Boxing Scene

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. 

Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California – In a bout taking place at junior welterweight, Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) dropped former world champion Javier Fortuna (37-4-1, 26 KOs) three times for a knockout in the sixth round. After controlling the first three round, Garcia dropped Fortuna for the first time in the fourth with a

The International Boxing Association (IBA) Board of Directors held a hybrid meeting as members assembled in Algeria and online to discuss several key decisions, including the location of the forthcoming Extraordinary Congress. The Congress will be held on a date to-be-decided between 24 September and 1 October in Armenia, Yerevan and will be live streamed

LOS ANGELES – David Jimenez made the most of the biggest opportunity of his career Saturday. The unknown flyweight from Costa Rica upset Ricardo Sandoval by majority decision in their 12-round WBA elimination match on the Ryan Garcia-Javier Fortuna undercard at Crypto.com Arena. Jimenez dropped Sandoval in the 11th round and overcame a point deduction

Details of delicate dealings among competing promoters and television networks or streaming services often are kept private. That was the case early in 2021, when representatives for Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia quietly made progress toward matching those two popular, undefeated lightweight knockout artists. Garcia feels he has unfairly been blamed for their fight falling

Rising heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. is wasting little time getting back to work. The recent U.S. Olympic silver medalist, who improved to 2-0 with a first-round stoppage over Roberto Zavala Jr. Friday evening at Pechanga Resort Casino, returns in a six-rounder against Marco Antonio Canedo on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

TEMECULA, California – Richard Torrez Jr.’s second professional fight went much smoother than his pro debut. The 2021 Olympic silver medalist stopped overmatched Roberto Zavala Jr. just 58 seconds into their six-round heavyweight fight Friday at Pechanga Resort Casino. The left-handed Torrez tattooed the shorter, slower Zavala with several flush punches, which quickly caused referee

Deontay Wilder appears to be inching closer to his ring return. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The former WBC heavyweight champion of the world has been absent from the sport since suffering his second consecutive knockout defeat to Tyson Fury in October in what ended up being the 2021 fight of the year.  Wilder (42-2-1, 41

LOS ANGELES – As the proverbial “B” side of this promotion, Javier Fortuna feels he cannot allow his 12-round fight with Ryan Garcia to go the distance. The Dominican southpaw suspects that no matter what transpires against Garcia, he won’t be able to beat the popular lightweight contender on the scorecards Saturday night at Crypto.com