Boxing Scene

Terence Crawford will be presented with the toughest test of his 13-year professional career when he takes on Shawn Porter next month in an ESPN+ pay-per-view show at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. He knows it as well. “It’s put up or shut up. In my eyes, I can stand up and pull my

Coventry, UK – Former British light heavyweight Champion Shakan Pitters reckons he could beat Usain Bolt running backwards… over 800m! The Birmingham star headlines at the Coventry Skydome Arena on Saturday, November 13, when he takes on the Leeds puncher Reece Cartwright, for the Vacant WBC International Light-Heavyweight Championship, live and free on Channel 5.

ATLANTA – Evan Holyfield made the most of his first opportunity to fight in his hometown and the city where his legendary father engaged in one of most memorable bouts. With his famous father sitting ringside, Holyfield, on his 24th birthday, knocked Charles Stanford cold in the second round of their junior middleweight match on

As officially announced last week, a big boxing night is set for Friday, December 17 at the Bell Center in Montreal. Three world championship fights and four world belts will be contested there as part of this gala presented by Top Rank and Groupe Yvon Michel. As the main attraction, unified light heavyweight champion Artur

Otto Wallin has spoken of the disappointment he felt when Dillian Whyte pulled out of their scheduled October 30 fight last week. Whyte cited a damaged shoulder, leaving Wallin hoping that their contest will be rescheduled while boxing chatter intensifies that Whyte will now go in to a straight shot at WBC champion Tyson Fury

Dillian Whyte suffered a reported shoulder injury the week of Oct. 11 during training and was forced to officially pull out of his interim WBC heavyweight title defense against Otto Wallin on Oct. 20, eleven days after WBC champion Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder.  Whyte is the WBC mandatory challenger to Fury’s belt, and

ATLANTA – A stone-faced Jamel Herring stood approximately three inches taller than Shakur Stevenson as they went face-to-face following their weigh-in Friday afternoon. His three-inch height advantage aside, Herring remains a huge underdog entering their 12-round, 130-pound championship match Saturday night at State Farm Arena. Caesars Sportsbook lists Stevenson as a 9-1 favorite over Herring,

Unbeaten super bantamweight prospect, Katsuma Akitsugi (6-0, 1 KO), will face the toughest of his career as he faces Eros Correa (10-0, 7 KOs) in the co-main event of Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” event this Friday, October 22, 2021, in an 8-round feature attraction. This event will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Ontario, CA.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero certainly isn’t short on confidence—or insults—when it comes to his next opponent. The brash Las Vegas-based contender is living in the moment as it relates to his upcoming showdown with one of the sport’s most promising young stars in Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. The pair of undefeated lightweights will collide December 5 on

Undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor’s title defense against top contender Jack Catterall — originally scheduled for Dec. 18 at The OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland — has been postponed to Saturday, Feb. 26 at the same venue due to a knee injury Taylor suffered in training.  Ticket and undercard information will be announced

SOUTH LAKE, Tex. – World Cup Boxing Series (WCBS), co-founded by CEO Terry Hollan and matchmaker Guy Taylor, announced today that WCBS has signed undefeated Mexican lightweight prospect Luis “Koreano” Torres (15-0, 11 KOs) to a long term, multi-year promotional contract. The 19-year-old Torres, the reigning WBC Youth Lightweight World Champion, is a rising star

Mexican superstar, four-division world champion and unified WBC/WBO/WBA Super Middleweight Champion Canelo Alvarez held a virtual workout on Wednesday, as he showed off his skills ahead of his highly anticipated undisputed 168-pound championship showdown against undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant taking place Saturday, November 6 live on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM

Mexican superstar, four-division world champion and unified WBC/WBO/WBA Super Middleweight Champion Canelo Álvarez will hold a virtual media workout ahead of his highly anticipated 168-showdown against undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant before they meet in the ring on Saturday, November 6 live on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in

Unbeaten super bantamweight prospect, Eros Correa (10-0, 7 KOs), will return to action against Katsuma Akitsugi (6-0, 1 KO) in the 8-round co-feature of Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” event happening this Friday, October 22, 2021. “New Blood” will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Ontario, CA. Doors open at 6:30 pm PT with the first

Dmitriy Salita, promoter of heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, is hoping that a big win in two weeks will secure his boxer a rematch with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Wallin suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Fury in 2019. But, during the fight he inflicted two horrendous cuts on Fury – and there

Ganigan Lopez will end a near two-year hiatus while hoping to spoil the party for his unbeaten challenger. The former junior flyweight titlist returns to the ring for a showdown with Colombia’s Jose Soto. Their scheduled ten-round regional junior bantamweight title fight headlines the next edition of Boxeo Telemundo this Friday from Deportivo Oceania in

Peter Fury, trainer of WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall, is crossing his fingers that a showdown finally happens with two-time Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Shields in 2022. Both of the unbeaten boxers are now aligned with Sky Sports, who plan to showcase them in a doubleheader on December 11. Should both fighters win their respective

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is back in training, with an eye of fighting again on a date in December or January. Chavez Jr. has been out of the ring since June 19, when he lost an upset decision to aging former UFC champion Anderson Silva. “I want a fight for December