters are fighting elsewhere.
After Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois were among those to fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December, Joshua fights Francis Ngannou there in March, before Tyson Fury’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk in the …
Jack Catterall has revealed that it was Josh Taylor who insisted on their rematch taking place at 140lbs.
The bitter rivals fight for the second time on April 27 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, little over two years after Taylor was so controversially awarded victory at the SSE Arena in Glasgow in their fight for the undisputed super lightweight title.
Taylor had previously been vocal about mo…
IBF super-featherweight world champion Joe Cordina has indicated that his upcoming title defense against Anthony Cacace will be his last fight at 130lbs if a unification fight can’t be agreed afterwards.
Cordina was due to defend his title on February 17 and feature on the bill of the undisputed heavyweight world title clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has proposed radical changes ahead of the undisputed heavyweight encounter between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Uysk, hoping to prevent significant controversy.
Fury-Usyk, who were supposed to meet in the first undisputed heavyweight encounter in almost 25 years on February 17, will now clash on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after Fury sustained a cut on his rig…
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall had to be separated when they came face to face to promote their rematch on April 27.
Their first fight, for the undisputed super lightweight title in 2022, being awarded in Taylor’s favour via split decision represented one of boxing’s biggest controversies of the modern era.
The bitterness that existed between them at the final bell that night has…
An unexpected exchange broke out on X over the weekend that has resulted in former IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire discussing a possible fight.
It all started after Sivenathi Nontshinga’s excellent revenge victory over Adrian Curiel in Mexico, when Edwards wrote: “Great stoppage by Nontshinga. Weathered the storm and took his man out of ther…
Bitter enemies Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will today come head-to-head for the first time since their controversial February 26 fight in Glasgow.
They will meet as part of a two-city media tour to announce their long-awaited rematch, which takes place in Leeds on April 27, kicking off in Edinburgh this afternoon and then following up tomorrow in Manchester.
Back when they first boxed, Taylor w…
Manny Pacquiao’s ambitions of competing at Paris 2024 have been ended by the International Olympic Committee.
Pacquaio, who retired from professional boxing in 2021 following his unanimous decision defeat by Yordenis Ugas, has been denied by the International Olympic Committee refusing to alter their age restrictions.
In 2013, ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the orga…
Bob Santos sees Conor Benn versus Mario Barrios as a difficult fight, and perhaps just as tough as one against undefeated IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
Barrios, who holds the WBC interim welterweight world title, was called out by Benn after a sub-par performance against Pete Dobson at the start of February.
“From this perspective, going overseas is no easy…
Former cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia will have the chance to reclaim his IBF title when he rematches Mairis Briedis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 18.
Opetaia (24-0, 19 KOs) defeated Briedis in a Fight of the Year contender nearly two years ago on the Gold Coast, Australia. Opetaia broke his jaw in two places on way to winning unanimously on the scorecards.
The 28-year-old southpa…
Fabio Wardley said he is a “massive” jump in class for Frazer Clarke ahead of their March 31 fight at London’s O2 Arena.
Clarke and Wardley had been on a collision course last year, but terms could not be agreed, talks collapsed and the bad blood has since manifested between the two.
Wardley is the more experienced pro, with more professional fights and weeks and weeks in trainin…
Vasiliy Lomachenko travels to Perth, Australia to challenge George Kambosos Jr for the vacant IBF lightweight world title on May 12.
The event is being funded, in part, by the Western Australian Government and continues the good times for Australian boxing. The nation invited Manny Pacquiao to Brisbane to face Jeff Horn in 2017 and the country has since produced world champions such as Kambosos, T…
Jackie Kallen is a female pioneer in the sport, an iconic former publicist of the Kronk Gym in Detroit, who went on to famously manage James Toney to his world title win.
Kallen now is getting her just due and will be inducted into the 2024 International Boxing Hall of Fame class, two years after Toney went in.
“All I can say is I want to say, ‘What took you so long?’” said…
Rising undefeated Australian welterweight Joel Lewis returns to the ring on March 1 at Metro City in Perth in his quest for championship glory in a featured Thunderdome 45 contest.
Lewis is coming off back-to-back fights with Habib Kheririkah, having earned a Western Australia state welterweight championship against veteran Perth-based Turkish boxer Bahtiar Sonyol.
“I have come from the lowe…
Lamont Roach and O’Shaquie Foster have been going back and forth on social media.
Foster defeated Abraham Nova in the second defense of his WBC super featherweight title in New York City via a split decision on Friday night.
After the fight, Foster was cordial in calling out Roach and the two then began to have a heated exchange on the social media app X that amplified.
Foster is…
“Emiliano, I mean… he’s the man there,” Oscar De La Hoya said while pointing at Emiliano Vargas. “He is the man! I love his style. I love what everyone at Top Rank and Bob [Arum] are doing with Emiliano. There is nobody better than Bob Arum, this is for sure.”
The sharply dressed 19 year old had joined De La Hoya, Arum and Oscar Valdez on stage to promote his l…
Edgar Berlanga returns to the ring next weekend, but much of the talk is circulating about who he fights afterwards, rather than whom he fights next.
Berlanga boxes Irishman Padraig McCrory at Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night (February 24) and admits he wants to make a statement to build momentum into a major fight.
Berlanga, 21-0 (16 KOs), is often a name that emerges on the per…
When Sivetheni Nontshinga stopped Adrien Curiel in the tenth round in Oaxaca on Friday night, he did more than reclaim the 108 lb. belt that Curiel had ripped from him in November. He also placed his name, as commentator Corey Erdman noted, in select company as one of relatively few boxers to stop opponents who previously knocked them out.
Knockout victims gaining revenge is, of course…
O’Shaquie Foster voiced displeasure with his performance against Abraham Nova, having made the second defense of his WBC super featherweight title via a split-decision over the 30-year-old Abraham Nova.
The lead voice in Foster’s corner, Bobby Benton, outlined one of the key factors that contributed to the close fight.
“We had a tough weight cut,” Benton explained. &l…
Bob Santos believes he might just have the next great heavyweight on his hands.
Meet 2020 Olympian Dainier “The Fear” Pero, who is a 24-year-old Cuban heavyweight.
The 6ft 5ins prospect is 6-0 with four wins by way of knockout, but Santos is getting frustrated in being able to find Pero competition, given his ability.
“It is very difficult matching him right now,” San…
Peter McGrail has admitted he felt bad for his long-time coach after suffering one of the biggest upsets of 2023.
Southpaw super-bantamweight prospect McGrail was shocked on the Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez-Sunny Edwards undercard by Detroit’s Ja’Rico O’Quinn, losing for the first time and in his ninth professional fight.
The former 2020 Olympian was stopped in the fifth whe…
Andre Ward is a legend in the ring and also known for making his voice heard in meaningful ways outside of it.
Ward was talking at a local amateur boxing event that was put on by former sparring partner-turned gym owner, Brandon ‘Flawless’ Gonzales, at Flawless Boxing in Sacramento.
Ward spoke during an intermission, with Gonzales, about some of the changes he wants to see in the…
Boxing’s lack of major events in the first quarter of 2023 hasn’t meant doing without entertaining fights.
While the postponed Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk remained conspicuous by its absence on Saturday, so does the absence of almost every major star in the sport to start the year. We have been treated to some serious championship fire and have got two more logs for the blaze on Fr…
Last July, Ryszard Lewicki and Bahadur Karami engaged in a small-hall war in a leisure centre in Oldham. After six rounds of carnage, their fight was declared a draw.
A rematch was inevitable, and the two middleweights renewed hostilities on Saturday night’s Black Flash Promotions' card in Manchester.
As so often happens, their rematch didn’t catch fire in the same way as their first m…
Anthony Ogogo was an Olympic bronze medallist who beat world No. 1 Evhen Khytrov to make his way onto the podium. Having suffered numerous injuries – including shoulder dislocations – he nearly didn’t make it. By the time London 2012 came around, Ogogo’s mother was fighting for her life in hospital and he made clandestine visits to see her. Then, having banked a bronze…
For the second time in three months, Harry Scarff faced an agonising wait.
Back in November, the 30-year-old welterweight stood in the centre of the ring waiting to hear how the judges had scored his British and Commonwealth title fight against Ekow Essuman. The news was good, and Scarff was awarded a deserved unanimous decision over the previously undefeated champion.
On Thursday aftern…
Popular American heavyweight Jared ‘The Real Big Baby’ Anderson will make his 2024 debut in April.
Anderson boxes on April 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, when he meets Ryad Merhy, as first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN.
Anderson fought three times last year, twice as a main eventer. The Merhy fight will make it his third appearance at the top of the bill.
Anderson was taken to…
Ramon Cardenas became a contender last night.
His stunning sixth-round technical knockout of Israel Rodriguez Picazo was as dramatic as it was impressive.
After a grueling back-and-forth bout on ProBox TV, Cardenas landed a shot that appeared to break Picazo’s jaw. In between rounds, the doctor was brought into the ring and would not allow the fight to continue.
Afterward, Cardenas emb…
Bobby Benton has seen a few dramatic finishes.
Trainer Benton was the lead voice in the corner of WBC super featherweight O’Shaquie Foster, as the duo picked up a split-decision over the northeastern based Abraham Nova.
The bout was close. Foster seemed to land the cleaner punches, Nova was busier.
CompuBox stats said the same. Foster landed 139 punches out of 429. Nova landed 12…
Tonight, the eyes of the sporting world were supposed to be focused on Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fighting to unify the heavyweight titles.
But after Fury was cut in sparring three weeks ago, the fight was postponed and will now take place on May 18.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has been in London this weekend, lamenting what might have been while visiting Repton…
Trainer Colin Nathan has screamed himself hoarse in the corner last night.
His fighter Sivenathi Nontshinga had won a thrilling rematch, reclaiming the IBF light-flyweight title from Mexican Adrian Curiel – In Mexico.
They topped a Matchroom and DAZN show in Oaxaca.
Last November, Curiel knocked out the South African with one of the best right hands of 2023 in Monte Carlo, winning the title …
Super-middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga has spoken about being inspired by Puerto Rican greats who have gone before him.
Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Berlanga fights Belfast’s Padraig McCrory at Caribe Royal in Florida next week, hoping to improve to 22-0 in his pursuit of a big fight with Canelo Alvarez.
The 26-year-old, nicknamed ‘The Chosen One’, has always sp…
After a hectic night of boxing, with significant cards in Mexico, New York and Florida, one highlight reel was receiving some extra play today.
Bruce Carrington, from Brownsville in Brooklyn, scored a viral knockout win over Bernard Torres, nailing his with a right hook that sent Torres flat, face down, on the canvas inside Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
The featherweight they call “…
O’Shaquie Foster defended his WBC junior lightweight world title with a split decision over Abraham “El Super” Nova on Friday evening at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
The fighters took a look at one another in the early rounds but Foster began to take control by rounds six and seven, landing power shots on a Nova who was beginning to fade.
“Ice Water” Fo…
MONTREAL, Friday, February 16, 2024 — Today at 11:00 a.m. marked the first press conference leading up to the gala on April 11th at the Montreal Casino, during which Eye of the Tiger unveiled the main event of the evening between two locally beloved boxers, Erik Bazinyan (32-0, 23 KOs) and Shakeel Phinn (26-3-1, 17 KOs). On this occasion, the Laval-born boxer and current …