As Sergey Kovalev attempts to clear his name, Bektemir Melikuziev is now left without a fight. The planned crossroads showdown between the two is longer in the works, with the entire Jan. 30 show now canceled as confirmed by Golden Boy Promotions on Friday. The event was due to take place at Fantasy Spring Casino
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DALLAS—There isn’t much left for Devin Haney to do other than put his title up for grabs and accept the best challenge to come his way. The unbeaten 22-year old remains on the hunt for a planned April ring return, despite having two assigned mandatory contenders. Plans call for the WBC to order a title
Bob Arum, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, explains that his fighter has explicitly vowed to never face Deontay Wilder for a third time. In February 2020, Fury dropped and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw
The first super middleweight world champion of Mexican decent, undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) is all in for a potential World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim light heavyweight World title fight against 2012 U.S. Olympian “Sir” Marcus Browne (23-1, 16 KOs). The WBC ordered Ramirez vs. Browne this past Monday because reigning WBC light heavyweight
Top Rank isn’t quite yet ready to get the (he)ck out of Las Vegas. The first two shows of 2021 for the longtime promotional powerhouse will remain in its home base, with separate ESPN telecasts on Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 to air live from a yet-to-be-confirmed MGM property in Vegas. Both dates were formally
Unbeaten middleweight prospect Connor Coyle (12-0, 5 KOs) has become a free agent after parting ways with Roy Jones’ promotional company. Coyle, through his pact with Jones, was getting featured on UFC Fight Pass cards, but he’s been inactive since January of 2020. After fighting three times in 2019, he saw action a year ago when
Bektemir Melikuziev was prepared to hit the road for his biggest pro fight to date. That opportunity will now take place down the block. A major location change has come of the upcoming crossroads clash between Melikuziev and former three-time light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev. The Jan. 30 DAZN-televised event will now take place at
UFC president Dana White would prefer Conor McGregor to expend his energy on a career inside of an MMA cage and not in a boxing ring. The Irishman will be headlining UFC 257 on Jan. 23 in Abu Dhabi when he takes on Dustin Poirier in a rematch. The bout will mark the first time
WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs) is expecting all-out fireworks when he collides in the ring with undefeated challenger Oscar Valdez. The two boxers will face each other on February 13. They were initially due to meet in December, with the event being postponed after Berchelt tested positive for COVID-19. Valdez was the WBO
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is 95% confident that a deal will get finalized for full division unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua retained his world titles last month, when he knocked out mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round/ Fury captured the
The quartet of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler were known as the “Four Kings” in the 1980s because they all stepped into the ring and faced one another throughout the decade in memorable fights. With the recent rise of the lightweights in Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs), Teofimo Lopez (16-0,
A boxing match between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is ‘inevitable’ – according to Audi Attar. Attar’s management company works with both fighters. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring since July of 2019 – when he won a twelve round split decision over unbeaten Keith Thurman to capture the WBA
Gabriel Flores Jr. will have to find another opponent against whom he can take a step up in competition. BoxingScene.com has learned that Andrew Cancio has suffered a back injury and has withdrawn from their 10-round junior lightweight fight. The 20-year-old Flores (19-0, 6 KOs), a developing 130-pound prospect from Stockton, California, and the 32-year-old
DAZN Group announced today that Shay Segev and James Rushton have been named Co-Chief Executive Officers. Segev will join DAZN Group in the coming months from Entain (formerly GVC Holdings), a FTSE 100 sports betting and gaming company. Segev’s background in technology and proven experience in digital transformation at both Entain and previously Videobet and
Former four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, 58-years-old, is in ongoing discussions to face career rival Mike Tyson for a third time. The two boxers collided twice in the 90’s. Holyfield, who was a massive underdog at the time, shocked the world when he stopped Tyson in ten rounds in 1996. Their 1997 rematch ended in three rounds, after Tyson
The throwback performance offered by Kazuto Ioka was motivating enough for Andrew Moloney to map out his entire 2021 campaign. Ioka added to his incredible career credentials following an 8th round knockout of unbeaten countryman Kosei Tanaka on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo, Japan. The win marked the second defense of the WBO 115-pound belt
According to IBF, WBO, WBC Franchise, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez, he drew a lot of inspiration from retired five division world champion Floyd Mayweather. Last year, the 23-year-old Lopez catapulted his career with a defining twelve round decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and coming in was regarded as one of
Ivaylo Gotzev, co-promoter for heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev, says the Bulgarian boxer would love to get in the ring with British contender Dillian Whyte. Last month, Pulev suffered the second defeat of his career – when he was stopped in nine rounds by IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Whyte is also coming off