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Chris Kongo secured the finest victory of his career with perhaps his finest performance when he was awarded a unanimous decision at the conclusion of 10 entertaining rounds with Florian Marku at The O2 Arena in London. The welterweight, 31, was cut by his right eye in the second round but, for all of Marku’s aggression,

Fabio Wardley retained his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles after battling to a draw over 12 bruising rounds with Frazer Clarke at The O2 Arena in London. After knocking his rival down at the conclusion of the fifth round and watching him deducted a point for a low blow in the seventh, Wardley appeared on

No Limit Boxing promoter George Rose spoke of his pride in watching Tim Tszyu, his star fighter, battle the odds against Sebastian Fundora. Tszyu lost a narrow split decision Saturday in Las Vegas after being cut terribly on the top of his head at the end of the second round – and then boxing the

Frazer Clarke targeted a rematch with Fabio Wardley after blaming himself for the fact his rival retained the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at the conclusion of their entertaining draw. The finest British heavyweight title fight since that between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte in 2015 was scored 114-113 for Wardley, 115-112 for Clarke and

Albert Bell is the No. 1 contender for the WBO super featherweight title and hopes his next fight is for championship. Bell stopped Jonathan Romero (35-3, 19 KOs) in the first-round of their scheduled 10-round fight in Toledo, Ohio.  Now Bell, (26-0, 9 KOs), is not celebrating, but rather getting ready to board a plane. Bell

Viddal Riley is at the beginning of a long journey that he hopes will culminate in a shot at a cruiserweight world title. But don’t expect him to look for any shortcuts. Britain’s top cruiserweights have been involved in an unofficial round robin for years. The busy, underrated division has provided an entertaining series of

Gilberto Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) is set to challenge undefeated WBA cruiserweight titleholder Arsen Goulamirian (21-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, and the former super middleweight titleholder predicts “a war.” “He is the champ for a reason,” Ramirez said of Goulamirian. “Arsen is the warrior with Thor-like strength who can

A report that Saudi Arabia’s most powerful boxing broker would like to stage a David Benavidez bout in December against the winner of the June 1 undisputed light heavyweight title match between Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is compelling leverage. Make no mistake, Benavidez’s manager told Boxing Scene on Monday, his fighter’s preference is

Liam Wilson is eager to claim his spot among the top fighters in the junior lightweight division. Wilson, a former world title challenger from Australia, will take on former two-division titleholder Oscar Valdez on Friday at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The 12-round bout will headline a card promoted by Top Rank, in

Ryan Garcia has made headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past few weeks.  Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), a popular super lightweight contender, has posted videos of himself drinking alcohol and holding what appears to be marijuana, while also posting statements so bizarre that the New York State Athletic Commission has stepped in and

Junior welterweight Starling Castillo, now training under the tutelage of coach Bob Santos in Las Vegas, is preparing to face off against Jesus Saracho on Wednesday in Plant City, Florida. Castillo-Saracho, the event’s co-main bout, is scheduled for 10 rounds at the ProBox TV Events Center, and will be broadcast internationally on ProBox TV’s “Wednesday

Junior middleweight contender Charles “Bad News” Conwell finally got some good news about his career last month when he signed a deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Conwell (18-0, 13 KOs) has been sidelined since beating Juan Carlos Abreu in November 2022 while working out kinks in his team. All’s well that ends well now that

Callum Walsh will return to action on Friday, June 7 at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Walsh, who stopped Dauren Yeleussinov in the ninth round March 15 in New York, will headline the upcoming California show, to be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass. No opponent for Walsh has yet been announced. Guided by

Francis Ngannou dusted himself off to attend last night’s post-fight press conference after his second-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua. The Cameroonian UFC star was down three times in all, against a rampant Joshua, who lined Ngannou up for several chilling right hands before emphatically closing the show. Sportingly, Ngannou said: “I was just on

By Stephen “Breadman” Edwards The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards giving his thoughts on various topics such who has the better legacy out of Canelo and Chavez, Joe Calzaghe, 1980s heavyweights, the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson announcement, press conference arguments and much more. Bread, I recently got into a debate with someone over

IBF super lightweight world champion Subriel Matias has fast become a fearsome fighter at a time when 140 pounds is fast filling up with stars.  Devin Haney will defend his WBC belt against the social media frenzied Ryan Garcia on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  Both men are relative newcomers

Anthony Joshua was nonchalant, having despatched Francis Ngannou in crushing fashion in Saudi Arabia last night. He carried that demeanour with him into the post-fight press conference, where he was later joined by Ngannou.  The former London 2012 Olympian, who had with the knockout improved to 28-3 (25 KOs), and the 34-year-old two-time world champion

Super welterweight Louis Greene (17-4, 11 KOs) achieved a career-defining moment on the most prominent of stages, delivering a resounding first-round stoppage victory over the highly regarded Jack McGann (9-1-1, 6 KOs) at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A fight between the pair would have been a staple of any British boxing event.