Matthew Hatton says he knew almost immediately that Canelo Alvarez was a “special fighter,” but believes Billy Joe Saunders has the style to trouble him. WBC and WBA super middleweight world champion, Canelo, faces WBO champion Saunders in a unification clash at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday night. Hatton was beaten on a unanimous
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Chris Arreola was impressed by the version of Andy Ruiz Jr. that survived serious trouble early in their fight Saturday night and came back to beat him. The veteran heavyweight believes the reason Ruiz experienced so much difficulty early in their 12-round fight, though, was that Arreola was better than Ruiz and his team anticipated.
This Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will collide with undefeated Billy Joe Saunders in a super middleweight unification. The WBA, WBC, WBO world titles will be at stake. Saunders has been spending a lot of time out in Las Vegas with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his
Andy Lee, who is part of the Tyson Fury’s training team, says the WBC heavyweight champion is not very happy with the increased delay in finalizing the fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. The two sides are currently reviewing the contracts for the site fee agreement, with the contest targeted to take
Manchester Arena in Manchester, Chris Eubank Jr marked his return to Britain with a punishing points victory over Marcus Morrison to stay on course for a big name fight later this year. Eubank Jr ended a lengthy absence from the ring, hurting Morrison on a number of occasions before sealing victory with three scores of
Manchester Arena, Manchester – In a crossroads heavyweight clash, former WBO champion Joseph Parker (29-2, 21 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over Derek Chisora (32-11, 23 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 115-113 for Chisora, 116-111 for Parker and 115-113 for Parker. In the first few seconds of the first, Chisora
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, indicates that a finalized deal for a unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury has now moved a step closer. Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes Fury, stated in a recent interview that a summer fight with Joshua was “dead in the water.”
Manchester Arena, Manchester - In a crossroads heavyweight clash, former WBO champion Joseph Parker (29-2, 21 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over Derek Chisora (32-11, 23 KOs). The scores were 115-113 for Chisora, 116-111 for Parker and 115-113 for Parker. In the first few seconds of the first, Chisora scored a flash knockdown as Parker’s
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as a potential fight between David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo, thoughts on Barry McGuigan, Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna falling apart, Canelo’s recent interview on his split with Golden Boy, Canelo vs. Saunders, and more. Bread, I’m still loving your articles, although you
Andy Ruiz (33-2) and Chris Arreola (38-6-1) will square off Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight will headline a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX pay-per-view. The all-Mexican heavyweight showdown is sure to produce fireworks with both fighter’s fan friendly styles. However, most observers believe that the younger Ruiz
York Hall, London – For the IBF flyweight world championship, Sunny Edwards (16-0, 4 KOs) became a world champion with an impressive display of boxing to beat Moruti Mthalane (39-3, 26 KOs) with a twelve round unanimous decision. The scores were 118-111, 120-108 and 115-113. Edwards was boxing well in the first round, moving and jabbing.
Ricardo Sandoval will be among the sport’s most interested observers for this weekend’s IBF flyweight title fight. Moruti Mthalane will attempt the fourth defense of his second title reign, facing unbeaten Sunny Edwards (15-0, 6KOs) this Friday at York Hall in Bethnal Green, England. The winner will then turn his attention to a title eliminator
Personal memories are short. Collective memories are the same. It’s true in lots of areas of life. It’s true in boxing too. How short a memory is often reflects how much memory is built up. Upon the recent passing of Marvelous Marvin Hagler, those who were around when he was fighting were reminded how much
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says a potential unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not taking place in July or August. A few days ago, Arum explained to BoxingScene.com that Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, was taking too long to secure a finalized agreement
Moruti Mthalane is back in familiar territory—on the road. The two-time and reigning IBF flyweight titlist attempts his fourth defense as he faces unbeaten challenger Sunny Edwards (15-0, 4KOs). Both boxers made weight for their scheduled 12-round main event, which airs live on BT Sport in the United Kingdom and ESPN+ in the United States
However boxing fans and media might feel about his middleweight title fight against Erislandy Lara, this is the moment Thomas LaManna has worked to reach throughout his adult life. Lara has obvious advantages in experience and level of opposition, but LaManna is inspired by his conviction that Saturday night means much more to him than
The prospect of a Manny Pacquiao-Terence Crawford fight is dead, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told BoxingScene. Arum said there was deal agreed to for Crawford to defend his WBO welterweight world title against Pacquiao, the all-time great eight-division world champion, on June 5 in the main event of an ESPN pay-per-view event from Abu
It has been nearly two years since Omar Figueroa Jr’s last fight. There was a lot of consideration over that period where the former lightweight titlist believed there would never be a next one. “Those thoughts crossed my mind, absolutely,” Figueroa admitted during a recent Zoom media conference call to discuss his upcoming welterweight bout