Boxing Scene

Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is looking for much bigger opportunities after facing his country rival, undefeated contender Junior Fa. Parker and Fa fought four times in the amateurs – with each man winning twice. They will settle their differences on February 27 at the Spark Arena in Auckland. Should he get past Fa, then Parker wants

The wait is over. WBC/IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) will fight top contender Adam Deines in a special Russian homecoming Saturday, March 20 at Megasport Arena in Moscow. Beterbiev represented Russia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and moved to Montreal to begin his pro career in 2013. Nearly eight years

21-year-old decorated Fijian amateur standout, The Prince of Fiji, Nathan “The Hornet” Singh (3-0), returns to the ring on March 20th at Prince Charles Park as the co-main event of a big Fiji event. Fighting out of Suva, Singh made an impressive professional debut and has quickly moved to 3-0 in the pro ranks and

The World Boxing Council has made a decision to add a picture of Floyd Mayweather to all of their world titles belts. Mayweather won the WBCworld  title in five weight divisions – super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight. He also won a variety special titles from the WBC – like the ‘money’

With a mandatory challenger defined, WBC flyweight world champion Julio Cesar Martinez  (17-1, 13 KOs) is ready to take his career to the next level. Under the tutelage of his promoter, the Guadalajara trainer Eddy Reynoso, Martinez assured that he hopes to secure the best possible fights, despite the obstacles that other champions have put in order to

UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor will be back in the octagon on Saturday night when he faces Dustin Poirier in a rematch, as the pay-per-view main event at UFC 257 on Fight Island. Should McGregor win, he wants to finalize a deal to have a boxing match with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao. The MMA superstar appears confident the contest

The fight between junior lightweight world titlist Joseph Diaz Jr. and mandatory challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov is back on. About a week ago, Rakhimov tested positive for Covid-19 and the fight was called off. However, Rakhimov has since had additional Covid-19 tests that have come back negative, allowing the fight on Feb. 13 to move forward

A frustrated Josh Warrington says he cannot understand why Can Xu did not want to face him in an arena with no fans and has questioned why the Chinese boxer is in the sport if he doesn’t want to take a big fight. Warrington, the IBF featherweight champion, has been thinking about a fight with

With the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) recently re-mandating the British flyweight title fight between Tommy Frank and Sheffield rival, Kyle Yousaf – promoter Dennis Hobson has updated on the  situation. Frank and Yousaf were due to contest the Lonsdale Belt on the UK’s first ever drive-in boxing show last December but, with Yousaf

Zanfer Promotions CEO Fernando Beltran, who co-promotes undefeated middleweight contender Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29 KO’s), says their desire to make a fight with IBF champion Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KO’s) is very real. Beltran has confirmed that both camps have been in talks about the fight, but refused to place a percentage on the probability of the contest

Everything about his title winning effort is a night that Angelo Leo will always remember, although he still longs for the day when he can truly celebrate the biggest achievement of his career to date. Albuquerque’s Leo (20-0, 9KOs) was blessed with the privilege of headlining the first Showtime card during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Fred Levin, the Pensacola attorney who with his brother Stanley guided Roy Jones through the glory years of Jones’s ring career, died on January 12, 2021, of complications from COVID-19. He was 83 years old. Levin, like Jones, was born and raised in Pensacola. After graduating from the University of Florida School of Law in

One For All Promotions in association with Team Havoc have announced their second event which will take place on February 20, at Orlando’s 5 star Caribe Royale Resort. Topping the action will be undefeated Melissa Oddessa who goes on the hunt for her first world title in just her fourth professional outing. Joining Melissa at the

As many in the industry officially welcome Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to the super middleweight division, Caleb Plant is already thinking of ways to put together a going away party. Mexico’s Alvarez—who has won major titles in four weight divisions—has firmly planted his fighting flag at 168 pounds, which the pound-for-pound king insists is his optimal

If Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has his way his next fight will be against fellow lightweight star Ryan Garcia. “I’m pushing for it for sure,” Davis told BoxingScene in an interview. “Everybody said they’re on board with it so it shouldn’t be that hard (to make). I just keep asking them over and over, (promoters) Leonard

Eddie Hearn, promoter for undefeated welterweight contender Conor Benn, says the boxer is only three or four fights away from a world title fight. He believes the young boxer has “emerged from the shadow” of his famous father, Nigel Benn. Benn will return on April 10 against his toughest opponent to date, Samuel Vargas, who fought

Demetrius Andrade is dead tired of fielding inquiries about the time he supposedly “ducked” Jermell Charlo. Whatever it was, the incident stretches back to 2014–Barack Obama was president, HBO was still pumping money into boxing telecasts, and the coronavirus was a nonentity–when Andrade was scheduled to defend his junior middleweight title against Charlo on a

Josh Taylor says he is not ruling out a future showdown with Teofimo Lopez, but believes the unbeaten boxer has more to achieve at lightweight before meeting him. Unified WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion, Taylor, is awaiting confirmation on a clash with unified WBC and WBO titlist, Jose Ramirez, for the undisputed crown. Lopez, who holds the