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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

The chips are falling into place. Ever since former lightweight and Jr. welterweight champion Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KO), 33, rose to win a WBO belt at welterweight in June 2018, a vocal contingent of boxing fans have made it clear what they want to see. They’re not getting it.  Yet.  Former two-time welterweight titlist

Jaime Munguia fully expects to soon enter the middleweight title picture. It won’t happen in the immediate future, though also not too far beyond that point. Despite being named in an ordered WBC title eliminator with Sergey Derevyanchenko, Tijuana’s Munguia (37-0, 30KOs) awaits a fight date with a long-discussed showdown versus Philadelphia’s ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado

Marc Ramsay is on the ascent. The respected trainer and longtime fixture on the Montreal boxing scene will head the boxing department for the promotional company Eye of the Tiger Management, according to a press release sent out by the company Monday.   Camille Estephan, the founder and president of Montreal-based EOTTM, confirmed the announcement

A visit to the gym where Katie Taylor trains in Connecticut in early 2018 said everything you needed to know about the undisputed lightweight champion.  It’s a small place, no tanning beds, no smoothie bar, with the only “ornaments” being various banners celebrating some of the fighters who work there. Taylor had no banner at

Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing has announced the signing of power-punching Cuban super featherweight Pablo “The Cuban Menace” Vicente to an exclusive promotional contract. Vicente, currently residing in Panama City, Panama, but originally hailing from Havana, Cuba, is currently ranked #10 in the world by the WBC. A former decorated amateur on the vaunted Cuban

Jamel Herring’s dominant performance against Carl Frampton didn’t exactly capture Shakur Stevenson’s attention. The undefeated Stevenson has seen only highlights of Herring’s sixth-round technical knockout of Frampton. Stevenson nevertheless cannot help but feel Herring has been given more credit than he deserves for stopping someone Stevenson considers an older, smaller fighter. Herring (23-2, 11 KOs)

Jamel Herring didn’t need to read the fight reports on Shakur Stevenson’s latest performance to form his opinion on the unbeaten former featherweight titlist. Much has been made of Stevenson’s uninspiring—though ultimately effective— effort in his twelve-round, unanimous decision win over Namibia’s Jeremia Nakathila. Their June 12 fight in Las Vegas to determine the next

Orlando ‘Capu’ Gonzalez has spent all year in search of a step-up fight. His wish was not only granted but will serve as part of one of the biggest cards of the year. BoxingScene.com has learned Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez and two-time Olympic Gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez have reached terms for an intriguing clash between featherweight