Boxing Scene

Conor Benn is planning on announcing himself on the world stage when he takes on former IBO Welterweight World Champion Sebastian Formella at the top of a bill at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday November 21, live on Sky Sports and DAZN. ‘The Destroyer’ (16-0, 11 KOs) heads into his toughest assignment to date

Former WBC middleweight world champion Julio César Chavez Jr. appeared at a press conference on Wednesday and advised the press in attendance that he prepared very hard for his upcoming fight with Argentine contender Nicolás Masseroni, in the main event bout taking place next Friday, November 27, in the Revolución Park, in the capital of Sinaloa. Chavez Jr. will

Heavyweight powerhouse Daniel Dubois insists he’s ready to roll with the punches when it comes to his next career step and would take a World Title fight behind closed doors if he had to. 23-year-old ‘Dynamite’ has seen first-hand the havoc Coronavirus restrictions can wreak on the sporting schedule, with his upcoming bout with Joe

Pick It: O’Shaquie Foster vs. Miguel Roman (Thursday, NBC Sports Net, 9 PM EST) In a slower boxing week, a maiden voyage will set sail. NBC, the network that cracked opened the door for boxing’s network return, is keeping a toe in the water on the cable side with the debut of the Ring City

It was officially announced on Tuesday that Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will take on Callum Smith for the WBA super middleweight title on Saturday December 19, live on DAZN. Alvarez (53-1-2 36 KOs) is back in action for the first time since knocking out Sergey Kovalev in November 2019 in Las Vegas, ripping the WBO light heavyweight

Deontay Wilder apparently has no plans of coming up for air from his deep, deep rabbit hole of excuses. In the latest leg of an unexpected PR blitz, Wilder doubled down on all the reasons – each one more fanciful than the next – on why he lost to Tyson fury in their ballyhooed rematch

Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell is recovering from a COVID-19 diagnosis. He was scheduled to face unbeaten Ryan Garcia on December 5th in Indio, California – with the vacant interim-WBC lightweight title at stake. The fight was postponed, due to Campbell coming down with COVID, to a date to be determined shortly. The winner

Super flyweight contender Andrew Moloney has retained experienced boxing attorney Josh Dubin to represent him in the appeal process to overturn last Saturday’s no-decision ruling in his rematch with WBA “regular” champion Joshua Franco, which took place at the MGM Grand’s Conference Center in Las Vegas. The fight was a rematch on their June encounter – where

Luke Campbell believes Vasiliy Lomachenko was not the same fighter after their twelve round battle in August of 2019. Campbell lost a competitive twelve round decision, in a bout for the vacant WBC title in London. The WBA, WBO titles were also at stake. Lomachenko returned last month, and lost a twelve round unanimous decision to

Junior Cruzat battered Juan Jimenez Friday night, dropping him four times before the fight was stopped in round three at the Gimnasio Fiscal in his hometown of Llanquihue, Chile. With the win, Cruzat improves to 8-0, 5 knockouts. Fighting now as a junior lightweight, the taller Cruzat rained punches down onto Jimenez, but it was well-placed

David Allen has revealed his decision to retire from professional boxing. The 28-year-old heavyweight had been set to return to the ring on November 21 at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London. Allen (18-5-2, 15 KOs) was originally scheduled to box on the undercard of the heavyweight clash between Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora on

Asloum Event, headed by Brahim Asloum, stage a big show on December 5 at the Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois Perret with WBA Gold lightweight champion Yvan Mendy (45-5-1) and hard punching light heavy Mathieu Bauderlique (19-1) headlining, writes l’Equipe. Also on the bill is a showdown between Massi Tachour (14-4) and Giuseppe

SSE Arena, Wembley, London – IBF, WBC, WBA, WBO lightweight champion Katie Taylor (17-0, 6 KOs) dominated her way to a ten round unanimous decision win over undefeated mandatory challenger Miriam Gutierrez (13-1, 5 KOs). The scores were 100-89, 100-90 and 99-91. Taylor went right after Gutierrez in the first round, throwing big punches and

Stephen “Breadman” Edwards has been tackling topics such as Terence Crawford vs. Kell Brook, Errol Spence, Gennady Golovkin, the Tevin Farmer vs. JoJo Diaz rematch, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, Teofimo Lopez vs. Gervonta Davis and more. What’s good Bread, Lotta folks out there saying Kell Brook is weight drained before the man even steps on

As she prepares herself for the next chapter in her fast-moving career, it’s easy to forget how quickly the humble and quiet boxer from Denaby has swiftly ascended from prospect to the world stage. Terri Harper, who only just turned twenty-four, will defend her IBO & WBC super-featherweight world titles against undefeated mandatory challenger, Katharina

Denzel Bentley became British middleweight champion after Mark Heffron was retired on his stool at the end of the fourth round at the BT Sport Studios in London with a badly swollen left eye and then said he would follow in the footsteps of  Terry Downes and Lloyd Honeyghan, who came from the same south

While pro boxing has adapted to the times in many respects, creating COVID-free bubbles and running shows in studios and empty venues all over the world, many fighters are still left unemployed, or at best, underemployed. Boxing’s big budget promoters have the resources to run network television shows, and those with shallower pockets have adapted

Rachel Ball’s fight with Jorgelina Guanini at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday will now not be for the WBA bantamweight title after Guanini failed two weight check for the fight, although the pair could still be boxing for a WBA title at a higher weight. Guanini, 28, from Argentina, holds the IBF super flyweight title