Boxing Scene

Last week, Kurt Walker told BoxingScene that he was feeling the weight of expectation as he prepared to headline last night’s Conlan Boxing show at Belfast’s famous Ulster Hall. The featherweight thrived under the spotlight and showed a bit of everything during his seventh round stoppage of James Beech Jnr. Aware that he wouldn’t be

“It was a good war,” said a disconsolate Tim Tszyu, having lost his undefeated record and his WBO super welterweight title to Sebastian Fundora at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.“It started off well. We knew he was awkward, tall, rangy, flicks that jab.” What we did not know if that the fight would turn

Oscar Valdez revived his career Friday by scoring a ferocious seventh-round stoppage against Liam Wilson.  The competitive fight immediately turned for Valdez after he connected with a combination of unanswered punches on the Australian, forcing referee Mark Nelson to step in and stop the action.  The former 126 and 130 titlist (32-2, 24 KOs) became

Leon Willings recovered from a first-round knockdown to take the exciting Ben Whittaker the eight-round distance at London’s O2 Arena. On the occasion of the 26-year-old Whittaker’s seventh professional contest, Willings, 23, showed admirable resilience to perhaps even give him his toughest fight.  That Whittaker, fighting for the first time since his separation from the

Chris Kongo secured the finest victory of his career with perhaps his finest performance when he was awarded a unanimous decision at the conclusion of 10 entertaining rounds with Florian Marku at The O2 Arena in London. The welterweight, 31, was cut by his right eye in the second round but, for all of Marku’s aggression,

Fabio Wardley retained his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles after battling to a draw over 12 bruising rounds with Frazer Clarke at The O2 Arena in London. After knocking his rival down at the conclusion of the fifth round and watching him deducted a point for a low blow in the seventh, Wardley appeared on

No Limit Boxing promoter George Rose spoke of his pride in watching Tim Tszyu, his star fighter, battle the odds against Sebastian Fundora. Tszyu lost a narrow split decision Saturday in Las Vegas after being cut terribly on the top of his head at the end of the second round – and then boxing the

Frazer Clarke targeted a rematch with Fabio Wardley after blaming himself for the fact his rival retained the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at the conclusion of their entertaining draw. The finest British heavyweight title fight since that between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte in 2015 was scored 114-113 for Wardley, 115-112 for Clarke and

Albert Bell is the No. 1 contender for the WBO super featherweight title and hopes his next fight is for championship. Bell stopped Jonathan Romero (35-3, 19 KOs) in the first-round of their scheduled 10-round fight in Toledo, Ohio.  Now Bell, (26-0, 9 KOs), is not celebrating, but rather getting ready to board a plane. Bell

Viddal Riley is at the beginning of a long journey that he hopes will culminate in a shot at a cruiserweight world title. But don’t expect him to look for any shortcuts. Britain’s top cruiserweights have been involved in an unofficial round robin for years. The busy, underrated division has provided an entertaining series of

Gilberto Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) is set to challenge undefeated WBA cruiserweight titleholder Arsen Goulamirian (21-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, and the former super middleweight titleholder predicts “a war.” “He is the champ for a reason,” Ramirez said of Goulamirian. “Arsen is the warrior with Thor-like strength who can

A report that Saudi Arabia’s most powerful boxing broker would like to stage a David Benavidez bout in December against the winner of the June 1 undisputed light heavyweight title match between Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is compelling leverage. Make no mistake, Benavidez’s manager told Boxing Scene on Monday, his fighter’s preference is

Liam Wilson is eager to claim his spot among the top fighters in the junior lightweight division. Wilson, a former world title challenger from Australia, will take on former two-division titleholder Oscar Valdez on Friday at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The 12-round bout will headline a card promoted by Top Rank, in

Ryan Garcia has made headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past few weeks.  Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), a popular super lightweight contender, has posted videos of himself drinking alcohol and holding what appears to be marijuana, while also posting statements so bizarre that the New York State Athletic Commission has stepped in and

Junior welterweight Starling Castillo, now training under the tutelage of coach Bob Santos in Las Vegas, is preparing to face off against Jesus Saracho on Wednesday in Plant City, Florida. Castillo-Saracho, the event’s co-main bout, is scheduled for 10 rounds at the ProBox TV Events Center, and will be broadcast internationally on ProBox TV’s “Wednesday

Junior middleweight contender Charles “Bad News” Conwell finally got some good news about his career last month when he signed a deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Conwell (18-0, 13 KOs) has been sidelined since beating Juan Carlos Abreu in November 2022 while working out kinks in his team. All’s well that ends well now that

Callum Walsh will return to action on Friday, June 7 at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Walsh, who stopped Dauren Yeleussinov in the ninth round March 15 in New York, will headline the upcoming California show, to be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass. No opponent for Walsh has yet been announced. Guided by

Francis Ngannou dusted himself off to attend last night’s post-fight press conference after his second-round knockout loss to Anthony Joshua. The Cameroonian UFC star was down three times in all, against a rampant Joshua, who lined Ngannou up for several chilling right hands before emphatically closing the show. Sportingly, Ngannou said: “I was just on