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Joshua Buatsi will face former World Title challenger Maxim Vlasov on the undercard of Joseph Parker’s huge rematch with Derek Chisora at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday December 18, live worldwide on DAZN (with the exception of New Zealand and Samoa). Buatsi (15-0, 13 KOs) scored his tenth knockout in a row when

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez didn’t callously claim recently that Ryan Garcia is “wasting” his talent. The measured Mexican icon issued his opinion of Garcia’s career publicly to serve as “constructive criticism” of his stablemate, in hopes of motivating the former WBC interim lightweight champion once he recovers from recent surgery on his fractured right

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Caleb Plant never has to fight again after Saturday night. Win or lose against “Canelo” Alvarez, the Tennessee native can walk out of the MGM Grand Garden Arena with a check in the reported neighborhood of ten million dollars and never throw a punch for pay for the rest

Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, feels confident that his boxer would beat Anthony Joshua ‘in every department’ if the two domestic rivals collide in the ring. Last month, Fury retained his title when he overcame two knockdowns to score an eleventh round knockout of Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in

LAS VEGAS – Radzhab Butaev barely had sat down for his post-fight press conference late Saturday night before he was asked about fighting Jaron Ennis next. The newly crowned WBA world welterweight champion made it clear that he is preoccupied with another fight, not the emerging young star that knocked out Thomas Dulorme in the

I like Caleb Plant. A lot. I like the way he fights. I like how communicative he is in interviews. And I like the fact that I saw him working out in a county park in Las Vegas when my family and I were out there a few months back. So I’m thrilled that he’s

LAS VEGAS – Gervonta Davis officially needs a new opponent for December 5. A Showtime spokesman confirmed Monday what BoxingScene.com and several other outlets reported Saturday night, that Rolando “Rolly” Romero has been removed from a fight that was supposed to headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event four weeks from Sunday night at Staples Center in

Rolando Romero is slated to fight Gervanta Davis and headline a Showtime pay per view card from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, but that fight is in serious jeopardy after sexual assault allegations against Romero surfaced over the weekend.  BoxingScene.com’s Keith Idec reported Saturday Romero will all but certainly be removed

The late Marvelous Marvin Hagler once said “it’s tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you’ve been sleeping in silk pajamas.” For most human beings, the rigors associated with boxing are only fathomable as a desperate escape from circumstances. If you’re already rich, why would you go through this

Carlos Canizales defeated fringe contender German Valenzuela by unanimous decision late Friday night at the Foro Centenario in Mexico City. Scores were 98-92, 98-92, and 99-91 for Canizales, who improves to 23-1-1, 17 knockouts. Canizales, the former WBA ‘Regular’ junior flyweight titleholder who resides in Caracas, Venezuela, was making his return to action since losing

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – In the Showtime televised co-main event, rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis (28-0, 26 KOs) scored an explosive first-round knockout over former title challenger Thomas Dulorme (25-6-1, 16 KOs), the 12th first-round knockout of Ennis’ young career.   “It was a good knockout,” said Ennis. “You know me, I wanted

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz LAS VEGAS – Radzhab Butaev made the most of his second championship chance Saturday night. Nearly two years after he was cheated in his first shot at the WBA world welterweight title, the Russian-born Butaev stopped a battered, bloodied Jamal James in the ninth round to win that title.

Matchroom Boxing will return to the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool for another huge night of boxing on Saturday December 11 co-headlined by Undisputed Lightweight World Champion Katie Taylor and Welterweight star Conor Benn, with all of the action shown live worldwide on DAZN.  Irish sensation Taylor (19-0, 6 KOs) puts her WBC, WBA, IBF,

LAS VEGAS – Jamal James will take a seven-fight winning streak into his welterweight title defense against Radzhab Butaev on Saturday night. James last lost five years ago, when Yordenis Ugas out-boxed him and won their 10-rounder by unanimous decision. Ugas and James have ascended to greater heights since that August 2016 meeting in Verona,

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, during a recent episode of the ‘Hotboxin with Mike Tyson’ podcast, gave his take on the upcoming super middleweight unification between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Caleb Plant. On November 6, Canelo and Plant will collide for the WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA super middleweight belts at the MGM Grand in Las

 International superstar Jake “The Problem Child” Paul will face undefeated professional boxer and U.K. reality TV star Tommy “TNT” Fury in a sanctioned eight-round cruiserweight bout after months of heated back-and-forth between the two men. Paul and Fury will headline a SHOWTIME PPV event on Saturday, December 18 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

A major upset occurred on October 16th when Spain’s Sandor Martin (39-2) defeated Mikey Garcia (40-2) in Fresno, California in a DAZN streamed main event. Garcia was listed as a 20-1 favorite by many sportsbooks and very few observers picked the Spaniard to pull off the upset. One of the few people in the sport

The latest sit down between the heads of the sport’s four most notable sanctioning bodies provided an air of optimism for all parties to work together for the sake of the sport. Time will tell whether that vision sees the light of day, although any conversation is a sound starting point. Maurcio Sulaiman, Gilberto Jesus