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The last time Alexis Angulo weighed in for a televised main event, it was his opponent, David Benavidez, who came in nearly three pounds overweight for their 12-round, 168-pound title fight. Angulo was the fighter who arrived at the scale overweight Friday, though. The Colombian contender stepped on the New York State Athletic Commission’s scale

It would be fair to say that there have been some pretty high profile heavyweight scraps in Australia in recent years, but it would also be fair to say that most if not all of them would resemble corporate-style affairs, often with one or both combatants famous for their endeavors in sports other than boxing

Undefeated heavyweight knockout artist Bakhodir Jalolov (10-0, 10 KOs), a two-time Uzbekistan Olympian and 2020 Gold Medalist, and rising heavyweight prospect Jack Mulowayi (11-2-1, 7 KOs) both showed off their towering stature at Thursday’s official weigh-in a day ahead of their eight-round main event on SHOBOX: The New Generation tomorrow night, Friday, June 10 live

World cruiserweight contenders Richard Riakporhe and Fabio Turchi made their final pre-fight comments at today’s press conference in BoxPark Wembley, London ahead of their headline showdown this Saturday night in the world-famous Wembley Arena, live on Sky Sports. RICHARD RIAKPORHE vs FABIO TURCHI - IBF World Cruiserweight Championship Eliminator: Riakporhe: “This fight is perfect for me

Jonhatan “Maximus” Cardoso (14-0, 14 KOs), the Brazilian 135-pounder with an 100% knockout ratio, will take the toughest test of his career when he faces Panamanian Olympian Juan “El Olimpico” Huertas (15-3-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round main event for the WBO Latino lightweight title on Friday, June 17 in Panama City, Panama. Cardoso-Huertas, which

Devin Haney is fully confident he can travel to Australia again later this year and beat George Kambosos Jr. just as handily as he did Sunday afternoon at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. According to the contract he signed late in March, Haney has to face Kambosos in an immediate rematch in Australia in his next

Brandon Figueroa will make his featherweight debut July 9. BoxingScene.com has learned that the former WBC super bantamweight champion will return to the ring against an opponent who will also move up in weight, Carlos Castro. Showtime will televise Figueroa-Castro as its co-feature July 9 from Alamodome in San Antonio. The 12-round bout between Figueroa,

Oscar De La Hoya and Ryan Garcia were interested observers Saturday night when Devin Haney beat George Kambosos Jr. via unanimous decision for undisputed lightweight champion status.  The undefeated Garcia next faces Javier Fortuna on July 16 at the Crytpo.com Arena in Los Angeles on DAZN, and the rising 23-year-old phenom is looking for a

A fight at a new weight required a few changes for Jaime Munguia. The decision to briefly campaign at super middleweight—perhaps for just one night—prompted the unbeaten Tijuana native and his team to find a location more suitable to his preparation needs. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist normally trains at the famed Otomi Ceremonial

Newly crowned IBF super featherweight champion Joe Cordina is ready to pursue bigger fights and more gold in his weight class. This past Saturday night in Liverpool, Cordina captured the IBF belt with a brutal one-punch knockout of Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa in the second round. The outcome was impressive, as most observers saw Ogawa as

Former WBA “regular” heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne took his boxing career into his own hands, or should that be into his right hand, by taking out Junior Fa in two minutes on the Kambosos v Haney undercard this past Sunday.   A huge underdog leading into the fight the 43 year old Aussie

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