The weights are in, for Sunday’s eight round exhibition clash between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and social media star Logan “The Maverick” Paul. The contest will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Miami, Florida. The 44-year-old Mayweather, a five division world champion who retired back in August of 2017, is
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At 38-years-old, Nonito Donaire became the oldest bantamweight champion in boxing history Saturday night with a highlight reel fourth-round knockout of Nordine Oubaali to claim the WBC bantamweight world title. This marks Donaire’s third reign as the bantamweight champion of the world. Don’t talk to Donaire about Father Time. He simply refuses to acknowledge him.
WBC, IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has no problem with Floyd Mayweather, 44-year-old, returning to the ring for a boxing match with 26-year-old Youtube star Logan Paul. The eight round exhibition fight will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event on Sunday night, June 6th, in Miami, Florida. Mayweather, a former five division world champion and
AVENTURA, Florida – Badou Jack is even more disgusted with Jean Pascal than he was at this time last week. Jack called for Pascal to be banned from boxing for life after learning Pascal tested positive for a fourth banned substance while training for their ill-fated, light heavyweight championship rematch. The Ring’s Dan Rafael reported
FRANK WARREN today hosted the official weigh-in ahead of Queensberry’s big card at Telford International Centre on Saturday (June 5), live on BT Sport 1 from 7pm. Top of the bill sees Daniel Dubois (15-1, 14 KOs) return after his injury defeat against Joe Joyce last November. The Londoner challenges Romanian Bogdan Dinu (20-2, 16
World ranked junior welterweight contender Petros Ananyan (15-2-2, 7 KOs) is back in the United States, training in Los Angeles, CA, and wants to take on the best in his division, including a rematch against Subriel Matias, who he defeated in 2020. Currently ranked #14 by the IBF and #15 by the WBC, Ananyan defeated
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz All-time boxing great Floyd “Money” Mayweather and social media sensation Logan “The Maverick” Paul engaged in a long and intense face-off after meeting with media members at Villa Casa Casuarina at the former Versace Mansion in South Beach Thursday, just days away from their special exhibition showdown
FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry have signed the English bantamweight champion Liam Davies on a promotional agreement and the 8-0 man will quickly get to work in his home town of Telford at the International Arena on Saturday. A veteran of 100 amateur fights, the 25-year-old’s big breakthrough as a pro came in November of last
UNBEATEN Jordan Grant believes Tommy Fury will get the shock of his life this weekend. The Love Island star faces a step up in class when he meets Grant (2-0) in a Light-Heavyweight four rounder at Telford International Centre on Saturday night (June 5), live on BT Sport. Grant’s all-action style promises to make it
The leader of Puerto Rico’s new wave, 18-year-old welterweight Xander Zayas, is not wasting time. Zayas, who scored one-sided victories in February and April, returns Saturday, June 12 in a six-rounder against “Lethal” Larry Fryers at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on the undercard of the WBO interim junior lightweight title bout between
Undefeated world ranked welterweight and 2016 Olympic Gold Medal winner Daniyar Yeleussinov is now a promotional free agent. Yeleussinov of Astana, Kazakhstan has a record of 10-0 with six knockouts. The 30 year-old is being moved quickly as evidenced by wins over Marcos Mojica (16-2-2), Reshard Hicks (12-0-1), Alan Sanchez (20-4-1) and a 2nd round
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. admits that he’s a bit surprised that UFC veteran Anderson Silva agreed to fight him in a boxing match on June 19 in Mexico. Silva, 46-years-old, is well beyond his best days – when experts regarded him as one of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists fighters in
The World Boxing Organization has ordered WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka to make a mandatory defense against top contender and former world champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr. The two sides have 30 days to negotiate before a purse bid is ordered. Rodriguez (34-4-1, 24 KO), a former WBO minimumweight champ, was scheduled to face flyweight
An unbeaten but unknown, unproven opponent has replaced Jean Pascal on short notice. BoxingScene.com has learned that Venezuela’s Dervin Colina will battle Badou Jack on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul undercard Sunday night. Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) and Colina (15-0, 13 KOs) are scheduled to square off in a 10-round light heavyweight bout, Showtime Pay-Per-View’s co-feature
Last month in Las Vegas, Josh Taylor made history when he pulled off a twelve round unanimous decision over Jose Ramirez to unify the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO junior welterweight titles. Taylor becomes one of the few males fighters in history to unify his entire division in the four belt era. Taylor has several options
A few weeks ago, it was announced that former unified super welterweight champion Julian “J Rock” Williams (27-2-1) would return to the ring on June 26th against Brian “La Bala” Mendoza (19-1). The fight will take place in Atlanta on the Gervonta Davis-Mario Barrios pay-per-view undercard that will be distributed by Showtime. Mendoza last fought
Gervonta “Tank” Davis will attempt to become a three-division champion on June 26th when he faces WBA world super lightweight champion Mario Barrios in Showtime pay-per-view main event. While the main event should produce fireworks, the co-feature bout looks just as explosive. Former world champion Jeison “Banana” Rosario (20-2-1) will collide with former world title
As Devin Haney staggered back to his corner at the end of the tenth round after getting hit with a flush right hand by Jorge Linares, he was in need of guidance. For the vast majority of the first ten rounds, he had Linares all figured out, boxing a complete masterclass but for one brief