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Lightweight contender Felix Verdejo will see action for the third time in 2020 when he returns to the ring on December 12th inside of “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The ESPN televised main event for the date was originally slated to be an all Mexican showdown pitting WBC 130 pound champion

Floyd Mayweather wouldn’t even entertain a question about Gervonta Davis’ potential opponents Saturday night. It wasn’t the appropriate time, according to Davis’ prominent promoter, to discuss future fights for his company’s emerging star. Mayweather wanted to talk about the undefeated Davis’ vicious, one-punch knockout of Leo Santa Cruz, a spectacular, sudden conclusion that trended on

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—If there’s a silver lining to be found in returning after a near year-long layoff, it’s that Devin Haney’s long-awaited ring return comes right on time for the lightweight division. On the heels of Teofimo Lopez and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis racking up career-best wins in recent weeks, Las Vegas’s Haney (24-0, 15KOs) is

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—There is only one option enticing enough to convince Dillian Whyte to bypass his planned rematch with Alexander Povetkin. None of the heavyweights making themselves available are along those lines, nor captivating enough to charge the price of admission that comes with a Sky Sports Box Office purchase. Plans for Whyte and Povetkin to

‘Ferocious’ George Kambosos Jr., (19-0, 10 KOs), lived up to his brash confidence winning a 12-round decision over Lee Selby, (28-3, 9 KOs), this past Saturday night, October 31 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. With the dominant victory, Kambosos became the IBF Mandatory Challenger to 135lb. Undisputed World Champion Teofimo Lopez. Said the

The fight between junior lightweight world titlist Jamel Herring and former two-division titlist Carl Frampton, which is penciled in for Dec. 19 in the United Kingdom, could move into January to ensure an American broadcaster but if it remains in December it would not have a broadcast home in the United States, Top Rank promoter

As hard as he worked to win the title, Patrick Teixeira takes offense to any claim that he’s trying to protect his reign in any way. The reigning junior middleweight titlist is in limbo regarding his first title defense. Brazil’s Teixeira (33-1, 22KOs) has been ordered to make a mandatory title defense versus Argentina’s Brian

It’s a shame, but not a complete surprise, that Tim Ryan hasn’t been given his place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. Simply put, in a world where shouting passes for analysis, where Twitter followers are more important qualifiers than experience in earning some people jobs, Ryan was always going to be

As BoxingScene.com reported earlier, WBC interim-heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin tested positive for COVID-19 and his upcoming rematch with Dilllian Whyte has been postponed. Back in August, Povetkin scored a sensational fifth round knockout of Whyte in the fifth round. It didn’t take long before Whyte exercised an immediate rematch clause, with the second fight being set down for

SAN ANTONIO – Mario Barrios and Regis Prograis boxed in back-to-back bouts Saturday night at Alamodome. Now that they’ve recorded respective technical knockouts of Ryan Karl and Juan Heraldez, Barrios and Prograis could come face-to-face the next time they enter the ring. Both boxers acknowledged after their impressive victories that they expect to fight one

Leo Santa Cruz will allocate the next days, weeks and even months to decide, together with his family, whether he will remain in boxing or retire after his brutal knockout loss to Gervonta Davis on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. ‘El Famoso Terremoto’, who is in good health after a routine check-up at

Minsk – In the main event of another installment of the Al Siesta-promoted (this time in association with Camille Estephan and MelBet), young Russian Vladimir Myshev (11-0, 6 KOs) scored an uneventful eight-round unanimous decision over defensive-minded and defensively-potent Alexander Cazares (16-14, 7 KOs). Myshev was a bit better than the Spain-based Mexican but too

It was a statement victory. Following his win over Jose Pedraza in 2017, it’s fair to say the handlers of Gervonta Davis held serve on his opposition. His best wins the last few years, including now Leo Santa Cruz, have been men whose best days were probably in divisions below Jr. lightweight. Santa Cruz, though,

Promoter Eddie Hearn was a bit annoyed when former welterweight champion Kell Brook questioned his loyalty. On November 14, Brook will challenger WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford at the MGM Grand’s Conference Center in Las Vegas. Hearn, who promoted Brook for many years, was not involved in the negotiations for Brook’s deal to face Crawford. Brook

With his Las Vegas debut out of the way and ending in style, Naoya Inoue is ready to move on to more pressing matters in his already incredible career. (photo by Mikey Williams) The unbeaten three-division and reigning unified bantamweight titlist looked sensational in a one-sided 7th round knockout of perennial Top 5 contender Jason

SSE Arena, Wembley, London – Savannah Marshall became Britain’s latest World Champion by stopping Hannah Rankin in seven rounds to win the vacant WBO Middleweight World Title. The former amateur World Champion was a class above her Scottish rival from the opening bell and kept herself on course for a potential showdown with American star

Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas – In a battle for the WBA super featherweight and lightweight titles, Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) pulled off a brutal one-punch knockout of Leo Santa Cruz (37-2-1, 19 KOs) in the sixth round. Santa Cruz was working the jab the fight started, with Davis working good counters. A cut opened

Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has finally broken his silence after months of being quiet. In a video posted to Instagram, Wilder made accusations that Tyson Fury loaded his gloves for their rematch in February – which he claims created “a dent” in his head and caused his ear to bleed. Fury dominated Wilder and