Boxing Scene

Joey Spencer knocked out Isiah Seldon almost as fast Saturday night as Mike Tyson knocked out Seldon’s father, Bruce, in their heavyweight title fight 24 years ago. Spencer dropped Seldon twice in the opening round before referee Jerry Cantu stopped their scheduled eight-round middleweight match just two minutes and 15 seconds into it. An emotional

The last time Caleb Truax sensed that a heavily favored IBF super middleweight champion underestimated him, he pulled off perhaps boxing’s biggest upset of 2017. Three years after defeating James DeGale in London, Truax, now 37, hopes to rejuvenate his career by knocking Caleb Plant out of position to land lucrative fights later this year.

Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. may assume office in the Russian Boxing Federation, according to statements made by the organization’s Secretary General, Kirill Shchekutyev, to Tass. Shchekutyev was unanimously appointed as the RBF’s secretary general during the Federation’s report and election conference on Friday, replacing Umar Kremlov, who was elected as the president of

Patriot Boxing, led by well-known Russian boxing coach Eduard Kravtsov, staged the first boxing event of 2021 in Moscow, Russia, by occupying a historical hotbed of pugilism – USC Krylia Sovetov (aka Soviet Wings). A multi-fight card, which was aired live by Boets and MatchTV, was conducted under strict rules and regulations, imposed by the ongoing

Once upon a time, a marketing campaign called for aspiring athletes to ‘Be Like Mike.’ The day has arrived where they can now strive to match the marketing achievements of a rising boxing superstar. Gatorade announced a working partnership with unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia, who becomes the first boxer to sign an endorsement deal

After nearly a year of inactivity due to the global pandemic, Mazlum Akdeniz will have a chance to remind people why he’s one of the top super lightweight prospects in the world. Akdeniz, who is handled by Lee Baxter Promotions, will return to action on January 30 in Sucre, Colombia against an opponent yet to be

Undefeated junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu will be looking to do a demolition job when he faces veteran Dennis Hogan on March 31. In 2019, there were many observers who felt Hogan had done enough to pull out an upset win over then WBO junior middleweight champion Jamie Munguia, who was very disappointed with his performance. The

The show will go, or at least what is left of it. Hall of Fame promoter Don King is moving forward with his scheduled fight card to take place Friday evening at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The show was originally billed as two title fights but is down to one

Callum Smith has had some time to reflect on last month’s dominating decision loss at the hands of Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Before a crowd in Texas, Smith was picked apart as the twelve round contest played out - with Canelo walking away with the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles. Smith, the youngest of four fighting brothers

Promotional company Arano Box has confirmed that former world champion Jorge Rodrigo Barrios (53-4-1, 36 KOs), 44-years-old, will fight on February 20 against another former champion, Mendoza’s Jonathan Barros, in a fight to be held at the stadium Villa Carlos Paz Arena. Barros, 36 years-old and a former WBA champion, has a record of 42 wins ( 22

Caleb Plant has always been more about making history than friends when it comes to his time in the ring. Still, the unbeaten super middleweight titlist can’t quite put a finger on his flair for bringing the worst out of his opponents. The latest example comes in an apparent five-year beef with former titlist Caleb

Sean McComb says that having the chance to compete in Dubai will make his vacant Commonwealth lightweight title fight with Gavin Gwynne even more special when the two men meet next week. Undefeated McComb (11-0, 5 KOs) makes his lightweight debut by facing Welshman Gwynne (12-2, 2 KOs) as part of the huge #RotundaRumble5 event on

Cuban heavyweight sensation, Frank Sanchez, who has steadily been climbing up the WBO world rankings since turning professional in 2017, calls out Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk to clash this year. “Joshua and Usyk, that’s really who I want to fight.” The Cuban revealed in an exclusive interview with proboxing-fans.com. Anthony Joshua is the unified

Kid Galahad has moved from one title fight rematch to another. That’s if James ‘Jazza’ Dickens decides to accept the fight or move in another direction. A vacant title fight has been ordered by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) between Galahad and Dickens, its top two contenders in the wake of Josh Warrington abandoning the

Some people believe Caleb Plant is the real deal. Others not so much. But it doesn’t much matter to the Tennessee-born super middleweight either way. He’s got enough belief for all y’all. “I’ll be here for a long time,” he told Boxing Scene. “I’m not chasing nobody. I’m the champion. I’m the world champion. I’m

Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera had a very frustrating 2020 campaign. He spent most of the year training for a showdown against Sergey Kovalev that failed to materialize because of the coronavirus pandemic and other factors.  With Kovalev having since failed a test for PEDs, that fight won’t be a possibility anytime soon. The promotional

Former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-1) recently went ‘live’ on social media and spoke on several topics as he interacted with fans. Thurman, who fights under the Premier Boxing Champions banner, was asked multiple questions about Danny Garcia’s performance in his most recent fight against Errol Spence and about potentially facing Garcia

There was a moment of amazement on the Showtime telecast’s commentary on Stephen Fulton’s title-winning performance over Angelo Leo on Saturday night. With ten seconds to go in the second round, Al Bernstein chimed in, breaking convention of letting play-by-play man Mauro Ranallo tie a bow on the round. As if he were just remarking