Boxing Scene

Ryan Garcia has long ago reached a point where he knows he can never please all the people all of the time. The unbeaten lightweight has endured his share of criticism during his rise through the ranks, which comes with the territory when your fame tends to exceed the in-ring achievements. Garcia has always enjoyed

Oscar Valdez’s validation last year came in the form of a career-defining upset of Miguel Berchelt. Berchelt was a 4-1 favorite to defeat Valdez, who disproved plenty of naysayers when he challenged Berchelt in February 2020 for the WBC super featherweight title. Mexico’s Valdez, a former WBO featherweight champion, sent Berchelt to the canvas in

Fans can once again expect to pay a premium price to watch unified WBC/IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence. The latest Pay-Per-View headliner is far more incentivized for consumers. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a standard retail price of $74.99 has been set for the April 16 Showtime PPV, headlined by the WBC/IBF/WBA welterweight title unification bout

Isaiah Wise got off the deck, and was in serious trouble, but stormed back to win a six-round split decision over Cameron Krael in one of the best and most exciting bouts in recent memory. The middleweight bout, which took place on Friday night, thrilled an enthusiastic crowd at the 2300 Arena. (photo by Darryl

MINNEAPOLIS – Terrell Gausha vowed to present Tim Tszyu with a look he hadn’t seen before as a pro. The 2012 U.S. Olympian and former title challenger made good on that promise, though just not to the point of closing the show. Cleveland’s Gausha nearly spoiled the U.S. debut of Australia’s Tszyu (21-0, 15KOs), flooring

(Video by Ryan Burton) – Shakur Stevenson was ringside as Jeremiah Nakathila knocked out former world champion Miguel Berchelt in a stunning upset Saturday evening at Resorts World Las Vegas. The fight was stopped after six one-sided rounds. Berchelt was knocked down in the third with a jab and behind on the scorecards at the

Miguel Berchelt believes he could’ve continued Saturday night in his loss to Jeremiah Nakathila. Luckily for the former WBC super featherweight champion, a Nevada State Athletic Commission doctor and referee Russell Mora saved the courageous Berchelt from himself. Nakathila battered Berchelt, who was almost a 6-1 favorite, with right hands for most of what amounted

The championship unification matchup between Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez features two undefeated junior lightweight titlists who are the best 130-pound fighters in the world. Both boxers are promoted by Top Rank, and although Stevenson is the sizable betting favorite, he will not be paid as if he is an A-side fighter.  In an interview

On Saturday night, Argentine contender Gustavo “El Eléctrico” Lemos (28-0, 18 KOs) made a big statement in the junior welterweight division, as he knocked out former world champion Lee Selby in the fifth round at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The fight was a final eliminator and earned Lemos the right to challenge for

MINNEAPOLIS – Elvis Rodriguez was one more win away from cementing top honors as the 2020 Prospect of Year. Five knockouts in as many fights on the year saw the Dominican junior welterweight emerge as a must-watch talent, all complete with his air-guitar strum at the end of each win. A positive Covid test resulted

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Oleksandr Usyk, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Demetrius Andrade, Canelo vs. Gilberto Ramirez, career of Jaime Munguia, Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, More. Hey Breadman! I just saw that the Ukraine has apparently given Vasyl Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk permission to leave the country to

Just shy of five years ago, they collided and their careers went in very different directions for a time. Fate could have played out differently. Kiko Martinez thought he did enough to win in 2017 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. Leeds native Josh Warrington got the nod and moved on within a couple

Kevin Lerena could become the next legit contender in the heavyweight division. Promoter Rodney Berman is convinced his skill-set is made for success. Lerena will face Bogdan Dinu Saturday night at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. The 10-round bout will air live on SuperSport Variety 3 throughout South Africa (7 p.m. Johannesburg time). 

This weekend is “all or nothing” for Josh Warrington, who will have nowhere to go if he doesn’t regain his IBF featherweight title from Kiko Martinez at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, according to Eddie Hearn, who believes a stadium fight against Leigh Wood can happen if Warrington wins.  The promoter believes that Martinez, who

The comeback of “Showtime” Curtis Stevens (30-8, 22 KOs) was short-lived. Stevens was rocked, dropped and decisioned over six rounds on Thursday, when he stepped in the ring with middleweight Joshua “Young Gun” Conley (17-3-1, 11 KOs) at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. The scores were 59-54, 58-55 and 58-55. It was the first

Top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu went face-to-face with U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha at the final press conference Thursday before they meet in the main event live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, March 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis. (photos by Esther Lin) The press conference also

All the lightweight belts are tied up at the moment, but Michel Rivera still treats every fight like a championship run. The red-hot contender is set for a scheduled ten-round showdown with fellow unbeaten lightweight Joseph Adorno (14-0-2, 12KOs), with the promise of the winner going on to challenge for the division’s top prize. It’s

It wasn’t that long ago that there was beginning to be an argument that Leeds’ 31-year old Josh Warrington (30-1-1, 7 KO) might be the emerging leader at featherweight. After winning the IBF belt in 2018 with a spirited decision over Lee Selby, Warrington managed three defenses including an impressive outing against former titlist Carl