Boxing Scene

MINNEAPOLIS – Joey Spencer went the eight-round distance for the second time in three fights to earn his latest win. Michigan’s Spencer soundly outboxed Ravshan Hudaynazarov to earn a clear-cut unanimous decision. Judges Tim Taggart Sr. (79-73), Kyle Shiely (80-72) and Ludy Webster (80-72) all ruled in favor of Spencer in their non-televised middleweight bout

Elvis Rodriguez needed three rounds to warm up in his last fight. Eventually, however, Rodriguez delivered the type of performance Premier Boxing Champions’ Al Haymon hoped he would produce when Rodriguez joined PBC in the aftermath of his first professional defeat. Rodriguez dropped Mexico’s Juan Pablo Romero once apiece in the fourth and fifth rounds

As previously reported, Oleksandr Usyk – holder of the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF belts – announced in a video uploaded on his Instagram Friday that he has started training for his contractually-obligated heavyweight title rematch against England’s Anthony Joshua. Usyk had originally been on track to face Joshua, but with the Russian military invasion of

After outlasting Ted Cheeseman in a brutal fight last October, Troy Williamson would have hoped for an easier night in his first defence of the British super-welterweight title he won that night.  It didn’t happen, as he got off the floor in the second round to win a war of attrition against Mason Cartwright on

It’s not the Mandalay Bay, STAPLES Center, Barclays Center or any other huge venue Kenny Porter has worked as the coach for his son Shawn. But it’s boxing, he has a chance for his fighters to get work and better themselves, and that love is still there, even if it’s in a strip mall in

The comeback of “Showtime” Curtis Stevens (30-8, 22 KOs) was short-lived. Stevens was rocked, dropped and decisioned over six rounds on Thursday, when he stepped in the ring with middleweight Joshua “Young Gun” Conley (17-3-1, 11 KOs) at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. The scores were 59-54, 58-55 and 58-55. It was the first

Former WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt is all about new beginnings. After reigning at 130 pounds for more than four years, he has set his sights on conquering the lightweight division. (photos by Mikey Williams) Berchelt’s road to two-weight supremacy begins Saturday evening in a 10-rounder against Jeremiah Nakathila at Resorts

Eumir Felix Marcial, the Philippines’ 2021 middleweight Olympic Bronze medalist, will return to the professional ranks, in his Las Vegas debut, Saturday, April 9.  Marcial (1-0), from Zamboanga City, Philippines, will rumble with power-punching Isiah Hart (6-2-1, 4 KOs), who fights out of the PAL in Atlantic City, in a six-round middleweight bout — an

(video by Ryan Burton) – Tszyu vs. Gausha will see top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu make his long-awaited U.S. debut when he takes on U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha in a 12-round showdown that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, March 26 from The Armory in Minneapolis in a Premier Boxing Champions

Eddie Hearn is working to ensure that Canelo Alvarez’s potential third fight this year will involve one of his fighters. The promoter of Matchroom Boxing said Alvarez had requested that he look into a potential opponent for a fight date in December. Alvarez is currently signed to a two-fight deal with Hearn and DAZN, Hearn’s

Eddie Hearn thinks Canelo Alvarez is in an impossible situation as far as his “haters” are concerned. The head of Matchroom Boxing recently decried those critics who are holding the Mexican superstar to ludicrously high standards. Hearn was responding to a meme that the 31-year-old Alvarez re-posted on his Instagram story showing how his critics

Undefeated prospect, Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (4-0, 4 KOs), who has started his career with four straight knockouts, looks to make it five in a row as he fights at The Hangar, in Costa Mesa, California, on April 14th against an opponent yet to be named. The scheduled 6-round bout is being promoted by Englebrecht Promotions

Another ordered fight, another set of stalled talks for Janibek Alimkhanuly. A purse bid hearing has been called to determine promotional rights for the WBO-ordered interim middleweight title fight between Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum. The ten-day negotiation period failed to produce a deal between the unbeaten contenders, prompting the WBO to schedule a purse bid

Tim Tszyu would have loved nothing more than for his next fight to have been for a world title. When that couldn’t happen, the unbeaten second-generation boxer settled for the next best thing—simply, a fight. Australia’s Tszyu (20-0, 15KOs) will make his U.S. debut when he faces Cleveland’s Terrel Gausha this Saturday, live on Showtime

IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin is only a few weeks away from his unification clash with WBA champion Ryota Murata, which takes place on April 9 in Japan. Should Golovkin win, he will then fall in line for a trilogy grudge match with Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo’ Alvarez. Their third bout will take place

BOXXER announced the names of the eight British lightweights who will enter the BOXXER Series: Coventry at Coventry SkyDome on Saturday, April 16.  Airing live and exclusively on Sky Sports, the one-night, eight-man tournament opens up new career opportunities for successful participants. BOXXER Series tournaments utilize the short-form boxing format (3 x 3-minute rounds), creating

Eddie Hearn believes there is a double standard when it comes to the blowback he has received regarding the latest choice of opponent for rising welterweight Conor Benn. Benn, the son of famed two-division world champion Nigel Benn, is slated to take on tough but shopworn veteran Chris van Heerden of South Africa on April

Atlantic City, N.J. – On Saturday, March 26th Rising Star Promotions is back in Atlantic City at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall with Boardwalk Boxing: Rising Star Series Rd. 1 will be topped by Jr. Welterweight prospects Greg “Sharp Shooter” Outlaw (9-1, 4KOs) of Bowie, Md., and Jonathan Montrel (12-0, 7KOs) of New Orleans, La.,