Boxing Scene

ProBox TV’s “Last Chance Tournament” 140 lb. semi-finals will take place on Friday, August 5, beginning at 7:15 pm ET at the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, Florida (suburb of Tampa) and will be streamed live, beginning at 9 pm ET at PROBOXTV.com or the ProBox TV app (available here).  A ProBox TV monthly

As BoxingScene.com reported on Wednesday, Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce will take on former world champion Joseph Parker on September 24 at the AO Arena in Manchester exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office, promoted by Frank Warren for Queensberry Promotions in association with BOXXER. The heavyweight collision between No.1 and No.2 in the

Welterweight, Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (15-1-1, 10 KOs), who battles Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs), this Saturday, August 6th on the undercard of Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson, has a new team in place. Cobbs is now training in Oxnard, CA with Roger Romo and his core team. Hooker vs. Cobbs, a

Tomoki Kameda battered William Encarnacion Saturday night, dropping him three times en route to a knockout win at Central Gym in Kobe, Japan. Kameda, who resides in Nishinomiya, Japan, improves to 39-3, 21 knockouts. Now campaigning as a featherweight, the taller Kameda landed the more effective punches from the opening bell. Encarnacion was game, but

French heavyweight Tony Yoka (11-1) will return in October most likely in the US, writes LÉquipe. Yoka suffered an upset loss to Martin Bakole (18-1) in May when he lost a majority decision after being dropped twice.  Yoka had no excuses afterwards and simply stated on Twitter that he had lost to a better man.

Marlen Esparza left San Antonio with her fondest boxing memory to date following her most recent in-ring feat. It’s hardly her end game. A win over Japan’s Naoka Fujioka saw Houston’s Esparza (12-1, 1KO) emerge as the unified lineal/WBA/WBC/Ring flyweight champion following a ten-round, unanimous decision win on April 9 at Alamodome. Esparza described it

A next step has finally come of the title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood. The long-ago ordered title fight is once again the subject of a purse bid hearing. The WBA has assigned a date of August 12 via Zoom conference call, alerting all registered promoters via official document, a copy

A sizable audience tuned in Saturday night to watch Danny Garcia’s first fight in almost 20 months. Nielsen Media Research released viewership figures Tuesday that indicated Garcia’s 12-round, majority-decision victory over Jose Benavidez Jr. was watched by an average audience of 450,000 on Showtime. Garcia-Benavidez drew a peak audience of 478,000. Those totals made Garcia-Benavidez

Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr., (15-1, 9 KOs), now campaigning as a junior welterweight, headlines this Saturday night’s “The Last Chapter,” presented by Granite Chin Promotions, at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Fighting out of nearby Holbrook (MA), Ohan takes on Argentinian Jonathan “Yoni” Ariel Sosa (7-13-2, 4 KOs)

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says the British star is ‘confident about the gameplan’ that he put together with new trainer Robert Garcia, for the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Last September, Joshua executed the wrong gameplan and was outboxed over twelve rounds by

Super middleweight Lester Martinez remained unbeaten Saturday night, defeating Rodolfo Gomez by unanimous decision at Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas. Scores were 100-90, 99-91, and 97-93 for Martinez, who improves to 12-0, 10 knockouts. Fighting before a pro-Gomez crowd, Martinez remained calm, landing thudding hooks and crosses that broke down the taller Gomez. As

The future of Fighter Locker, a Boston-based boxing management company, was on display last night in Colombia as 2-time Olympians Yuberjen “Tremendo” Martinez and “El Tsunami” Leonel de los Santos were dominant in their ESPN Deportes fights at Elias Chegwin Coliseum in Barranquilla. The 30-year-old Martinez, who represented Colombia in the last two summer Olympic

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