Boxing Scene

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

Mauricio Lara returns to action against Emilio Sanchez at the Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego, California on March 5, live worldwide on DAZN, on a packed event topped by the mouth-watering trilogy clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. Lara (23-2-1 16 KOs) makes a welcome return to the ring following

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras will still fight on February 5. BoxingScene.com has learned that their super flyweight championship rematch will be the main event of DAZN’s first live boxing stream of 2022. Their 12-round fight for the WBC world 115-pound championship was supposed to be the co-feature of DAZN’s stream February 5, but

In an era in which hustle culture is glamorized, there’s no shortage of people who proclaim they’re never not working. For some that may be true, although for those for whom it is, it’s likely not something they’re particularly happy about. For others, it’s a more boastful, if not disingenuous way of embracing a bootstrap

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is gearing up to defend his title against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 this coming Saturday, but he’s continued to discuss his willingness to take part in a potential cross-sport boxing match against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. For the last few weeks, both Ngannou and Fury have expressed their

Keith Thurman has been stuck on the sidelines ever since suffering his first career loss to the since-retired Manny Pacquaio in July 2019. On Feb. 5, the former welterweight champion Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) will look to repair his career when he takes on Mario Barrios in a FOX Sports pay per view headlining bout

Verona, New York – WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith (28-3, 23 KOs) made the first defense of his title with a ninth round stoppage of Steve Geffrard (16-3, 12 KOs). Geffrard took the fight on very late notice – after original opponent Callum Johnson tested positive for COVID-19.  Smith out firing in the first round, pressing