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Francis Ngannou scored a unanimous decision win against Cyril Gane on Saturday night, defending his heavyweight title for the first time while headlining the UFC 270 pay-per-view event in Anaheim, California.  BoxingScene.com first revealed Saturday night that Ngannou made a minimum purse of $600,000 to fight the fellow Frenchman Gane, who made $500,000. The reported

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. – Sakaria Lukas (25-1-1, 17 KOs) came in on late notice and felt that he was robbed of a knockdown that would have given him a ten round decision win over Olympian Tugstsogt Nyambayar (12-2-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night. The fight was very competitive, but

Former world champion Amir Khan admits that he bit off more than he could chew when he jumped up by two weight divisions to challenge Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title in 2016. Khan started off well, but Canelo eventually adjusted – and scored a brutal one-punch knockout in the sixth round. The

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Sean Gibbons likened the buildup toward the Gary Russell Jr.-Mark Magsayo fight to what happened prior to Zab Judah’s surprising loss to Carlos Baldomir in January 2006. Argentina’s Baldomir upset a distracted Judah by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden’s Theater and jeopardized Judah’s showdown with Floyd Mayweather. The favored

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Canelo Alvarez vs. Joe Smith, David Benavidez and Artur Beterbiev, Terence Crawford’s lawsuit against Top Rank, Gervonta Davis vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Deontay Wilder, and more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Joe Smith just made the comment that he deserved the Canelo Alvarez fight.

On January 29th at the Packard Music Hall in Ohio, World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion Junior Illunga Makabu (28-2, 25KO`s) defends his belt against WBC Silver Champion Thabiso Mchunu (23-5, 13KO`s). Both are southpaws and this will be their second fight. In 2015 they clashed in a WBC eliminator. Thabiso dominated the first six rounds.

On February 19, Eye of the Tiger kicks off 2022 with a bang at the Cabaret du Casino de Montreal, where fans will witness the team’s most promising hopefuls in action at the first event of a series highlighting the organization’s ten-year anniversary. Alexandre Gaumont, Thomas Chabot, Luis Santana, Avery Martin-Duval and Leila Beaudoin will

Unbeaten contender Ema Kozin has worked her way into position as the mandatory challenger for WBC/WBA/IBF Middleweight World Champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields and she will look to earn a historic win for her native Slovenia when she challenges Shields on Saturday, February 5 from Cardiff, Wales and available live on pay-per-view in the U.S. and

Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is hungry to get a measure of some payback when he faces Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch. Their second encounter is being planned for a UK stadium in the coming months. Last September, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua would

WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. and unbeaten top challenger Mark Magsayo went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the SHOWTIME main event this Saturday, January 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. (photos by Amanda Westcott) The press

With all due respect to Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields and her promoter beg to differ. They believe Shields’ rematch with Savannah Marshall, not Serrano versus Taylor, will be the biggest fight in the history of women’s boxing. Shields, who has only been beaten by Marshall in a boxing ring, and Marshall will

The inactivity of WBC featherweight titlist Gary Russell (31-1, 18 KO) since winning his belt with a four round thrashing of Jhonny Gonzalez in 2015 has never obscured the reality of what happens when the bell rings.  Russell, a 2008 US Olympian, wins.  It’s all Russell’s done in general as a professional outside a decision

Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker holds a number 3 ranking with the World Boxing Council, but he makes it clear that he will never fight close friend Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC world title. A week back, Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes Fury, mentioned Parker as a potential opponent – among

Andrew Moloney remains focused on a specific target for his first fight in the new year. The former secondary junior bantamweight titleholder continues to campaign for a showdown with Japan’s four-division and reigning WBO 115-pound titlist Kazuto Ioka. The dream was kept alive after Ioka retained his title for the fourth time with a twelve-round

Established boxing manager Tim VanNewhouse has signed Milwaukee’s own Daniel Blancas, a six-foot, four-inch middleweight who was a 13-time national champion. “I wanted to start my career off right, and I know Tim VanNewhouse will guide me the best way possible,” said Blancas, who is just 20-years old. “It’s all about working with the right

Premier Boxing Champions’ next pay-per-view event distributed by FOX Sports will be nearly twice as expensive as its first offering of 2022. BoxingScene.com has learned that it’ll cost consumers $74.95 to purchase PBC’s FOX Sports Pay-Per-View show February 5. Former WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith Thurman and ex-WBA super lightweight champ Mario Barrios are scheduled to

Jaime Munguia entered his most recent fight under the impression that his next one would come in a final eliminator. A string of events prevented that from happening, with the unbeaten former WBO junior middleweight titlist instead settling for activity rather than waiting on perhaps the more significant opportunity. Next up for Tijuana’s Munguia (38-0,

Rising Prospect, Diego Pacheco, (13-0, 10 KOs), has made some changes in his training camp and will now train alongside boxers like two-time world champion David Benavidez and junior middleweight contender Jose Benavidez. Pacheco has hooked up with trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. On March 5th, Pacheco returns to the ring on the undercard of the