Boxing Scene

Gervonta Davis will have his day in court, though for a case where he was hoping for a different outcome. A plea agreement between Davis and the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office was rejected by judge Melissa Phinn during a hearing Wednesday morning at Circuit Court for Baltimore City, as first reported by The Baltimore

Former undisputed women’s world champion, ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus is going title hunting in the junior middleweight division. “I’m very excited to compete in the 154lb. division and want to fight all of the world champions,” said Braekhus, (36-2, 9 KO’s). “I fought for thirteen years as a welterweight with great success and now

Undisputed super middleweight crownholder Canelo Alvarez has made it clear that his preference is not to fight a countryman.  There are several frontrunners that Alvarez could consider for his next contest, and chief among the options is a trio of fighters of Mexican heritage, including light heavyweight Gilberto Ramirez, super middleweight David Benavidez, and middleweight

Age might just be a number but 37 is a hell of a time to be in a younger man’s position.  2016 Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce (14-0, 13 KO) is the number one contender to the WBO heavyweight crown. That makes him a number one contender to Oleksandr Usyk, one of the toughest assignments

Unified junior lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson will put his hardware on the line in the main event against Brazilian standout Robson Conceicao this Friday, Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The event takes place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. (photos by Mikey Williams) Newark

Deontay Wilder was seemingly on top of the boxing world just a few short years ago. With ten successful defenses of his WBC heavyweight title, the Alabama native began moving into rarified air. Yet, even with Wilder setting countless records and being widely regarded as one of the deadliest punchers in boxing history, Eddie Hearn

Undefeated middleweight Joeshon James (6-0, 3 KOs), will look to shock Southern California as he faces local fan favorite, Richard Brewart Jr. (12-0, 4 KOs), in an 8-round main event on Thompson Boxing’s “Locked ’N Loaded” card.  “Locked ‘N Loaded” will take place at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA on Friday, September 23. Doors

Prospect Ashton “H20” Sylve and two of its newcomers, Chris Avila and Mikhail “Doctor Mike” Varshavski highlight the SHOWTIME PPV undercard on Saturday, October 29 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) headlined by Jake “The Problem Child” Paul vs. UFC legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva at formerly Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz., just outside Phoenix.

Stephen Fulton has built both his brand and name by fighting the best fighters that the super bantamweight division has to offer. With the WBC and WBO titles dangling from his proud shoulders, the Philadelphia native has openly taken on all comers. However, even with Fulton defeating the likes of Daniel Roman, Brandon Figueroa, and

Subriel Matias will not alter any of his plan after the postponement of his title fight against Argentine fighter Jeremias Ponce. The fight was originally scheduled to take place on October 15, as part of the undercard to the heavyweight fight between Deontay Wilder and Robert Helenius. Ponce was unable to obtain a visa in

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez admitted that fatigue hindered him during the final few rounds of his 12-round win against Gennadiy Golovkin on Saturday night. The 32-year-old Alvarez got off to a strong start and built a considerable lead on the scorecards, but Golovkin gave him some trouble once it was clear Alvarez grew tired

LAS VEGAS – And that is that. An embrace inside the ring between rivals Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin ended 36 rounds of a tumultuous rivalry. September 17, 2022 marked the end of an interesting trilogy between the two rivals. Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez dominated and outboxed Gennadiy Golovkin over 12 one-sided rounds

Minutes after Gennadiy Golovkin suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Canelo Alvarez in an undisputed super middleweight title fight to put an end to their trilogy, Chris Eubank Jr. seized the moment to call out the Kazakh KO artist.  “GGG you had a great run. Come back down to middleweight and let’s fight for those

Promoter Frank Warren is confident that one of the biggest hurdles in modern-day boxing business negotiations will be surmounted as it concerns the negotiations for a British super fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Barely a week after Joshua’s team told Warren’s Queensberry Promotions that their charge had agreed to all the terms laid

Boxing fans celebrated Mexican Independence Day in style on Saturday night as World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 20 rated Luis “Koreano” Torres (17-0, 10 KOs) out-boxed and out-classed previously unbeaten fellow Mexican lightweight prospect Cesar “Torito” Gutierrez (14-1-2, 5 KOs) in the “Canela Boxeo” main event, presented by CANELA.TV, at Expo Palenque in Ciudad Obregon,

LAS VEGAS – Austin “Ammo” Williams remained unbeaten Saturday, but he had much more trouble with Kieron Conway than he predicted. Williams was dismissive of Conway during a press conference Thursday, when he promised a demolition similar to his first-round stoppage or previously unbeaten Chordale Booker in his previous fight. Conway was much tougher than

Gennadiy Golovkin’s trainer doesn’t consider his fighter’s move up to 168 pounds a disadvantage, even against an elite-level rival who has become the fully unified champion in the super middleweight division. The 40-year-old Golovkin can still get down to the middleweight limit of 160 pounds comfortably. The IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion had to agree to compete

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is ready to put the past behind him. So, too, is the man responsible for his first loss in nine years. Dmitry Bivol will be in training camp preparing for a new challenge while Guadalajara’s Alvarez (57-2-2, 39KOs) braces for a third fight with old rival Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin. The trilogy clash