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Canelo Alvarez’s return to boxing’s traditional pay-per-view platform Saturday night was a bigger success than anticipated. BoxingScene.com has learned that the total buy rate for the Showtime Pay-Per-View event headlined by Alvarez’s 11th-round knockout of Caleb Plant is on track to reach 800,000. That total includes only domestic buys in the United States through cable

GLOBAL boxing and media company Probellum announced the return of Lewis Ritson and the comeback of Scottish legend Ricky Burns. The event next month will be the first UK promotion by Probellum, a next generation sports company designed to blend promotion, media and content whilst supporting grassroots boxing. Three-weight world champion Ricky Burns (43-8-1, 16

Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, says there are three locations under consideration for the rematch with Anthony Joshua. Back in September, Uysk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the unified crown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Joshua has already exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch. Krassyuk

Robert Easter Jr. awaits sentencing after changing his plea in a prior assault charge. The former IBF lightweight titlist was found guilty Tuesday in Toledo Municipal Court, shortly after changing his plea from Not Guilty to No Contest. Judge Michelle Wagner accepted the plea before handing down her ruling, finding Easter guilty on one count

Cruiserweight contender Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez (25-3-1) headlines the Legacy Fight Night in Dusseldorf this Saturday taking on Argentine, Jose Gregorio Ulrich (17-4). “I expect Ulrich to come and fight, anybody who steps into that ring will come to have a go. Personally, I am ready to fight! I don’t take any opponent for granted.

Atlanta — Atlanta’s own ‘Brothers In Arms’, Najee Lopez and Casey Dixon, are eager to showcase their skills at home by fighting on the same card next week in Buckhead.  While Atlanta has seen something of a boxing renaissance in the past year, there are two hometown hopefuls who hope to continue a rich tradition

Middleweight contender Gabriel Rosado is looking to continue his hot streak on Saturday night, when he faces unbeaten former world champion Jaime Munguia. Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KOs) is coming of a sensational one-punch knockout of undefeated super middleweight Bektemir Melikuziev. After the fight he called for a clash with Munguia – and he eventually secured

Tommy Fury had to do a double take when first asked about fighting Jake Paul. The rivalry has been developing between the pair of unbeaten boxing novices and out-of-ring celebrities, complete with Fury being strategically placed on the undercard of Paul’s last Pay-Per-View headliner. Both walked away with wins this past August 29, though with

Probellum will host a world championship doubleheader at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Saturday, December 11 with Probellum: Revolution – as Sunny Edwards defends his IBF flyweight title against Jayson Mama and John Riel Casimero puts his WBO bantamweight title on the line against the UK’s Paul Butler. The event brings together some of

Ra’eese Aleem will be forced to wait out a purse bid hearing to determine whether to stick with present plans or to pursue an avenue intended to lead to a major title fight. The unbeaten top-rated junior featherweight contender and his team have yet to reach common ground with Azat Hovhannisyan and his handlers as

LAS VEGAS – Jake Paul acknowledged Saturday that Tommy Fury comes from a reputable fighting family. Paul still doesn’t think Tyson Fury’s younger half-brother has the vast experience in boxing that his upcoming opponent would like people to believe. Despite that Paul has only four professional fights on his own record, Fury’s inexperience is one

Caleb Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) tasted the first defeat of his pro career on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In a full division unification, with the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight world titles at stake, Plant suffered a knockout loss at the hands of Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-1-2,

(video by Ryan Burton) – Trainer Kenny Porter was ringside at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and watched Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) become the undisputed champion at 168-pounds with a sensational knockout of unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) in the eleventh round. Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you

MGM Grand, Las Vegas – For the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight world titles, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) became the undisputed champion with a sensational knockout of unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) in the eleventh round. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott) Plant came out working a jab in the first

MGM Grand, Las Vegas – For the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight world titles, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) became the undisputed champion with a sensational knockout of unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) in the eleventh round. Canelo unifies the entire super middleweight division in a year’s time. He captured the WBC,

LAS VEGAS – Justin Gamber is long past the time he was concerned about the “glorified scrape” beneath Caleb Plant’s right eye. Plant’s trainer was worried in the immediate aftermath of his press conference brawl with Canelo Alvarez that the wound would cause a postponement of their fight. Gamber couldn’t help but be concerned when

David Benavidez has an even lower opinion of Caleb Plant after the latter’s extracurricular scuffle.  Plant was involved in a melee with Canelo Alvarez at a press conference back in September for their Nov. 6 undisputed super middleweight title bout in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View. After the two traded words during a face-off, Alvarez

The next step in the career of Vergil Ortiz Jr. will come without head trainer Robert Garcia Sr. A three-plus year relationship between the unbeaten welterweight contender and the veteran cornerman has come to an end, both parties confirmed Friday. News of the split was first reported during an ESPN+ boxing telecast live from Las