Undefeated junior lightweight contender Andres Cortes will attend the Oscar Valdez-Liam Wilson fight on March 29 in Glendale, Arizona, as he angles for a matchup with the winner.
Cortes (21-0, 12 KOs), currently ranked No. 3 by the WBO, will sit ringside at the Desert Diamond Arena as Valdez and Wilson square off for the interim WBO interim junior lightweight title.
"I'll be watching the Va…
Tim Tszyu appears to be thriving in Las Vegas ahead of Saturday, the biggest night of his boxing life.
Looking relaxed at Wednesday’s Grand Arrivals and public workouts at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Tszyu, whose opponent was changed some 12 days ago when Keith Thurman injured his biceps and was replaced by Sebastian Fundora, Tszyu couldn’t have appeared less fazed by the moment.
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Angelino Cordova is looking to get the biggest win of his career.
Cordova faces WBC flyweight world champion Julio Cesar Martinez in the first bout of the Prime Video PPV card on March 30.
Cordova (18-0-1, 12 KOs) is coming off two upset wins. His last one was in Indio, CA on a Golden Boy Promotions card over Angel “Tito” Acosta, but his goal is to win a world title. …
Former featherweight world champion Nicholas Walters (29-1-1, 22 KOs) scored a commanding unanimous decision victory over Joseph Adorno (18-4-2, 15 KOs) on Wednesday, in his first televised fight in more than seven years.
Walters disappeared from the boxing landscape after suffering a stoppage loss in a challenge of junior lightweight titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2016. He resurfaced last yea…
Junior welterweight Starling Castillo (19-1-1, 13 KOs) snatched a split decision win over Jesus Saracho (13-2-1, 11 KOs) Wednesday in a close co-main event on ProBox TV’s “Wednesday Night Fights” in Plant City, Florida.
Two of the ringside officials scored the fight in favor of Castillo (98-92 and 99-91), while one saw it for Saracho (96-94).
In the first round, Saracho landed …
Omar Juarez (15-2, 5 KOs) scored two knockdowns over Clarence Booth (21-10, 13 KOs) in the dying moments of his junior welterweight clash to score a wide points win on ProBox TV’s “Wednesday Night Fights” in Plant City, Florida.
The scorecards came in at 98-90, 98-90 and 99-89 for Juarez, earning him a unanimous decision in his ProBox TV debut.
A reasonably even opening round s…
Subriel Matías makes a homecoming return to Puerto Rico when he defends his IBF World Jr. Welterweight title against Liam Paro at the Coliseo Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu in Manatí on Saturday June 15, live worldwide on DAZN.
Matías (20-1 20 KOs) landed the vacant IBF Super-Lightweight title last February, forcing Jeremias Ponce to retire a…
Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez makes his return to the ring against Daniel Lugo at Palenque de la Féria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Saturday May 11, live worldwide on DAZN, with Erika Cruz defending her WBA World Super-Bantamweight title against Nazarena Romero.
Hernandez (34-2 31 KOs) was part of one of the fights of the year in October when he took on O&rsq…
Mark Heffron has been handed the opportunity to change the entire course of his career.
On May 25, the big-punching super middleweight will travel to Canada and fight the unbeaten Christian Mbilli, 26-0 (22 KOs), at the Gervais Auto Centre in Quebec. The WBC continental and the WBA international belts will be on the line.
The heavy-handed Frenchman is in a rich vein of form and has recently reco…
The latest installment of ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights is on March 27, and the promotion is headlined by an interesting crossroads battle between two lightweights.
Joseph Adorno (18-3-2, 15 KOs) came in at 135lbs. His opponent, the former featherweight world champion Nicholas Walters (28-1-1, 22 KOs) was also 135lbs. The two will battle in a 10-round main event.
Adorno recently respo…
ProBox TV returns this week with a new installment of “Wednesday Night Fights.”
The card is headlined by an interesting crossroads battle at lightweight. Joseph Adorno (18-3-2, 15 KOs) and former featherweight titleholder Nicholas Walters (28-1-1, 22 KOs) will square off in a 10-round main event, with the WBA Continental-Americas belt on the line.
How Does Joseph Adorno Rat…
The undercard is starting to take shape for the Cinco de Mayo weekend showdown headlined by the undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and the undefeated Jaime Munguia.
Super welterweight contender Vito Mielnicki (17-1, 12 KOs) will take on Ronald Cruz (19-3-1, 12 KOs) in a 10-round fight on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, said Mielnicki.
The Pre…
The stakes have just gotten higher.
When Oscar Valdez and Liam Wilson face off this Friday at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, the vacant WBO Interim junior lightweight world title will now be on the line. The Interim title became available after the current champion, Emanuel Navarrete, elected to fight Denys Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight world title on Saturday, May 18 in Sa…
Callum Walsh will return to action on Friday, June 7 at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California.
Walsh, who stopped Dauren Yeleussinov in the ninth round March 15 in New York, will headline the upcoming California show, to be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass. No opponent for Walsh has yet been announced.
Guided by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, Walsh, a 23-year-old native of …
Joe Gallagher has praised the “desire” Lawrence Okolie has shown in their short time together ahead of their preparations for Poland’s Lukasz Rozanski.
Okolie travels to the Podpromie Arena in Rzeszow, Poland on April 24 to challenge for the WBC bridgerweight title and will fight for the first time with the respected Gallagher in his corner, having split from Sugarhill Steward a…
Consider this the equivalent of a new restaurant's "soft opening."
So while Amazon’s Prime Video makes its U.S. debut Saturday with a pay-per-view card headlined by Tim Tszyu’s pursuit of a second world-title belt against Sebastian Fundora at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the rest of the world will have to access the bout by their own means.
A Prime Video spokesperson confir…
No man is invincible. That’s just reality.
But if ever there was a valid time to question that reality, it was on March 26, 1974. Fifty years ago today, the world heavyweight champion George Foreman ran his record to 40-0 (37 KOs) by annihilating Ken Norton in Caracas, Venezuela, in exactly five minutes of ring time, reaching peak invincibility — or at least peak aura thereof.
Forema…
A report that Saudi Arabia’s most powerful boxing broker would like to stage a David Benavidez bout in December against the winner of the June 1 undisputed light heavyweight title match between Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is compelling leverage.
Make no mistake, Benavidez’s manager told Boxing Scene on Monday, his fighter’s preference is still to press Saul “…
Viddal Riley is at the beginning of a long journey that he hopes will culminate in a shot at a cruiserweight world title. But don’t expect him to look for any shortcuts.
Britain’s top cruiserweights have been involved in an unofficial round robin for years. The busy, underrated division has provided an entertaining series of fights between ambitious boxers who haven’t been afrai…
Nicholas Walters’ continues his return from his near seven-year vanishing act from boxing this Wednesday when he collides with Joseph Adorno on ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights in Plant City, Florida.
The Jamaican disappeared from the sport after retiring on his stool against Vasiliy Lomachenko for the WBO super featherweight world title in November 2016.
“Ho…
Albert Bell is the No. 1 contender for the WBO super featherweight title and hopes his next fight is for championship.
Bell stopped Jonathan Romero (35-3, 19 KOs) in the first-round of their scheduled 10-round fight in Toledo, Ohio.
Now Bell, (26-0, 9 KOs), is not celebrating, but rather getting ready to board a plane. Bell is going to be in Arizona, ringside for the Oscar Valdez vers…
Trainer, analyst and Hall of Famer Teddy Atlas believes that for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to secure his legacy among the best Mexicans or the best 168-pounders he must fight leading contender David Benavidez.
The Mexican icon is heading into a May 4 PPV date in Las Vegas against Jaime Munguia, at the T-Mobile Arena, but the opponent many want him to face is Benavidez.
“I sai…
In victory over Maxi Hughes, a fighter who moves well and is capable of testing contenders, William Zepeda was impressive. By this point he's showed enough to suggest he can be competitive with Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta "Tank" Davis at the top of the lightweight division.
He's effective with his pressure, which makes him exciting and the type of fighter people want to watch. He's an…
Carlos Adames (23-1) has been very vocal in his desire to move up to 168 pounds and face any of the top fighters in the division. He previously called out Canelo Alvarez, David Benavidez and Caleb Plant.
The WBC interim middleweight champion is also interested in moving up to the super middleweight division to take on Brooklyn’s Edgar Berlanga (22-0).
Adames, who is from the Dominican Repu…
Many believe a scheduled Serhii Bohachuk-Sebastian Fundora matchup might have been a fight of the year contender. But due to a turn of fate, Fundora is now in for the fight of his life.
Serving as a replacement for injured Keith Thurman, Fundora will face junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu in the lead bout of a March 30 pay-per-view card in Las Vegas.
Stopped by Brian Mendoza last April, …
When Tim Tszyu steps into the ring against late replacement Sebastian Fundora at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30, he will do so not only as one of the hottest young boxers in the sport but also with a goal of cementing himself as one of the very best pugilists ever to emerge from Australia. With due respect to the likes of George Kambosos Jr., Tszyu is almost certainly already the No. 1 ac…
Liam Cameron returns to the big stage tonight on the undercard of Dalton Smith-Jose Zepeda in his native Sheffield.
Cameron (22-5, 9 KOs) was riding high in 2017 after winning the Commonwealth title against local rival Sam Sheedy. He defended his title with a knockout over Nicky Jenman six months later, but the result was changed to a No Contest after Cameron failed a drug test for cocaine. He wo…
Boxing in war-torn Ukraine continues to press ahead despite the ongoing Russian invasion that has accelerated this past week.
Twenty nine Russian missiles were launched on Kyiv just nine days ahead of Vlad Eliseev’s next promotion. All missiles were successfully intercepted but the debris resulted in 13 residents being wounded. One day later Russia launched its largest attack on Ukraine wit…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez kicked off the promotional tour for his May 4 fight against Jaime Munguia this week, but it was the fight that isn’t happening against David Benavidez that continued to dominate the storylines surrounding his upcoming fight.
The undisputed super middleweight champion Alvarez stated that his team never offered Benavidez a fight for $5 million, it would…
British lightweight champion Sam Noakes will defend his four title belts at York Hall on Saturday April 20, live on TNT Sports.
Tickets for the show on Saturday, 20 April are on sale now available from ticketmaster.co.uk.
In co-headline action, the undefeated super lightweight Henry Turner (12-0, 4 KOs) will make a fourth defence of his WBC International Silver title against fellow unbeaten chal…
Sampson Boxing proudly announces the signing of streaking welterweight prospect Nicklaus “La Bestia” Flaz to a promotional contract.
Since suffering his second career defeat, a shock first-round knockout in October 2020, Flaz (12-2, 8 KOs), from Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, has gone on a tear, scoring three impressive upset victories; knocking out an established durable veteran and taking …
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s request for $150 million to $200 million to fight David Benavidez has triggered a rich response from the younger unbeaten former champion.
At his Tuesday news conference, Alvarez said that Benavidez brings nothing to the table except 25 extra pounds (of rehydration), and that he’ll only fight Benavidez for $150 million to $200 million.
That’s…
Walking in the footsteps of a boxing great such as Kostya Tszyu is a hard job to follow, but Tim Tszyu has taken the challenge in stride. At 29, Tszyu already has emerged from his father's shadow and quickly gained a reputation as one of the sport’s most feared punchers.
Having made a name for himself in his Australian homeland, Tszyu is now growing into a known and respected figure worldwi…
Jimmy Joe Flint believes that fans could be in for a “barnstormer” when he defends his Central Area super lightweight title against Campbell Hatton on Saturday.
The fighters will meet in Sheffield, U.K., on the undercard of Dalton Smith’s intriguing 140-pound bout with big-punching Jose Zepeda. Flint (13-1-2, 3 KOs), however, thinks his fight with Hatton (14-0, 5 KOs) could stea…
Two of boxing’s best knockout artists will likely be paired for showdowns in separate fights on the same night.
Lightweight knockout artist Gervonta “Tank” Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) is set to fight Frank Martin (18-0, 12 KOs) on June 15, headlining a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video; and in a co-main event still in the works, David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) would make his light h…
Undefeated rising star Tim Tszyu will take on all-action contender Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora for Tszyu’s WBO title (pending approval), and the vacant WBC 154-pound world title, headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event available on Prime Video Saturday, March 30 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tszyu had originally been scheduled to face …
As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez prepares to face fellow Mexican countryman Jaime Munguia on May 4, the undisputed super middleweight champion is increasingly fielding questions about a future fight with David Benavidez.
Alvarez was front and center for a media throng at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and one of the event’s hot-button topics was his potential pitting…
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz will be hoping to steal the show and claim Rolly Romero’s WBA super lightweight title on March 30 in Las Vegas.
They co-headline a rejigged card at the T-Mobile Arena that has seen Sebastian Fundora elevated into the main event against Tim Tszyu, following Keith Thurman’s arm injury, and Fundora has – in turn – been replaced by Brian Mendoz…
Should Jaime Munguia pull off the upset and beat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 4, an immediate rematch will likely follow in September, around Mexican Independence Day weekend, Zanfer Promotions head and Munguia co-promoter Fernando Beltran told Boxing Scene.
Alvarez’s manager, trainer and lifelong confidant Eddy Reynoso told Boxing Scene in a recent interview that Canelo previou…
Jaime Munguia has won the golden ticket and gets his chance to dethrone undisputed super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez this Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 4). Munguia may have won the raffle, but it is not the fight we all wanted to see.
David Benavidez secured his status as the No. 1 challenger with wins over Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade last year, but this was not enough to give him a…
SAN DIEGO (March 19, 2024) — Emanuel “El Vaquero” Navarrete hopes to join an elite circle of his Mexican countrymen, but he’ll have to venture into a new weight class against one of its top contenders.
Navarrete will take on Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight world championship on Saturday, May 18 at Pechanga…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez insisted that Jaime Munguia “earned” being the latest challenger to his undisputed super middleweight title on May 4.
After months of speculation surrounding the identity of his next opponent, Alvarez’s fellow Mexican Munguia was confirmed for the date at the T-Mobile Arena on Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Alvarez’s status as the world’s l…
Beverly Hills, Calif. – Canelo Alvarez might be bypassing the opponent that most fervent fight fans want for him on Cinco de Mayo weekend, but he certainly embraced the widespread interest in the ongoing rivalry with his former promoter, Oscar De La Hoya.
During his opening comments onstage Tuesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, undisputed super-middleweight champion Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) c…
Joseph Adorno (18-3-2, 15KOs) and Nicholas Walters (28-1-1, 22KOs) get set to leave it all on the line on the March 27 edition of ProBox TV's Wednesday Night Fights.
The pair meet in what can only be described as a crossroads fight for the WBA Continental Americas Lightweight title, with the winner looking to gatecrash the world ratings and the loser having a rebuilding job on their han…
Japanese prospect Kanamu Sakama passed away at just 20 years of age after being forced to withdraw from his scheduled March 18 contest at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall against Hiroki Oki.
On March 16, Sakama pulled out of the competition due to ill health, according to World Sports Gym Chairman Tatsuya Saita.
Neither the Japanese Boxing Commission nor local health authorities have disclosed the ci…
Timothy Bradley is one of many who feels like the new March 30 main event in Las Vegas is a short-notice upgrade.
This week, Keith Thurman withdrew from his scheduled headliner against Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora stepped up from his slot on the undercard to deputise.
While Fundora said strategically not much changes in his final stages of preparations, Tszyu now faces a tall, southpaw,…
Trainer Don Charles is hoping the future might hold a rematch from the 2016 Olympic super heavyweight final.
Charles coaches French heavyweight contender Tony Yoka, who won a controversial decision over Joe Joyce at the Rio Games, with many believing Joyce unlucky on the scorecards.
Yoka is 11-3 (9 KOs) and has lost his last three fights, to Martin Bakole, Carlos Takam, and Ryad Merhy. Bakole be…
As small hall venues go, the Leeds Banqueting Suite at Elland Road is extremely plush but after boxing there nine times, Ishmael Davis, 12-0 (6 KOs), needed a change of scenery.
Last November the relatively unknown 28-year-old super welterweight made the two-hour journey north on the A1 to Newcastle for a fight with the undefeated Ewan Mackenzie with the opportunity to alter the course of his car…
Rolando Romero is one of boxing’s most divisive figures, but he thinks people might have got it wrong about him.
The WBA super lightweight champion, 15-1 (13 KOs), defends his title against Isaac Cruz at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30, on the first boxing pay-per-view carried by Amazon Prime.
“I’m kicking off Amazon Prime, people don’t actually understand how…
Sebastian Fundora took a call on Sunday to see if he would be open to replacing Keith Thurman in the main event in Las Vegas against Tim Tszyu on march 30.
The rangy super welterweight contender had little hesitation in upgrading his slot on the bill from facing Serhii Bohachuk on the card to headlining in a fight for Tszyu’s WBO title and now the vacant WBC belt.
The 26-year-old “To…
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 …