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Canelo Alvarez is cognizant that his first career loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2013 wasn’t so bad after all.  The undisputed super middleweight champion tasted defeat for the second time in his career most recently in May when he stepped up to light heavyweight to challenge Dmitry Bivol, and ahead of his trilogy against Gennadiy

It’d be hard to find a bigger Anthony Joshua than I was. Though wiping out the worst title claimant of a generation (Charles Martin, blech!) wasn’t exactly the most compelling way to win a heavyweight title, I remember sitting in the press room at the MGM Grand Garden Arena that spring night in 2016 thinking,

Demetrius Andrade will revisit plans to challenge for a title in a third weight division. It will come at the expense of his current title reign ending with a whimper. BoxingScene.com has learned that Providence’s Andrade will no longer move forward with an ordered WBO middleweight title consolidation clash with interim titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly. The

The promoter of still-reigning unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk believes the ball is now in Tyson Fury’s court. Ukraine’s Usyk successfully defended his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles against London’s Anthony Joshua in their ballyhooed rematch Saturday night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, winning a split decision. Immediately after the conclusion of the fight,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz In the ninth round of his heavyweight title rematch against Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk looked like he was headed toward a heartbreaking ending. After 21 rounds of fighting, the hulking Joshua had finally been able to impose his physical strength on Usyk and was grinding him down with a

Anthony Joshua says he wants to return to the ring before the end of the year as he starts to target his route back to another world heavyweight title shot.  Far from hiding after his split decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Joshua turned up at the post-fight press conference and said he would

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – In an IBF heavyweight final eliminator, Filip Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs) got off the floor and won a very close twelve round unanimous decision over Zhang Zhilei (24-1-1, 19 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 115-112, 115-112 and 114-113 for Hrgovic. Hrgovic was landing well to the body of

Giovani Santillan survived the toughest test of his career in a fight where the final scores didn’t come close to reflecting the action in the ring. San Diego’s own Santillan emerged victorious in a ten-round, unanimous decision win over Mexico’s Julio Luna. Judge Robert Hoyle (96-94) saw the bout for the close, competitive affair that

Nico Ali Walsh is confident of a bright future in the sport. However, he didn’t feel good about advancing that far without first revisiting his past. The lone fight to go the distance in the young career of Ali Walsh saw the 22-year-old middleweight struggle at times in a four-round, majority decision win over Reyes

Trainer Robert Garcia wants Anthony Joshua to pursue the middle course in his upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. London’s Joshua was criticized last September for failing to be more aggressive against Ukraine’s Usyk, a former cruiserweight and current unified heavyweight champion. Joshua himself has acknowledged the need to fight more assertively against Usyk and went

Sebastian Fundora has an opponent for his plan to stay sharp while waiting for his shot at the WBC super welterweight title. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the undefeated Fundora will box Carlos Ocampo in the main event of a “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader October 8. The 6-foot-6 Fundora will defend his WBC interim 154-pound championship

HOLLYWOOD, Florida – Omar Figueroa Jr. stepped on the Florida Athletic Commission’s scale at his lowest weight in eight years Friday afternoon. Figueroa officially weighed 139¾ pounds for his 12-round, 140-pound fight against Sergey Lipinets on Saturday night at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Lipinets, a late replacement for Adrien Broner, came in at

The mission for Anthony Joshua heading into this weekend has always been less about reclaiming a prize as it is about restoring pride. With that, came a proverbial shrug of the shoulders when the former two-time unified heavyweight titlist learned of the added stakes for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Already on the line will

Jaime Munguia is still waiting on a finalized opponent but has a date and location for his next ring adventure. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten former WBO junior middleweight titlist will return to the ring October 29 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The full details of the bout remain in progress, other than

Artur Beterbiev appears to be done for the year. BoxingScene.com has learned that plans are now on hold for the lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion to defend against England’s Anthony Yarde. An undisclosed injury suffered by Beterbiev forced the previously agreed-upon WBO mandatory title fight—eyed for late October—to be pushed back until early 2023. IFL TV

ANTHONY CACACE, EKOW Essuman, Nathan Heaney, Raven Chapman and Mark Heffron all feature in the supporting cast of the September 24 Joyce-Parker ‘Nowhere to Run’ blockbuster at the AO Arena, Manchester being shown exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office. Joyce vs Parker is promoted by Frank Warren for Queensberry Promotions in association with BOXXER.

Former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is finally on the road back. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Wilder will collide with Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius in a WBC title eliminator on October 15 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Wilder vs. Helenius will headline a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View card. Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs),

We are only a few days away from one of the biggest heavyweight rematches in the history of the sport, as WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk will collide with Anthony Joshua in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (photos by Mark Robinson) Billed as ‘Rage on the Red Sea’, Usyk vs.