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As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Subriel Matias will have to wait a little longer for his world title opportunity. The boxer from Fajardo announced over the weekend that his fight against Argentine Jeremias Ponce, scheduled for October 15 for the vacant 140-pound title of the International Boxing Federation (IBF,) had to be postponed due to “irresponsibility”

Alycia Baumgardner thinks the unfortunate delay to her 130-pound unification fight will not exactly play in the favor of her opponent. The women’s WBC 130-pound champion from Michigan will not be taking on WBO, IBF champion Mikaela Mayer in their unification bout as planned on the undercard of the Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall undisputed middleweight championship

Although Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin fought for the first time in 2017, the boxing world has been discussing them fighting much longer than that. The two have been in one another’s orbit for over eight years, first as “dream opponents” with Canelo the bigger star chasing Golovkin in acclaim, and Golovkin inversely wanting Canelo’s

Johnathon Banks, the head trainer of Gennadiy Golovkin, believes his fighter is going to upset the odds this coming Saturday night, when he faces Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in a trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the first two meetings, Golovkin was trained by his longtime coach Abel Sanchez. The first bout,

Edgar Berlanga roared loudly following the first 16 fights of his career. While the violent stoppage victories placed the super middleweight contender on the map, Juan De Leon, Berlanga’s new trainer, becomes agitated when his fighter’s knockout power begins to steal all of the headlines. More than anything, although De Leon knows good and well

The International Boxing Association notes the comments in respect of the recent communication from the IOC; this includes a revised version of the Paris 2024 Boxing Qualification System (OQS). Whilst they acknowledge the changes, the IBA remains concerned, specifically with regards to the removal of the ranking pathway which was originally agreed in April of

Newfel Ouatah has now offered the reason for his in-ring protest and non-effort in his latest fight. It will still cost him a payday and any remaining respect he had in the sport. A bizarre development saw Ouatah take a knee and raise his right fist in protest immediately after the bell sounded to begin

The mega heavyweight boxing bout brewing between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder has lost some sizzle after the pair suffered a total of five losses since 2019.  Joshua and Wilder once had a stronghold on the sport’s glamour division by possessing all of the heavyweight titles amongst them.  In March 2019, streaming service DAZN offered

Former four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez is expecting countryman Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to score a knockout victory over Gennadiy Golovkin in their upcoming trilogy, which takes place next Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In their first encounter, back in 2017, the bout ended in a controversial twelve round split draw. 

Former WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is backing Conor Benn to overcome Chris Eubank Jr. in their upcoming catch-weight showdown. Benn and Eubank are going to collide on October 8 at the O2 Arena in London. Some are tabbing the fight as a potential mismatch due to the size difference.  Eubank has fought as

Saturday’s historic all-women’s card at the O2 Arena, London, has been postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The whole card has been provisionally moved to October 15 at the same venue. The move comes after all football fixtures in England, Scotland and Wales from the weekend were postponed. Saturday’s show was to have

Pick It: Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall (Saturday, ESPN, 8:00 PM EST) As of now, it’s still game on at the O2 Arena. The passing of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth could result in postponement but if not the biggest women’s doubleheader arguably of all time will still be going down. In the main event, 27-year

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has serious doubts about the desire of Anthony Joshua’s handlers to finalize a year-end showdown. Earlier this week, Fury pitched a 60-40 monetary split to Joshua to fight in a year-end clash. Joshua is coming off back to back decision losses to WBO,

Claressa Shields realized as she sat ringside April 30 that she was involved in something special for women’s boxing. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano delivered one of the fan-friendliest fights Shields can remember among women. A raucous crowd in excess of 19,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York made the event even more memorable.

Deontay Wilder apparently has zero resolve to bury the hatchet with his nemesis Tyson Fury. Wilder, the former heavyweight champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was involved in a thrilling trilogy with the WBC titlist from England. Their rivalry grew especially contentious heading into the third and final fight which took place last October; Wilder made numerous

A special fight deserves a special build-up, so BOXXER chartered a vessel to take bitter rivals Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields – plus a host of British media – down the Thames river for open workouts and staredowns in the shadow of the iconic London Tower Bridge. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) Joining the crew on

Gennadiy Golovkin evidently is no longer harboring too much resentment about the scorecards produced in his first two fights with Canelo Alvarez. The unified middleweight titlist from Kazakhstan told the New York Post that he does not hold any outsize mistrust of the judges who will be involved in his upcoming third fight with Alvarez

Frank Sanchez has resurrected old business for a new fight date. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten Cuban heavyweight will face Puerto Rico’s Carlos Negron as part of an already announced October 15 show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The rescheduled fight was confirmed by Joe Goossen, Sanchez’s trainer. The Fox Sports Pay-Per-View