Boxing Scene

Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, says his boxer is ready to do whatever is necessary to finalize a fight with unified champion George Kambosos. Kambosos shocked the world last year, when he outboxed Teofimo Lopez over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, WBA, WBC Franchise, IBF lightweight titles. The Australian fighter

Conor Benn will have to wait for his chance to headline at the O2 Arena in London as his next fight looks set to be switched to Manchester to avoid a clash with Tyson Fury against Dillian Whyte.  The unbeaten welterweight was due to top the bill at the O2 Arena, where he made his

An average of nearly 1 million viewers watched FOX’s two-bout broadcast Saturday night before Premier Boxing Champions moved the remainder of the Keith Thurman-Mario Barrios undercard to the network’s pay-per-view platform. Nielsen Media Research reported this week that the two Thurman-Barrios undercard bouts that aired on free TV attracted an average audience of 963,000 viewers,

There are a handful of fighters whose every move is monitored. They help define the metrics of the sport. Saul Alvarez is right at the top of that heap right now. Since a unification win over Caleb Plant last year at super middleweight, speculation about what would be next for Alvarez has never been far

The French flag will be flying on March 26 at the Casino de Montréal when Christian “Solide” Mbilli (20-0, 18 KOs) will defend his WBC Continental of the Americas belt against his fellow countryman, Nadjib Mohammedi (44-8, 27 KOs). This duel will be part of the 3rd event of the EOTTM 10th Anniversary series, which

PHOENIX – Days after nearly sinking a hole-in-one that would have netted a six-figure bonus on the golf course, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is poised to resume his multimillion-dollar boxing career. The sport’s pound-for-pound king and reigning undisputed super middleweight champion is expected to make a decision in the coming days regarding his next opponent for

Frank Warren, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has raised doubts on Anthony Joshua moving forward with a contracted rematch against Oleksandr Usyk, Back in September, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight titles. Following the loss, Joshua exercised an immediate rematch clause. There was a brief

ORLANDO, FL – On March 26, Andranik Grigoryan(14-0) will defend his NABA featherweight title against Otabek Kholmatov (9-0) in the main event of Bally Sports’ premiere telecast of their new monthly fight series.  In addition to the NABA title being at stake, the 12 round bout is sanctioned as an official eliminator, with the #2

LAS VEGAS – What would a Keith Thurman fight be without an opponent landing a body shot that hurt him at some point? (photo by Ryan Hafey) Thurman admitted after his 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Mario Barrios on Saturday night that Barrios’ left hook to the body hurt him in the eighth round. The former

I’m a big fan of Keith Thurman. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Always have been, in fact. Not only is he a Floridian – which gets him extra points now that it’s been my home turf, too, for 15 years – but he’s long one of the best and most consistently interesting interviews in the business.

Eddie Hearn, who works with heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, has confirmed that his boxer received the bout agreement for the mandatory fight with Tyson Fury. Last month, Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren, secured the promotional rights with a monster bid of $41 million. The fight is being targeted for April 23, at a stadium in the

LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman seemed somewhat interested late Saturday night in the possibility of fighting Terence Crawford next. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Thurman was honest, though, in making it clear that he would prefer to fight the winner of the upcoming championship unification bout between rival Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas. His 12-round,

Claressa Shields fights tend to follow a familiar pattern. There is about a thirty second period at the beginning of the fight in which her opponents look like they may be able to bother her in some capacity, until it becomes clear what Shields is doing.  For every opponent that faces Shields, it is the

At the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona – Jamie Mitchell (8-0-2 5 KOs) impressed in the first defense of her WBA Bantamweight title against Carly Skelly (4-1-1), landing a dominant fourth round stoppage win. Skelly hit the canvas hard in the final seconds of the opening round, and Mitchell repeated the trick at the end

Cardiff – Making her UK debut as a pro, IBF, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Claressa Shields (12-0, 2 KOs) dominated previously undefeated mandatory challenger Ema Kozin (21-1-1, 11 KOs) over ten rounds for a unanimous decision win. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) All three judges scored it 100-90. Shields now moves a step closer to fighting

PHOENIX – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez became the youngest active titlist in the sport, doing so on short notice and in an unfamiliar weight division. The 22-year-old San Antonio native moved up to junior bantamweight on just six days’ notice, outpointing Mexico City’s Carlos Cuadras to win the vacant WBC junior bantamweight title. Judges Barry Lindenman

Otto Wallin did little to underline his status as a heavyweight contender as he worked his way to a lackluster eight-round decision over Kamil Sokolowski on the Williams-Eubank undercard in Cardiff.  For Wallin, this fight was just about being active, having been out of the ring for nearly a year and having had a fight

You can forgive Kalle Sauerland for sounding a little over-excited. On Saturday, in front of a full house at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, he’s putting on Chris Eubank Jr-Liam Williams on Sky Sports and it’s a fight that has captured the imagination. Eubank, Sauerland’s fighter, is going to get booed out of the building and he’s