Boxing Scene

Probellum has announced the signing of lightweight Spencer Wilcox – a four-time national amateur champion and widely regarded as one of Canada’s top prospects.   Wilcox, 22, hails from a family boasting boxing pedigree with three of his four brothers – Steven, Brad and Jessie – currently competing in the professional ranks. “Spencer is a

Amir Khan realizes that he took a lot of punishment on Saturday, when he suffered a stoppage loss at the hands of his career rival, Kell Brook. The two former world champions met in the ring at Manchester Arena, with Brook dominating the majority of the fight with his power shots.  The end finally came

Ryan Garcia made a swift change to his budding boxing career on Feb. 11 when he split from heralded coach Eddy Reynoso and named the equally respected Joe Goossen as new head trainer. Garcia’s father and lifelong coach Henry will still remain in the picture as a co-trainer. After originally shocking the boxing public by

Natasha Jonas produced a power punching performance to stop Chris Namus and win the vacant WBO super-welterweight title on Saturday. The two women went head to head in the co-main event to the long-awaited British grudge match between Amir Khan and Kell Brook, which took place at the AO Arena in Manchester, which was broadcast

Rafael Espinoza didn’t waste any time in racking up his latest win. The 6’1” featherweight prospect from Guadalajara, Mexico made quick work of overmatched foe Alie Laurel, scoring two knockdowns en route to a first-round knockout Saturday evening at Plaza Monumental in Tijuana, Mexico. Espinoza sent Laurel to the canvas mere seconds into the fight,

Zaur Abdullaev got just the type of impressive victory Saturday night that should lead to another lightweight title shot. The Russian contender overcame a slow start against former WBA/WBC 135-pound champion Jorge Linares to drop him twice in the 12th round and stopped him. Linares got up from the second knockdown, but Abdullaev swarmed him,

BRITISH SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT title challenger Chris Bourke insists the force is with him as he prepares to take on Marc Leach at York Hall on March 11. The pintsized Streatham puncher has bludgeoned six of his 10 opponents to date into an early finish and, in turn, picked up a reputation as a KO-artist of

Former WBO light middleweight champion JAIME MUNGUÍA looks to make it an impressive 39-0 this weekend, as the unbeaten Mexican star takes on D’MITRIUS BALLARD live on DAZN at the Plaza Monumental de Tijuana, Mexico. (photos by Tom Hogan) MUNGUÍA boasts an impressive 38-0 record, scoring 30 knockouts on the way, having beaten a tough

Kell Brook made weight for his showdown with Amir Khan and said it had never been in doubt.  Despite rumors that Brook might come in over the contracted 149-pound limit, the Sheffield boxer came nine ounces inside, as 148 pounds five ounces as he hit the scales at the Exchange Hall in Manchester.  Brook and

Kell Brook doesn’t just want to punctuate his longstanding rivalry with Amir Khan by knocking out his fellow 35-year-old former champion on Saturday night. Brook would love to record a highlight-reel knockout, something so vicious that British boxing fans will never forget it. Canelo Alvarez’s devastating knockout of Khan comes to Brook’s mind whenever he

Super middleweight contender David Benavidez isn’t troubled by rumors that Canelo Alvarez is supposedly considering a fight with Jermall Charlo. If nothing else, they only encourage him. It was recently reported by ESPN that Alvarez, the undisputed super middleweight champion, received an offer from Premier Boxing Champions to defend his titles against Charlo, a middleweight

WBC #10- and IBF #9-ranked super middleweight Vladimir Shishkin (12-0, 7 KOs), as well as undefeated Detroit super welterweight Gordie Russ II (3-0, 3 KOs) have been added to the lineup in separate bouts for Salita Promotions’ next “Detroit Brawl” event, Saturday, March 5, 2022, in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing

Two lightweights who’ve lost to Gervonta Davis will attempt to win their way toward another title shot April 16. BoxingScene.com has learned that Isaac Cruz and Yuriorkis Gamboa have agreed to meet in a 12-round, 135-pound bout on the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas undercard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Showtime Pay-Per-View will televise the

Championship boxing comes to Live! Event Center at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia as undefeated rising star Christian Tapia takes on Luis Lebron in a 10-round contest for the WBC Super Featherweight title on Saturday night, March 12th. The card is promoted by Hard Hitting Promotions. Tapia of Coamo, Puerto Rico, has an impressive record

Richard Riakporhe’s dream of becoming World Cruiserweight Champion takes a step closer when he headlines BOXXER Fight Night: London at the OVO Wembley Arena, London on Saturday, March 26. Victory for Riakporhe (13-0, 9 KO’s) will put him in prime position to secure a world title shot later this year and put him within touching

David Benavidez is slated to next fight David Lemieux sometime this spring in an interim WBC super middleweight championship matchup.  Since the bout against the Canadian knockout artist hasn’t been officially announced yet, the former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) is entertaining the idea of fighting Demetrius Andrade, the WBO middleweight

ProBox Promotions will host its first event of the year as Kanat “QazaQ” Islam (28-0, 22 KOs), the two-time Olympian and 160-pound contender, faces his toughest test to date against former world title challenger Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly (25-2, 10 KOs) in a 10-round battle for the WBO Global Middleweight Championship. The event will take place

Vito Mielnicki Jr. has reunited with the trainer he thought all along would be the perfect man for the job. Vito Mielnicki Sr. told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that the 19-year-old welterweight prospect and Joe Goossen have agreed to work together again. Goossen trained Mielnicki in the Los Angeles area in late in 2020 and early