Boxing Scene

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

Former world champions Keith “One Time” Thurman and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face at the official weigh-in for their showdown that headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View this Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by Ryan Hafey) The weigh-in also featured four-division world

Carlos Cuadras and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez began the week expecting to face separate opponents in different weight classes. A reshuffling of the deck has them facing each other in what now serves as the third announced event for the first stateside-based DAZN show of 2022. Both boxers made weight for their vacant WBC junior bantamweight

Claressa Shields scoffed at Savannah Marshall’s prediction. Shields’ rival has stated that she’ll quickly knock out the three-division champion once they finally fight as professionals. The undefeated Shields promised that Marshall will have difficulty laying a glove on her, forget knocking her out. “She said she can knock me out in less than two rounds,

Pro Boxing Team Finland and Probellum join forces for a show in Vantaa, Finland, on Saturday night (February 5). It’s the first professional boxing event in Finland in 2022. The main event features Finland vs Sweden as cruiserweight Samuli Karkkainen (14-1) takes on reigning Swedish champ Samo Jangirov (7-2-1). Both men are full of confidence

Promoter of Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has explained that he’s not disappointed in losing the recent purse bid for the upcoming mandatory fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and challenger Dillian Whyte. Hearn, who represents Whyte, bid a tremendous $32.2 million. He was easily outbid by Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren, who stamped down a record-breaking

Claressa Shields is looking forward to the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor fight, just like every other fan of women’s boxing. The three-division champion is on her own collision course with rival Savannah Marshall, assuming she defeats Ema Kozin in their middleweight title fight February 5 in Cardiff, Wales. Shields also has April 30, the date on