With a little less pressure on him in a lower-profile position on a card, Nico Ali Walsh stopped Jeremiah Yeager in the second round Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The unbeaten Ali Walsh’s fourth victory and third knockout came seven weeks after a mediocre performance at Madison Square Garden. A grandson of Muhammad Ali, the
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Many industry insiders were caught off guard by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez declaring a willingness to move up to cruiserweight for a fight with WBC cruiserweight titlist Ilunga ‘Junior’ Makabu. Among them was Makabu’s next opponent, Thabiso Mchunu. What will surprise the veteran cruiserweight contender is if Alvarez’s quest for a fifth divisional title remains intact
Probellum will host its first UK show of 2022 in Newcastle in March, jointly headlined by local fighters Lewis Ritson, Troy Williamson and Thomas Patrick Ward, with the hugely talented duo Pat McCormack and Ben Rees set to make their professional debuts. Taking place at the Utilita Arena, on Friday March 25, Probellum returns to
Abel Ramos has a new opponent and platform on which the fight will take place. BoxingScene.com has learned through multiple sources that Josesito Lopez has suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from his planned welterweight fight with Ramos. The two were due to collide as part of a Fox Sports Pay-Per-View show on
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has secured the promotional rights to the mandatory fight with Dillian Whyte, by dropping down a record $41,025,000. Eddie Hearn, who promotes Whyte, bid $32,222,222. Fury, who gets 80% pursuant to the WBC’s purse split, will receive a career-high $32,820,000.
On February 5, 2022, undefeated lightweight prospect, Tyler “Short Fuse” Tomlin (12-0, 8 KOs), of Cheatham County, TN, will take the next step in his career as he faces Charlie Serrano (16-6-2, 5 KOs), of Tampa, Florida. Tomlin vs. Serrano, a 10-round main event, will take place in Clarksville, TN, at the Winfield Dunn Center
The 130-pound title picture will crystallize Saturday evening at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, as the unbeaten Xavier Martinez (17-0, 11 KOs) battles recent world title challenger Robson Conceicao (16-1, 8 KOs) in a 10-round WBC title eliminator. (photos by Mikey Williams) Conceicao is coming off last September’s valiant challenge of WBC world champion
Gabriel Flores Jr. is aiming for a fresh start in Fresno. The 21-year-old junior lightweight hopes to bounce back from his first career defeat in a 10-round bout against Mexican veteran Abraham Montoya on Friday, March 4 at Save Mart Center. Flores and Montoya will do battle underneath the junior welterweight main event between former
South Philadelphia heavyweight fighter Sonny Conto (8-0, 7KOs) puts his undefeated streak on the line against Mike Marshall (6-2-1, 4 KOs) of Danbury, CT, in a six-round heavyweight fight at The Event Center at Live! Casino & Hotel in Philadelphia, on Thursday, February 24th at 7 p.m. In his previous sold out fight at Live!
WBC, IBF, WBA middleweight champion Claressa Shields is gearing up for next week’s defense against mandatory challenger Ema Kozin, which takes place on Saturday, February 5 from Motorpoint Arena Cardiff in Wales and also available in the U.S. and Canada on pay-per-view. Shields will be making her UK debut as a professional, entering the ring
More time has been placed on the clock for Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte to reach a deal. Whether that results in a head-on collision or the pair of British heavyweights going their separate ways remains to be seen. Efforts to move forward with the WBC heavyweight title consolidation fight have resulted in yet another
According to Allboxing.ru, a prominent Russian boxing outlet, world-rated welterweight and European 147-pound champion, David Avanesyan (28-3-1, 16 KOs), is hoping to return to the ring on March 26 in Manchester, England. The date of March 26 is the target date for the next defense of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who last October scored
Sakaria Lukas and his handlers realize that the Namibian featherweight’s career was positively impacted Saturday night. They still want the result of his 10-round split draw with Tugstsogt Nyambayar changed to a no-contest. Scott Farrell, Lukas’ manager, has informed BoxingScene.com that he intends to file a protest on his boxer’s behalf with New Jersey’s State
Middleweight world champions Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall have engaged in a war of words on social media. Shields will make his UK debut next Saturday, February 5, as part of the undercard to the middleweight clash between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Williams. Shields will defend her WBA, IBF, WBC middleweight titles to make
Murodjon Akhmadaliev is currently presented with the dilemma of moving forward with a new assignment or revisiting an old foe. The unified WBA “Super”/IBF junior featherweight titlist is in the uncomfortable position of having to juggle two mandatory title defenses. Akhmadaliev was recently ordered by the WBA to revisit previous plans for a title defense
In the main event of this past weekend’s Detroit Brawl, at the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, WBC #9- and WBO #15-ranked Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. (28-4-1, 15 KOs) dropped a shock majority decision to skillful but unheralded Georgian Antonio Todd (13-5, 7 KOs) in a
Rumors of his stepping aside has prompted Anthony Joshua to step up and refute such claims. England’s Joshua offered a response to a report from The Telegraph alleging that the former unified heavyweight titlist will accept a £15,000,000 offer that would permit current WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk to pursue an undisputed championship showdown with
Ryan Garcia hopes that the year ahead is much kinder than the one he left behind. Plans are in place for the rising lightweight star to return to the ring in the coming months, with an opponent being finalized for a planned April 2 date. The fight will be his first in 15 months—assuming the
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