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WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie does not see any possibility where Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will challenge him. Last November, the boxing world was shocked when Canelo’s handlers made a request to make a big jump in weight to challenge WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu. The cruiserweight limit is 200-pounds, while Canelo is the undisputed super

Jaime Munguia entered his most recent fight under the impression that his next one would come in a final eliminator. A string of events prevented that from happening, with the unbeaten former WBO junior middleweight titlist instead settling for activity rather than waiting on perhaps the more significant opportunity. Next up for Tijuana’s Munguia (38-0,

Rising Prospect, Diego Pacheco, (13-0, 10 KOs), has made some changes in his training camp and will now train alongside boxers like two-time world champion David Benavidez and junior middleweight contender Jose Benavidez. Pacheco has hooked up with trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. On March 5th, Pacheco returns to the ring on the undercard of the

Mauricio Lara returns to action against Emilio Sanchez at the Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego, California on March 5, live worldwide on DAZN, on a packed event topped by the mouth-watering trilogy clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. Lara (23-2-1 16 KOs) makes a welcome return to the ring following

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras will still fight on February 5. BoxingScene.com has learned that their super flyweight championship rematch will be the main event of DAZN’s first live boxing stream of 2022. Their 12-round fight for the WBC world 115-pound championship was supposed to be the co-feature of DAZN’s stream February 5, but

In an era in which hustle culture is glamorized, there’s no shortage of people who proclaim they’re never not working. For some that may be true, although for those for whom it is, it’s likely not something they’re particularly happy about. For others, it’s a more boastful, if not disingenuous way of embracing a bootstrap

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is gearing up to defend his title against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 this coming Saturday, but he’s continued to discuss his willingness to take part in a potential cross-sport boxing match against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. For the last few weeks, both Ngannou and Fury have expressed their

Keith Thurman has been stuck on the sidelines ever since suffering his first career loss to the since-retired Manny Pacquaio in July 2019. On Feb. 5, the former welterweight champion Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) will look to repair his career when he takes on Mario Barrios in a FOX Sports pay per view headlining bout

Verona, New York – WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith (28-3, 23 KOs) made the first defense of his title with a ninth round stoppage of Steve Geffrard (16-3, 12 KOs). Geffrard took the fight on very late notice – after original opponent Callum Johnson tested positive for COVID-19.  Smith out firing in the first round, pressing

Joe Smith Jr. expects to be much more impressive during his first title defense Saturday night than he was when he won the then-vacant WBO light heavyweight title nine months ago. Smith overcame Maxim Vlasov by majority decision to become one of boxing’s 175-pound champions, yet Smith admits it was far from his best performance.

Joe Smith Jr. obviously would welcome a high-profile fight against Artur Beterbiev or Canelo Alvarez later this year. A long-discussed showdown with Beterbiev seems like the more realistic option, as both boxers are co-promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. A fight versus Alvarez would be tougher to put together because Alvarez’s purse demands are

Francisco Rodriguez is far from done in his quest to become a two-division champion. The former unified WBO/IBF strawweight titlist—now a top junior bantamweight contender—returned to the win column with a seventh-round stoppage of Arnulfo ‘Pacman’ Salvador. Rodriguez dropped Salvador in round three and had his countryman wobbly in the seventh round, forcing an immediate—though

Hall of Fame promoter Don King has put together a night of boxing come Saturday, January 29th in Warren, Ohio at the W.D. Packard Music Hall. There will be six championship bouts, with co-main events spotlighted with Ilunga Makabu defending his WBC World cruiserweight championship against Thabiso Mchunu and WBA “regular” heavyweight champion Trevor Bryan

Roy Jones Jr. has a few words of advice for Canelo Alvarez as it pertains to the latter’s multi-weight class ambitions. The 31-year-old Alvarez has been a middleweight and junior middleweight for most of his career, but he caught the weight-jumping bug after he moved up to the 168-pound division in 2020 and subsequently unified

IBF featherweight world champion Kiko Martinez is still riding high after last year’s stunning knockout win over Kid Galahad. He will face Britain’s Josh Warrington, a former world champion, in a rematch on March 26 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds (England). Four years ago, Warrington won a twelve round decision over Warrington. Against

Steve Geffrard wasn’t supposed to be here. Last Friday, he was preparing to weigh in for a fight in Delray Beach, Florida, when he received a call. WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. needed an opponent after British puncher Callum Johnson contracted COVID-19. (photos by Mikey Williams) Geffrard answered the call and will fight

You don’t need a belt evidently to be tops in the lightweight division, according to Ryan Garcia’s personal hierarchy. The lightweight contender still believes former unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is the top threat in the division, putting him over the likes of WBC titleholder Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Teofimo Lopez, and the recently crowned

Yet another deadline has passed without a deal in place for an ordered title consolidation clash between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez. The World Boxing Association (WBA) has taken matters into its own hands, calling for a January 28 purse bid hearing to bring resolution to the junior flyweight fight that has been more than