Boxing Scene

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

Alen Babic will battle former World Title challenger Eric Molina in a scheduled eight-round contest on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s huge showdown with Otto Wallin at The O2 in London on Saturday October 30, live worldwide on DAZN. ‘The Savage’ (8-0, 8 KOs) continued his destructive run of form when he retired Mark Bennett

Rolando “Rolly” Romero, 26-years-old. has promised to crush world champion Gervonta Davis when they battle on December 5 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The two heated rivals will collide in the main event of a Showtime Pay-Per-View card. Romero (14-0, 12 KOs) was in action back in July, when he battered and

John Fury has warned his youngest son, light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury, that he would catch a beating from his brothers if he suffered a loss at the hands of Youtube star Jake Paul. Fury and Paul are very close to reaching an agreement for a pay-per-view showdown, which may take place by the end

Before a vocal crowd in Fresno, California, Jonathan Gonzalez finally accomplished his mission of capturing the WBO’s junior flyweight world title from heavily favored Elwin Soto in a big upset. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Gonzalez, who lost in his prior title challenge, secured gold with a split-decision victory. The scores were 116-112, 116-112 for Gonzalez

Moises Fuentes will undergo emergency surgery following a brutal knockout loss. An ill-advised ring return for the former strawweight titlist ended on a horrifying note, as Fuentes was knocked out by David Cuellar in the sixth round of their ESPN+ main event Saturday evening at Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. A left hook by

Brock Jarvis avoided a nearly disastrous U.S. debut. The unbeaten lightweight prospect from Marrickville, Australia survived a hellacious second round to regain control en route to a fifth-round stoppage of Mexico’s Alejandro Frias. A flurry of unanswered punches left Frias trapped in a corner, prompting a stoppage at 2:04 of round five which was deemed