Boxing Scene

What was once a crowded fight day is now down to just one major boxing event in the United States. A junior middleweight clash between Liam Smith and Jessie Vargas is once again placed on hold. The bout was due to headline a February 5 DAZN show from Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, only

It will be an all British battle between past-their-prime 35-year-old former world champions, with the victor, loser — or both — potentially retiring after the bout when Amir Khan and Kell Brook finally meet on Feb. 19 at the Manchester Arena in England. There is much fanfare in the fight that is years in the

Japhethlee Llamido (5-0, 2 KOs) looks to continue his undefeated run through the featherweight division. Llamido started his combat sports career at five years old competing in martial arts competitions–everything from karate, jiu jitsu, taekwondo, and more. He then started boxing at eleven years old and hasn’t looked back. Llamido is fighting Jesus Arturo Guzman

Lightweight prospect Charlie Sheehy (1-0, 1 KO), a 23-year-old former Team USA amateur standout from the Bay Area town of Brisbane, California, has signed a multi-year professional contract with Top Rank. Sheehy, who is managed by Peter Kahn, won 17 national amateur titles. He will make his Top Rank debut in a four-round bout Friday,

Andrew Moloney was among the more interested observers for the final major title fight of last year. Japan’s Kazuto Ioka (28-2, 16KOs) made the fifth defense of his WBO junior bantamweight title, with a victory against countryman late replacement Ryoji Fukunaga (15-5, 14KOs). The bout took place on New Year’s Eve at Ota-City Gymnasium in

After his last knockout victory in November and the New Year’s Eve parties, Yuniel Doritos has returned to the gym to start a new camp. ‘The KO Doctor’ begins this new stage in his career with a clear goal: to become world champion for the third time at cruiserweight. Dorticos, who has just defeated Jesse

Dmitriy Salita, promoter for heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, says an 80-20 monetary split is more than fair for Dillian Whyte to receive for a mandatory fight with Tyson Fury. The World Boxing Council recently ordered an 80-20 split in Fury’s favor, with a purse bid initially scheduled for January 11. Whyte is attempting to secure

Amir Khan was never totally pleased with the idea of facing Kell Brook at their contracted weight agreement of 149 pounds, but the former junior welterweight titleholder was not going to let that be the reason one of the biggest British fights in recent memory did not happen. After years of going back and forth

Miguel Cotto Promotions has high expectations for several of their fighters for 2022 – including Oscar Collazo and Danielito Zorrilla, who understand that they could be close to fighting for world titles. Héctor Soto, vice president of the promoting company, and executive director Bryan Pérez, stipulated that both Collazo and Zorrilla look like strong contenders

It was an offer Regis Prograis couldn’t refuse. The former junior welterweight titleholder surprised some observers this past fall when he linked up with the new promotional outfit Probellum, which is headed by former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. Prograis says the company enticed him to a contract after promising three things. “First promise is

Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida - William Foster III passed a difficult test, earning a hard-fought split decision against Edwin De Los Santos in an eight-round super featherweight bout. Two judges scored the fight 77-74 twice for Foster, with the third judge scoring it 77-74 in favor of De Los Santos.  Foster (14-0, 9 KOs) of

Eight days into the New Year prizefighting mourns its first casualty of 2022. Arest Saakyan, aged 26, passed away from a cerebral edema yesterday in Tolyatti, Russia, as a fatal consequence of his last professional bout – an eight round knockout loss to Igor Semernin on December 26 in the very same city. Saakyan vs.

Australian Mayhem Jason Moloney in eager to secure his shot at WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, as he looks to hammer down a final eliminator for the green and gold strap. (photo by Mikey Williams) Moloney defeated Joshua Greer in the middle of 2021, picking up the WBC Silver title, which puts him closer to

It appears that an actual fight between Ryan Garcia and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz won’t come of recent talks, though it hasn’t prevented the two sides from trading blows online. The team surrounding Cruz has taken exception to claims made by Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions founder/chairman Oscar De La Hoya that the Mexico City native

William Foster III withstood Edwin De Los Santos’ strong start Friday night to remain undefeated. The West Haven, Connecticut, native aggressively fought the hard-hitting Dominican prospect over the final six rounds and won a battle of unbeaten junior lightweights that opened Showtime’s three-bout “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

There is an argument to be made that Starling Castillo is the most proven and the most aggressively matched among the six fighters appearing on Friday’s ShoBox card. The unbeaten Dominican prospect wouldn’t bother getting out of bed for anything less. “It feels good, I’m grateful that Sampson Lewkowicz, my promoter, believes in me to

Noel Mikaelian will headline the LNK Boxing event in Latvia on Saturday February 12. The Armenian-German cruiserweight (25-2, 11 knockouts) will face DR Congo’s Youri Kayembre Kalenga (27-6, 20 knockouts) for the WBC Silver title in the night’s main event. “We’re delighted to confirm Noel will be headlining February’s LNK Boxing event in Latvia,” added

Kiko Martinez and Josh Warrington will meet in a rematch, just not in a way most boxing fans would’ve envisioned. BoxingScene.com has confirmed Martinez will defend the IBF featherweight title Warrington once owned against the former champion March 26 in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds, England. DAZN and Matchroom Boxing are expected to announce Martinez-Warrington II