Boxing Scene

WE HAD, QUITE literally, a banging night at Wembley’s SSE Arena last Saturday, with high skills, big bombs and true grit aplenty across a hugely entertaining evening. It was truly magical to have the fans back in big numbers and those that joined us at Wembley created such a special atmosphere in support of the

NEWARK, New Jersey – James Martin damaged and helped salvage FOX’s tripleheader all within a matter of hours Friday afternoon. An overweight Martin was removed from his scheduled immediate rematch with Vito Mielnicki Jr. before their weigh-in at the Doubletree Hilton hotel. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that later Friday afternoon Martin agreed to face unbeaten junior

Kicking off three consecutive weekends of fights from Matchroom HQ, Brentwood, champion featherweight XU CAN looks to defend his WBA strap for the third time, facing off against British challenger LEIGH WOOD. (photos by Mark Robinson) The Chinese featherweight comes into the bout on an impressive 15 fight win streak, recently edging out Manny Robles

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has compared upcoming opponent Deontay Wilder to a “loaded gun.” (photo by Ryan Hafey) Fury will defend his title against Wilder in a trilogy fight on October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. When they met back in February 2020, Fury

Elwin Soto could be pressed with a hard decision to make. For now, it’s his promoter who is currently on the hook to bring resolution to his next due title fight. The World Boxing Organization has issued a Status Update—Negotiations letter to the camps of Soto, the sanctioning body’s junior flyweight champion and mandatory challenger

Kicking off three consecutive weekends of fights from Matchroom HQ, Brentwood, champion featherweight XU CAN looks to defend his WBA strap for the third time, facing off against British challenger LEIGH WOOD. (photos by Mark Robinson) The Chinese featherweight comes into the bout on an impressive 15 fight win streak, recently edging out Manny Robles

Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman has revealed to TMZ Sports that he finalized an exhibition fight between Lamar Odom and former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. The 6’10”, 41-year-old former NBA All-Star will collide with the 53-year-old retired pugilist on October 2 from the James L. Knight arena in Miami, Florida. Feldman indicates that Fite TV

MMA legend Vitor Belfort has praised Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya for accepting a fight with him. On September 11 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, De La Hoya will enter the ring for the first time since December 2008 – when he was battered and stopped by Manny Pacquiao. De La

Devon Alexander (27-6-1) will return to the ring for the first time in over two years when he faces Lucas Santamaria (11-2-1) on August 7th.  The fight will be part of a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX all welterweight tripleheader that will also include Cody Crowley-Gabriel Maestre and Eimantas Stanionis-Luis Collazo. The action takes place

With the Tokyo Olympics finally here, Hurshid Tojibaev shares his thoughts after competing at the Olympics on two occasions, first in 2008 in Beijing, and then in 2016 in Rio. Can you describe what your Olympic Journey was like, and how did you feel after you were picked? Tojibaev: “In 2007 I was number one

Oscar De La Hoya refrained from talking trash to Vitor Belfort during their press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. The 48-year-old De La Hoya realizes he is in for a difficult fight September 11, when he’ll battle Belfort in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match that’ll count on the six-division champion’s record. De La Hoya expressed

Joe Joyce was honest. The big British heavyweight definitely felt some of those right hands Carlos Takam landed Saturday night. The 35-year-old Joyce, who is known for his iron chin, even acknowledged that Takam managed to hurt him slightly during an action-packed fight Joyce won by sixth-round technical knockout at Wembley Arena in London. “Yeah,

Split-T Management has signed heavyweight Devon Young to a managerial contract. The 22 year-old Young is from Aiken, South Carolina, and compiled an impressive 42-12 mark as an amateur. “I think this is great. Dave McWater is one of the top managers in boxing, This will put me in a great position to get to

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Freddie Roach, the Hall of Fame trainer for Manny Pacquiao, is still offering sparring partners a fee of $1,000 if they are capable of knocking down the Filipino superstar. Pacquiao is currently training for a highly anticipated pay-per-view showdown with IBF, WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence – which is

LOS ANGELES — Joseph Diaz Jr. recently secured the WBC interim lightweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Javier Fortuna.  It was an opportunity originally pegged for fellow Golden Boy stablemate Ryan Garcia, who was supposed to fight Fortuna but ultimately pulled out due to mental health issues. Diaz ended up seizing the

USA Boxing team captain Virginia Fuchs of Houston defeated Svetlana Soluianova of Russia by 3-2 split decision in the first round of the women’s boxing flyweight division at the Tokyo Olympics.  “I’m just proud of myself and I’m glad the training I’ve done paid off,” Fuchs said. Fuchs, a southpaw, nullified Soluianova’s significant height and

Eddie Hall has suffered a serious injury during training, meaning his planned September showdown against strongman rival Thor Bjornsson has been put on temporary hold – but the rest of next month’s card will go ahead as planned. Hall suffered a detached bicep and has already undergone surgery for the injury. MTK Global are acting

Each of Jake Paul’s three opponents have yet to hear the final bell or subsequently appear in another pro fight. Tyron Woodley looks to buck the trend on every level when he faces the social media influencer and current cruiserweight contender later this summer. The former UFC welterweight champion has turned to boxing to further