Alexander Besputin performed predictably Saturday night against a 43-year-old opponent who hasn’t won a fight in five years. The Russian welterweight contender battered Viktor Plotnikov for two rounds, until Plotnikov’s trainer stopped their bout before the third round began. Besputin (14-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC) won by technical knockout on the Artur Beterbiev-Adam Deines undercard
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Veteran Texas fighter Bryan “The Warrior” Vera is in a win-or-retire fight April 17th versus former New England middleweight champion Kendrick “Peppa” Ball in the 8-round main event for the vacant World Boxing Council USNBC (U.S.) Silver super middleweight title at New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire. Fighting out of Austin, the 39-year-old
Dennis Contreras continues to breathe new life into his boxing career, with a growing fan base along for the ride. The March 12 edition of Boxeo Telemundo posted the series’ best ratings since the pandemic, averaging 369,000 viewers over the course of the 90-minute telecast according to Nielsen Media Research. Contreras headlined the show, scoring
Former British champion Brian Rose (31-6-1) fights tomorrow (March 20) in Badia del Valle, Spain ,and squares off against Juan Manuel Lopez Clavero (13-14-1) in the headliner of this Gallego Prada and Team Sole promotion. This is Rose’s first fight since losing to Anthony Fowler in August of 2019. A crowd of 200 will be
Undefeated Australian standout Liam ‘The Mechanic’ Callanan has moved to 11-0 in the pro ranks. The 25-year-old Aussie returned Friday night at the Croatian Sports Complex in Australia’s Gold Coast and tuned up Joneel Lal with brutal first round knockout of the night. Liam opened up about training, the fight and the future. “I am
Maurice Hooker clearly could’ve taken a safer fight in his debut as a full-fledged welterweight. The former WBO junior welterweight champion ultimately determined that upsetting a heavily hyped contender like Vergil Ortiz Jr. would do much more for his career than beating a lesser fighter. Hooker recognizes that this fight is very risky, yet the
If there was anything more frustrating than the manner in which Joe Ward suffered a loss in his pro debut it’s the amount of time he was forced to sit on that result. A fluke knee injury forced Ward to concede early in the second round of his Oct. 2019 bout with Turlock, California’s Marco
The dream of representing Somalia at this summer’s Olympics is still alive for Ramla Ali, although she still faces an anxious wait to see if she will get the chance to box in Tokyo. Ali has her second professional fight when she takes on Bec Connelly at Wembley on Saturday, but the Vogue cover model
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman offered heavy praise for the super flyweight unification rematch from last Saturday night, between Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Estrada came away with a twelve round split decision victory. In the aftermath, there was a lot of controversy over the outcome. The scores were 115-113 for
BRITISH Middleweight champion Denzel Bentley will make the first defence of his title against mandatory challenger Felix Cash on Saturday April 24. The unbeaten pair will headline a night of boxing live on BT Sport. Queensberry Promotions won the purse bids for the fight between their man Bentley (14-0-1, 12 KOs) and Cash (13-0, 9
Heavyweight contender Oscar Rivas had no difficulty in dismissing Sylvera Louis (8-6) in their rematch, which took place on Tuesday evening at the Hotel Plaza in Quebec, in the main event of card that was staged by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM). Rivas (27-1, 19 KOs) won by stoppage following Louis’ abandonment after the third round.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has reacted to the angry comments from Frank Warren, who co-promotes WBC world champion Tyson Fury. In a recent interview, Warren explained that he was blindsided by Hearn’s recent interview with ESPN, where the Matchroom promoter revealed that both Fury and Joshua had
Ring City USA continues its three-event residency in Puerto Rico this week as it heads to Albergue Olimpico (Olympic Center) in Salinas this Thursday to present a stacked evening of boxing action headlined by the next chapter in the iconic Puerto Rico vs. Mexico ring rivalry as Alberto Machado (22-2, 18 KOs) of Rio Piedras,
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is already working on several game plans to overcome WBC champion Tyson Fury, according to trainer Joby Clayton. Clayton works with Joshua’s head trainer, Rob McCracken. While the date and location have yet to be finalized, Joshua and Fury have signed a two-fight contract. Both fights are expected
Canelo Alvarez and Eddie Hearn have been going steady in their fighter-promoter relationship ever since the boxing superstar freed himself from his Golden Boy Promotions contract in November. Although Alvarez has since obtained his own promotional license, the sport’s top pound-for-pound pugilist is open to the idea of forming a power pairing and moving forward
Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and all of their representatives have finally signed off on a two-fight deal. ESPN’s Mark Kriegel reported Monday morning that all parties have signed a provision of services agreement for their two heavyweight title unification fights. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, and Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, have repeatedly told BoxingScene.com and other
Promoter Frank Warren believes WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is more than capable of shocking Canelo Alvarez, who holds the WBC, WBA world titles. The two champions will collide on May 8th in a three belt unification. Canelo is a tremendous favorite to win the fight – with only three outings at the
Austrian middleweight Marcos Nader (22-1-1) is now ready for another attempt to reach the top in professional boxing and faces German Alexander Pavlov (11-1) a defense of the IBF International title. Nader was a young prospect with Team Sauerland when he turned pro in 2009. However, while promising he couldn’t quite make it and after