Boxing Scene

Fast-rising Irish star ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (3-0, 3 KOs) has a new opponent for his next test as Benjamin Whittaker, (15-8, 3 KO), of San Antonio, TX steps in for Cleotis Pendarvis in the six-round main event on Thursday, August 4 at The Quiet Cannon. Walsh vs. Whittaker headlines 360 Promotions’ ‘Hollywood Fight Nights’, broadcast

Newly crowned WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas is still hoping to secure a showdown with WBA champion Leo Santa Cruz. Earlier this month, Vargas captured the WBC title with a twelve round decision win over Mark Magsayo. After that win, Vargas called for a showdown with Santa Cruz. He believes the fight would be instant

Claressa Shields is not concerned with Savannah Marshall exercising a rematch clause in the aftermath of their upcoming fight. Shields, who holds the IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight titles, will collide with WBO titleholder Marshall in an undisputed showdown on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London. The two have had a rivalry for several

One of New England’s brightest prospects, Brockton (MA) welterweight David “The Blessed One” Ribeiro (1-0, 1 KO), has been added to “The Next Chapter” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, on Saturday night, August 6, at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The 25-year-old Ribeiro faces 71-fight veteran DeWayne Wisdom in a 4-round match. Ribeiro

During a recent interview, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs) explained that he was ordered to take it easy on Jake Paul during their sparring session from two years ago. He was threatened, with payment withholding, if he knocked Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) out in the spar. Next month, they will meet in

Today was a big day at the EBU office in Rome with no less than five different purse bids that went ahead at noon and here are the results: The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Umut Camkiran (18-0) and Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0) again had no interested bidders, and the title isn’t just

Daniel Uribe, a Chilean amateur standout, has signed a long-term deal with Tony Tolj’s Dragon Fire Boxing. Uribe comes from a host of standout South Americans and joins Tolj’s ever-growing international stable that includes top contenders Andrew and Jason Moloney. Uribe discussed turning professional and outlined his hopes moving forward. He said, “Turning professional with Tony

Austin “No Doubt” Trout improved his record to 35-5-1 with a majority decision win over Florin Cardos (21-4) on Friday night in Germany.  The former super welterweight champion has now won 4 fights in a row since his 2019 split draw against Terrell Gausha.  At 36-years-old, Trout’s goal is to become a world champion again. 

Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California – In a bout taking place at junior welterweight, Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) dropped former world champion Javier Fortuna (37-4-1, 26 KOs) three times for a knockout in the sixth round. After controlling the first three round, Garcia dropped Fortuna for the first time in the fourth with a

The International Boxing Association (IBA) Board of Directors held a hybrid meeting as members assembled in Algeria and online to discuss several key decisions, including the location of the forthcoming Extraordinary Congress. The Congress will be held on a date to-be-decided between 24 September and 1 October in Armenia, Yerevan and will be live streamed

LOS ANGELES – Oscar Collazo proved his readiness for a 105-pound title shot in just his fifth professional fight Saturday. The Puerto Rican southpaw defeated former WBA and WBO minimumweight champion Victorio Saludar by unanimous decision in their 12-round WBA elimination match on the Ryan Garcia-Javier Fortuna undercard at Crypto.com Arena. Collazo (5-0, 3 KOs)

Details of delicate dealings among competing promoters and television networks or streaming services often are kept private. That was the case early in 2021, when representatives for Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia quietly made progress toward matching those two popular, undefeated lightweight knockout artists. Garcia feels he has unfairly been blamed for their fight falling

The heatwave sweeping the UK right now is no bother to Hamzah Sheeraz, after all, having spent eight weeks training in Los Angeles, and spent many an afternoon sweating in the Wild Card gym, Sheeraz is used to coping with the heat.  The unbeaten middleweight is back on home soil on Saturday night when he

This Saturday night, Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18KOs) of Victorville, CA, will step in the ring against former two-time world champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs) of La Romana, DR. (photos by Tom Hogan/HoganPhotos) The 12-round lightweight fight will take place on Saturday, July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles and

Donnie Nietes will shake off the disappointment of his world title defeat to Kazuto Ioka and rebuild towards another shot at the super flyweight crown. Nietes was trying to reclaim the WBO world junior bantamweight title in Tokyo on Wednesday night but was defeated on the scorecards, with all three ringside judges awarding the fight

LOS ANGELES – As the proverbial “B” side of this promotion, Javier Fortuna feels he cannot allow his 12-round fight with Ryan Garcia to go the distance. The Dominican southpaw suspects that no matter what transpires against Garcia, he won’t be able to beat the popular lightweight contender on the scorecards Saturday night at Crypto.com

LOS ANGELES – Oscar De La Hoya hasn’t underestimated Javier Fortuna. “The Golden Boy” believes the strong southpaw will present legitimate danger for Ryan Garcia on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena. If the heavily favored Garcia wins, De La Hoya anticipates a difficult fight of his own when he tries to make the high-profile fight

Polish star and Brooklyn’s all-action heavyweight Adam Kownacki will look to bounce back on Saturday, July 30 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Kownacki will return to fight at Barclays Center for the 11th time in his career, as he takes on Turkish Olympian Ali Eren Demirezen in