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Naoya Inoue believes he can be next to wear the pound-for-pound crown left up for grabs in the wake of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s recent defeat. The unbeaten three-division and reigning WBA/IBF bantamweight champ will be able to stake his claim with a repeat win over WBC bantamweight titlist Nonito Donaire. The two meet again this

Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin is ready to get back on the horse and chase down a big fight in his division. Back in January, Martin was involved in a six round shootout with dangerous Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz in an IBF world title eliminator. Martin dropped Ortiz twice, before getting knocked out in

Naoya Inoue had a feeling that he hadn’t seen the last of Nonito Donaire after their first meeting. Their sensational November 2019 fight doubled as a bantamweight title unification clash and the final leg of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament, with Inoue claiming a well-earned twelve-round, unanimous decision. Following the fight, Yokohama’s Inoue

Rashidi Ellis is officially set for his Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) debut. BoxingScene.com has learned that the unbeaten welterweight will land on the already scheduled July 9 Showtime card from Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Ellis will face Argentina’s Alberto Palmetta in a welterweight bout that is expected to open the Showtime-televised tripleheader, confirming a

WBC and WBO 122-pound world champion Stephen Fulton Jr. displayed his full complement of skills and made his case as a top pound-for-pound fighter in a dominant unanimous decision win over former unified champion Danny Roman Saturday night in the main event of action live on Showtime in front of a sold-out crowd at The

George Kambosos Jr. entered the biggest fight of his career to date armed with a rematch clause in the event he came up short. The Sydney native did and is prepared to exercise said clause, even if he’s among an infinitesimal group who would actually want to see him fight Devin Haney a second time.

Yoel Angeloni enjoyed a successful pro debut with a win over an unbeaten opponent. The lean Cuban-Italian southpaw from Rome, Italy fended off a determined Ken Aitken to take a four-round, unanimous decision win. Judges Andrew Campbell (39-37), Brett Manton (39-37) and Martin O’Malley (40-36) all scored in favor of Angeloni—just days shy of his

MINNEAPOLIS – Stephen Fulton would prefer it if his fight against Daniel Roman weren’t about to air at the same time in the United States as the George Kambosos Jr.-Devin Haney bout. There will likely be at least some overlap Saturday night between Showtime’s telecast of the Fulton-Roman bout and ESPN’s broadcast of the Kambosos-Haney

Pick It: World Champion George Kambosos vs. TBRB #4 Devin Haney (Saturday, ESPN, 10:00 PM EST) Being honest, the three best fights over the next few days are all must-see. This one gets the top spot because it will have an event atmosphere that dwarfs its peers. Some 50,000 fans will pack into the stands

Hall of Fame trainer Teddy Atlas gave his take on Saturday’s big lightweight showdown between George Kambosos and Devin Haney. The two undefeated champions will collide for the WBC, IBF, WBO, WBA lightweight belts at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Kambosos is coming off the biggest win of his career. Last fall, he dropped and decisioned

Joe Cordina will challenge Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF Super-Featherweight World Title at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff on Saturday June 4, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). (photos by Mark Robinson) Welshman Cordina (14-0, 8 KOs), a former British and Commonwealth Champion at Lightweight, dropped down in weight to Super-Featherweight after handing

Devin Haney will have his greatest supporter by his side after all. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Bill Haney, Devin’s father/head trainer/manager, was granted a travel visa which will allow him to travel abroad to Melbourne. The eleventh-hour development leaves a tight window of opportunity, though efforts are being made to secure a flight for the

Eddie Hearn’s incessant overtures to Gervonta Davis resulted in a legal warning, according to the promoter. In recent weeks, Hearn, the outspoken head of Matchroom Boxing, has repeatedly stated his desire to sign Davis to a promotional contract, amid rumors that the hard-hitting Baltimore lightweight is on the outs with his longtime handlers at Mayweather

Four pounds. That’s all that separates the best bantamweight in the world, Naoya Inoue, and the man who may prove to be the best Jr. featherweight in the world, Stephen Fulton. For now. A lot can change. Some of the changes could happen in the next week. Over the course of four days, boxing will

Fighter’s primes are a tricky thing. They feel longer these days, largely because everything takes longer these days. In an era where someone getting in the ring three times in a year is celebrated, how can it not? Fighters do age less violently with less fights and more recovery. Even if fighters don’t actually stay

Heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois is aiming to make the biggest statement possible when he face WBA “regular” champion Trevor Bryan on June 11 in Miami, Florida. Dubois saw action in the United States last year, when he knocked out Juan Carlos Rubio during a Showtime pay-per-view event at Rocket Morgage Fieldhouse on August 29 in Cleveland,

Tony Harrison seems more impressed with Luis Arias’ performance during their run-in earlier this spring than in the ring this past weekend. The former WBC junior middleweight titlist made a point to scan out the result from Arias’ ten-round win over journeyman Jimmy Williams this Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The preliminary

After an impressive 2021, Thompson Boxing’s bantamweight contender, Saul “The Beast” Sanchez (18-1, 11 KOs), will make his 2022 debut as he headlines Thompson Boxing’s “Path To Glory” event on Friday, June 17th, 2022.  Sanchez will face the highly touted amateur standout, Eros Correa (11-1, 8 KOs), of San Jose, California in a 10-round main