Boxing Scene

Vergil Ortiz Jr. is not only sticking around at welterweight but made a point to seek out one of the division’s boogeymen. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten top-rated welterweight contender will likely next face David Avanesyan atop an August 6 DAZN show in the greater Dallas area. The scheduled 12-round bout will serve as

Past World Boxing Organization (WBO) Global super featherweight title challenger Diego “Cuchis” Andrade (14-6-2, 1 KO) has replaced injured Irving “Poderoso” Castillo (12-2, 8 KOs) in the June 2nd championship final of the inaugural “WCBS 4-Man Lightweight Tournament”, against hot prospect and hometown hero Luis “Koreano” Torres (15-0, 10 KOs), at Palenque de la Expo

Five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, boxing’s hottest young attraction, and unbeaten No.1 ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero kicked off fight week Wednesday at a media workout before they square off in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Saturday, May 28 headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. (photos

HOUSTON, TX – Undefeated super middleweight, David Morrell Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs) has fired back at David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) over his comments that followed after his fight with David Lemieux this past Saturday on Showtime. Benavidez referenced Morrell Jr., Caleb Plant and Jermall Charlo as bitches, and vowed that he would knock everyone

Newly crowned North American Boxing Association (NABA) Super Flyweight Champion John “Scrappy” Ramirez (10-0, 8 KOs) made a statement two weeks ago in the DAZN’s opening bout on the Zurdo Ramirez-Dominic Boesel card, presented by Golden Boy Promotions in Association with Zurdo Promotions, live from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Ramirez’ statement was, “I’m here

Frank Warren is hoping to stage the opportunity of a lifetime for his light heavyweight charge Anthony Yarde. Warren, the head of the British promotional company, Queensberry, stated in a recent interview that he is confident that he will be able to help stage a significant 175-pound title fight later in October, in which Yarde

Gary Russell Sr., a respected trainer who guided his son, Gary Jr., to the 2008 Summer Olympics and the WBC featherweight title, has died. BoxingScene.com confirmed that Russell, 63, died Monday. The elder Russell struggled in recent years with complications related to Type 2 diabetes and also suffered several minor strokes. He had his left

Mikaela Mayer could not be more thrilled to have landed the biggest fight to be made in her weight division before outgrowing it altogether. Just don’t expect the unified IBF/WBO junior lightweight champ to hold her tongue when it comes to referencing WBC titlist Alycia ‘The Bomb’ Baumgardner (12-1, 7KOs).    “Big thanks to Top

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom views super middleweight contender David Benavidez as a very big name for Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Canelo is currently tied to Hearn as part of a two-fight agreement. Earlier this month, Canelo moved up in weight and lost a twelve round unanimous decision to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry

Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has indicated that he will likely move forward with a scheduled trilogy fight against Gennadiy Golovkin in the month of September. Earlier this year, Canelo signed a two-fight agreement with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom and DAZN – with the first bout being a light heavyweight title fight against WBA champion

(Video by Ryan Burton) – Rolando Romero Interview – Davis vs. Romero will see five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis defend his WBA Lightweight Title against unbeaten No. 1 ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero on Saturday, May 28 live on SHOWTIME PPV from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.

Marc Ramsay, head trainer of David Lemieux, made what he felt was a career-saving decision to throw in the towel during the third round of his boxer’s contest with David Benavidez on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. The former middleweight champion was hoping to capture more gold when he challenged Benavidez, with the WBC’s interim-super

Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona – Cuban prospect Yoelvis Gomez had his knockout streak ended at five, but still dominated Mexico’s Jorge Cota in a 10-round super welterweight shutout. The scores were 100-90 three times. Now living in Las Vegas, the 24-year-old Gómez (6-0, 5 KOs) went the distance for the first time in

Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson believes Anthony Joshua is fully capable of getting revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their planned rematch. Back in September of last year, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Joshua wasted no time in exercising an immediate rematch clause.

To say that he envisions a knockout is not to say that David Benavidez is overlooking David Lemieux or any other opponent. The confidence in not allowing the fight to go to the judges is the combination of more than four months of hard work and a styles matchup that suggests an explosive night for

Jamel Herring is 36 and suffered a one-sided, technical-knockout loss to Shakur Stevenson in his last fight. As a former world champion who has fought a significantly higher level of opposition, however, Herring feels Jamaine Ortiz has much more to prove than him in their 10-round lightweight fight Saturday night in Las Vegas. The 26-year-old

GLENDALE, Arizona – David Benavidez felt a good kind of pressure after watching his stablemates in action earlier this year. The unbeaten 25-year-old was ringside as Diego Pacheco and Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela took care of their respective opponents with relative ease. Los Angeles’ Pacheco (14-0, 11KOs)—a 21-year-old super middleweight prospect—earned a second-round knockout on the

Someone will lose a fight for the first time when Janibek Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum square off for the interim WBO Middleweight title in the main event Saturday, May 21, on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. (photos by Mikey Williams) The fight card, promoted by Top Rank,