New Year’s Eve has loomed large in the careers of both Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka. Ioka is making his ninth start on the date, posting a mark of 7-1 so far. Tanaka is making his fourth start on what has become arguably the biggest day on the Japanese boxing calendar, returning to the ring
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Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is gaining confidence that a deal will be finalized for a full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury. Hearn is currently in serious discussions with Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum of Top Rank and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions. The two sides are
Lightweight titlist Devin Haney is outlining his holiday wishlist, and it’s headlined by a pair of potential mouthwatering fights for 2021. “My next [fight] will be Teofimo Lopez because that would be for all the belts of course and I would want to be undisputed champion of the lightweight division, and then I would say
Fight week. Two words WBC / WBO super middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn didn’t know if she would be hearing anytime soon, but here she is, a few days away from a non-title bout against Ashleigh Curry on Saturday that puts her back in the ring for the first time in nearly a year. “I don’t
When most of the people in the world were gathering for dinner on Christmas Eve on December 24, middleweight contender Juan Macias Montiel of Sinaloa was with his uncles Pedro and Eduardo from the Kochul Gym team in California, avoiding food and liquids in order to make weight for his upcoming fight. On Saturday night
Oscar De La Hoya envisions Ryan Garcia handling Luke Campbell like none of the British southpaw’s previous opponents. Garcia’s promoter predicted during a virtual press conference recently that Garcia’s uncommon combination of speed and power will be too much for the 2012 Olympic gold medalist January 2. Campbell battled Vasiliy Lomachenko in his last bout,
Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell is not concerned for a moment with the popular training video clips that are being posted by his upcoming opponent, Ryan Garcia, who has a huge following on social media. Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs), 33-years-old, has dropped competitive decisions in his two most high profile fights – world title challenges
Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez made good on his promise to return to the sport in 2020. Martinez had retired back in 2014, after suffering a knockout loss at the hands of Miguel Cotto. It took several years for Martinez to recover from lingering knee injuries. At 45-years-old, Martinez wants to continue marching
SAN ANTONIO – Canelo Alvarez realizes there are some boxing observers who will never recognize him as the number one fighter, pound-for-pound, in the sport. The 30-year-old Alvarez legitimized himself as a four-weight world champion last Saturday night, when he dominated England’s Callum Smith in their 12-round, 168-pound championship match at Alamodome. That thorough victory
As the year comes to a close, the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is looking forward to a potential full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury in 2021. Joshua was in action earlier this month, when he knocked out mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. Now his sights are set on finalizing a
Mexican puncher Miguel Berchelt, who holds the super featherweight championship of the World Boxing Council, made it clear that he fully intends to chin-check his compatriot Oscar Valdez, when they collide in the ring on the working date of February 20. “I have the advantage that I am at my natural weight, he is coming up and his
Canelo Alvarez is warming up to the thought of a potential third bout with Gennadiy Golovkin. Alvarez’s trainer, manager and lifelong friend Eddy Reynoso told BoxingScene.com in an interview that a trilogy between the archrivals will have to come under the terms of boxing’s biggest star. “Saul Alvarez is going to fight at 168 pounds
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 33-years-old, is hoping to fight the best boxers in the weight class – and one of them is former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. “There are a lot of guys who I would like to fight and would be happy to fight, like Deontay Wilder,” Usyk told The Sun. Wilder has
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has no problem with Floyd Mayweather’s decision to face Youtube star Logan Paul in an exhibition fight. Mayweather, a five division world champion, retired with a perfect 50-0 record in August of 2017, when he stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor in ten rounds. He returned in December 2018, in
Heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz is ready for all the top heavyweights. So when he heard his name mentioned by former title challenger Dillian Whyte, he was very excited. In an interview last week, Whyte made it clear that he was very willing to face Ortiz on a date in February. Whyte has been
A main event which never had any business carrying a title at stake, is now officially a non-title fight. Confusion lingered on Christmas Day following the weigh-in results for Saturday’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox. In the headlining act, unbeaten David Morrell (3-0, 2KOs) faces Mike Gavronski in what is now officially a 10-round
Two of China’s, and Asia’s top regional cruiserweight pugilists, will clash for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council 200 pound championship title on the Zhongji Sports promoted boxing event in Shaoxing, China, on Saturday, December 26. The much-anticipated matchup between Zhaoxin Zhang and Jianzheng Wang is a rematch from their first encounter which took place
Michael Hunter didn’t waste any time in seeking out his next target. Having been out of the ring for more than a year, Las Vegas’ Hunter once again climbed through the ropes for his first win in more than 15 months as he scored a 4th round knockout of Shawn Laughery. The heavyweight fight took