Jamel Herring has secured his legacy win. A fight deemed as a virtual pick-‘em heading into the night turned into a showcase performance by Herring, who scored a 6th round knockout of Belfast’s Carl Frampton to defend his WBO junior lightweight title Saturday at Caesars Palace Bluewaters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Herring scored knockdowns
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Shakur Stevenson expects to fight for the WBO junior lightweight title in his next bout. The former WBO featherweight champion just doesn’t anticipate getting that opportunity against either of the boxers who will fight that WBO belt Saturday night in Dubai. Stevenson predicted that Jamel Herring will retain his title by beating Carl Frampton in
One was almost an afterthought coming out of the 2012 Games after an early exit. The other has scaled some of the sports highest walls with titles in two divisions, two unified belts at Jr. featherweight, and a Fighter of the Year campaign in 2016. What’s the old adage? It’s not where you were… Carl
Moscow, Russia – Father Time is nearing on former IBF/IBO light welterweight champion Eduard “Troya” Troyanovsky, although it hasn’t finally dropped him down for the count. Young gun Valery Oganisyan couldn’t do that either, yet his efforts were sufficient enough to get a convincing unanimous decision over the veteran fighter in a scheduled ten-rounder. Oganisyan,
Eddie Hearn doesn’t simply see Joseph Parker-Dereck Chisora as an entertaining heavyweight fight that needed to be rescheduled. The British promoter suspects that the winner of their 12-round match May 1 will be well-positioned to fight for the WBO championship in the foreseeable future. “If you look at the WBO’s rankings, Joseph Parker’s right there,”
If Carl Frampton becomes a three-weight world champion Saturday night in Dubai, he has every intention of fighting Shakur Stevenson next. The unbeaten Stevenson is the WBO’s mandatory challenger for Jamel Herring’s junior lightweight title. Herring hasn’t expressed the same willingness to face Stevenson if he defeats Frampton in this optional title defense, but Frampton
Undefeated welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis will look to cement his status as a rising star in the welterweight division when he takes on rugged former world champion Sergey Lipinets in a 12-round battle that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, April 10 from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Andy Ruiz Jr. is ready to show off his resurrected body on May 1 against Chris Arreola. Ruiz recently admitted he ballooned to a rotund 310 pounds following his rematch loss to Anthony Joshua in December of 2019. In the sequel, the former heavyweight champion weighed 283 pounds. In the original shocker of the century,
It’s not always easy to identify the beginning of something in boxing. As pieces come together in a weight class, or the span of a couple of classes, what appears tantalizing can evaporate rapidly. This Saturday on DAZN (10 AM EST), two of the best Jr. featherweights in the world will lock horns for two
Promoter Lou DiBella has sued junior lightweight contender O’Shaquie Foster for breach of contract. In an 11-page lawsuit filed by attorney John Wirt with United States federal court for the Southern District of New York—a copy of which has been obtained by BoxingScene.com—DiBella is asking a court to uphold the validity of his promotional contract
Demetrius Andrade still would love to fight Gennadiy Golovkin. Andrade doesn’t sense that the feeling is mutual, not unless promoter Eddie Hearn and DAZN offer the Kazakh knockout artist more money. The unbeaten WBO middleweight champion believes Golovkin would like to continue facing less imposing opposition while waiting to land an elusive, lucrative third fight
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is expecting a decision on the Deontay Wilder legal rift to get issued in the month of May. Fury captured the WBC title in February 2020 with a seven round stoppage of Wilder. After the fight, Wilder exercised an immediate rematch clause. The
Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez will become the latest in a growing trend of ring legends appearing on the boxing exhibition circuit. Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that the pair of former four-division titlists are due to meet in an exhibition bout on June 12 from a location to be determined. Details on the
As Dillian Whyte watched a replay of him knocking out Alexander Povetkin, he couldn’t help but admire his work. The redeemed interim champion is confident that if he hits any heavyweight with the type of left hook that knocked Povetkin to the canvas, that opponent will go down as well. Whyte first hurt Povetkin with
As expected, UFC President Dana White is not in favor of Oscar De La Hoya’s planned comeback. De La Hoya, 48-years-old, has been out of the ring since 2008 – when he was battered and stopped by Manny Pacquiao. Last week, during a press conference for the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren pay-per-view, the six division
Jose Zepeda is set to return from his epic knockout of Ivan Baranchyk. BoxingScene.com has learned that Zepeda will oppose Pedro Campa in a 10-round junior welterweight match May 22 in Las Vegas. ESPN will televise the bout between Zepeda (33-2, 26 KOs, 2 NC), of La Puente, California, and Campa (32-1-1, 21 KOs), of
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – After completing a predictable pummeling of Avni Yildirim, Canelo Alvarez and his trainer, Eddy Reynoso, took little time off before they went right back to work to prepare for what figures to be a much more difficult fight. Alvarez stated last month he’d take only one week off before returning to
Jake Paul is promising that he’s taking the new pugilistic path of his career seriously. The content creator turned KO artist has carved quite the lane for himself in the sweet science of late after starting his career off 2-0 with two knockouts. On April 17, Paul will headline a Triller pay-per-view card in a