Boxing Scene

LAS VEGAS – Stephen Fulton finally unveiled the way to beat Brandon Figueroa on Saturday night. Fulton fended off the ferocious Figueroa and convinced two judges that he defeated Figueroa in their 12-round, 122-pound title unification fight at Park MGM’s Dolby Live. Figueroa forced Fulton to bang it out in a proverbial phone booth for

LAS VEGAS – Brandon Figueroa embraces the description “pretty ugly” as a compliment. The undefeated Figueroa feeds off the fact that many of his opponents portray him as a pretty boy with a style entirely too ugly to beat them. Having opponents underestimate him has motivated the unbeaten WBC super bantamweight champion throughout his impressive

Teofimo Lopez’s long layoff has left him feeling underappreciated, as if fans have forgotten about his career-changing victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko. The undefeated, unified lightweight champion will fight for the first time Saturday night in the 13 months since he beat Lomachenko. He is heavily favored, 10-1 according to most sportsbooks, to beat George Kambosos

It’s a battle of undefeated titlists making a habit of fighting undefeated opponents.  Saturday night (Showtime, 10 PM EST), two of the three men holding belts at Jr. featherweight will narrow the field. Both are young, both are hungry, both throw leather, and neither knows how to lose. They could have sat on their belts

Unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and mandatory challenger George Kambosos clash on a night of action in New York, with chief support provided by the battle for the vacant IBF World Super-Featherweight title between Azinga Fuzile (15-1 9 KOs) and Kenichi Ogawa (25-1-1 28 KOs). (photos by Ed Mulholland) Raymond Ford (9-0-1 5 KOs) clashes

LAS VEGAS – Josh Taylor responded appropriately when asked late Saturday night how he felt he would defeat Terence Crawford. “Oh, I ain’t gonna tell you that, am I?,” a laughing Taylor said while speaking to a small group of reporters. “I ain’t gonna tell you that. Come on! Nah, nah, come on now. I’m

Yordenis Ugas is thankful for his title reign, if not the manner in which he is required to maintain that status. A purse bid hearing has been added to the schedule to determine promotional rights for Ugas’ ordered WBA “Super” welterweight title defense versus Lithuania’s Eimantas Stanionis. The sanctioning body took that step after having

Mexico City, Mexico – Three time world title challenger Miguel “The Scorpion” Marriaga (30-4 26 KO’s) from Arjona, Colombia is full speed ahead in training camp as he prepares for his Showtime pay-per-view clash, scheduled for December 5 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, against world ranked contender Eduardo “Zurdito” Ramirez (25-2-3 12 KO’s). Their

The decision could not have been easier for Tommy Fury when offered the opportunity to face Jake Paul. Both boxers appeared in separate bouts this past August, with the two sides immediately clashing and planting the seeds for a continued rivalry. Fury (7-0, 4KOs) outpointed Anthony Taylor (0-2) in an admittedly lackluster performance in the

George Kambosos Jr. believes yesterday’s fracas between Teofimo Lopez’s father and his father shows the champion’s team is full of ‘nervous energy’ ahead of their clash for Lopez’s IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA world lightweight titles, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live worldwide on DAZN. Kambosos Jr. (19-0 10

On Sunday, December 19, WBO #4-, IBF #6-, and WBC #14-ranked bantamweight contender Nikolai Potapov of Russia will continue his hunt for a monstrous challenge by facing rugged South African Sabelo Ngebinyana in a 10-round showdown at USC Soviet Wings Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Fighting in the co-main event of another card presented by promoter

Keith Thurman keeps drawing the ire from fellow fighters.  The former welterweight champion has been sidelined since July 2019 after suffering a spirited split decision loss to Manny Pacquiao. In the fight, the Floridian fighter also sustained a left-hand injury that resulted in surgery.  The boxer nicknamed “One Time” has just twice since March 2017,

WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol of Russia is training hard for a scheduled defense in December and is currently preparing with three sparring partners at a training camp in Krasnodar. Bivol will defend his belt against compatriot Umar Salamov on December 11 in Yekaterinburg. Bivol has no defeats in the professional ring, having scored 18

Super bantamweight contender Aaron Alameda will square off against Mexico’s Angel Contreras in an eight-round battle, plus Mayweather Promotions stablemates duel as unbeaten Rock Myrthil faces Kevin Johnson in a 10-round super lightweight tilt, on the non-televised undercard this Saturday, November 27 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dolby Live at Park MGM in

Gervonta Davis will take on Isaac Cruz on Dec. 5 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to headline a Showtime pay-per-view. The lightweight contender Cruz (22-1-1, 15 KOs) is a replacement opponent substituting in for Rolando Romero, who was pulled from the announced fight following a series of sexual assault allegations. Over the last

John Fury, father of unbeaten prospect Tommy Fury (7-0, 4 KOs), indicates that his son will make more money than “some world champions’ for the upcoming showdown with Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul (4-0, 3 KOs). The two rivals will collide in the main event of a Showtime Pay-Per-View card on December 18 at

LAS VEGAS – Bob Arum understands the reality of his promotional company’s future as it relates to working with Terence Crawford again. Arum’s Top Rank Inc. has promoted the unbeaten WBO welterweight champion throughout his ascent to stardom as a three-weight world champion. But Crawford’s contract with Top Rank expired following his 10th-round stoppage of

WBO welterweight titlist Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KO) made the fifth defense of his belt Saturday and in many ways it was a textbook example of what makes Crawford who he is. Early in fights, he can lose rounds. Sometimes, Crawford might even look vulnerable. It’s deceiving and for opponents it has to be frustrating.