Boxing Scene

Gabriel Flores Jr.’s past two performances have made his debut as a full-fledged lightweight an immensely important fight for him. Flores absorbed a beating during a one-sided, 10-round, unanimous-decision loss to Luis Alberto Lopez 10 months ago in Tucson, Arizona. The Stockton, California native barely beat Abraham Montoya in his following fight, another 10-rounder he

Shakur Stevenson believes he, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis are in a class of their own, and that a mouth-watering “round-robin” awaits them in the future. The WBO, WBC 130-pound champion from Newark, New Jersey expressed his admiration for—and desire to fight—Haney, the undisputed 135-pound champion from Oakland, California, and “Tank” Davis, the hard hitting

Gervonta Davis has finally broken his silence about potentially fighting Ryan Garcia. Garcia has been pounding the table in recent months – and even more so this week after knocking out Javier Fortuna on Saturday – calling for a tilt with Tank. On Friday night, Davis expressed his stance on the super fight.  “I haven’t

Isaac Dogboe needed a second try Friday to make weight for a fight he hopes earns him a third shot at Emmanuel Navarrete. Once Dogboe removed his socks, he officially weighed in at 125.8 pounds for his 12-round, 126-pound fight against Joet Gonzalez on Saturday night in Hinckley, Minnesota. Gonzalez weighed 125.6 pounds on his

Mikaela Mayer has always been confident about her promoter’s confidence in her value. That is why the 32-year-old Southern California native and current unified (WBO, IBF) 130-pound titlist is not surprised that the biggest fight of her career will take place on a Top Rank-promoted, ESPN-broadcasted card (Sky in the United Kingdom). Mayer takes on

Tucked little more than a stoplight from a bustle of commercial activity in a major shopping area, there is a square space that could be confused for a warehouse or garage to a casual passer-by. It is something else altogether.  The Enigma Boxing Club in Capitol Heights, Maryland, is the fistic home of a former

O’Shaquie Foster has described sparring sessions with Shakur Stevenson as like an “intense game of chess” that made the gym crowd fall silent. Foster is ranked as the number one super featherweight contender with the WBC and is next in line for a shot at fellow American Stevenson.  The pair are friends, have shared countless

LOS ANGELES – Andy Ruiz Jr.’s son AJ approached Luis Ortiz while he was courting the media with a special treat on Tuesday.  The 10-year-old stood behind Ortiz and offered the Cuban heavyweight contender a cookie from one of the boxed lunches nearby. “I think it would be nice,” said AJ, who is officially named

Veteran heavyweight fighter Joey Dawejko (21-10-4, 12 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA, will make a triumphant return to the ring Thursday, September 1 at 7 pm when he steps through the ropes at Parx Casino in an eight-round bout against Mike Marshall (6-3-1, 4 KOs) out of Danbury, CT. Dawejko, for training purposes, has been a

On Wednesday, August 10, at the historic Garden Theater in Midtown Detroit, two of the hardest punchers in all of boxing will return to the ring against dangerously powerful opponents, as Salita Promotions will continue leading the resurgence of Motown boxing with a special mid-summer, mid-week edition of their popular Detroit Brawl series, featuring IBF

Andy Ruiz Jr. has a date for his next bout, but he’s already looking forward to a potential next matchup should everything successfully follow to plan when he takes on Luis Ortiz on Sept. 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on FOX pay-per-view.  The former heavyweight champion Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs) is eyeing

Championship boxing returns to The HALL at Live! inside Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland as rising super featherweight Jordan “Short Dog” White takes on Derrick Murray for the WBC USNBC and NABF super featherweight titles on Saturday night, August 6th. The card is promoted by Jeter Promotions. Jeter Promotions is back at Live! Casino &

Claressa Shields is not concerned with Savannah Marshall exercising a rematch clause in the aftermath of their upcoming fight. Shields, who holds the IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight titles, will collide with WBO titleholder Marshall in an undisputed showdown on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London. The two have had a rivalry for several

One of New England’s brightest prospects, Brockton (MA) welterweight David “The Blessed One” Ribeiro (1-0, 1 KO), has been added to “The Next Chapter” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, on Saturday night, August 6, at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The 25-year-old Ribeiro faces 71-fight veteran DeWayne Wisdom in a 4-round match. Ribeiro

During a recent interview, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs) explained that he was ordered to take it easy on Jake Paul during their sparring session from two years ago. He was threatened, with payment withholding, if he knocked Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) out in the spar. Next month, they will meet in

Today was a big day at the EBU office in Rome with no less than five different purse bids that went ahead at noon and here are the results: The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Umut Camkiran (18-0) and Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0) again had no interested bidders, and the title isn’t just

Daniel Uribe, a Chilean amateur standout, has signed a long-term deal with Tony Tolj’s Dragon Fire Boxing. Uribe comes from a host of standout South Americans and joins Tolj’s ever-growing international stable that includes top contenders Andrew and Jason Moloney. Uribe discussed turning professional and outlined his hopes moving forward. He said, “Turning professional with Tony

Austin “No Doubt” Trout improved his record to 35-5-1 with a majority decision win over Florin Cardos (21-4) on Friday night in Germany.  The former super welterweight champion has now won 4 fights in a row since his 2019 split draw against Terrell Gausha.  At 36-years-old, Trout’s goal is to become a world champion again.