Boxing Scene

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

According to numerous reports, former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army in Kiev on Wednesday. He told reporters that his love for his country compelled him to defend it against a potential invasion by Russia. For weeks there have been worldwide reports regarding a possible military attack – after Russia assembled

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are set to make history in an epic battle for Taylor’s undisputed Lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday April 30, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Years in the making, the biggest fight ever in women’s boxing between the pound-for-pound #1 and #2

New year. New calendar. New hopes and dreams for 2022. And in keeping with this season of renewal, my aim this week is to rattle off a list of the things I most want to see – or those that I most intend to do – by the time the year ends in 334 days.

The youngest of the Tszyu boxing family is set to embark on his pro journey. Nikita Tszyu will make his pro debut in grand fashion, headlining a March 2 Fox Sports Australia show live from Brisbane Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia. The event was formally announced Wednesday (local time), along with a lineup that includes

The WBC put Dillian Whyte on the clock Tuesday. Four days after Frank Warren submitted a whopping winning bid of $41,025,000 to earn the right to co-promote a Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte WBC heavyweight title fight along with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., handlers for the two British boxers were informed by the WBC that they

Russia’s arguably greatest recent talent Albert Batyrgaziev (5-0, 5 KOs) will come back for his sixth fight as a pro on March 20 in Saransk, Russia, says his head trainer Eduard Kravtsov. “The fight will be scheduled for ten rounds”, said Kravtsov to RIA Novosti, Russian media agency. “Albert will risk his WBO International and

Social media star Jake Paul explains that he’d have no issue with facing former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in an exhibition fight – but denies recent reports that the two of them were in talks to face each other. Paul considers Tyson a friend, but he’s open to the possibility of trading punches with

Capital punishment is no longer on the table in the ongoing criminal case involving Felix Verdejo.   A months-long discussion over whether to pursue the death penalty for the multiple charges against the disgraced lightweight boxer and alleged accomplice Luis Antonio Cadiz-Martinez was settled on Monday. The U.S. Attorney’s office has decided to no longer