Boxing Scene

Lausanne, Switzerland – AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev signed an agreement with International Testing Agency (ITA), represented by Director General Benjamin Cohen, extending the collaboration between AIBA and ITA for 2021. ‘AIBA is fully committed to clean sports. In boxing, we continue to fight doping at all levels to make sure our sport is completely

Two weeks ago, Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) made a big statement when he knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-lightweight championship in Texas. Garcia was decked hard by Campbell in the second round and managed to weather the storm. In the fifth, Garcia had Campbell in serious

Oleksandr Usyk, the mandatory challenger for the WBO championship, is not backing away one inch from his ordered title shot. The current champion, Anthony Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBO, IBF titles, is more interested in a full division unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. But in order for the WBO belt to be

Mike Borao, manager of undefeated Cuban heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez, says his boxer is inching closer and closer to a world title shot. Sanchez was in action last month, as part of the undercard to Canelo Alvarez’s big super middleweight title win over Callum Smith in Texas. In that undercard bout, the 28-year-old blasted Julian Fernandez right out of

Former four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, 58-years-old, is in ongoing discussions to face career rival Mike Tyson for a third time. The two boxers collided twice in the 90’s. Holyfield, who was a massive underdog at the time, shocked the world when he stopped Tyson in ten rounds in 1996. Their 1997 rematch ended in three rounds, after Tyson

On December 12th, Felix Verdejo (27-2) and Masayoshi Nakatani (18-1) engaged in a fantastic battle inside of the “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The fight served as the ESPN co-feature underneath the Shakur Stevenson-Toka Khan Clary main event. Verdejo started off strong, dropping Nakatani in the 1st and

IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez is guaranteeing that a showdown with Devin Haney, who holds the WBC’s full title at 135-pounds, will go down in the near future. There is growing tension between the two boxers, because the World Boxing Council is refusing to end the debate over which of them is

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, 47-years-old, admits he was heavily inspired to return to the ring after watching Mike Tyson’s performance in November. Tyson, 54-years-old and a former undisputed heavyweight champion, retired from the sport in 2005, and returned battled to an eight round draw with Roy Jones Jr. He plans to fight

Joseph Parker (27-2) was understandably frustrated when his December 11th showdown against domestic rival Junior Fa (19-0) was postponed due to Fa needing to have a medical procedure performed. The highly anticipated clash of New Zealand heavyweights was scheduled to take place at the Spark Arena in Auckland. However, he was able to use the

Back in November, Youtube star Jake Paul (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a brutal second round knockout of NBA veteran Nate Robinson. In the last few months, Paul has been calling for a fight with several MMA fighters - especially Conor McGregor – to a boxing match. But veteran Ben Askren has accepted Paul’s challenge and he’s willing

In a recent interview, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was pressed about the confusing situation in the lightweight division – where currently there are three WBC champions. Teofimo Lopez, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF titles, is also recognized as the WBC’s Franchise champion. In the same division, Devin Haney is the WBC’s regular

Promoter and former champion Barry McGuigan was ringside in Dallas, Texas, and watched rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia score a knockout win over Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-title. Campbell is trained by Barry’s son, Shane McGuigan. Garcia was dropped down hard in the second round, when Campbell landed a

Camille Estephan, promoter for undefeated heavyweight puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov (11-0, 11 KOs), would like to match his dangerous fighter against another big banger in the division, Olympic silver medal winner and EBU champion Joe Joyce. There is interest in go straight to a fight with Joyce in the coming months. Joyce is coming off the

Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis even have the former baddest man on the planet in on the act. The pair of unbeaten boxers continue to circle one another as interest grows over the thought of a superlight between two of the sport’s brightest young stars. That energy spilled over into a recent edition of ‘Hotboxin’

Only a travel visa stands in the way of a heavyweight pairing more than two years in the making. Manuel Charr is on target to make the first defense of his secondary WBA heavyweight belt, as he is due to face interim WBA titlist Trevor Bryan in a long-overdue title consolidation match. The fight is

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has issued a very firm warning to Youtube stars Jake and Logan Paul. In recent years, the two brothers have turned to the sport of boxing and both have gone pro. Both brothers have been calling out numerous MMA fighters to face them in either boxing exhibitions or fully sanctioned matches. Logan

World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman believes the critics are being too harsh when discussing the mandatory fight between champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and challenger Avni Yildirim. Most observers regard the contest as a mismatch and expect Yildirim to get knocked out in the early rounds. Sulaiman does not agree with that position. “I think Yildirim

Steven Ward is still having to pinch himself as he prepares to take on former World’s Strongest Man Hafthor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson in an exhibition bout next week. The clash between Ward and Bjornsson will see the strongman get some rounds under his belt as he prepares for his showdown with bitter rival Eddie “the