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UFC president Dana White has shot down the possibility of allowing Jorge Masvidal to enter a boxing ring to fight Youtuber turned boxer, Jake Paul. In his last two fights, Paul has defeated two of White’s former fighters. Paul took out Ben Askren in one round in April. And he followed that up with a

Boxing’s consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Mexican superstar and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez and undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant met for an intense stare down that turned into a scuffle Tuesday at a press conference previewing their historic and highly anticipated undisputed super middleweight championship showdown. (photos

Joe Smith Jr. will have to wait a little longer for his first title defense. The reigning WBO light heavyweight titlist will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after recently testing positive for COVID. The development puts on hold a planned showdown with mandatory challenger Umar Salamov, which was being eyed for October

Four division world champion Mikey Garcia believes Caleb Plant is capable of pulling off a big upset when he faces Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in a full division unification. Plant and Canelo will collide on November 6, with the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight titles at stake. The contest, being carried by Showtime Pay-Per-View, takes

The most important weekend for boxing in the month of September is just a few days away. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this Saturday will host the heavyweight showdown between WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua and challenger Oleksandr Usyk. (photos by Mark Robinson) The 31-year-old Brit will be making the second defense of

Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce has revealed that his handlers tried to get him a fight with Luis Ortiz, but the British star alleges that the Cuban puncher had no interest. Joyce (13-0, 12 KOs) was in action back in July when he stopped world title challenger Carlos Takam in six rounds. Ortiz has

Former two time welterweight champion Shawn Porter will get the opportunity to reclaim gold, when he faces WBO world champion Terence Crawford on November 20. Porter won a very close, and some felt controversial, decision over Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas a few years ago. Last month, Ugas retained his WBA welterweight title when he pulled off

Former two-time world title challenger Jesse Hart made a triumphant return to Philadelphia by pounding out an eight-round unanimous decision over Mike Guy at a crowded 2300 Arena. The show was promoted by RDR Promotions. Hart, who was fighting for the first time in 20-months, controlled the action and landed the harder punches throughout the

Nearly a month after suffering a surprising loss in a boxing ring, Manny Pacquiao has officially embraced a long-discussed political fight to become president of the Philippines. Pacquiao announced Sunday that he has accepted the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party’s nomination in his home country’s 2022 presidential election. If Pacquiao wins the election

BCB Promotions have announced the signing of Walsall boxer, Shaun Cooper (10-2).  The 24-year-old lightweight will continue to train with one of BCB’s favorite sons, Martin Gethin, and has signed a management contract with BCB.  Cooper, ‘the Coalpool Warrior’, raced to a perfect 9-0 record after turning professional in 2017 and picked up the WBO

Premier Boxing Champions will present back-to-back nights of FS1 PBC Fight Night action, and on FOX Deportes, on Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19 delivering an exciting fight-filled weekend live from Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. (photos by Sean Michael Ham) On Sunday, undefeated super featherweight prospect Maliek Montgomery faces Aleem Jumakhonov in

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Malik Scott training former world champion Deontay Wilder, Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter, the lightweight foursome being called the New Four Kings, more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Bread, I just think Malik Scott is more cheerleader than trainer. Not only does Fury

Hyun Mi Choi entered 2021 with hopes of entering her first career title unification bout. She instead settles for her first win inside the distance in nearly six years.   Choi recorded the ninth successful defense of her WBA junior lightweight title following a ninth-round knockout decision win over Brazil’s Simone Aparecida Da Silva. Choi

Julian Williams will encounter an opponent October 9 who pulled off an upset in his most recent fight. BoxingScene.com has learned Williams will battle Vladimir Hernandez in a 10-round bout that’ll be part of the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder undercard at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Hernandez undoubtedly is an underdog against the former IBF/IBO/WBA 154-pound

Conor Benn will keep his team intact as he aims to advance from prospect to contender. The unbeaten welterweight continues his working relationship with Matchroom Boxing, with the two sides confirming a new multi-fight deal in place. News of the extended agreement comes on the heels of Benn’s recent ten-round win over veteran contender Adrian

Regis Prograis can’t understand why DAZN executives wouldn’t pay for his intriguing fight against Mikey Garcia, yet fully funded Garcia’s tune-up bout with an anonymous, unproven opponent. The former WBA “super” 140-pound champion expressed frustration Thursday during an interview with BoxingScene.com, just a few hours after DAZN and Matchroom Boxing announced Garcia’s next fight. Garcia,

A four-man box-off has been ordered in the weight division responsible for the WBA taking steps to clean up its act. The Panama City-headquartered sanctioning body has called for a title consolidation tournament in the welterweight division, with WBA “Super” champion Yordenis Ugas and WBA “World” titlist Jamal James now committed to separate mandatory title

Don’t expect the two top stars of the lightweight division to face each other anytime soon, if Ryan Garcia’s latest remarks are anything to go by. The Instagram star from Victorville, Calif. recently stated that he does not expect to face Baltimore’s Gervonta Davis inside the ring in the foreseeable future, a matchup that Garcia