Boxing Scene

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

WBA, IBF junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor has made no secret about his desire to face idol, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Taylor recently got a tattoo tribute to his late dog. The dog was named ‘PacMan’ – a name given in honor of Pacquiao. “Manny is a hero of mine so when we named

Yet another hurdle has been placed on the road to crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion. Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will have to honor a contractual clause which calls for a third fight with Deontay Wilder, arbitration judge Daniel Weinstein ruled on Monday. The case was the subject of a months-long legal battle,

Josh Taylor was impressed by Billy Joe Saunders’ performance in his career-defining fight against Canelo Alvarez. The unbeaten IBF/WBA 140-pound champion had their super middleweight title unification fight even through eight rounds. Though that high-profile fight ended in disappointment for Saunders on May 8, Taylor thinks the British southpaw proved himself at boxing’s elite level

Unbeaten prospect Gary Antuanne Russell will aim to keep his streak of knockouts going on May 29, when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 10-round super lightweight clash. Their Showtime televised bout will take place at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The main event will feature a bantamweight clash between WBC champion

At the AO Arena in Manchester, the skilful Lerrone Richards comprehensively out-boxed Italy’s Giovanni De Carolis to claim the vacant European Super-Middleweight Title. Richards, who had previously won British and Commonwealth honours, ran rings around De Carolis to secure a unanimous decision. De Carolis, a former WBA World Champion, could not lay a glove on

For the European bantamweight title, Jason Cunningham (29-6, 6 KOs) scored three knockdowns to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Gamal Yafai (18-2, 10 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 115-110, 114-111 and 114-111. Yafai had captured the title in December with a shock decision win over Luca Rigoldi. Yafai had a