Former two-division champion Tim Bradley, who is part of ESPN’s broadcast team for their boxing events, is expecting Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to overwhelm and brutally knock out Avni Yildirim. Canelo will defend the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles against Yildirim on February 27 in Miami, Florida. Yildirim is the mandatory challenger to the WBC’s
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D4G Promotions in association with Round 10 Boxing Club and MTK Global have announced three events heading to Dubai in February, March and April. The star-studded cards will be broadcast live in the US on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank, and worldwide on IFL TV, and begin on Saturday 6 February with Lee McGregor
For the first time in years, Adrien Broner is thinking big picture in his boxing career. The former four-division titlist is still on the hunt for an opponent to face atop a Feb. 13 Showtime-televised tripleheader. The date remains in place for Cincinnati’s Broner, who has trained through Thanksgiving and the year-end holidays with the
The enduring incarnation of the Jr. Featherweight division has only been around since the mid-1970s. Damn if it hasn’t made its mark in the years since. Great talent comes and goes through many weight classes and great fights come and go with them. It’s fair to ask though if any have had the consistent magic
Content creator turned KO artist Jake Paul will be returning to the ring April 17 as the featured attraction of Snoop Dogg’s newly launched Fight Club on Triller pay-per-view. The location for the show and main event opponent for Paul will be named in the coming weeks. Instead of the foe being a celebrity like
Angelo Leo and Stephen Fulton will finally meet for a fight that is months in the making when Leo looks to defend his WBO junior featherweight title against the Philadelphia fighter in the main event of Showtime’s tripleheader at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. (9 p.m. ET; 6 p.m. PT). Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, super middleweight David Morrell received a gift he didn’t expect. The Cuban fighter was elevated from interim-champion to the “regular” category within the World Boxing Association, according to an order from the president of the sanctioning body, Gilberto Mendoza. The “regular” title became vacant last month, when Canelo Alvarez dominated Callum Smith
The fight for the vacant European Union heavyweight title between rising French star Tony Yoka (9-0) and Belgian Joel Tambwe Djeko (17-2-1) is now on for March 5 in Nantes (France). The purse bids that were set for tomorrow (Jan 20) are thus off. In the co-feature Estelle Yoka-Mossely (8-0) defends the IBO female lightweight
The only direction is forward for Joe Joyce. On the heels of a career-best 10th round knockout of Daniel Dubois last November, the 35-year old Joyce (12-0, 11KOs) is now being groomed for the title stage in 2021. An aggressive schedule is already being planned by promoter Frank Warren, beginning with a potential clash with
Welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz has dynamite in his fists. With 16 knockouts in the same number of fights, the American fighter with Mexican roots not only has the goal of being crowned world champion but also of establishing himself as one of the best fighters in history. There is talk that his next ring appearance
Matchroom has announced that IBO super middleweight champion Carlos Gongora has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn. Gongora (19-0 14 KOs) landed the IBO strap in stunning fashion in December, coming in at late notice and knocking out hotly-touted Ali Akhmedov in the final round of their thrilling clash in Hollywood, Florida, and becoming an
Michel “La Zarza” Rivera (19-0) finds himself in a great position. The rising lightweight prospect has been training in Las Vegas for a March 6th return to the ring in a Showtime televised bout. He has also seen himself mentioned as a possible opponent for former four-division champion Adrien Broner. The Dominican Republic native was
February 26th will mark the date of the return of an Australian institution, The Thunderdome boxing series based out of Metro City in Perth, Western Australia. The name comes out of the Mad Max Thunderdome movie, as its the most unique venue in all of Australia boxing, their are 4 levels in an ampi theatre
Naoya Inoue and his handlers know who he will fight next. Determining when and where Inoue will return to the ring is much more complicated. Representatives for Inoue and Michael Dasmarinas, the mandatory challenger for his IBF bantamweight title, reached an agreement recently for them to meet in the coming months and avoided a purse
25-year-old Australian-based Tanzanian Bruno “The Terminator” Tarimo, has cracked the IBF’s top 10 world rankings. Tarimo has an impressive record (25-2-2) and is on a mega hot streak, winning the IBF Pan Pacific, IBF International title and his last four opponents have a combined record of 101 wins and 9 losses. They were all former world rated
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Robeisy Ramirez (6-1, 4 KOs) made a leap of quality and quantity in 2020. In 2021, he wants to continue his quick push forward to a world title at the featherweight limit of 126-pounds. His head trainer, Ismael Salas, believes the boxer will be ready for a world title shot after
Miguel Berchelt expects a highly motivated Oscar Valdez to enter the ring February 20. Berchelt believes Valdez has been bothered by those that insist the smaller, defensively deficient fighter has little chance to beat Berchelt in their 12-round fight for Berchelt’s WBC super featherweight title. Handicappers have installed Berchelt as an approximate 3-1 favorite over
Undefeated 122-pound prospect Victor Pasillas shared insight into his training camp and more as he prepares to take on fellow unbeaten Ra’eese Aleem for the interim WBA super bantamweight title Saturday, January 23 live on SHOWTIME® in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The event is promoted by Mayweather