Whereas most boxers claim to already live a quarantined life to the point of not being bothered by the coronavirus pandemic, Abel Ramos has endured the opposite experience. The inability to enjoy regular weekend gatherings with his loving, tight-knit family has been frustrating at times for the streaking welterweight contender, though it has come with
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Light heavyweight star Joshua Buatsi needs to prove himself before he deserves a fight with Anthony Yarde. That’s the verdict of Yarde’s outspoken trainer Tunde Ajayi, who believes his man’s challenge of Sergey Kovalev in Russia last year has earned him more currency and respect than anything Buatsi has done. Ajayi is preparing Yarde for
WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring hopes the wait is finally over. Herring, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran from Coram, N.Y., will make his second world title defense Saturday, Sept. 5 against Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo at the MGM Grand Conference Center. Herring and Oquendo were scheduled to fight July 2,
It’s easy for any 23-year-old to get taken in by the bright lights of Los Angeles, and while junior welterweight prospect Stevie McKenna hasn’t shown any signs of being the type to get dragged off the path he’s traveling to world championship glory, it probably didn’t hurt that the COVID-19 pandemic came along and forced
According to former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, a deal is getting close to reality for a showdown with Terence Crawford, who holds the WBO world title at 147-pounds. The fight is being discussed for a date in November in Las Vegas. Brook has been fighting as of late in the junior middleweight division – but
All boxers but one did their part at the scale to ensure that the summer season finale of Boxeo Telemundo moves forward without issue. Antonio Moran and Luis Solis collide in a scheduled 10-round welterweight clash atop Friday’s show live on Telemundo (12:00 am ET) from Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Both boxers weighed
The result in the fight between Rico Mueller and Rafal Jackiewicz is now changed to a no-decision after the German Federation (the BDB) have reviewed the fight. The result was first a win for Jackiewicz on scores of 58-56, 58-56 and 57-57. Mueller and his team were very upset with the loss and made a
Heavyweight prospect Alen Babic has fired back at Croatian rival Filip Hrgovic and his promoter, Nisse Sauerland. Babic has been very openly calling for a showdown with the Olympic bronze medallist. Last month, Babic demolished Shawndell Winters in two rounds on the undercard to Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in Brentwood. Hrgovic will
Luis Ortiz will end nearly a one-year layoff against a considerably less dangerous opponent than Deontay Wilder. BoxingScene.com has learned that the heavyweight contender and Scott Alexander have agreed to fight November 7. The Ortiz-Alexander bout is expected to be part of the Andy Ruiz Jr.-Chris Arreola undercard. FOX will air Ruiz-Arreola and Ortiz-Alexander as
Undefeated two-division world champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, has agreed to a new multiyear deal with ESPN, it was announced today. Under the agreement, Ward will continue to serve as a boxing analyst for Top Rank on ESPN and contribute to content across platforms at the organization. “We are thrilled to have renewed our agreement with
Filip Hrgovic’s promoter, Nisse Sauerland, is not paying much attention right now to the fighting words from unbeaten prospect Alen Babic. Babic has been very openly calling for a showdown with Olympic bronze medallist. Last month, Babic demolished Shawndell Winters in two rounds on the undercard to Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin at Matchroom’s Fight
Jeison Rosario has a hard time embracing the concept that he is at the high point of the career, if only to dismiss the suggestion that the best is yet to come. Next up for the Miami-based WBA/IBF 154-pound titlist is a September 26 clash with two-time and current WBC titleholder Jermell Charlo, in a
Liam Williams could be forced to pull out of his next fight. The Welshman is set to return to the ring next month in a mandatory defence of his British middleweight title. Williams, 28, is the mandatory challenger to Demetrius Andrade’s WBO world title in the 160-pound division and his promoter, Frank Warren, wanted to
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is planning to enforce his mandatory fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Usyk in the mandatory challenger under the World Boxing Organization. Joshua is scheduled to make a mandatory defense against the IBF’s top man, Kubrat Pulev, on a tentative date of December 12.
In the way of comparison performances, there is a theory that the bar has been set exceedingly high for Jermall Charlo to match or surpass. The unbeaten two-division titlist offers his own viewpoint on why he heads down the road he’s chosen to travel. “Everybody doubt me,” Houston’s Charlo bluntly stated during a virtual press
Jamel Herring arrived in Las Vegas again Sunday for his fight against Jonathan Oquendo. Herring made that same trip from Omaha, where he trains, early in July, only to leave town without actually opposing Oquendo. The WBO junior lightweight champion learned he tested positive again for COVID-19 the day he was supposed to weigh in
Middleweight contender Esquiva Falcao battered and dropped overmatched Morrama de Aruajo Santos four times en route to a knockout win in the opening round Saturday night at the Arena de Lutas in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Falcao improves to 27-0, 19 knockouts. The southpaw Falcao, who resides in Vitoria, last fought on February 29, stopping Argentina’s
Former world champion Jhonatan Romero (31-1, 17 KOs) is planning to resume his career in the coming weeks and intends to make another world title run. The 33-year-old boxer has been away from the ring since picking up a knockout win in April 2018. Romero lost the IBF’s super bantamweight title in a shock TKO defeat at