It was a fight Stephen Fulton hoped would take place nearly two years, though one which has proven to be worth the wait. The unbeaten WBO junior featherweight titlist was among the most interested observers in the room when Brandon Figueroa registered a 7th round knockout of Luis Nery earlier this month at Dignity Health
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The business of boxing is convoluted, murky, confusing and sometimes downright unethical. Its chaotic nature means things are never straightforward, when it seems they should be, and the sport’s regularly appearing loopholes frequently cause all kinds of carnage. This week boxing did what boxing does and didn’t only shoot itself in the foot but blew
LAS VEGAS – Josh Taylor is convinced he beat Jose Ramirez much clearer than the scorecards showed Saturday night. All three judges – Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld – scored their competitive 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight exactly the same, 114-112 for Taylor. The two knockdowns Taylor produced, one in the sixth round
Birmingham’s Sam Eggington saw off the teak tough Mexican Carlos Molina over twelve hard fought rounds to win the Vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Championship at the Coventry Skydome Arena. Eggington, 27, knew he would be in a battle with Molina, who had never been stopped 50 fights, and had prepared hard at the famous Eastside
LAS VEGAS – The two knockdowns Josh Taylor scored Saturday night enabled him to make history. The two-point advantage Taylor gained by dropping Jose Ramirez once apiece in the sixth and seventh rounds represented the difference on all three scorecards in their 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Jose Ramirez should consider himself lucky he’s still officially undefeated. That’s Josh Taylor’s takeaway from Ramirez’s last fight against a southpaw. Taylor thinks Jose Zepeda won eight rounds against Ramirez in a 12-round, 140-pound title fight Ramirez won by majority decision in February 2019. Judges Chris Tellez (116-112) and Glenn Trowbridge (115-113) scored their fight
So far, so good for Stevie McKenna, who brings a record of seven knockouts in seven fights into his latest contest this weekend. But while McKenna hasn’t been getting many rounds in the ring, his father and trainer, Fergal, is making sure he is not shy of work in the gym. The McKennas, Stevie and
LAS VEGAS – Josh Taylor isn’t the least bit intimidated by boxing an American champion in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Scottish southpaw doesn’t think he needs to win by knockout, either, even though three American judges were assigned to score his 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight against Jose Ramirez. Taylor expects to dominate
With less than three weeks until Sunday, June 6, when all-time boxing great and 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to take on social media sensation and professional boxer Logan “The Maverick” Paul in an exhibition bout, SHOWTIME and FANMIO have launched digital distribution platforms for pay-per-view
Undefeated Irish ‘Hitman’ Stephen McKenna is lining up British rival Conor Benn in his sights for a mouthwatering England v Ireland showdown. The welterweight ace from County Monaghan has dispatched of all seven of his opponents with cold and clinical efficiency and goes for his eighth target this Saturday (22 May) at the Coventry Skydome
LAS VEGAS – Just three days after an arbitrator ordered Tyson Fury to fight Deontay Wilder next, a deal has nearly been finalized for the heavyweight rivals to fight a third time July 24. Promoter Bob Arum informed BoxingScene.com on Thursday that an agreement has been relatively easy to put together because the terms for
Josh Taylor (17-0) and Jose Ramirez (26-0) will finally meet in the ring on Saturday night. The ESPN main event will take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. The highly anticipated fight for all of the super lightweight belts has been talked about for awhile but had been put on hold for
WBA “regular” junior welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios believes his career-defining moment has finally arrived, as he’s scheduled to defend his title against unbeaten star Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Their fight will headline a Showtime pay-per-view card on Saturday, June 26, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis captured titles at super featherweight
Former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario is eager to bounce back when he faces top contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin in a WBC super welterweight title eliminator. Their fight has been set down as the Showtime pay-per-view co-feature, with Gervonta “Tank” Davis returning in the main event against WBA “regular” super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca”
Kazuto Ioka has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a doping investigation surrounding the biggest win of his career, although the ruling hasn’t exactly left him in a celebratory mood. The Japanese Boxing Commission (JBC) confirmed to local media that Ioka (26-2, 15KOs) was no longer subject to punishment over allegations of producing a positive
Last week, Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh took to social media to verbally blast UFC President Dana White over his refusal to allow a boxing match between six division champion Oscar De La Hoya and MMA veteran Georges St-Pierre. De La Hoya, 48-years-old and retired since 2008, was planning to return to the ring in July
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has broken his silence regarding the unexpected turn of events with Deontay Wilder. Fury was close to finalizing a deal to face WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua in a full division unification on August 14 in Saudi Arabia. But on Monday those plans were hit with a brick,
Liam Smith (29-3-1) is still upset over his May 7th unanimous decision loss to Magoed Kurbanov. Most observers felt the fight was close as did two judges who scored the fight 115-113 for Kurbanov but the third judge turned in a head scratching 117-112 scorecard. After the fight Smith said that if the fight had