Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his fighter’s division rival, WBC champion Tyson Fury, loves to make unexpected phone calls to wind people up. “Sometimes I’ve woken up and it’s like 12:30 and I’ve just seen missed call, Fury FaceTime. I’ve called him back a couple of times
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Joseph Diaz Jr. was congratulated by the emcee of Friday’s weigh-in for making weight for his 130-pound title defense against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on Saturday night. The problem, of course, is that Diaz didn’t even come close to meeting his contractual obligation for what was supposed to be his first defense of the IBF junior lightweight
Canelo Alvarez plans on being a busy boxer in 2021. The Mexican superstar Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) will return to the ring Feb. 27 for a mandatory defense of his WBC title against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Should he get past Yildirim, Alvarez, who also owns the
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, views the unification with Anthony Joshua as the biggest heavyweight fight since Muhammad Ali collided with Joe Frazier for the first time in March of 1971. Arum is negotiating with Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, who promotes IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Joshua. The veteran
LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s Top Rank on ESPN main event between Joe Smith Jr. and Maxim Vlasov — for the vacant WBO light heavyweight world title — has been postponed after Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19. Vlasov said, “I am devastated with the postponement of my world title fight against Joe Smith Jr. I have
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez already has his next two fights scheduled, yet he continues to keep tabs on the rest of the super middleweight division. With that came his team’s undivided attention on another recent divisional title fight, as unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-0, 12KOs) scored a 12-round shutout win over Caleb Plant in a Jan. 30th
Canelo Alvarez plans to make up for lost time – and lost money – in 2021. The Mexican superstar told BoxingScene.com on Wednesday that he would like to fight four times during this calendar year. That would be a highly unusual level of activity for a fighter of Alvarez’s stature, but it would enable the
A second straight Canelo Alvarez fight will be made available via traditional pay-per-view outlets, as well as DAZN. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Alvarez-Avni Yildirim show scheduled for February 27 in Miami will be offered for $49.99 through numerous cable and satellite companies in the United States. If viewers watch Alvarez-Yildirim on DAZN, it would
Gary Russell Jr. is very confident that a pay-per-view fight between him and Gervonta Davis would do big business. Russell is so sure, he thinks that if he and Davis squared off on the same night welterweight rivals Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. finally fought that there would be more interest in Russell-Davis. That
Eddie Hearn is expecting fireworks in Miami as Canelo Alvarez defends his WBC, WBA world super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on February 27. Canelo (54-1-2 36 KOs) makes a rapid return to the ring at the home of the Miami Dolphins, taking on his WBC mandatory
The Mike Tyson comeback tour could have a familiar foe. Former archnemesis and two-time conqueror Evander Holyfield appears to be next in line to face Tyson in an exhibition match. Tyson, 54, and Holyfield 58, have been in ongoing discussions for a third fight dating back to last year when Tyson returned from retirement to
There was never a concern over whether Ryan Garcia could draw a crowd outside of his home region. The question was always how many fans would be allowed to attend such an occasion given social distancing measures and health guidelines during a pandemic. Garcia’s off-the-canvas 7th round knockout win over England’s Luke Campbell topped a Jan. 2nd
Cleveland, Ohio – Willie Nelson (27-3-1) is looking to make a big impact in 2021. Like many fighters, Nelson’s 2020 campaign was aborted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nelson has been a top contender in the super welterweight division the past several years but will campaign as a full fledged middleweight when he returns to
Ring City USA, the new sports media startup that debuted its Thursday night boxing series in November 2020 on NBC Sports Network, will take over Puerto Rico in less than one month to kick off their 2021 schedule. The March 4 event will take place at Felix Pagan Pintor Gym in Guaynabo, while the March
Dillian Whyte didn’t underestimate Alexander Povetkin. Whyte insists he took Povetkin seriously prior to their fight five months ago. He realized that Povetkin’s power would be the last thing to go, which made the Russian underdog, then 39 years old, a legitimate threat entering their 12-round fight August 22 for Whyte’s WBC interim heavyweight title.
Junior middleweight contender Dennis Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) is hungry to secure another world title shot. Back in 2019, Hogan traveled to Mexico and lost a controversial twelve round decision to then WBO world champion Jamie Munguia. And then in December of the same year, Hogan took a big risk when he moved up to
Heavyweight Hasim Rahman Jr. remained unbeaten Friday night, knocking out journeyman Alejandro de la Torre in round two at the Salon de Eventos in Matamoros, Mexico. With the victory, Rahman, who is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and now lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, improves to 10-0, 5 knockouts Friday was a rematch of their
A few weeks ago chatter of a potential fight between future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2) and WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan “Kingry” Garcia (21-0) began on various social media outlets. The potential showdown was first discussed as an exhibition bout but that talk was squashed when Manny Pacquiao Promotions’ president Sean Gibbons revealed