Boxing Scene

As the old adage goes, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Nonito Donaire expressed repeatedly in the lead up to his highly anticipated 118-pound title unification rematch with Naoya Inoue that he would employ a much more tactful strategy against the Japanese dynamo than he did in the first bout.

HBO has officially announced that WBO, WBA, IBO super lightweight champion Kali Reis (19-7-1, 5 KOs) will star opposite Jodie Foster in the next installment of the popular series True Detective. The upcoming season, called ‘True Detective: Night Country,’ will be filmed in Iceland. According to the HBO, the storyline will revolve around the disappearance

The summer just got hotter with Chris Billam-Smith facing top contender Isaac Chamberlain in a sizzling domestic showdown on Saturday 30th July at the Bournemouth International Centre, live and exclusive on Sky Sports. Bournemouth star Billam-Smith (15-1-0, 11 KOs) faces flash Londoner Chamberlain (14-1-0, 8 KOs) in a real 50-50, hard-to-call, clash that pits the

Eddie Hearn has rejected criticisms that Derek Chisora should retire, but says that if he does not beat Kubrat Pulev next month, it might be the right moment to call time on his career. Chisora faces two-time world title challenger Pulev at the O2 Arena, London, on July 9. It looks like a last chance

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is backing Oleksandr Usyk to win in more convincing fashion in the rematch with Anthony Joshua. Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds last September, to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua exercised an immediate rematch clause. The second bout takes place

Josh Kelly (11-1-1, 7 KOs) and Aaron Chalmers (1-0) are set to shine as Wasserman Boxing heads to the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle for a massive night of free-to-air boxing on Saturday July 30, live on Channel 5 in association with William Hill, Numan and Infinitum Entertainment. After a slick stoppage win over Peter

The first doubleheader in Massachusetts’ long professional boxing history, “Road 2 Stardom”, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, was a success last night, at Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, Massachusetts. (photo by Emily Harney) In the evening card’s main event, rising welterweight prospect Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (8-0, 6 KOs) methodically and thoroughly outboxed upset-minded Maycon Oller

On September 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz will attempt to place himself back in position for a world title shot when he takes on fellow Mexican and veteran contender Eduardo Ramírez in a WBC lightweight eliminator. Their fight is set down as the Fox Sports pay-per-view co-feature to the

A dare to be great has positioned Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez to potentially run the tables in a division that wasn’t in his sights at the start of the year. Boxing’s youngest reigning champion drew industry wide accolades yet again, the latest heap of praise courtesy of his eighth-round stoppage of former two-time 115-pound champ Srisaket

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Former WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has still not made a final decision on a ring return. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Last October, the 36-year-old fighter was knocked out in the eleventh round of his trilogy fight with current WBC beltholder Tyson Fury. Wilder overcame an early knockdown

Raymond Ford was far more impressive against an unbeaten Texan than was the case in his previous outing. The unbeaten Camden-bred featherweight delivered perhaps his most complete performance to date in shutting down San Antonio’s Richard Medina over ten rounds. Scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 in favor of Ford, who came up big on

LOS ANGELES – Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin kicked off the promotional tour of their much-anticipated trilogy fight on Friday at The Hollywood Legion Theater, and there was no love lost between the two archrivals.  The two squared off face-to-face for the first time since Alvarez scored a disputed majority decision win in 2018. The

Jake Paul (5-0) is less than two months away from what on paper will be his toughest test in the ring. On December 18th he takes on light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury (8-0) in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  They were scheduled to collide last

Jan Paul Rivera has yet to see the second round of a pro bout. The 21-year-old boxer from Ponce, Puerto Rico made quick work of Los Angeles’ Cesar Martinez, scoring a first-round knockout in their featherweight bout Friday evening on ProBox TV from Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Martinez (4-7-2, 1KOs) was trapped along

Sam Eggington aims to continue his good fortunes in his new favorite venue. The always entertaining 28-year-old Brit moves back down to junior middleweight in hopes of picking up a regional title at the weight and extending his current three-fight win streak. The next step for the Smethwick-bred boxer comes in a scheduled 10-round bout

COME OCTOBER OF this year, we can look forward to welcoming one of the most formidable fighters on the planet to London when Artur Beterbiev rocks up to take on our own Anthony Yarde in defence of his three world title belts. We had to think ahead with our strategy for putting this fight in

Tim Tszyu did not hide his appreciation for the strategy Jermell Charlo employed in his successful attempt at unifying the 154-pound division. The Houston-based Charlo defeated Argentina’s Brian Castano by dramatic 10th-round knockout in their much-anticipated rematch in May at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, to grab hold of all four belts

Jake Paul is already well aware that Tommy Fury fights very differently than Tyron Woodley. The former UFC welterweight champion clearly is the more proven opponent, despite that Woodley made his professional boxing debut in losing an eight-round split decision to Paul on August 29 in Cleveland and was then knocked out in the sixth