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LAS VEGAS – Dmitry Bivol will be the eighth world champion Canelo Alvarez will have faced in his past 10 fights after Saturday night. The Mexican superstar can become a two-time light heavyweight champion by beating Bivol in their 12-round fight for Bivol’s WBA 175-pound championship at T-Mobile Arena. If the favored Alvarez wins, he

The concerns raised by Seniesa Estrada have been heard loud and clear by the top brass at Golden Boy Promotions. However, there exists confusion as to how things managed to reach this point. East Los Angeles’ Estrada (22-0, 9KOs) has been vocal in recent weeks in her displeasure over the pay offered for her next

Undefeated WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo will hold a Juneteenth celebration in his hometown for the second-straight year when he steps into the ring to face tough former title challenger Maciej Sulecki on Saturday, June 18 live on SHOWTIME from Toyota Center in Houston in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The SHOWTIME

Canelo Alvarez sees no reason to abandon his long standing ring philosophy in his next fight.   The 31-year-old Mexican superstar and current undisputed 168-pound champion is set to take on WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol of Russia in a 12-round, 175-pound title bout May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Less than a month before Saul “Canelo” Alvarez invaded the light heavyweight division for the first time and knocked out Sergey Kovalev in 11 rounds in November 2019, Dmitry Bivol was preparing for another defense of his WBA title, which turned out to be a near-shutout 12-round victory over

Another dominant performance from Shakur Stevenson drew higher viewership than the previous Stevenson fight ESPN televised. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that an average of 1,353,000 viewers watched Stevenson’s 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Oscar Valdez in their 130-pound title unification fight Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ESPN’s audience for Stevenson-Valdez,

LAS VEGAS – Full title unification in the 130-pound division isn’t nearly as important to Bob Arum as it is to Shakur Stevenson. Stevenson’s 90-year-old promoter adamantly dismissed the possibility of Stevenson fighting WBA champ Roger Gutierrez or IBF champ Kenichi Ogawa next during a post-fight interview with BoxingScene.com on Saturday night at MGM Grand.

All of a sudden, he’s a generational talent. It seems like only yesterday – or at least not too long ago – that Canelo Alvarez was a precocious phenom being touted by his promotional apparatus as a lock to be a superstar. Now, a few months before he turns 32, he’s exactly where the hype

As usual, the first week of May brings with it the return to the ring of the best pound-for-pound fighter of today, Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who will challenge Dmitry Bivol for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title in the midst of the important patriotic date for Mexican people. (photos by Melina Pizano)

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Referee Michael Griffin decided a hands-free approach was the only way to officiate the dramatic tussle he presided over Saturday night. Before a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Ireland’s Katie Taylor, the undisputed women’s lightweight champion, went toe to toe with Brooklyn’s Amanda Serrano,

French veteran Yvan Mendy (47-5-1) won the vacant EBU lightweight last night in Pont Sainte Maxence with a unanimous decision over Italian Gianluca Ceglia (17-4-1).  Mendy now has Finn Edis Tatli as mandatory challenger. Tatli beat Mendy back in 2015 in a fight for the then vacant EBU title but it was close enough to

Katie Taylor edged out Amanda Serrano to retain her undisputed lightweight crown in an epic fight for the ages at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York City. Taylor was trying to fight off in the early rounds. Serrano came on very strong in the fifth and had her fans on her feet as

Madison Square Garden, New York City – In an undisputed showdown for the WBC, IBF, WBO, WBA super middleweight titles, Franchon Crews-Dezurn (8-1, 2 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Elin Cederroos (8-1, 4 KOs). (photos by Ed Mulholland) The scores were 99-91, 99-91, 97-93. Crews-Dezurn came out swinging with a lot of

LAS VEGAS – Nico Ali Walsh delivered the improved performance he predicted Saturday night. Muhammad Ali’s grandson knocked out Alejandro Ibarra with a picture-perfect left-right combination late in the first round of their four-round middleweight match at MGM Grand Garden Arena. ESPN aired Ali Walsh’s impressive victory as the opener of a three-bout broadcast that’ll

The knock on Oscar Valdez’s otherwise unblemished pro career heading into 2021 was his penchant for fighting up or down to the level of competition. It still rang true in the past year, though it at least came with a career-defining performance and a second divisional title. Valdez brought his A-game for a stunningly one-sided,

NEW YORK – Franchon Crews-Dezurn has grown all too accustomed to the game letting her down. The upcoming showdown with fellow unified super middleweight titlist Elin Cederros has been more than a year in the making for Baltimore’s Crews-Dezurn, who has learned to accept what fate had in store. “I’m here in the moment and

NEW YORK – Elin Cederroos is honored to contribute to a history-making show at the sport’s most iconic venue. The unbeaten WBA/IBF super middleweight champion will become the first Swedish boxer to defend a title at Madison Square Garden when she steps into the ring this Saturday (DAZN, 7:30 p.m. ET). She will also have

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are set to make history in an epic battle for Taylor’s undisputed Lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday, April 30 live worldwide on DAZN – and Taylor is thrilled to be part of shining the brightest ever light on women’s boxing. (photos by Ed Mulholland)