Boxing Scene

Claressa Shields’ loss to Agibail Montes in a mixed martial arts match Wednesday night won’t prevent her from making a quick turnaround for her upcoming boxing bout. Dmitriy Salita, Shields’ boxing promoter, informed BoxingScene.com that Shields left the cage in Hollywood, Florida, relatively unscathed following her three-round, split-decision defeat to Montes. Mexico’s Montes (3-0, 1

Eric Molina has confidently predicted that he will become the first man to defeat fast-rising Croatian Heavyweight contender Alen Babic when they collide in a scheduled eight-round contest on the undercard of Chantelle Cameron vs. Mary McGee at The O2 in London this Saturday October 30, live worldwide on DAZN.  ‘Drummer Boy’ (28-7, 20 KOs)

Four months after enjoying her first mixed martial arts fight, Claressa Shields was presented with a different kind of experience. Defeat. The three-division boxing champion and pound-for-pound queen fell just short in her second MMA fight, dropping a split decision to Mexico’s Abigail Montes. Shields won 29-28 on one scorecard, with the same score gracing

Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan are right back where they left off nearly one month ago. What has amounted to an extra four weeks of negotiations has not brought the featherweights any closer to a deal. The inability to do so following the last extension has prompted the World Boxing Association (WBA) to reorder a

Archie Sharp is hoping to move a step closer to a world title showdown with new WBO super-featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson – provided he can defeat Alexis Boureima Kabore when they collide on Friday’s MTK Fight Night. This week’s card at York Hall in London will be broadcast live in the US on ESPN+ in

Puerto Rican prospect Xander Zayas will take a break for a few days, before returning to the gym on the way to his sixth fight of 2021. Zayas will see action on December 11, as part of the undercard to the lightweight fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey, which takes place at Madison Square Gardens

WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas is still fuming that he was ordered to take part in a mini-tournament by the World Boxing Association. Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs) had hoped to move forward with a unification clash against WBC, IBF Errol Spence in the first quarter of 2022 – but instead the sanctioning body has ordered the

LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk can’t happen next because Usyk is contractually committed to an immediate rematch against Anthony Joshua. But if Ukraine’s Usyk beats Joshua again and Fury makes a successful second defense of his WBC belt in his first fight next year, Fury-Usyk could materialize later in 2022. Their fight

Former UFC world champion Michael Bisping is backing Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (4-0, 3 KOs), to beat his likely next opponent, Tommy Fury (7-0, 4 KOs). According to reports in the UK, Paul and Fury are close to finalizing a deal to fight each other on December 18 in Miami, Florida. Both Paul and

World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) is still being aggressively pursued by undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (42-0, 28 KOs), the former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight world titleholder. Ramirez has been calling for the fight for several months, but says his team has been unable to get Bivol

Hall of Fame promoter, Frank Warren, says they are waiting on a decision from the WBO before deciding Joe Joyce’s next move. Warren announced on social media in July that Joyce became the WBO mandatory challenger and is on course for his maiden world heavyweight title shot. Unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the

Hanover, MD – Jordan White stopped Joe Perez in round six of their scheduled 10-round junior lightweight bout that headlined a fantastic eight-bout card in front of almost 3,000 enthusiastic fans at Live Casino Hotel Maryland in Hanover, Maryland. (photo by Daniel Cork) The show was promoted by Jeter Promotions (Christen and Tony Jeter). The

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