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In a little less than two full rounds, Artur Beterbiev threw 102 punches and landed 48 of them (47%) on Joe Smith. In the power punch category, Beterbiev threw 63 and landed 34 (54%). Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York – For the IBF, WBC, WBO light heavyweight titles, Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs)

Tyson Fury was reportedly refused entry into the United States by US immigration officials while trying to board a flight due to his links to accused Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan, according to Sunday World. In April, Kinahan was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury, and the government announced a $5 million

Artur Beterbiev is the only legitimate champion in boxing who has knocked out every opponent he has faced in a professional fight. Joe Smith Jr. has not been truly knocked out in 31 pro bouts. The only time Smith was stopped inside the distance was when, as a 6-0 prospect in August 2010, he suffered

Sweat pours down the face of heavyweight Luis Ortiz. He wraps up his training session at Tropical Park and without much rest sets out to answer questions about the subject everyone wants to know about: his potential fight against former world champion Andy Ruiz – which some expect to take place sometime in the summer,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Neither Artur Beterbiev nor Joe Smith Jr. uttered a word while they stared at each other on a stage Friday inside Madison Square Garden. These two light heavyweight champions simply aren’t built for talking trash. They prefer to make statements with their fists, which is why there is so

NEW YORK – Bob Arum assumes Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. will be respectful of each other’s power early in their light heavyweight title unification fight Saturday night. The 90-year-old promoter expects that caution to last all of “a round or two.” Then he anticipates the two hard-hitting 175-pound champions to engage in entertaining

According to George Kambosos, the once-beaten boxer has activated his rematch clause for an immediate second fight with Devin Haney. On June 5, before a crowd of over 40,000 fans at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Haney outboxed Kambosos over twelve rounds to become the undisputed lightweight world champion. Local pundits believe the second bout between

Terence Crawford is beyond the point of entertaining any fight other than the one he’s wanted since moving up to welterweight. The unbeaten three-division champ and highly rated pound-for-pound entrant is determined to do his part to land an undisputed welterweight championship with unbeaten rival Errol Spence Jr. Crawford has held the WBO belt since

Robert Garcia was all in for training one of boxing’s biggest heavyweight stars in Anthony Joshua ahead of the Londoner’s upcoming rematch against Oleksandr Usyk, on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. There was just one stipulation that he required before he signed on to be part of Team Joshua. The Riverside, California-based veteran trainer wanted

Former two-division world champion Luis “Nica” Concepcion (39-9, 28 KOs) will look to shine in front of a hometown crowd against Venezuelan Juan “Pequita” Lopez (15-8-1,14 KOs) in the co-main event of Cardoso-Huertas this Friday, June 17 at La Doce Sports Center in Panama City, Panama. The event, which is promoted by ProBox Promotions with

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has fired back at Dillian Whyte for his post-fight claims of an “illegal” push. Fury compared Whyte to Deontay Wilder, who made wild allegations in the aftermath of his second fight with Fury in 2020. Back in April, before a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium, Fury knocked out Whyte

Floyd Mayweather reiterated Monday night what his promotional company’s CEO stated in the immediate aftermath of Gervonta Davis’ knockout of Rolando Romero late last month. Mayweather emphasized after announcing his next exhibition that his relationship with Davis is strong and that the undefeated knockout artist will continue his professional partnership with Mayweather Promotions. Leonard Ellerbe,

The organizers of Unity Day L.A. today announced that Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will lead the inaugural Unity Walk at 10am on July 4 in Pomona, California.  Unity Day LA will include celebrity boxing exhibitions, musicians Aaron Carter vs Chico De Barge and comedy duo J. Valentino vs Concrete.

WBC 15 ranked heavyweight its International champion Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0) has challenged WBC # 14 Agit Kabayel (22-0 / 24-2) on social media. Kossbutskiy is promoted by Universum in Hamburg, Germany, while Kabayel is with SES from not far Magdeburg. Can the fight be made? If the teams can come to terms and wants it

Regis Prograis feels like he is the odd man out in the junior welterweight class. The 140-pound contender from New Orleans recently blew off some steam in a video posted on his social media account in which he decried his divisional rivals for refusing to acknowledge him. Prograis, a former titlist who lives in Houston,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Floyd Mayweather Jr. will continue his exhibition tour. The newly Hall of Fame-enshrined former five-division champion and pound-for-pound king has confirmed his next exhibition fight, which will come against mixed martial artist Mikuru Asakura. The event will take place as part of a Rizin Fighting Federation show this September

Jermell Charlo’s next fight will be a mandatory title defense. Against which mandatory is currently a matter for the sanctioning bodies to resolve amongst themselves. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, WBO president Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel announced over the weekend that a deal was reached for Charlo to next face WBO junior middleweight mandatory challenger Tim

Sentimental. Nostalgic. Maudlin. Get to a certain age and the gap between them narrows significantly. Particularly when certain milestones arrive. That was the case this past Saturday, when it was officially 40 years since the first big heavyweight fight of my boxing fan lifetime – Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney for the WBC championship. It’s