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Derek Chisora has no plans of throwing in the towel, no matter how many headlines crop up suggesting that he do so. The grizzled British heavyweight recently put up a spirited but ultimately losing effort in a rematch against former champion Joseph Parker at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Parker (30-2, 21 KOs) won

One of the most exciting fighters in the lower weight classes, Subriel Matias (17-1, 17 KOs), from the Maternillo neighborhood in the town of Fajardo in Puerto Rico, will have the opportunity to avenge his only loss on Saturday, January 22. Matias will face tough Armenian Petros Ananyan (16-2-2, 7 KOs) in a twelve round

The rubber match between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez finally has been rescheduled. BoxingScene.com has learned that Estrada and Gonzalez are likely to meet a third time March 5 in a main event DAZN will stream from Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Their third bout is expected to take place nearly a year

Eddie Hearn feels Joseph Parker has earned another heavyweight title shot. The former WBO champion has won six consecutive fights since he lost back-to-back 12-round unanimous decisions to Anthony Joshua and Dillan Whyte in 2018. New Zealand’s Parker hasn’t participated in a world championship match since he lost his WBO belt to Joshua in their

For the millions of Americans celebrating the holiday, Christmas supper will likely be done. Desserts will be served or on their way. A healthy set of those millions of homes will know or soon know how a clash between the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns wrapped up. Then the opening bell will sound. It

David Diamante (one of the preeminent ring announcers in the world) was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on Monday while riding on Third Avenue in Brooklyn beneath the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. He was taken to NYU Langone Health in critical condition suffering from three fractures to his spine, multiple broken ribs, and serious damage

Andre Ward did not come away feeling overawed by light heavyweight powerhouse Artur Beterbiev’s latest performance inside the ring. Beterbiev, the IBF and WBC 175-pound titlist, dropped mandatory challenger Marcus Browne twice en route to stopping him in the ninth round at the Bell Centre in Montreal. After the second knockdown, Browne declined to get

No matter how many historical milestones he checks off and titles he collects, Canelo Alvarez believes there is no satisfying certain critics. The Mexican superstar and current unified super middleweight champion recently expressed his dismay with the notion – popular in some corners of the boxing peanut gallery – that he is avoiding top contenders

The Armory in Minneapolis – Unbeaten super lightweight contender Alberto Puello (20-0, 10 KOs) cruised to a unanimous decision over VeShawn Owens (13-3, 12 KOs) after their 10-round contest. Puello controlled the action with exceptional punching accuracy, landing 39% of his shots compared to 16% from Owens. While Owens looked to disrupt his opponent with

TAMPA – Jake Paul was never prouder of anything he’d achieved in boxing to this point than he was of the final right hand that put Tyron Woodley face first onto the canvas. The five-plus rounds leading up to that now viral moment, though, were filled with moments upon which Paul would like to improve

Not even Canelo Alvarez apparently knew that a leap up to the cruiserweight ranks was in the cards for his career. On the heels of unifying the 168-pound division on Nov. 6 with a stoppage over Caleb Plant, Alvarez shocked the boxing world a few weeks later when his longtime trainer and manager Eddy Reynoso

The Armory in Minneapolis – Rising lightweight Jose Valenzuela (11-0, 7 KOs) scored a dominating fourth-round stoppage over Austin Dulay (14-3, 10 KOs). “I was surprised by the stoppage,” said Dulay. “I was starting to pick it back up and tag him with some shots. I rocked him with an overhand left at the end

Eddie Hearn has seen many of Derek Chisora’s grittiest performances from a front-row seat. Even Hearn marveled, however, at the veteran heavyweight’s remarkable resilience Saturday night. Like virtually everyone else who watched Chisora’s immediate rematch with Joseph Parker, Hearn expected Parker to knock him out either in the third round, when Chisora appeared out on

There were a lot of uncertainties heading into Friday’s light heavyweight title bout between Artur Beterbiev and Marcus Browne. Most pressing was the issue of whether it would happen at all.  As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has swept over the globe, the city of Montreal and the province of Quebec were among the quickest

TAMPA – Leo Santa Cruz is prepared to play by the rules to retain his current title status. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the four-division and reigning WBA “Super” featherweight beltholder has complied with a mandate to inform the sanctioning body of his plans at the weight. A previous ruling called for Santa Cruz to inform

Jake “The Problem Child” Paul left no doubt in his rematch with Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley, registering a strong candidate for Knockout of the Year in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,685 screaming fans at AMALIE Arena in Tampa. A deadly right hand connected flush on Woodley’s chin in the sixth round, sending

Tampa, Florida – In a cruiserweight rematch, social media star Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) set the record straight with a brutal sixth round knockout of former UFC champion Tyron Woodley (0-2). Their first bout, which took place back in August, saw Paul go the distance for the first time and win an eight round split

Manchester – In an IBF super featherweight eliminator, Zelfa Barrett (27-1, 16 KOs) easily outboxed Bruno Tarimo (26-3-2, 5 KOs) over twelve rounds for a unanimous decision win. The scores were 117-110, 117-110, 116-111. Tarimo was pressing forward like a bull, but he was not very effective with his punches. Barrett was moving and landing punches while