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Jose “Sniper” Pedraza has reached boxing’s pinnacle twice before. A former junior lightweight and lightweight world champion, Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs) hopes to join an elite list of Puerto Rican fighters to win world titles in three weight classes. He can take a giant leap towards that goal when he battles former unified world champion

Josh Taylor’s first fight as boxing’s undisputed 140-pound champion might be his last. The Scottish star appreciates what becoming just the fifth fully unified champ in any weight class during the four-belt era has done for his legacy. He respects the responsibility that comes with that distinction as well, yet Taylor also is a practical

Amir Khan’s trainer Brian McIntyre was close to throwing in the towel during Khan’s highly anticipated welterweight showdown with Kell Brook. Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) and Brook (40-3, 28 KOs), two of the most high-profile fighters to emerge from England in the past decade, finally swapped punches inside the ring in a 12-round welterweight bout

Super bantamweight prospect, Darren “The Gift” Cunningham (14-1, 7 KOs), is wrapping up his training camp in anticipation for his 2022 debut against Ernesto Guerrero (33-32, 19 KOs). Cunningham vs. Guerrero, an 8-round main event will be taking place this Friday February 25th at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, on a card promoted by

One of boxing’s most experienced promoters has joined forces with an emerging promoter/media company that has an ambitious global game plan. Lou DiBella and Probellum president Richard Schaefer have informed BoxingScene.com that their companies will work together to promote some of DiBella Entertainment’s boxers in a partnership that they believe will be mutually beneficial in

A strong showing in his first televised headliner is just the beginning for Jamaine Ortiz. The most recent edition of Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” series saw Ortiz soundly outpoint Nahir Albright over ten rounds Friday evening at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. The decision to take the fight was means to an end

Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf returned to the ring this past weekend in Dallas, Texas – on the Kingdom Boxing inaugural “Royal Roundz” fight card at Gilley’s Dallas. Metcalf, after a two year layoff due to COVID-related inactivity, won a six round unanimous decision over Karen Dulin. Metcalf, the formerly ranked #1 USA super bantamweight, currently splits

After dethroning World Boxing Council straw-weight champion Wanheng Menayothin in November 2020, Panya Pradabsri seeks to repeat that performance in their upcoming rematch, which had to be rescheduled for March 29th at City Hall Ground in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. When they fought first time around in 2020, Menayothin was regarded as the best strawweight fighter

Kell Brook never got a big unification showdown at welterweight.  His highest profile bouts after his title win against Shawn Porter all ended in stoppage losses, twice with busted eye sockets. Saturday though, he finally got something he always wanted. Amir Khan was a bigger global star than he was. Brook at his best appeared

Western Australian Jackson England is set for the biggest night of his career, as he steps up in class against Australian standout Paul Fleming. The fight takes place on March 23 at the ICC Exhibition Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A heavyweight bout between Sonny Bill Williams and Barry Hall will headline the

It was a big evening for Eye of the Tiger at the Casino de Montréal. In the main event, Arslanbek  . (Photos by Vincent Ethier) In the 39th second of the sixth round, “The Lion” sent “The Viking” down and stopped him, tallying up a 14th win right before the bell rang. Makhmudov now boasts

Manchester, England – A British boxing rivalry simmering for more than ten years finally came to the boil on Saturday night at the AO Arena, Manchester as Kell ‘Special K’ Brook (40-3, 28 KOs) channeled years of antagonism to stop Amir ‘King’ Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) in the sixth round, the referee stepping in to

Orlando, Florida, Caribe Royale Resort – Paul Kroll and Marquis Taylor fought to a spirited split draw in their eight-round super welterweight bout by scores of 77-75 for Kroll, 80-72 for Taylor and 76-76 in a verdict that frustrated both fighters. Before the bout, Philly’s Kroll spoke of the little respect he had for Taylor’s

The long-simmering rivalry between British superstars Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally come to a head in a 149-pound catchweight battle Saturday, Feb. 19, at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Roughly 20,000 fans will be in attendance for this British super fight for the ages, which sold out in 10 minutes when tickets went

William Zepeda has already emerged as a lightweight to fear, though the stakes have been raised by his own team. Oscar De La Hoya, founder and chairman of Golden Boy Promotions spent fight week insisting to anyone who would listen that Zepeda (24-0, 22KOs) is ready for any lightweight in the world. The Hall of

Hard-hitting Filipino warrior Vincent “Asero” Astrolabio (16-3, 12 KO’s) of General Santos City checked-in at 120.6 pounds, while Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (20-2, 13 KO’s) of Santiago de Cuba stood at 123.5 lbs., during today’s 7-Day weight-check ahead of their upcoming rumble for the vacant WBC International bantamweight title set to unfold this coming Saturday,

Three-time former champion Jorge Linares (47-6, 29 KOs) will be facing Russia’s Zaur Abdullaev (14-1, 8 KOs), in a fight for the World Boxing Council silver lightweight title, which will also be a WBC eliminator, this Saturday, February 19, at the RCC Boxing Academy, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The winner between Linares and Abdullaev will be

A Gervonta Davis-Vasiliy Lomachenko lightweight matchup is music to Calvin Ford’s ears. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Ford, the longtime trainer of Baltimore’s Davis, recently expounded his thoughts about that hypothetical pairing, and suffice to say he was enthusiastic. A Davis-Lomachenko all-southpaw fight would obviously garner massive attention as one of the best fights one could