Boxing Scene

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
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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
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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
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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
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The emphatic knockout and some competitive early rounds shouldn’t obscure the obvious. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Rolando Romero had almost no chance to win last weekend and the finish was all but inevitable. Romero had barely more than a novice’s professional experience, a belief in his power, and technique that begs for the sort of
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George Kambosos Jr. wondered aloud why Devin Haney shared the stage with him on Monday. It wasn’t because the unbeaten lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight champion feels his WBC counterpart from Las Vegas doesn’t deserve to share the spotlight or the ring with him, at least not at this moment.  As BoxingScene.com recently reported, Australia’s Kambosos used his
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NEW YORK – Gervonta Davis laughed when he was informed during their post-fight press conference that Rolando Romero requested an immediate rematch a few minutes earlier Sunday morning. “Hey, I don’t know, man,” Davis replied. “Shout out to him.” All kidding aside, Davis doesn’t think what transpired during their lightweight title fight warrants a rematch.
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