Boxing Scene

Lawrence Okolie makes his heavyweight debut this weekend and the former cruiserweight and bridgerweight world champion is feeling the benefits of being able to concentrate fully on beating Hussein Muhamed rather than battling the scales.  “I feel good, you know. It’s been good eating breakfast this morning, having lunch. I feel fuelled up and feel

For Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz, Saturday night isn’t just about trading punches with fellow Puerto Rican Henry Lebron—it’s a fight against the narrative that he’s always been second-best.  With pride and redemption on the line, Diaz steps into the ring at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a 10-round junior lightweight bout

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle a few of the big bouts on the seven-fight extravaganza scheduled for February 22 in Riyadh, including the rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol; the fight between junior middleweight contenders Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Israil Madrimov, made all the more surprising given that Madrimov

As they took in the final stop of their two-city press tour, Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach Jnr stared one another down ahead of their March 1 clash at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Roach, the reigning WBA junior lightweight titleholder, from Baltimore, is one of the biggest names in the sport, and

Robeisy Ramirez is looking to get revenge and reclaim the WBO featherweight title he lost last year against Rafael Espinoza when they meet for a rematch on Saturday. Ramirez, a 2012 and 2016 Olympics gold medalist for Cuba, suffered a majority decision defeat against Espinoza 12 months ago. Ramirez rocked and dropped Espinoza in the

PHOENIX – If anyone is qualified to speak of rematches, it’s the Mexican Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera, who staged the glorious back-and-forth trilogy against once-bitter rival Erik Morales and a two-fight series he couldn’t solve against newly elected Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao. Barrera spoke to BoxingScene on Thursday after attending the news

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This isn’t normally hostile territory for Gervonta “Tank” Davis, not given the time he’s spent here, beginning with his amateur days and continuing on into his professional career. Davis, 30-0 (28 KOs), turned pro in the D.C. Armory, after all, and has fought in the D.C. area six times overall, including selling

Every man yearning for greatness reaches the moment when that opportunity is before him. Seize it, as Rafael Espinoza did one year ago, and the challenges that follow aren’t nearly as imposing. Mexico’s Espinoza, 30, will return to previous business Saturday night in the co-main event on a card full of quality rematches, meeting Cuba’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The last time Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach Jnr fought was more than 13 years ago, back when they were both amateurs. Davis was 16 at the time while Roach was approaching his 16th birthday. Now they are 30 and 29, respectively, and set to meet again, fighting on March 1 at

PHOENIX – The busiest man in boxing is bringing five of his fighters to Saturday’s Top Rank card at Footprint Center, ranging from undeniable prospects to a veteran contender to a recently beaten title finalist. Because trainer Robert Garcia is the heir apparent to win his second Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the

The path that middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz will choose to fight for a world title seems to be becoming clearer, after he was withdrawn from purse bids today to fight Janibek Alimkhanuly. The Kazakh southpaw defeated New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich last month but the man who holds the WBO and IBF middleweight titles will have

Chris Billam-Smith has spoken of his disappointment at losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez, but praised his opponent for his class. Ramirez won a good if one-sided bout on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on points, adding Billam-Smith’s belt to his own WBA title, and moved closer to a unification fight with IBF

As he prepared to leave for battle, young boxing sensation Abdullah Mason took his cat, Sheba, and left her with friends. By the time Mason returned from thrilling the live crowd in Norfolk, Virginia, having come through a wild two-round Fight of the Year contender, a blistering shootout with Yohan Vasquez, the boxing world was

WBC belt-holder Kevin Lerena has offered Jake Paul a shot at his bridgerweight title after the YouTube star’s eight-round victory over 58-year-old Mike Tyson. Paul faced off with Tyson on Friday in one of the most highly anticipated boxing events of the last decade and, subsequently, millions tuned in around the world.  Tyson looked every

Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin made a triumphant return after a 16-month layoff, stopping Matthew McKinney in the first round Saturday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. The bout was promoted by Patrick Ragan’s Westside Promotions. Martin, 38, trapped the 43-year-old McKinney in the corner and delivered a devastating left hand that

Remember when DAZN was launched? For anyone who wasn’t involved, it was easy to be cynical in the face of promises of a full-blown broadcasting revolution that simply sounded too good to be true.  The name of the streaming channel didn’t exactly flow from the tongue and during early interviews after signing with DAZN, Eddie

Brazilian lightweight Jonhatan Cardoso will top the final ProBox TV show of the year when he meets Mexico’s Eduardo Ramirez on December 11. The fight will take place at the ProBox TV Events Center near Tampa, Florida. In his most recent action, Ramirez, 28-4-3 (13 KOs), was outscored over 10 rounds by the Philippines’ Mark

Ryan Garcia will return to the ring on Dec. 30 in an exhibition bout against Japanese kickboxer Rukiya Anpo in Tokyo, despite currently serving a suspension due to a failed test for performance-enhancing drugs. Garcia, 26, in June was issued a one-year retroactive suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission after testing positive for