Boxing Scene

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

IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington is still eager to have a unification showdown with WBA champion Leo Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz holds the WBA’s ‘super title’ at 126-pounds, while Leigh Wood is the “regular” champion. Warrington recently reclaimed the IBF strap with a knockout of Kiko Martinez. During the big win, Warrington suffered a fractured jaw

Super Middleweight: David Benavidez now holds an interim designation from the WBC, theoretically putting him in line for a crack at Saul Alvarez in the future.   Middleweight: Gennadiy Golovkin is once again partially unified in the division after a stoppage of Ryota Murata. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly is now the WBO interim titlist, positioned to assume

Undefeated heavyweight knockout artist Bakhodir Jalolov took his time on Friday night, but ultimately closed the show in dramatic fashion with an eighth-round knockout over Jack Mulowayi in the main event of a SHOBOX: The New Generation telecast at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. that helped kick off the International Boxing Hall of

Honda Center, Anaheim, California – Top middleweight contender Jaime Munguia (40-0, 32 KOs) struggled in the first four rounds. He finally unleashed his power in the fifth, to score three knockdowns to secure a stoppage of Jimmy Kelly (26-3, 10 KOs). The fight took place at a catch-weight of 165-pounds. Entering the fight, Kelly was

Jimmy ‘Kilrain’ Kelly has heard just about enough of those who don’t give him any shot of beating Jaime Munguia this weekend. The 29-year-old Brit is a longshot underdog to upend Tijuana’s Munguia (39-0, 31KOs) in their scheduled 12-round super middleweight bout at Honda Center in Anaheim California (Saturday, DAZN, 8:00 p.m. ET). More time

A clash featuring content creators will headline a pay-per-view card at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on July 30 when Austin McBroom takes on AnEsonGib in a six-round professional boxing match.  One of the featured attractions will include former NBA star Nick Young taking on rapper Blueface, a source with direct knowledge of the

‘Gentleman’ George Arias hung on to his undefeated record with a tight split decision win over Alante Green in a heavyweight eight-rounder on Lou DiBella’s Shobox show at the Turning Stone Casino.  The first round was largely exploratory with Arias moving, looking for openings but Green worked to close the distance in the second. Both