Boxing Scene

Eddie Hearn wants the public to give Conor Benn the benefit of the doubt. The head of Matchroom Boxing has been insisting adamantly that his embattled welterweight charge should be given a fair trial before any judgement is made about Benn’s moral compass. Last month, it was revealed, three days out from his scheduled 157-pound

German heavyweight Agit Kabayel, as already reported by BoxingScenecom, will headline a SES promoted show in Bochum on January 28. It should be noted that Kabayel is also a mandatory challenger for the vacant EBU title along with former stablemate Peter Kadiru as co-challenger. The EBU has set November 17 as the deadline for purse

The Pay-Per-View undercard has been announced for ‘Battle of the Best’ headlined by the highly anticipated WBC Super Lightweight Championship between #1 Ranked Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda (35-2, 27 KOs) and #2 Ranked Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis (27-1, 23 KO’s), set for Saturday, November 26 and emanating from ‘The War Grounds’, Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson,

Junto Nakatani passed a stiff test in his first official fight as a junior bantamweight contender. The unbeaten southpaw turned away a determined Francisco ‘Chihuas’ Rodriguez to claim a ten-round, unanimous decision win in their battle of former titlists. Scores of 99-90, 98-91 and 97-92 landed in favor of Nakatani in their non-title fight Tuesday

Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is taking the rest of the year off in order to mentally recover from the August decision loss to unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua has now dropped back to back decisions to Usyk.  “You saw after my last fight, I swear it tore me apart,” Joshua explained to

John Fury, father and trainer of light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury, has ripped into Jake Paul (6-0, 4 KOs). Paul returned on Saturday in Arizona, where he dropped and decisioned MMA legend Anderson Silva. On two occasions, Paul was scheduled to face Fury in the ring. Last year, Fury withdrew with a rib injury suffered

Nestor Bravo kept his perfect record intact and became the NABO 140 pound champion by scoring a 7th round stoppage over veteran Adrian Yung of Mexico. The card was promoted by Miguel Cotto Promotions took place as part of the WBO’s annual convention September 26 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

GLENDALE, Arizona – Jake Paul’s message to Dana White was as crass as you might expect in the immediate aftermath of his win against Anderson Silva. The UFC president predicted Paul would not fight even this 47-year-old version of Silva because the former UFC middleweight champion would expose Paul in a boxing match. The Brazilian

Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York City – Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez (11-1, 7 KOs) wants a featherweight title shot, and he may get it soon. The two-time Olympic gold medalist steamrolled late replacement Jose Matias Romero (26-3, 9 KOs) via ninth-round TKO to retain his USBA and WBO Global belts. Ramirez had his

(Brooks, CA) – In front of a sold-out crowd at the newly opened Cache Creek Casino Events Center, local fans saw hometown favorite Alan Sanchez (22-5-1, 10 KOs) defeat previously unbeaten Saul Bustos (15-1-1, 8 KOs), in one of the best fights put forth by legendary local promoter Paco Damian, and a fitting tribute to

Max Ornelas turned a pick-‘em matchup between unbeaten prospects into a showcase performance. Two of the three judges felt otherwise in producing one of the worst decisions of the year. Constant lateral movement and superior hand speed were keys in Ornelas soundly outboxing Hector Valdez over ten rounds. George Cruz (97-93 Ornelas) was the only

Jamaine Ortiz obviously is well aware of his co-promoter’s plan. The brain trust for Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. intends to match Vasiliy Lomachenko against Devin Haney if the heavily favored Lomachenko defeats Ortiz on Saturday night in New York. Preliminary planning of what would be an intriguing bout between Lomachenko and Haney hasn’t offended

THE MONTH OF November we have mapped out should certainly go off with a good few bangs – and not just the ones we will hear in and around Bonfire Night. We have a thrilling month in store, from a world title tilt over in Vegas, a Euro-cracker in Telford to a fascinating domestic duel

Chris Eubank Jr’s team were not informed about Conor Benn’s first positive drugs test when he signed for their fight. Benn has revealed that he tested positive for the banned substance clomifene, a female fertility drug that boosts testosterone, weeks before a positive test for the same substance that scuppered his fight with Eubank. A

Katie Taylor will defend her Undisputed Lightweight World title against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Saturday October 29, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). The Irish superstar retained her Undisputed Lightweight World title after a Fight of the Year contender with Puerto Rico’s Serrano – the

THE WBC SILVER featherweight champion Nick Ball will make a second defence of his title when he tops the bill against the unbeaten Rafael Pedroza in the next of Queensberry’s Prospect Show series at York Hall on Friday November 11. Big-hitting future heavyweight star David Adeleye also features on the card in what will be

Former three-weight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and undefeated upstart Jamaine Ortiz renewed acquaintances Thursday in New York City. The one-time sparring partners will clash in the 12-round lightweight main event Saturday evening at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. This fight could propel the winner to a shot at undisputed champion Devin “The Dream” Haney.

Fernando Martinez would welcome title unification fights against any of the other boxers who hold 115-pound championships. The undefeated Martinez’s preference, though, is to face Japan’s Kazuto Ioka after making his next IBF junior bantamweight title defense, which could come against the IBF’s number one contender, the Philippines’ Jade Bornea (18-0, 12 KOs). Ioka (29-2,