Boxing Scene

Bob Arum foresees a big night at the box office for Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. The Hall of Fame promoter and founder of Top Rank is pleased with the increased interest in the upcoming WBO welterweight title fight, which takes place November 20 exclusively on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View. At last count, less than 100 tickets

Australian junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu is going up against a bigger man for the first time in his career. Tszyu (19-0, 15 KOs) will face dangerous Japanese contender Takeshi Inoue on November 17 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park. Local fans and pundits have been marveling at the physical makeup of Inoue,

Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. is promising to do a lot of damage when he steps in the ring with British rival Liam Williams. On Thursday, their showdown was officially announced for December 11, taking place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, and live on Sky Sports. Eubank is apparently very upset over some of the

Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, boxing’s most dominant middleweight of his era, is bringing the Big Drama Show and his IBF and IBO world title belts to his opponent’s backyard, Japan, where he will rumble with two-time WBA middleweight kingpin Ryota Murata (16-2, 13 KOs), in a long-awaited title unification fight.

Claressa ‘GWOAT’ Shields, currently a unified world champion in two weight divisions, has finalized a multi-fight, seven-figure deal along with her longtime promoter Salita Promotions, with broadcaster Sky Sports and promoter BOXXER. Undefeated three-division world champion Shields (11-0-0, 2 KO’s) will enter the ring in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff for a mandatory defense

Manchester, England – Fast-rising and undefeated Irish star Brett McGinty wants to lift the Irish title on home soil and would love to have fight great Ricky Hatton alongside him. McGinty, a former stellar and highly decorated amateur, makes his fourth appearance as a professional with Hatton in his corner at the Coventry Skydome Arena

The pride of Tijuana, former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (37-0, 30 KOs), is only a few days away from his dangerous middleweight clash with “King” Gabriel Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KOs), which place on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The fight, which is being streamed by DAZN, presents a lot

Raymond “Danger” Muratalla, the 24-year-old lightweight from Fontana, California, has a new opponent for his PPV debut Saturday, Nov. 20 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. After unbeaten prospect Steven Ortiz was forced to withdraw due to injury, Muratalla will fight Argentina’s Elias “El Macho” Araujo in an eight-rounder to open

Former unified middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins believes Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would go right through the light heavyweight division. In less than a year, Canelo became the undisputed world champion at the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds. He defeated Callum Smith for the WBC, WBA titles in December, stopped Billy Joe

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is helping prepare his younger brother, Tommy Fury (7-0, 4 KOs), for the upcoming fight with social media star Jake Paul (4-0, 3 KOs). Their Showtime Pay-Per-View fight takes place on December 18, at AMALIE Arena in Tampa, Florida. Also on the card, unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano will face 135-pound

Three-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Deron Williams will take on legendary San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore in a professional heavyweight boxing match that will take place on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, live on SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, December 18 at AMALIE Arena in Tampa. The four-round

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes domestic rival Anthony Joshua should not force an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Back in September, Usyk outboxed Joshua to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. There is a rematch clause, which Joshua has already exercised

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has indicated that his boxer is in no hurry to confirm his next ring assignment. Fury was in action last month, when he overcame two knockdowns to score a knockout of Deontay Wilder in the eleventh round of their trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena in

LAS VEGAS – Anthony Dirrell didn’t let the reporter finish his question. The former WBC super middleweight champion simply isn’t interested in fighting anyone other than Canelo Alvarez next. If the 37-year-old Dirrell can’t get a shot at the Mexican superstar’s four 168-pound championships, Dirrell doesn’t see the point of continuing a career that began

(Video by Ryan Burton) – The longtime WBO welterweight king and pound-for-pound star, Terence Crawford, finally has the super fight he craves. Enter Shawn Porter, the two-time champion who has fought most of this generation’s elite welterweights. Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you need to enable Functional Cookies by clicking on

After two unsuccessful attempts to obtain a world title, Puerto Rican fighter Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz will face former world champion Isaac Dogboe – which Diaz views as a big opportunity to get back on track towards the big leagues of boxing. Both will meet this coming November 20 at the Michelob ULTRA Arena of Mandalay

At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, former WBC super bantamweight world champion Rey Vargas (35-0, 22 KOs) showed no signs of ring rust in his first fight in over two years, cruising to a unanimous decision over Leonardo Báez (21-5, 12 KOs) in a Mexico vs. Mexico matchup in the second fight of the telecast.

(video by Ryan Burton) – Super middleweight contender Edger Berlanga was ringside at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and watched Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) become the undisputed champion at 168-pounds with a sensational knockout of unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) in the eleventh round. Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this