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Featherweight Nick Ball would have had less than three months to get over his split-decision draw with Rey Vargas when he steps into the ring with WBA champion Raymond Ford on the Queensberry-Matchroom 5 vs 5 undercard for Artur Beterbiev-Dmitrii Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 1. “Yeah that’s it innit,” Ball told BoxingScene

Bernard Hopkins has discussed the possibility of Ryan Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) stepping into the ring against former unified world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs) following Garcia’s emphatic victory against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) on April 20 at the Barclays Center in New York.  Despite failing to make the 140lbs weight

Promoter Eddie Hearn expects Canelo Alvarez to stop Jaime Munguia this Saturday, but admitted the Mexican veteran’s age could come into play the longer the fight lasts. Canelo defends his undisputed title against fellow Mexican Munguia this Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 4), in what has been billed as the old champion versus the hungry

Oscar De La Hoya has predicted a “changing of the guard” when on Saturday Jaime Munguia challenges Saul Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight title. “Canelo” Alvarez enters the all-Mexican showdown, at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Cinco de Mayo weekend, as the significant favourite against Munguia – a proven fighter but one who, unlike David

With a week’s worth of consideration, Bill Haney – Devin Haney’s father and trainer – says his ultimate regret is “not enforcing the three pounds” that Ryan Garcia came in overweight before dealing Haney his first loss April 20. “That’s calculated. That’s cheating,” the elder Haney told BoxingScene Monday in an extended telephone interview, during

Much of the criteria typically leaned upon to approve a boxer’s fitness for a fight is dated in the case of Mike Tyson, who hasn’t been inside a professional boxing ring for 19 years. In explaining the process used to approve the Monday sanctioning of Tyson’s July 20 bout with YouTuber Jake Paul as a

Trash talk tends to rule boxing, and poor behavior often generates big money. Vergil Ortiz and Tim Tszyu, who will square off in a junior middleweight fight on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, break the mold. Last Saturday, Ortiz notched a first-round knockout against former world title contender Thomas Dulorme – Ortiz’s second opening-round knockout

Free agent Jesse Hart is ready for a big fight and hopes the likes of Caleb Plant or Edgar Berlanga are prepared to pick up the phone. Philadelphia’s Hart improved to 31-3 (25 KOs) with a fifth-round stoppage of Daniel Adku (15-5-1, 11 KOs) at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Saturday, and now wants

Former 2016 United States Olympian Karlos Balderas, who is trained by Robert Garcia and David Balderas, will return to action on June 7 against Gilberto Espinoza Zarate in a scheduled eight-rounder at the Chumash Casino Resort. It will be Balderas’ first fight since signing an exclusive promotional contract with Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions. Balderas (14-2,

Jose Ramirez and Vergil Ortiz Jr. could appear on more fight cards together. The pair both won Saturday in Fresno, California, as Ramirez picked up a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Rances Barthelemy and Ortiz stopped Thomas Dulorme in one round. Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs) and Ramirez (29-1, 17 KOs), who both train at Robert

Arnold Barboza had a night to forget against Sean McComb.  His split-decision win on Saturday, April 20, as the co-feature to Haney-Garcia left a stunned Brooklyn crowd booing in the Barclays Center before the main event.  The result was not popular with those in attendance and the outcome caught the attention of some fighters who

The feedback from Jared Anderson’s tepid 10-round decision over Ryad Merhy was not positive. Although the American heavyweight contender remained undefeated, the lack of action was a turn-off, and the match was widely condemned. It did, however, serve a purpose, according to Top Rank president Todd duBoef. “My take-home from that is [that] it’s always

Oscar Valdez is fresh off a resounding seventh-round knockout win against Liam Wilson. The WBO’s interim 130-pound titleholder Valdez is already anticipating fights against a group headlined by Luis Alberto Lopez and O’Shaquie Foster. But before Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) begins the rigors of another training camp, the two-time Mexican Olympian is looking forward to

In an attempt to do credit to the extent to which Ryan Garcia is responsible for, unquestionably, one of the most remarkable fight stories and triumphs of the modern era, it is perhaps necessary to revisit the hours before the fight. Since Saturday’s date with Devin Haney was announced, widespread concerns surrounding his mental health

Ryan Garcia has picked up from where he left off last night on social media and has come out swinging against Conor Benn. The two have traded social insults through the day, and Benn admitted it has surprised him. “Ryan hasn’t been on my radar,” Benn said. “If he wants it, he can come here.

Ryan Garcia shockingly dealt Devin Haney the first loss of his career Saturday night, knocking him down three times en route to a majority decision win. Garcia set the tone of the fight early, tagging Haney with his patented left hook in the opening minute of the fight, and later used the same punch to

Ryan Garcia overpowered and upset junior welterweight titleholder Devin Haney in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday to end a wild promotion and fight night – and to ensure that nothing about the entire affair, from start to finish, could have been predicted. As the dust settles, we asked our staff to weigh in (pun absolutely

Ryan Garcia trainer Derrick James feels vindicated following Garcia’s upset win against Devin Haney on Saturday night. The 2022 trainer of the year had a forgettable 2023 campaign due to Errol Spence Jr. suffering a one-sided stoppage loss to Terence Crawford and Jermell Charlo losing a landslide unanimous decision to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.  James also