Boxing Scene

Highly ranked Bruno Tarimo is eyeing a world title clash in the near future, with the IBF and IBO regional title holder now firmly established within the world ratings in multiple sanctioning bodies.  Tarimo, who is guided by Australian boxing manager Tony Tolj, has done things the hard way at times, trusting in his management

John Riel Casimero could see his next title defense fall in the hands of the highest bidder. A purse bid hearing was called by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) for the ordered bantamweight title fight between defending champion Casimero and mandatory challenger Paul Butler. The ruling comes just five days after the two sides were

WBA #7 Anatoli Muratov (24-2-1, 17 KOs) replaces Sven Elbir as the opponent for Chris Eubank Jr (30-2, 22 KOs) on October 2 at The SSE Arena, Wembley after Elbir tested positive for Covid-19. The German-based Kazahk was on standby preparing for his own bout on October 9 when he got the call to step

Jared “Big Baby” Anderson will make his pay-per-view debut in his 10th professional fight on the all-heavyweight undercard of Fury vs. Wilder III at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on October 9. Anderson will open the PPV broadcast in a showdown with veteran Vladimir Tereshkin (22-0-1) of Russia in what could be the toughest test

Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch disagreed with Anthony Joshua’s strategy in Saturday’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The unbeaten boxer from Ukraine was able to outbox Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Froch would have liked to see Joshua use more of his physical

Tyson Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren, highly doubts that a British super-fight with Anthony Joshua will happen in the future. On Saturday night at Tottenham Stadium, Joshua was clearly outboxed over twelve rounds by mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles. Entering that fight, many observers felt Usyk

On Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Anthony Joshua suffered his second career defeat when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk. Uysk left the ring with the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles. The unexpected outcome is certainly a big setback to Joshua’s goal of becoming the undisputed champion of his weight

Eddie Hearn might attempt to talk Anthony Joshua into a confidence-building bout before the former heavyweight champion climbs into the ring to oppose Oleksandr Usyk again. Hearn realizes, of course, that such advice probably will be ignored because Joshua will want to avenge his second professional defeat immediately. Joshua might’ve suffered a significant injury to

Alexander Krassyuk heaped praise upon Anthony Joshua throughout his speech at their press conference Thursday afternoon in London. The general director for K2 Promotions applauded the big British superstar’s willingness to test himself against the skillful fighter Krassyuk’s company represents, Oleksandr Usyk. Krassyuk then commended Eddie Hearn, whose company promotes Joshua, for keeping their business

Anthony Joshua must control the space and not leave himself open to counterpunches if he is to successfully defend his heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night, according to his trainer, Robert McCracken.  “Usyk is smaller, he’s quicker, he’s a southpaw so if you leave something out there, he is going to counter you,”

Bantamweight Saul Sanchez has been able to bounce back from a setback earlier in his career. A win over an unbeaten prospect could lead him down toward contender status in a very competitive division. Sanchez will face Jarico O’Quinn tonight on Main Street in the Rose District in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The 10-round bout will

Saul Sanchez refuses to be defined by the lone loss on his career. Four wins have followed a narrow split decision defeat to Edwin Rodriguez in their August 2019 clash, with this Friday marking the third time in four fights where Sanchez fights outside of his home state of California. This weekend’s trek leads him

English heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley has revealed how nothing seemed to faze Oleksandr Usyk when the pair used to spar. Wardley helped Usyk get ready for his eighth round knockout win over Tony Bellew in his final fight at cruiserweight and his stoppage victory over Chazz Witherspoon in his first fight at heavyweight. Describing the

IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would like to continue his career until at least the age of 36. Joshua, now 31, will defend his belts against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The bout will be the first for Joshua since last December’s knockout of Kubrat Pulev.

Tim Tszyu has a home for his next ring adventure. The Gold Coast Convention Centre in Australia’s Gold Coast will play host to the November 17 clash between Tszyu and Australia’s Takeshi Inoue. No Limit Boxing, Tszyu’s promoter confirmed details during a virtual press conference Thursday afternoon. “Absolutely excited about this,” George Rose, told Australia

Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, views mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk as a very dangerous obstacle to overcome. This Saturday, before a packed crowd at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Joshua will defend his titles against Usyk in battle of 2012 Olympic champions. Usyk cleaned out the entire cruiserweight division and

Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM) held the official weigh-in for the event being presented by La Reine des Bières, Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron, and taking place tomorrow, September 23, live from the Videotron Centre in Quebec City. The card will be presented on Punching Grace and TVA Sports starting at 7:00 pm (Eastern time). Arslanbek

Conor Benn will be back in the ring before the end of the year. The WBA Continental welterweight champion recently signed a new promotional pact with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. Benn (19-0, 12 KOs) outpointed Adrian Granados at Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds, exclusively live on DAZN, earlier this month, on the undercard of the