Boxing Scene

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Wladimir Klitschko’s latest wartime appeal strikes at the biggest boxing event on the spring calendar. The former longtime reigning heavyweight champion has been desperately trying to drum up support for Ukraine, his homeland, since Russia, its neighbor to the northeast, launched a bloody invasion nearly two weeks ago. Along

Conor Benn will defend his WBA Continental Welterweight Title against South Africa’s Chris Van Heerden at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday April 16, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia). ‘The Destroyer’ (20-0, 13 KOs) secured a stunning knockout win over former World Champion Chris Algieri last time out in December,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is training hard for what he claims is potentially the final bout of his career. Fury will make a mandatory defense against Dillian Whyte on April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London. The 33-year-old will be fighting in the UK for the first time

Jaime Munguia is weighing his options. The former WBO junior middleweight champion has been presented with two championship choices for his next fight. The Tijuana native can either fight for the WBO interim middleweight title against Janibek Alimkhanuly or challenge unbeaten WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo. The deadline for Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Boxing,

Yoelvis Gomez will have to wait a few more weeks for his 2022 debut. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that an intriguing junior middleweight bout between Gomez and veteran puncher Jorge Cota has been postponed. A hand injury suffered by Gomez forced the team surrounding the Cuban prospect to pull the plug on his planned appearance on

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has landed the opportunity that he wanted – a showdown with Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Their fight will headline the first ever pay-per-view event being distributed by DAZN. The bout takes place on Cinco De Mayo weekend, May 7th from the T-Mobile Arena

Undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is willing to have a rematch with Jack Catterall – but maintains the position that it can’t happen at 140pounds. Last month, Taylor won a controversial twelve round split decision over Catterall in Glasgow. Catterall was the mandatory challenger. The British Boxing Board of Control is investigating the scorecards.

Jose Ramirez returned to the friendly Central Valley confines and got back on track. Ramirez defeated former two-weight world champion Jose Pedraza by unanimous decision (116-112 3x) Friday evening at Save Mart Center in the junior welterweight main event. Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) returned to the win column following last May’s decision loss to Josh

Amateur middleweight standout Jamar Pemberton is planning to turn pro and signed on with Las Vegas based management firm Victory Sports & Entertainment. Fighting out of St. Louis, Pemberton has long been a fixture in the USA boxing scene – having been ranked top 5 since 2015. Most recently, he achieved a silver medal at the

SAN DIEGO – Skye Nicolson enjoyed a number of firsts. The 26-year-old southpaw—who represented Australia in last summer’s Tokyo Olympics—won her pro debut with a six-round, unanimous decision win over locally-based Jessica Juarez (3-1, 1KO). Judges Chris Migliore (60-54), Alejandro Rochin (59-55) and David Solivan (60-54) all scored every round for Nicolson in their featherweight

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall, Jaron Ennis, Gilberto Ramirez, Roman Gonzalez vs. Julio Cesar Martinez, Kell Brook, Gary Antuanne Russell and more. Bread, Hope you’re well. Looking to come up to Philly soon. Sorry to find out about the loss of your

Jose Ramirez landed 31% (91/297) of his power punches while Jose Pedraza landed 23% (89/388) of his. Ramirez doubled up Pedraza in jabs landed 42-21. Ramirez also held a 41 to 18 advantage in body punches landed. A strong finish by Ramirez, who outlanded Pedraza 28-14 in rounds 11 & 12 and landed (18) &

The first boxer in history to win world titles in all four of the lowest weight classes, CHOCOLATITO will be looking to get back to winning ways this weekend, coming up against Julio Cesar Martinez live on DAZN from Pechanga Arena, San Diego. (photos by Ed Mulholland) The Nicaraguan was originally set to face Juan

THE TYSON FURY roadshow rolled into town on Tuesday to signpost the official launch of his WBC World heavyweight championship showdown against his mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte on April 23. Tyson is set to illuminate Wembley Stadium on St George’s Day in a mighty collision against fellow Brit and mandatory challenger Whyte. The biggest venue

Olympian Michael Conlan, who is no stranger to controversial decisions, is not worried about the scorecards in his upcoming fight with WBA “regular” champion Leigh Wood. Their showdown takes place next Saturday night in Nottingham. Last weekend, undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor won a controversial twelve round split decision over Jack Catterall. The British

Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza understand the stakes. The junior welterweights know that the winner of Friday night’s 12-round main event at Fresno’s Save Mart Center will likely receive a world title shot next. Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs) is a former unified world champion seeking to return to the division’s apex. (photos by Mikey Williams)

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez could have been offered just about any late replacement and still would have proceeded with his March 5 fight date. The legendary former four-division champion was disappointed about the thought of no longer facing Juan Francisco ‘El Gallo’ Estrada (42-3, 28KOs), who was forced to withdraw from their planned rubber match after

It won’t be what it was.  It probably doesn’t matter how good it gets in the ring. When Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran faded from the scene in the 1980s, the depth of talent that followed them at middleweight and super middleweight was as good as anyone could ask for.  Roy