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Anabel Ortiz ended her 2022 campaign with a second straight win after a year to forget in 2021. The former WBA strawweight titlist earned an eight-round, unanimous decision victory over Guatemala’s Maria Santizo, who often trains and fights in Mexico. Scores 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75 were in favor of Ortiz in their DAZN-aired junior flyweight

A pair of Hall of Fame promoters came fully prepared for the hard sell on their next heavyweight championship event. Bob Arum and Frank Warren expected some resistance to the news of Tyson Fury defending his lineal and WBC heavyweight crown against countryman Derek Chisora in a trilogy clash that was far from in demand.

Mario Barrios (26-2) is making the move to the desert.  BoxingScene.com has been advised that the former super lightweight champion will now be training in Las Vegas under the guidance of Bob Santos alongside several other world class fighters in his deep stable.  2022 has been a big year for Santos. The long time industry

“Doctor Mike” Varshavski showed deft footwork and pop in his punches during a workout in front of New York City media on Tuesday before he ducked out to make his afternoon shift at the Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., where he’s an attending physician. Dr. Mike will balance practicing medicine with training for his

The one-sided nature of their first fight and direct competition from a boxing pay-per-view show apparently impacted viewership of the Devin Haney-George Kambosos Jr. rematch Saturday night on ESPN. Nielsen Media Research revealed that their second 135-pound championship match drew an average audience of 935,000. Viewership peaked at 970,000 for a main event that ended

Adrien Broner wasn’t too pleased when he heard that Conor Benn tested for a banned substance. The brash multi-weight champion from Cincinnati was often invoked as a possible option for Benn, the rising welterweight whose fight with Chris Eubank Jr., at a 157-pound catchweight, was axed earlier this month after it was revealed that Benn,

An all-Filipino clash is in store to determine the next mandatory challenger to the IBF junior flyweight title. Unbeaten contenders Mark Vicelles and Regie Suganob have both accepted an invitation to enter negotiations for a final IBF title eliminator, an IBF spokesperson confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Tuesday. A negotiation period has been ordered, with the

Peter McGrail will have “unfinished business” on his mind when he fights on the undercard of a monster show in Japan this December. The gifted super bantamweight has secured a place on the undercard of the undisputed world bantamweight title showdown between Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler in Tokyo. McGrail returns to Japan on December

Cuban rising star, undefeated super lightweight Kevin Brown (2-0, 2 KOs), has started off his career with a bang as he defeated Adriano Porfirio Ramirez (12-5, 7 KOs) by 6th round knockout, via a vicious left hook to the head. The fight took place this past Saturday at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida,

Gennadiy Golovkin will now honor another mandatory ahead of the one that was previously ordered. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA and IBF have reached a joint resolution for Golovkin—who holds the middleweight title for both sanctioning bodies—to next defend against IBF number-one contender Esquiva Falcao. The ruling comes as the 30-day deadline drew near

It’s title time on the Tyne, with the North-East battle for the British Super Welterweight Championship confirmed between Darlington’s Troy Williamson (19-0-1, 14KOs) and Sunderland’s Josh Kelly (12-1-1, 7 KOs) at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle on Friday December 2, live on Channel 5. Kelly expressed his desire to compete for Williamson’s Lonsdale belt as the

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is starting to become a big fan of Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs). Paul will take part in his sixth pro boxing fight on October 29th, when he faces MMA legend Anderson Silva in the main event of a Showtime Pay-Per-View card. Unlike

Barclays Center, Brooklyn – Former bantamweight world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (21-2, 13 KOs) won a technical decision, with the bout ending two seconds into round ten, in a rematch against the previously unbeaten Gary Antonio Russell (19-1, 12 KOs). After their August 2021 matchup ended in a no-contest due to a head butt in round

At the O2 Arena in London, Claressa Shields became a three-time undisputed champion, the first person to achieve such a feat in either men’s or women’s boxing. Shields defeated Savannah Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) via unanimous decision to unify all the belts at middleweight in an action-packed slugfest. Marshall’s plans were clear: overwhelm Shields, push

Big heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (25-0-1) hits the road and is lined up to fight in the Tanzanian capital of Dar-es- Salam, on the date of November 4, against Awadh “Big Brother” Tamim, who resides in Stockholm, Sweden, but is from Tanzania. BoxRec lists Tamim’s record as 15-5 but the early part of it

NEW YORK – Michel Rivera remained unbeaten Saturday night and kept himself in position to land a lightweight title shot. The Dominican contender was busier and better than Jerry Perez throughout an eight-round bout Rivera won by unanimous decision on the Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius undercard at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Judges Ken Ezzo (79-72), John

George Kambosos Jr. doesn’t pretend that it’s as simple as returning to basics to resume his winning ways. Recapturing that level of hunger, however, figures to provide a spark in his rematch with Devin Haney that he felt was missing from his arsenal in their undisputed lightweight championship earlier this year. “I’m back to the

Liam Paro began his year expecting either a big fight or a return home while waiting out an owed title shot. Little did he know that he would get both in one fell swoop. The unbeaten WBO junior welterweight mandatory challenger is set for an all-domestic clash with Brock Jarvis in a ten-round battle of