Boxing Scene

Deontay Wilder is almost never at a loss for words. (photo by Ryan Hafey) A hometown presentation in his honor nearly brought the former WBC heavyweight champion to that point, as Wilder (42-2-1, 41KOs) fought back tears while addressing his adoring public Tuesday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A ceremony was held to present a life-size

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Anthony Joshua is slated to face Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch on July 23 in the Middle East. In September, Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) lost for the second time in his career when he dropped his WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles to Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) in

Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda is making power moves ahead of the biggest fight of his career. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the veteran junior welterweight contender has entered a multi-fight managerial deal with longtime influential industry figure Rick Mirigian. The deal comes as Zepeda awaits word on his mandatory title shot versus lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO champ Josh Taylor (19-0,

Promoter Ben Shalom of BOXXER is expecting fireworks when Hughie Fury and Michael Hunter meet in a WBA heavyweight title eliminator. Shalom says the fight will take place on July 2 in Manchester. Both boxers are reportedly on board with the fight and the event should be announced officially in the near future. Hughie Fury (26-3,

Amir Khan thinks welterweight contender Conor Benn has a chance to become the next biggest star in the British boxing firmament…on the express condition that Benn will have to, at some point, ditch the has-beens for legitimate contenders.   Khan, the Bolton, England, native who managed to become one of the biggest names in British

The next fight for Janibek Alimkhanuly will either be a first shot at the full WBO middleweight title or his first official defense of the belt. A destructive second-round knockout of England’s Danny Dignum saw Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly emerge as the interim WBO middleweight titlist this past Saturday at Resorts World Las Vegas. Days before the

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum expects WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to delay a final decision on his boxing future until the outcome of the upcoming rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Back in April, Fury knocked out mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte before a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium in London. After the fight,

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has criticized the WBA for attempting to force unified super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor into a mandatory bout with Alberto Puello.  Subsequently, Taylor handed back the WBA title but will now face WBC mandatory challenger Jose Zepeda next. Sulaiman said a meeting between four sanctioning bodies – WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO

Jamaine Ortiz earned his biggest win to date Saturday night on ESPN, out-working ex-Olympian and former world champion Jamel Herring via unanimous decision, 96-64 (judge Chris Migliore), and 97-93 twice (Max DeLuca and David Sutherland), at Resorts World Event Center to defend his NABF lightweight title and add the USBA crown to his résumé. Ranked

Connor “The Kid” Coyle (16-0, 7 KO’s) captured the NABA middleweight title after winning a spirited split decision against Atlanta, GA’s Antonio Todd (13-6, 7 KO’s) Saturday evening at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL. Broadcast live on the Bally Sports Network, Coyle controlled the early rounds by outworking Todd. Coyle found a home for

O2 Arena, London – In a high stakes light heavyweight clash, Joshua Buatsi (16-0, 13 KOs) fought his way to a twelve round unanimous decision over Craig Richards (17-3-1, 10 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson_ The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. Buatsi came out very fast in the first, pressing the action and looking

GLENDALE, Arizona – Luis ‘The Twist’ Nunez backed up his promise to disprove Jonathan Fierro’s claim that the Dominican Republic is only known for churning out top baseball talent.   The 22-year old Nunez outboxed and outslugged Fierro en route to a ten-round, unanimous decision victory. Judges Chris Flores (96-94), Dennis O’Connell (96-94) and Gonzalo

Jorge Cota is prepared to advance from trialhorse to thoroughbred. The hard-nosed junior middleweight from Los Mochis, Mexico has seen his number called many times, most often as a durable opponent for the division’s top tier talent. On paper, it appears to be the case this weekend, as the 34-year-old slugger is set to face

Nestled beside the train tracks near Selhurst station in South London, about 500 yards from the home of Crystal Palace Football Club is the South Norwood and Victory Amateur Boxing Club. This one small gym was the starting point for two of Britain’s best light-heavyweights. They clash on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in

Joseph Fernandez demonstrated remarkable resilience and recorded a career-changing win Friday night. Three months after suffering a first-round, technical-knockout defeat, Fernandez withstood a slow start against Zhiming Wang and won an eight-round unanimous decision in ProBox TV’s “Last Chance Tournament” in the 140-pound division. Fernandez took a lot of power punches in the first two

Former (?) WBA secondary heavyweight champion of the world, Mahmood “Manuel” Charr (32-4) continues his comeback with a showdown against Michael Wallisch (22-5) on May 28 at “Die Bucht” in Hamburg, Germany.  Charr fought a little over a year against puncher Christopher Lovejoy and easily stopped him in the second. That was his first fight

Eddie Hearn is clearly no fan of his former, disgraced heavyweight client Jarrell Miller. The Matchroom head used to promote Jarrell Miller, the brash heavyweight contender from Brooklyn whose career was derailed by a flurry of failed drug tests. But Hearn cut ties with him after Miller tested positive in three separate drug samples ahead

Junior welterweight Michael Dutchover (15-2, 10 KOs) will take part in The Last Chance Tournament when he battles veteran Clarence Booth (21-4, 13 KOs) in a scheduled 8-round bout on Friday night in Plant City, Florida. Dutchover of Midland, Texas is promoted by Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing. The fight will be streamed on the