Boxing Scene

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

LOS ANGELES – Oscar De La Hoya hasn’t underestimated Javier Fortuna. “The Golden Boy” believes the strong southpaw will present legitimate danger for Ryan Garcia on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena. If the heavily favored Garcia wins, De La Hoya anticipates a difficult fight of his own when he tries to make the high-profile fight

THE PRESS CONFERENCE for Saturday night’s bumper show at the Copper Box Arena took place this afternoon at the BT Sport studios, just a stone’s throw from the venue, and the headline fighters joined promoter Frank Warren to exchange some final messages ahead of the weigh-in on Friday.  Frank was flanked by top of the

WHEN I LOOK down our stacked card for the bumper show at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday I am convinced that it features a good number of future world champions. I have such confidence in our band of elite young fighters and healthy ticket sales suggest that the fans are getting behind them in

George Foreman says he is being targeted by two women who are accusing him of sexual abuse in the 1970s and that he denies all their claims, calling them an extortion attempt. In a statement published Wednesday, the iconic heavyweight champion asserted that the two women have been trying to extract “millions of dollars” from

Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. didn’t waste any time expressing their dislike for each other during a heated and at times frenzied press conference on Tuesday, vowing to knock the other out ahead of their cruiserweight clash scheduled for eight rounds on Saturday, August 6 live on SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m.

Dean Longeran, promoter for newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, is open to the idea of matching his boxer against the winner of the upcoming clash between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain. Billam-Smith and Chamberlain will collide on July 30 in Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports. Earlier this month, Opetaia shocked the division when he outboxed

Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo will put aside their title consolidation bout to instead allow for the first flyweight unification bout in nearly a decade. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that terms were reached between Martinez and Arroyo that will see the two enter separate fights in lieu of an ordered WBC flyweight title fight rematch.

Two-time lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (29-1-1, 15 KOs) has reunited with his original head trainer when he turned pro in 2009, Orlando Cuellar, for his July 30th fight airing on Showtime against undefeated 2016 US Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell (15-0, 15 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. A celebrated Cuban

Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs), explains that his upcoming opponent, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr., is now looking to secure a bigger purse for their fight. Paul and Rahman are scheduled to go face to face on Tuesday, as a press conference in New York City to officially announce their showdown.

Dmitry Bivol finally has his marching orders. The leading candidate for 2022 Fighter of the Year has been summoned to next make a mandatory defense of his WBA light heavyweight title against number-one contender Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. The bout was formally ordered by the WBA on Monday afternoon, with the two sides given until August