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Josh Taylor believes he has done everything possible on his end to make an immediate rematch with Jack Catterall and that the ball is now firmly in the latter’s court. The former undisputed 140-pound champion from Scotland said he is waiting on England’s Catterall to respond to an offer but warned that he will not

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Eddie Hearn continues to take issues with Oscar De La Hoya’s continued criticisms regarding Canelo Alvarez being matched against Dmitry Bivol. Back in May, Canelo moved up to the light heavyweight division to challenge Bivol for the WBA title. The Russian boxer outboxed Canelo over twelve rounds to secure

Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas – hard-hitting former world champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs) returned to the win column with a dominant sixth round TKO of Carlos Castro (27-2, 12 KOs) in their WBC Featherweight Title Eliminator. Competing in his first fight at featherweight, and first action since dropping a narrow decision

Eddie Hearn does not believe there was anything misleading about Anthony Joshua’s recent career pledge to DAZN, even though the platform will not be streaming his upcoming and arguably most important fight to date. Sky, the British broadcaster, reportedly retained rights to the Aug. 20 heavyweight title unification rematch between Anthony Joshua and WBO, WBA,

Errol Spence did his best to strictly wear his promoter’s hat this week but knew that questions about a Terence Crawford fight would soon surface. The topic came up in a hurry in between fights on Showtime’s tripleheader Saturday evening from Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Spence was on site in support of rising lightweight

SAN ANTONIO – Fabian Diaz endured about as difficult a pro debut as he could’ve expected Saturday. The young junior lightweight went toe-to-toe with rugged Mexican Julio Gomez for four full rounds on the non-televised portion of the Mark Magsayo-Rey Vargas undercard at Alamodome. Diaz, of Edinburg, Texas, won all four rounds on each scorecard,

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito, Demetrius Andrade, Janibek, Jake Paul vs. Rahman, Jaron Ennis, Joe Joyce, more How are you doing Breadman? What would you say are some of the most badass things you have seen boxers to do in the ring

Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr.’s protégé, undefeated middleweight prospect Andrew “White Lightning” Murphy (5-0, 4 KOs), will be fighting at home for the first time as a professional on July 14th in the 8-round, co-feature event on the RJJ Boxing on UFC Fight Pass card, at Yakima Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington. Murphy, 22,

Two years ago, Youtube star turned boxer Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr. were involved in a heated sparring session where they had to be separated in the aftermath. Next month, they will finally settle their difference in the ring. On Thursday, Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) announced that he was

Shakur Stevenson thinks it would be a shame for his career to end without having had a go at one of the top boxers in the world today. Stevenson, the WBO and WBC 130-pound titlist from Newark, New Jersey, also realizes that a fight with the three-division titlist from Ukraine should be relatively easy to

Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), has revealed that his organization is in the process of moving its main office to the United States. The sanctioning body, which has been headquartered in Panama in recent years, will now have its main office in the city of Houston, Texas. The WBA will

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Sky Sports have reportedly won the rights to broadcast the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua fight in the UK, beating a bid from DAZN, despite Joshua agreeing a deal with DAZN last month. The Telegraph’s Gareth A. Davies was the first to report this development. The fight, for the WBA, WBO

Javier Fortuna has fallen short each time he’s stepped up his opposition, and the former 130-pound champion will look to flip his fortunes when he takes on Ryan Garcia at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on DAZN on July 16. Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs) lost his WBA super featherweight title in his first pro

The upcoming junior middleweight clash between Danny Garcia and Jose Benavidez will also feature a battle of fathers. Danny Garcia is trained by his father Angel Garcia, while Benavidez is also trained by father, Jose Benavidez Sr. The two fighters will collide in a do or die Showtime televised fight on July 30 at Barclays

Savannah Marshall seemingly touched a nerve with Claressa Shields during their press conference Tuesday in London. Marshall needled Shields by repeatedly telling the undefeated three-division champion that she isn’t a draw in her home country. According to Marshall, Shields’ inability to sell a substantial number of tickets in the United States is the reason that

The road back to title contention will have to come in time for Jarrell Miller. A regular stream of ring activity, however, is well in the unbeaten heavyweight’s control—and very much in the cards. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Brooklyn’s Miller will appear as part of a July 23 show in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The appearance

Mark Magsayo hopes he is wrong, but the unbeaten WBC featherweight champion expects that he’ll have to chase after Rey Vargas during their 12-round title fight Saturday night. Vargas’ history suggests that he won’t engage with a puncher like Magsayo, who will make the first defense of the 126-pound championship he won from Gary Russell

Claressa Shields scoffed at Savannah Marshall’s claim Tuesday that she has more heart than the self-proclaimed “GWOAT.” Shields dismissed Marshall during a conference call as a weight bully built up by beating smaller opponents who’ve taken fights against her on short notice. Marshall, the only boxer who has defeated Shields as an amateur or pro,