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The WBC issued an order Tuesday for the open negotiating period to begin for its heavyweight title bout between Tyson Fury and mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. BoxingScene.com has learned that the WBC informed Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. and Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, Whyte’s longtime promotional representative. Open

Olympian Michael Conlan is prepared to face a very dangerous opponent in the form of WBA “regular” featherweight champion Leigh Wood. The fight was ordered by the World Boxing Association. The winner would fall in position to face the WBA’s super champion at the weight, Leo Santa Cruz. Last month, Wood’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, secured the

The WBO super welterweight world champion, Brian Carlos Castano, is already training hard for a planned unification rematch with IBF, WBA, WBC champion Jermell Charlo. The two champions fought to a very competitive twelve round draw, in a Showtime televised main event on July 17 of this year in San Antonio, Texas. Their rematch is

Staples Center, Los Angeles – Sebastian “Towering Inferno” Fundora moved closer to a world title shot with a 12-round unanimous decision over the previously-unbeaten Sergio Garcia in a WBC super welterweight title eliminator. Final scores read 118-110, 117-111 and 115-113. Fundora established control quickly in the first, snapping Spain’s Garcia’s head back with a booming

Croatian Heavyweight sensation Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) continued his world title charge on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with a three round beatdown of the previously undefeated Emir Ahmatovic (10-1, 7 KOs). ‘El Animal’ had the Serbian-born German down twice in the second round before finishing the fight

LOS ANGELES – Gervonta Davis called Isaac Cruz a “top 10” fighter within the lightweight division when asked to assess his upcoming opponent Thursday. Cruz has a significantly higher opinion of Davis than that, but he obviously doesn’t view the undefeated knockout artist as unbeatable. The determined Mexican challenger expects to shake up the lightweight

LOS ANGELES – Sebastian Fundora smiled Friday when Sergio Garcia assured boxing fans that he won’t run Sunday night. Fundora, a 6-feet-6 southpaw, is considered the bigger puncher, yet the Spanish contender intends to test his fellow undefeated fighter by getting inside on him. That type of bout seemingly favors Fundora, who appeared unconvinced during

Former five division champion Floyd Mayweather is willing to help train Anthony Joshua for his upcoming rematch with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk. Uysk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds back in September, to capture the four belts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. After suffering his second career defeat, there are many observers who are calling

LAS VEGAS – There wasn’t a moment of hesitation when he stepped on the scale or a sigh of relief once Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz heard his weight announced ahead of his second fight at lightweight. The hard work was already put in by the time Diaz was due to officially weigh in for his upcoming

LOS ANGELES – Isaac Cruz is certain that he left a lasting impression on Gervonta Davis 13 months ago. Cruz annihilated Diego Magdaleno in the first round on the Davis-Leo Santa Cruz undercard in October 2020 at Alamodome in San Antonio. The buzz began regarding Cruz challenging Davis in a main event once Cruz brutally

(Video by Ryan Burton) – Devin Haney will defend his WBC World Lightweight title against Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz, Jr., the WBC Interim World Lightweight champion, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday December 4, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this

Fighters competing on the Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz SHOWTIME PPV undercard taking place this Sunday, December 5 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)  previewed their respective showdowns during a press conference Friday before they enter the ring in a Premier Boxing Champions event from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael

THE REMATCH between Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde will take place at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday December 4, live on BT Sport. The showdown between the two top light heavyweights falls a year on from the pair’s close-fought Battle of Westminster at Church House, where Arthur prevailed on the cards of

This Saturday night, December 4th, at the Civic Auditorium in Stockton, California, Toscano Promotions present a night of professional boxing that will feature rising middleweight Damian Sosa taking on the popular Clay Collard in a bout scheduled for eight-rounds. The nine-bout card can been seen worldwide via FITE.TV for $14.99 at 9 PM ET /

MORE RESULTS TO COME……………. In the Trillerverz 4 opener at Hammerstein Ballroom, Jersey City’s Joe Jones halted Junior Wright in the second round of a scheduled six. Both fought at a measured pace for much of the first round, but at the 10-second buzzer, Jones dropped Wright with a picture perfect right hand. Wright rose

Mike Balogun could not have been given a more appropriate platform for his planned breakout performance. The former NFL linebacker is more than seven years into his pro boxing career but still fighting for his place at the table. Balogun has an opportunity to change that on Thursday evening, when he collides with second-generation heavyweight

Danish super lightweight Enock Poulsen (11-0) will now face Franck Petitjean (23-5-3) on January 7 at the Brondby Hall in Brondby, Denmark. Petitjean steps in for Massi Tachour, who’s been forced to withdraw due to what is described as “personal problems”. The Frenchman should come well prepared as he was all set to fight for

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has fired back at some of the statements from Teofimo Lopez Sr. – the father and head trainer of former lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez. Lopez is promoted by Top Rank, and last week suffered his first career defeat at the hands of George Kambosos in a major upset. While