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This time, Emanuel Navarrete’s team was able to present an offer his potential next opponent couldn’t refuse. BoxingScene.com has learned that a vacant featherweight title fight between Navarrete and Ruben Villa has advanced in talks with the two sides close to finalizing terms. The news comes at the tail end of a negotiation period assigned

Former WBO cruiserweight king Marco Huck, now campaigning at heavyweight, outscored Dennis Lewandowski over ten last night (Aug 29) in Braunlage. Huck won every round against the somewhat – 152 kg / 335 lbs – overweight Lewandowski. Huck is now 42-5-1 while Lewandowski suffered his fourth straight loss and is now 13-5. On the undercard

Justin Pauldo convincingly out-boxed Josec Ruiz to extend his winning streak Saturday night in Los Angeles. The junior welterweight was busier and more accurate for most of their eight-round junior welterweight fight. Pauldo worked well off his jab, landed various right hands and won a unanimous decision in the opener of the Erislandy Lara-Greg Vendetti

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such teaching your child to box, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez, the legacy of Roy Jones Jr., the career of Azumah Nelson, and more. What’s up Bread? Last mailbag you mentioned 8 years old was a good age to start teaching boxing to your

It was a far different look for Orlando Gonzalez, though with the night proving the same result. The unbeaten featherweight prospect remained perfect as a pro, outpointing Guadalajara’s Diuhl Olguin over eight rounds Friday evening at Osceola Heritage Park (OHP) in Kissimmee, Florida. Scores were 79-73, 79-73 and 80-72 in favor of Gonzalez, a 25-year

Jack Culcay is back on the title stage. The former interim titlist has once again positioned himself for a final elimination bout following a well-earned decision over countryman Abass Baraou in their fiercely contested junior middleweight heat. Judge Peter Milord had the previously unbeaten Baraou winning the contest 115-113, overruled by judges Iko Bebic (115-114)

Given the belt he just collected earlier this month, the next order of progression for Jamal James would be to upgrade. Doing so, would lead to one of the biggest names in the sport. Or it could lead to a shot at avenging his lone defeat as a pro. The streaking welterweight from Minneapolis boxed

Greg Vendetti ventured into a suburban Boston boxing gym for the first time when he was 16. He had just brawled with several guys at a local carnival. That unfair, foolish fight ended with Vendetti evening the odds by grabbing a shovel from a stranger’s shed to fend off that group. Vendetti determined if he

Viktor Postol has had two extensive training camps and an abbreviated camp since late last year for this same title fight against Jose Ramirez. All that training notwithstanding, Postol has not fought since April 2019. The 36-year-old mandatory challenger for Ramirez’s WBC super lightweight championship last fought 16 months ago, when he defeated France’s Mohamed

Erislandy Lara has found plenty of ways to preserve his 37-year old body without the need for lengthy gaps between fights. Such occurrences, unfortunately, are well beyond his control. Exactly 52 weeks will have passed by when Lara steps into the ring this weekend. The Cuban southpaw headlines the August 29 edition of Premier Boxing

ESPN+ has one of its best matches of the year on tap as unified WBC/WBO Jr. welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez (25-0, 17 KO) faces former WBC titlist and current WBC mandatory challenger Viktor Postol (31-2, 12 KO). The delayed showdown was expected earlier this year but 2020 happened and here we are. It’s not the

Production Park Studios, South Kirkby – For the vacant World Boxing Organisation European welterweight title, Lewis Crocker (12-0, 7 KOs) dropped Louis Greene (12-2, 7 KOs) three times for an eventual stoppage win in the seventh round. The first round was moving along with little action, until Crocker landed a big left in the closing seconds to

Now that Shawn Porter has beaten Sebastian Formella in their IBF/WBC elimination match, the former IBF and WBC welterweight champion can’t see any reason he shouldn’t become the mandatory challenger for the winner of the upcoming Errol Spence Jr.-Danny Garcia fight. Las Vegas’ Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs) defeated Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) by unanimous decision

There was a time when boxing fans would be less than receptive to the idea of Erislandy Lara promising more of the same in the ring. For what he has offered over his last several fights, that has now become a welcomed proposition. The 37-year old southpaw has vowed to dazzle in the twilight of

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says the superstar boxer will not have an worries of a mandatory defense for at least a year – once the mandatory challenger in established. The mandatory had been Dillian Whyte, and he was due to receive a title crack by February 2021. But Whyte’s chances of

The last thing Jose Carlos Ramirez wanted to hear was anything COVID-related resulting in a third postponement of his mandatory title defense. The unbeaten and unified junior welterweight titlist has literally waited all year for a fight to materialize with Ukraine’s Viktor Postol, with the two finally set to square off this weekend live on

One of the biggest grudge matches in the recent history of Australian boxing is officially set. Second-generation boxer Tim Tszyu and former welterweight titlist Jeff Horn both made weight for their heavily hyped junior middleweight showdown Wednesday evening at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in the coastal city of Townsville, Australia. Rockdale’s Tszyu hit the scales

Hours before Joe Smith Jr. punched his way toward a light heavyweight title shot, potential future opponent Maksim Vlasov was forced to go to drastic measure to remain active. The former title challenger was reduced to accepting an exhibition bout for his latest ring appearance, which came over the weekend in Kazan, roughly five hours