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Former world champion Chris Algieri believes Tyson Fury would have some trouble with the boxing style of Oleksandr Usyk. Last month, Usyk outboxed Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles. And earlier this month, Fury retained his WBC world title when he overcame two knockdowns to stop Deontay

Shakur Stevenson senses entirely too much has been made of his “friendship” with Jamel Herring. Stevenson considers Herring an acquaintance, not a friend, which is why their upcoming 130-pound title fight is strictly business to him. There’s nothing awkward to Stevenson about boxing Herring on October 23 because the former WBO featherweight champion doesn’t have

For fans of a certain age, he’s the soundtrack of a generation. And even now, long after he sat ringside to call his last fight, Tim Ryan is gaining fans. As young writer types perform due diligence on would-be inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, they’re stumbling upon his candidacy in the observer

Three high-stakes matchups featuring former world champions, top contenders and rising future champions have been added to the highly anticipated SHOWTIME PPV event headlined by Canelo Álvarez and Caleb “Sweethands” Plant battling for the undisputed super middleweight championship on Saturday, November 6 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in

Eddie Hearn hesitated to express his opinion on Tyson Fury’s place in heavyweight history because he didn’t want to come across as a hater. Then Anthony Joshua’s promoter promptly picked apart Fury’s ascent on pound-for-pound lists and his resume during the newest episode of the “Boxing With Chris Mannix” podcast. Matchroom Boxing’s Hearn disputed the

Moises Fuentes is not yet out of the woods but in a far better place than he was 24 hours ago. The fallen former strawweight titlist responded well to emergency surgery performed Sunday morning following a brutal knockout loss to David Cuellar. Boxing Scene.com has been informed by event handlers from Saturday’s show in Cancun

Mairis Briedis (28-1, 20 KOS) defended his IBF and Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Titles last night at the Arena Riga in Latvia with a spectacular third-round TKO win over German challenger Artur Mann (17-2, 9 KOS). “Thank you to all the fans who came to support me. You are fantastic,” said Briedis after the bout.

Fresno, California – In a welterweight bout, Sandor Martin (39-2, 13 KOs) pulled off a massive upset with a ten round majority decision over four division world champion Mikey Garcia (40-2, 30 KOs) (photos by Ed Mulholland) The scores were 95-95, 97-93 and 97-93 for Martin. The fight started at a slow, tactical pace with

Sandor Martin outlanded the sluggish Mikey Garcia and was more accurate, landing 47% of his power punches. Garcia landed just 19% of his total punches, his second lowest total as a pro (Spence-18%). Martin landed 31 punches in round 10, second most by a Garcia opponent not named Errol Spence. Fresno, California – In a

Newcastle Arena, Newcastle – For the WBO middleweight title, Savannah Marshall (11-0, 9 KOs) battered a game and previously unbeaten Lolita Muzeya (16-1, 8 KOs) for a two round stoppage. The fight started at a very quick pace, with Muzeya taking the fight to Marshall. They were fighting toe to toe on the inside. Marshall was

Canelo Alvarez anticipates some difficulties during the early stages of his upcoming fight against Caleb Plant. The first round of their super middleweight title unification fight November 6 will be especially tricky, according to Alvarez. Once he adjusts to the unbeaten Plant’s style, though, Alvarez believes beating the IBF 168-pound champion could become relatively easy.

Pechanga Arena, San Diego – Puerto Rican prospect Henry Lebron remained undefeated by scoring a dominant unanimous decision win and a shutout over Rey Rojas on Friday night.  Lebron (14-0, 9 KOs) was awarded scores of 80-71 from all three judges in the eight-round junior lightweight bout against Rojas (21-6, 6 KOs) by connecting with

Joseph Diaz Jr. clearly is skeptical of Ryan Garcia’s excuse for pulling out of their fight. Garcia announced Friday that he suffered a significant injury to his right hand while training, which will require surgery Monday in Los Angeles. That injury forced the undefeated Garcia to withdraw from a 12-round lightweight title fight against Diaz

Former IBO light heavyweight champ Robin Krasniqi (51-7) and his team have filed an official protest to the IBO in regards to the outcome of his fight against Dominic Boesel (32-2) October 9 in Magdeburg. Boesel won a close, split decision after a close, tough, exciting fight. Krasniqi feels he was robbed, but unless there

Promoter Eddie Hearn has backed Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk and Dillian Whyte to defeat Deontay Wilder – but he also gives Wilder a puncher’s chance against all three of them. Last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Wilder was knocked out in eleven round by WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury. Wilder went

Boxing fans and media alike can rest a little easier knowing that Deontay Wilder has come to grips with his latest defeat. The former WBC heavyweight titlist released his first full statement following his repeat loss to lineal/WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in their memorable trilogy clash October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

THE DATE OF October 9 2021 will be forever circled in history following the unforgettable third meeting of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder which, we would imagine, brought the pair’s fighting connection to a conclusion. Thinking back, it now seems a bit odd that this was a fight that not many people particularly wanted to

Ben Davison, the former trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, gave praise to his former student for last weekend’s big win over Deontay Wilder. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Fury overcame two knockdowns to knock Wilder out in the eleventh round of their trilogy fight. Davison was the head trainer of Fury