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Diego “Maravilla” Carmona of Mexico defeated Panamanian Alberto “Metralleta” Mosquera by technical knockout at the beginning of the seventh round and took the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedecentro super welterweight Championship on EstrellaTV’s Boxeo EstrellaTV.   The series occurs on the last Friday of every month and is broadcast from Teatro Centenario Coyoacán, Mexico City.

Eddie Hearn, promoter for Katie Taylor, believes his fighter just edged the toughest defense of her career. On Saturday night, at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Taylor retained the undisputed lightweight crown when he overcame near disaster to win a ten round split decision over Amanda Serrano. In a grueling fight, Taylor was badly hurt

Neither Devin Haney nor George Kambosos will have a compatriot keeping score in their upcoming lightweight undisputed title bout, according to promoter Bob Arum. The Las Vegas-based Haney, the WBC lightweight titlist, is set to take on unified WBA, WBO, and IBF champion George Kambosos June 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, Kambosos’ home

(Video by Ryan Burton) – Teofimo Lopez Interview – MGM Grand, Las Vegas – In a super featherweight unification for the WBO, WBC world titles, Shakur Stevenson (18-0, 9 KOs) dominated Oscar Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs) over twelve rounds to win a dominant unanimous decision. The scores were 117-110, 118-109, 118-109. Functional Cookies Disabled In

NEW YORK – Liam Smith remains in the hunt for a second title run. The fighting pride of Liverpool registered his best win post-title reign, earning a tenth-round stoppage of Las Vegas’ Jessie Vargas. No knockdown were scored in the battle of former titlists, but Vargas was rendered defenseless in forcing a stoppage at 0:41

NEW YORK – Liam Smith couldn’t help but laugh after hearing what Jessie Vargas had to say about their upcoming grudge match. The battle of former titlists has become the most heated among the eight bouts on this weekend’s show at Madison Square Garden in New York (Saturday, DAZN, 7:30 pm ET), an event that

(video by Ryan Burton) – Timothy Bradley Interview – The long-awaited 130-pound grudge match is almost here. (photos by Mikey Williams) Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you need to enable Functional Cookies by clicking on “Manage Cookies” Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you need to enable Functional

LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson thinks Oscar Valdez should’ve been prevented from boxing Robson Conceicao on September 10 because Valdez tested positive for a performance-enhancing stimulant banned by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. The criticism directed at Valdez after he tested positive for Phentermine was warranted, according to Stevenson, who will face Valdez on Saturday night

NEW YORK – Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano can finally look forward to fight night for an historic matchup that has been years in the making. That didn’t prevent the pair of boxing superstars and pound-for-pound entrants from soaking in every ounce of the incredible atmosphere at Madison Square Garden Hulu Theater, which was stuffed

Highly touted Australian bantamweight Vegas Larfield continues his career progression, as he features on the ACE Boxing Group event on May 7 at Queensland’s, Royal International Convention Center.  Larfield features on a card topped by a quality 50/50 clash between Steve Spark and Blake Minto, in what could serve to be a crossroads fight for

NEW YORK – Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul are prepared to literally gamble on their respective fighters. A seven-figure wager was agreed upon by the two ahead of the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano lightweight championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City (Saturday, DAZN, 7:30 p.m. ET). The spontaneous gesture was made on stage during

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not holding his breath on a potential undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO world titles. Last September, Usyk outboxed Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the unified crown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. A rematch is now in the works for a date

Shakur Stevenson intends to add two more 130-pound championships to his collection after Saturday night. The undefeated southpaw won the WBO junior lightweight title by stopping Jamel Herring in the 10th round of his last fight, which took place October 23 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. If the favored Stevenson conquers Oscar Valdez on

NEW YORK – The head promoter for the biggest fight in women’s boxing continues to work on a path for its potential successor. The developing rivalry between junior lightweight titlists Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner has emerged high on the list of must-see unification bouts to be made. Mayer (17-0, 5KOs) is the unified IBF/WBO

Veteran boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has been selected by two-time world champion Jean Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KOs) as his new chief second for his upcoming return on May 20th, which is going to be a twelve round main event against undefeated Chinese light heavyweight Meng Fanlong (17-0, 10 KOs), the International Boxing Federation’s No. 1

Canelo Alvarez may not have any desire to stick around in boxing any longer than he has to, but he apparently is not about to abandon it anytime soon either. The Mexican superstar and current undisputed 168-pound champion recently offered a loose timetable of where he sees himself in the sport down the line, saying

Edgar Berlanga will face someone on a level comparable to his previous opponent in his next fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Brooklyn’s Berlanga and Colombia’s Alexis Angulo have agreed to meet in a 10-round super middleweight match June 11 at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. ESPN will televise their fight as the

Liam Smith is aiming to prove he can become a two-time World champion and send Jessie Vargas into a new career in politics with a career-ending defeat when they clash at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. Smith and Vargas meet in a must-win fight that will determine