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Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua should cut down on some of his muscle mass, according to another former champion and Olympic gold medal winner, Andre Ward. Last September, Joshua was outboxed over twelve rounds by the smaller man, Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the IBF, WBO, IBF, WBA heavyweight titles. During the final

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York – In a crossroads heavyweight clash, Ali Eren Demirezen (17-1, 12 KOs) outlanded and outworked Adam Kownacki (20-3, 15 KOs) as the fight played out to secure a ten round unanimous decision win. Kownacki drops his third fight in a row. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Nabeel Ahmad) The scores were

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City – Jose Benavidez was satisfied with his performance against former two-division world champion Danny “Swift Garcia. Garcia, a former world champion at junior welterweight and welterweight, was making his debut at the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds. Philadelphia’s Garcia (37-3, 21 KOs) was returning for the first time since

NEW YORK – Sergiy Derevyanchenko didn’t exactly look his sharpest Saturday night, but he ended his three-fight losing streak. Derevyanchenko shook off some rust against Joshua Conley in their 10-round middleweight match at Barclays Center. Ultimately, Ukraine’s Derevyanchenko did more than enough, particularly during the second half of their bout, to win a unanimous decision

NEW YORK – Jose Benavidez Jr. feels more confident in his once-unreliable right leg than he did before his last fight. Benavidez became more open to exercises and treatments that have helped rebuild strength in a leg that was damaged during an unsolved shooting in August 2016. The Phoenix native notoriously favored his right leg

Boxing in his hometown of Bournemouth this weekend is a big deal for Chris Billam-Smith, so much so that he turned down a contract extension with Matchroom to do it. Billam-Smith defends his European and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles against Isaac Chamberlain on Saturday night at the Bournemouth International Centre (or the BIC as everyone calls

Stephen Espinoza remains confident that one of the most anticipated fights in boxing can materialize before the end of the year. The head of Showtime Boxing offered a brief update on negotiations for an undisputed welterweight fight between IBF, WBC, and WBA champion Errol Spence Jr. and WBO titlist Terence Crawford. Responding to suggestions that

Middleweight Amilcar Vidal, Jr. could be in line for a significant fight later this year, but must first take care of business tonight in his hometown. Vidal will face Gabriel Diaz at the Estadio American Box in Montevideo, Uruguay. The fight between Vidal and Diaz will precede the main event bout between junior featherweights David

Pick It: Danny Garcia vs. Jose Benavidez (Saturday, Showtime, 9:00 PM EST) It’s been awhile since 34-year old former lineal Jr. welterweight champion and welterweight beltholder Danny Garcia (36-3, 21 KO) last stepped in a ring. He’s hoping for a better result in his Jr. middleweight debut. Returning from a loss at welterweight to Errol

Two-division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia and exciting contender Jose Benavidez Jr. went face-to-face at a final press conference on Thursday and gave verbal clues of the explosive action they plan to dish out  in a super welterweight clash set for this Saturday, July 30 headlining live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in

Former world champ Kiko Martinez (43-11-2) comes back after a brief retirement. He fights in Valladolid on September 24 against an opponent to be announced. A “big fight” is according to Espabox to materialize in the near future. Martinez was last seen losing to IBF featherweight champ Josh Warrington after what can only be described

Jermall Charlo has a long laundry list of top-flight opponents he would like to face. His likelihood of facing them anytime soon may be another question. Charlo, the WBC middleweight champion from Houston, took to social media recently and rattled off a few noteworthy opponents he would like to swap punches with. During what appeared

The verbal jabs continued one week ahead of the Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. mega-fight as Rahman Jr. participated in an open media workout Tuesday night at DLX Boxing in Las Vegas. He wasted little time dissing Paul as a “mockery of our sport” saying he respected Paul’s work ethic, but

Hasim Rahman Jr. did not appreciate what he believed was subterfuge from members of Jake Paul’s inner circle. The son of the heavyweight champion recently got the nod to face the popular YouTuber-turned-boxer in an eight-round cruiserweight bout on Aug. 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Paul was originally

As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Croatian heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) will collide with China’s undefeated Zhilei Zhang (24-0-1, 19 KOs) in an IBF final eliminator. The bout will land as part of the undercard to the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua – who battle for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight straps

Former world champion Isaac Dogboe would love to get a crack at IBF featherweight king Josh Warrington. Dogboe was in action this past Saturday night, when he picked up a razor-close ten round split decision over Joet Gonzalez at the Grand Casino Hinckley in Minnesota. Dogboe has bounced back strong after suffering back to back defeats

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has confirmed reports that he’s in talks to return to the ring in an exhibition bout against Game of Thrones star Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson at a London stadium in November. Back in April, Fury retained his title with a knockout of Dillian Whyte in six rounds, before a crowd of

Third time wasn’t the charm when the EBU for the third time called for purse bids for the vacant heavyweight title. For the third time there were no bidders for the fight between co-challengers Umut Camkiran (18-0) and Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0).  As was the case last Monday when no one bid for the second round