Boxing Scene

With a win on Saturday night, Austin “Ammo” Williams (10-0) will take a big step forward in his young career.  The 25-year-old southpaw takes on Chordale Booker (17-0) on the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor undercard at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Former champions Jessie Vargas and Liam Smith will battle in the co-feature fight.

NEW YORK – It hasn’t been a bad start at all to Skye Nicolson’s pro career. A former amateur standout who represented Australia in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Nicolson (2-0, 0KOs) once again finds herself in the presence of boxing royalty just two months into her journey. The latest such instance comes in a

Rather than wait for the winner of the May 7th Las Vegas showdown between superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, former super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will put his impeccable 43-0 (39 KOs) record on the line May 14th versus German Dominic Boesel (32-2, 12 KOs),

On Thursday, May 26, to kickoff Memorial Day Weekend festivities, Salita Promotions returns for a very special weekday edition of their highly successful Detroit Brawl series of professional boxing events in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, MI. Riding on the strength of three sold-out events there already

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)

Super middleweight contender Alfredo “Perro” Angulo, inactive since August 2020, has been added to a night of boxing on Saturday, June 11th at The Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. The show is promoted by Prestige Boxing Advisory Group in association with BFC The Last Round Promotions. Angulo of Coachella, California by way of Mexicali, Mexico

Super bantamweight prospect, Darren “The Gift” Cunningham (15-1, 8 KOS), is scheduled to face Angel Antonio Contreras (11-6-2, 6 KOs), this Friday, April 29, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Celebrity Theater. Cunningham vs. Contreras, an 8-round bout, will be promoted by Iron Boy Promotions. Since adding new trainer Rafael Ramos, Cunningham has had two impressive

Edgar Berlanga will face someone on a level comparable to his previous opponent in his next fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Brooklyn’s Berlanga and Colombia’s Alexis Angulo have agreed to meet in a 10-round super middleweight match June 11 at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. ESPN will televise their fight as the

Liam Smith is aiming to prove he can become a two-time World champion and send Jessie Vargas into a new career in politics with a career-ending defeat when they clash at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. Smith and Vargas meet in a must-win fight that will determine

Undefeated super lightweight prospect Mazlum Akdeniz (16-0-0, 8KO) will have an opportunity June 2nd to cross an important stage of his career as he fights for his first career title – WBC Continental of the Americas –  at the Cabaret of Montreal Casino against powerful, experienced Juan Antonio Rodriguez (32-8-0, 28KO), from Puebla, Mexico. The

Wladimir Klitschko apparently still has some ring ambition left in the tank. Klitschko, the former long-reigning heavyweight titlist who dominated the division from 2004-2015, suggested in an interview Monday that he has not completely ruled out a return to boxing, on the caveats that he can still get into “shape” and that the geopolitical alignment

Middleweight contender Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly has been anxiously waiting for the main event spotlight, and on Saturday, May 21, he’ll hope to seize it. Alimkhanuly will face undefeated Englishman Danny Dignum in a 12-round showdown for the vacant WBO Interim middleweight world title at Resorts World Event Center at Resorts World Las Vegas. In

It was a finish to remember, an uppercut for the ages. Tyson Fury has never had a reputation as a big puncher, but he will never have thrown a sweeter punch than the one that left Dillian Whyte sprawling on the canvas in front of 94,000 people at Wembley Stadium. Never has Fury seemed such

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is hoping that his former foe, Deontay Wilder, is given the ability to fight for the vacant WBC strap. On Saturday night, before a record crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium, Fury knocked out mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte in the sixth round. After the fight, Fury maintained his position of

Devin Haney hopes he has inspired his contemporaries to walk it like they talk it. By switching promoters and network/streaming affiliations, and agreeing to fight George Kambosos Jr. twice in Australia, if necessary, Haney has proven that he is willing to do whatever it takes to make the fights that he wants. If only other

Following comprehensive eligibility checks and skills assessment, the International Boxing Association (IBA) has published the list of candidates for the upcoming election to positions on the IBA Board of Directors, including that of President.  The elections will take place at an Extraordinary Congress on 13–14 May, during the IBA Women’s World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tyson Fury remained non-committal to his professional boxing career immediately following his sixth-round knockout win against Dillian Whyte on Saturday night in front of over 94,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. Heading into the fight, one of the main storylines for the WBC heavyweight champion Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) was if he would retire

Tyson Fury assured skeptics Wednesday that retirement talk didn’t have a negative impact on how he trained for his fight against Dillian Whyte. Fury repeatedly has stated during fight week that this 12-round heavyweight title fight will mark the end of his career. The unbeaten WBC champion will earn at least $29,538,000 for fighting Whyte