Fight Camp, Brentwood – Anthony Fowler was made to work hard for victory as he registered an eighth-round stoppage over late stand-in opponent Rico Mueller – setting up a tasty October 9 domestic clash with Liverpool rival Liam Smith. The German, who arrived in the UK earlier this week to replace Roberto Garcia following an
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Brentwood, UK – Chris Billam-Smith withstood a late fightback from Tommy McCarthy to edge out a narrow split points decision to add the British and European cruiserweight titles to his Commonwealth title in a tough battle at the Matchroom HQ. Belfast’s McCarthy started and ended the fight impressively but his low output in-between cost him
NEWARK, New Jersey – Vito Mielnicki Jr. got back on the winning track Saturday night, though not against the opponent he wanted to beat. Mielnicki knocked out Noah Kidd in the second round of a welterweight fight scheduled for eight rounds at Prudential Center. Mielnicki improved to 9-1 and produced his sixth knockout before a
Sergey Kovalev wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez – what’s more, he is apparently willing to forgo any compensation for the opportunity. In a post published on his Instagram account, the former Russian light heavyweight champion called out current WBA/WBC/WBO 168-pound champion Alvarez to a rematch, going so far as to say he would fight
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