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
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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
Earlier this month at the SSE Arena at Wembley, there was a battle of heavyweight contenders, with Martin Bakole (16-1, 12 KOs) winning a ten round unanimous decision over Sergey Kuzmin (15-1, 11 KOs). The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94. Kuzmin’s promoter, Andrei Ryabinsky, felt the contest was very close and could have easily gone to his
Moscow, Russia – Russian super middleweight Pavel Silyagin capped off his debut year in paid ranks with a solid fourth-round stoppage of veteran journeyman Sergey Khomistkiy (32-20-3, 14 KOs). Silyagin, 27, a bigger, taller and much younger of the two, has been easily dispatching his 46-year old opponent for four rounds, rarely taking anything in
Joe Joyce won three regional titles when he knocked out Daniel Dubois last month in London. Joyce’s manager proclaimed that impressive victory evidence that the huge, hard-hitting contender is ready for a world heavyweight title shot. Champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have their sights set on an enormous showdown with each other in 2021, but Sam
David Morell Jr. thought he wasn’t going to fight again until next year. But for several weeks he had been warned to be ready by December 26. Just after Christmas Day, the Cuban will return to the ring in Los Angeles in a Premier Boxing Champions main event on FOX. The interim-WBA super middleweight champion
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has no concerns when it comes to the drug testing past of WBC champion Tyson Fury. Back in 2017, Fury agreed to a back-dated two year ban with drug testing agency UKAD – a punishment pertaining to a positive test for the banned substance nandrolone in early 2015. Fury’s team claimed the positive test