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Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, brought the Big Drama Show and his IBF and IBO world titles to Japan last week.   Golovkin has crossed the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean to face two-time WBA middleweight champion and Japan’s national hero Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) in a long-awaited world title

Former WBO Asia Pacific Youth light flyweight champion and world title contender Vince Paras (16-2) will headline the ninth episode of Sanman’s Bubble Series. Paras will face WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight champion and world title contender Robert Paradero (18-2) in a ten round bout. The fight will take place on April 26 at the Sanman

(video by Ryan Burton) – Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

There is only “one street” in Devin Haney’s mind. In a recent interview, the WBC lightweight titleholder tried to refute the notion that fighters who belong to different promotional entities are more or less consigned to operating within their respective spheres, thus preventing the most competitive matches in the sport from being made. Haney, of

Not even promoter Kathy Duva has any inkling of what to expect from her longtime charge, former light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev, when he enters the ring as a cruiserweight. Kovalev will break a nearly three-year absence from boxing when he takes on Tervel Pulev on May 14 in a 10-round cruiserweight (200-lb limit) bout

At the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, ‘The Albanian King’ Florian Marku (11-0-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended his IBF International welterweight title in his toughest test to date against the former British and Commonwealth titlist Chris Jenkins (23-5-3, 8 KOs). Lasting just four rounds, the fiery Albanian landed a big right hand that rocked Jenkins heavily

Ryan Garcia’s 15-month break from the sweet science will end April 9 when the undefeated lightweight contender takes on Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome in San Antonio on DAZN.  Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has not fought since his Jan. 2, 2021 knockout win against Luke Campbell because of a self-imposed break due to mental health

Derrick James assured Ismael Salas and any other doubter that Errol Spence Jr. is indeed the same fighter that beat Shawn Porter in September 2019. Yordenis Ugas’ trainer stated during the WBA “super” welterweight champion’s open workout Wednesday that the Spence he watched unanimously out-point Danny Garcia in December 2020 “wasn’t the same” as the

Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) and Jennifer Lozano (Laredo, Texas) closed out their 2022 AMBC Elite Championship run on top of the medal podium, while Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) came away with a silver medal for Team USA in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Lozano, who was making her international debut at these championships, as well as boxed in

As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Australia’s “Ferocious” George Kambosos Jr., the WBO/WBA/IBF/WBC Franchise lightweight world champion, will battle WBC world champion Devin Haney for the undisputed championship Saturday, June 4, at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Kambosos-Haney will be broadcast in prime time, live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+. Kambosos, who was born and raised

Patrick Teixeira has a new fight date after watching the past two fall through for reasons well beyond his control. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist has been added to the already announced April 9 Golden Boy Promotions show at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Teixeira will face New Jersey’s Glen Tapia in a scheduled

Welterweight contender Conor Benn is very willing to face a former world champion in a big domestic showdown, but says his two of his targets – Kell Brook and Amir Khan – are demanding way too much money. Back in February, Brook scored a one-sided stoppage win over Khan in a long-awaited grudge match. Benn’s

Unified WBC and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr., a Desoto, Texas-native, declared that he is “on point” physically during a media workout in Dallas on Thursday ahead of his 147-pound title unification clash against WBA Welterweight World Champion Yordenis Ugas taking place Saturday, April 16 live on SHOWTIME PPV in a

Savannah “The Silent Assassin” Marshall’s defence of her WBO World Female Middleweight title against former WBO World Champion Femke Hermans takes place on Saturday 2nd April and will headline an event airing live and exclusively in the UK on Sky Sports. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) The show, previously scheduled for March, will be a co-promotion

Jarrell Miller may not be in a position to compete for a heavyweight title (again) anytime soon, but he figures to play a sizable role in helping someone else defend his. The embattled Miller, a former top contender from Brooklyn who saw his once promising career implode from numerous failed drug tests, is assisting WBC

Rising boxing contender Ryan Garcia is bullish about his union with Joe Goossen. In February, Garcia called it quits training alongside Canelo Alvarez and his touted coach, Eddy Reynoso. The move ended a five-fight, 3 ½ run for Garcia under the guidance of the 2019 trainer of the year.  The 23-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs)

Spanish veteran and former world champion Kiko Martinez has been advised to retire after the loss to Josh Warrington this past weekend. Martinez, 36, a genuine overachiever, can look back on a long tough career that began in 2004. Apparently, Team Martinez won’t bother with making an official protest despite the numerous more or less

IBF, IBO middleweight world champion Gennadiy Golovkin, who turns 40 next month, will return to the ring next month in Japan, when he faces country superstar Ryota Murata, who holds the WBA title, in a three belt unification. A victory will lead to a September trilogy fight with undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez