Boxing Scene

While the boxing public was asking questions about what Gennadiy Golovkin had left, his upcoming opponent Ryota Murata was asking questions about himself. (photo by Naoki Fukuda) In his two years and four months out of the ring, a good portion of it dedicated to hoping then waiting for a bout with Golovkin, Murata had

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz LAS VEGAS – Erickson Lubin luckily didn’t suffer quite as much physical damage as it seemed when he left the ring Saturday night at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. BoxingScene.com confirmed Sunday that X-rays at a local hospital early Sunday morning determined Lubin sustained a broken nose and a separated

Las Vegas, Nevada – In a crossroads junior middleweight fight, former world champion Tony Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) boxed his way to a ten round unanimous decision over Sergio Garcia (33-2, 14 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) The scores were 98-92, 100-90 and 100-90. Harrison was sticking a very hard jab in the

Giovani Santillan knew Jeovanis Barraza had nothing left to offer – it was up to Santillan to decide whether or not he wanted to make it a short night. In the end, the aggressive 30-year-old welterweight from San Diego forced referee Thomas Taylor to halt his 10-round bout with Jeovanis Barraza of Colombia 33 seconds

The ‘First Mate’ is honored to help provide a platform for ‘The Captain’ to make her awaited pro debut. Best friends Mikaela Mayer and Ginny Fuchs are reunited in the pro ranks, appearing on the same show Saturday evening at The OC Hangar in Costa Mesa, California. Mayer (16-0, 5KOs) makes her third overall WBO

Junto Nakatani battered Ryota Yamauchi throughout most of their one-sided, 112-pound title fight Saturday in Saitama, Japan. The rangy southpaw, who is unusually tall for his division, hurt and stopped his countryman in the eighth round of their scheduled 12-rounder on the Gennadiy Golovkin-Ryota Murata undercard at Saitama Super Arena. The unbeaten, 24-year-old Nakatani (23-0,

Grande Synthe, France – French hotshot Milan Prat (15-0) won the IBF Youth title with an easy stoppage of much shorter, overmatched and overweight Mexican Jose Angel Flores Chan (9-6-2). After a quiet first round Prat hurt his opponent with a right uppercut and then floored him with a short right. Flores got up but

Eddie Hearn says a venue for Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua will be announced within the next two weeks, with “final negotiations” with different sites still taking place.  Saudi Arabia is understood to be the frontrunner to stage the fight for the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles, despite the outrage that greeted

SAN ANTONIO – Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis held court at separate press conferences nearly 1,900 miles apart to sell their next respective fights. However, there still exists the desire for the pair of unbeaten lightweights to eventually meet. Davis’ upcoming secondary WBA lightweight title defense versus heated rival Rolando Romero (14-0, 12KOs) was

WBO/IBF junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer, the Southern California native who is now one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound talents, is ready for her home region title defense. (photos by Mikey Williams) Mayer will defend her belts against former featherweight world champion Jennifer Han on Saturday evening at the Orange County Fair & Event

IBF, WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer is backing Claressa Shields to topple Savannah Marshall in a planned middleweight unification. The two champions traded harsh words, face to face, last Saturday in Newcastle, in the aftermath of Marshall’s most recent defense. Mayer believes Shields’ speed and output will prove to be too much for the power

Mikaela Mayer is not giving up on her quest to become undisputed champion.  The cooperation from her counterparts—or lack thereof—could ultimately determine at which weight division she can transform her vision into a reality.  The reigning IBF/WBO junior lightweight queen—who is also the recognized Ring Magazine champion—has called for showdowns with the remaining champions, WBC

It has been more than two years since Ryota Murata has been able to soak in the ambience that comes with a big fight night. A career-long 28-month inactive stretch will come to an end once Tokyo’s Murata (16-2, 13KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and reigning WBA “Super”

Las Vegas native Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of “The Greatest,” hopes to make a statement for the hometown fans. Ali Walsh will fight Denver’s Alejandro Ibarra in a four-round middleweight attraction Saturday, April 30, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ali Walsh-Ibarra will open the televised broadcast featuring the world junior lightweight title unification showdown

Claressa Shields is not too enamored with the idea of unifying her middleweight titles in her opponent’s backyard. Shields, the WBC, WBA, and IBF women’s middleweight champion, is on a collision course to face WBO middleweight titlist Savannah Marshall in a full unification bout this summer on Sky Sports, which has both fighters under exclusive

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin is taking a very risky fight when he goes up against WBA champion Ryota Murata in a high stakes unification. The bout takes place on Saturday night in Japan. Golovkin is facing Murata on home soil – with the Japanese boxer being a

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz On the same day that undercard was unveiled for Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight championship of the world collision with challenger Dillian Whyte on Saturday, April 23, it was confirmed that 4,000 additional tickets now set to go on sale at midday tomorrow from Ticketmaster making Fury-Whyte the record-breaking sporting

Junior featherweight prospect Jesus Arechiga remained unbeaten Friday night, knocking out Jose Valdes Bernal in the fourth round at the Gimnasio German Evers in his hometown of Mazatlan, Mexico. Arechiga improves to 16-0 (12 knockouts) and has now stopped six of his last eight opponents. From the opening bell, the bigger Arechiga was the more-effective