Boxing Scene

The mindset is different, but the emotion is still there. For a long time, Michael Conlan was hurt following his devastating if thrilling knockout defeat to Leigh Wood in the only loss of his career so far. That was in March, and he subsequently licked his wounds. The 30-year-old sulked and moped, went to Portugal

The World Boxing Council (WBC) granted the representatives of boxers Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo additional time to negotiate the details so that a fight between them can take place. Arroyo filed a petition with the WBC to declare him a proprietary 112-pound champion because Martinez pulled out of their bout that was scheduled

NEW YORK–Some of the greatest opponents Gennadiy Golovkin has ever faced have never stepped foot inside a professional boxing ring. Which is to say that the Kazakh puncher and current unified middleweight titlist does not exactly consider Alvarez the toughest adversary he has ever gone up against, despite the fact that his lone career loss

Adam Kownacki is not abandoning his dream of becoming the first Polish heavyweight to win a major title. However, he fully acknowledges that he has entered sink or swim territory heading into his next fight. The Brooklyn-based slugger returns to the ring following back-to-back stoppage losses to Robert Helenius. Kownacki begins the comeback tour against

Bob Arum’s public refusal to sign off on a 175-pound full-unification bout unless it satisfies his commitment to ESPN has baffled an executive at a rival platform. Arum, the longtime head of Top Rank, indicated that he was unwilling to allow his charge, the WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, to fight

Caleb Plant became a super middleweight world champion when he upset Jose Uzcategui in 2019.  After defending his IBF title against inferior opponents like Mike Lee, Vincent Feigenbutz, and Caleb Truax, Plant fell short when he stepped up his competition to the world-class level against Canelo Alvarez in November.  Plant fights within the PBC universe

Mikey Garcia, a former four-division champion, is stepping away from boxing at the age of 34. Garcia, who finishes his career with a record of 40-2 against 30 knockouts, made the news relatively inconspicuously on his Instagram page, in which he changed his profile to read “Retired World Champ 126, 130, 135, 140 lbs.” His

A fighting cowboy, a hometown hero, and the grandson of “The Greatest” are set for a summer night to remember in San Diego. Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will defend his WBO featherweight world title in the main event against countryman Eduardo “El Gemelo” Baez on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Navarrete

Promoter Frank Warren is chomping at the bit to get his heavyweight charge, Daniel Dubois, in the ring with British countryman Anthony Joshua. Warren, the head of England-based Queensberry Promotions, was in high spirits after Dubois stopped Trevor Bryan in the fourth round of their WBA “World” heavyweight title bout earlier this month at Casino

HBO has officially announced that WBO, WBA, IBO super lightweight champion Kali Reis (19-7-1, 5 KOs) will star opposite Jodie Foster in the next installment of the popular series True Detective. The upcoming season, called ‘True Detective: Night Country,’ will be filmed in Iceland. According to the HBO, the storyline will revolve around the disappearance

Danny Garcia will be climbing up the weight ladder when he makes his super welterweight debut July 30 against Jose Benavidez Jr. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The former 140 and 147-pound champion Garcia (36-3, 21 KOs) will be fighting for the first time since suffering a unanimous decision loss to Errol

NEW YORK–If Canelo Alvarez had it completely his way, he would be fighting Dmitry Bivol again in September. As it were, the Mexican superstar and current 168-pound undisputed champion will take on his longtime nemesis Gennadiy Golovkin in a trilogy bout on Sept. 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight will be contested

NEW YORK–Canelo Alvarez knows that a significant swath of the fight public does not believe he deserved to win his second bout with Gennadiy Golovkin. In 2018, a year after their controversial draw in the first meeting, Alvarez and Golovkin faced each other for the second time, with Alvarez winning a majority decision. As in

Undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Unified Middleweight Champion Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin will clash in a blockbuster trilogy fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 17. (photos by Ed Mulholland) The fight, presented by Matchroom, Canelo Promotions and GGG Promotions, will broadcast live on DAZN PPV in the U.S. and

After coming off a sixth-round knockout of Saul Corral (23-19, 13 KOs), a bout that took place in his hometown of Washington D.C. on May 28, 2022, super lightweight Anthony Peterson (39-1-1, 25 KOs), is eager to get back into the main event picture. Peterson looked to be in the best shape of his career,

Unbeaten welterweight contender Rashidi Ellis is pumped to finally have a date for his return, when he steps in the ring on Julu 9 to face Argentine Olympian Alberto Palmetta in a 10-round duel at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Their fight will be part of a Showtime card with WBC featherweight champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo

Eddie Hearn believes there is still a lot left in the tank of veteran heavyweight Derek Chisora. Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, thinks Chisora can continue to land coveted main event slots if he produces an impressive win in his next fight against veteran Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. Their 12-rounder takes place at the O2

At the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev (11-0, 8 KOs) broke down, dropped and stopped Ronny Rios (33-4, 16 KOs) in the twelfth and final round. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Akhmadaliev was boxing very well in the first, with Rios boxing smart in the second with