Boxing Scene

Lewis Ritson is eagerly anticipating the roar of the Newcastle crowd as he prepares to take on Hank Lundy next weekend. Ritson (21-2, 12 KOs) returns against former world title challenger Lundy (31-9-1, 14 KOs) at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle on October 16, live on Sky Sports. The hometown hero will be attempting to

Probellum has announced the promotional signing of undefeated heavyweight contender Brandon Moore. Moore (10-0, 6 knockouts) is the current WBC USNBC Silver champion, and extended his unbeaten run with a first round knockout win over Jesus Angel Nerio in Mexico on Saturday. “Probellum is the natural fit for me. A new, fresh, innovative approach to

Artur Beterbiev will return to his adopted hometown following a five-year absence for his next fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Beterbiev’s mandated light heavyweight title defense against American Marcus Browne will headline Top Rank’s December 17 card from Bell Centre in Montreal. Staten Island’s Browne is the mandatory challenger for Beterbiev’s WBC 175-pound championship. ESPN+

The additional time requested by the teams behind Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan to secure a deal only delayed the inevitable. Negotiations for the ordered WBA “World” featherweight title fight between Wood and Conlan ended with the two sides unable to reach a deal. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the mandatory title fight is now the

Liam Davies is more than willing to go through Dennis McCann to prove that he’s the best bantamweight in Britain. English champion Davies is next in action at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, as part of a BT Sport televised offering, this coming Saturday October 9. McCann is due to box at the same venue

LAS VEGAS – A different referee and one new judge will work the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder heavyweight title fight than the original list of officials the Nevada State Athletic Commission approved. BoxingScene.com has learned that the NSAC has assigned veteran Nevada referee Russell Mora to Fury-Wilder III on Saturday night. It initially approved Connecticut’s

Undefeated lightweight sensation, Miguel “El Explosivo” Madueno (25-0, 23 KOs), is scheduled to headline Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” event on Friday, October 22, 2021.  Madueno will face Jose Luis “La Boa” Rodriguez (25-14-1, 13 KOs) in the 8-round main event. This event will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Ontario, CA. Doors open at 6:30

With less than one month until the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships begin in Belgrade, and two months until the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships begin in Istanbul, AIBA unveiled “Fair Chance, Fair Fight” as the theme of the competitions and AIBA’s work towards them.  The “Fair Chance” team has been created for athletes who

Deontay Wilder is salivating at the thought of revenge. On Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Wilder will take part in a trilogy fight with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Wilder came close to knocking Fury out in their first encounter, in December 2018, with the ‘Gypsy King’ beating count in the

According to his handlers, EBU champion David Avanesyan is ready to face WBA welterweight king Yordenis Ugas, who retired Manny Pacquiao back in August. Last Saturday night, Avanesyan retained his EBU belt with a two round destruction of Liam Taylor at The SSE Arena, Wembley. Avanesyan is aiming to take on one of the world champions

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not ruling out the possibility of a mandatory fight with Dillian Whyte in early 2022. This coming Saturday night, Fury will defend the belt against Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The original plan, was to

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson believes Deontay Wilder should throw caution to the wind in the first half of his fight with Tyson Fury. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Wilder will face Fury for the third time, for the WBC world title, on October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In their last

Teofimo Lopez has an idea for killing two birds with one stone. The unified lightweight champion (WBA/WBO/IBF) thinks Josh Taylor, the undisputed junior welterweight champion, should meet him at a catchweight bout in which they put their respective slew of title belts on the line some time in the near future, meaning the winner becomes

Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr, 32-year-old, is still in shock that his scheduled return on Saturday night was canceled at the last minute. Eubank was originally set to face Sven Elbir, but he was pulled from the fight after testing positive for COVID-19. Then, a very late replacement in Anatoli Muratov was not cleared at the

Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce admits that Oleksandr Usyk is a better opponent for him to fight – when compared to Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Last Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds in front of 65,000 spectators to capture the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO world titles. In

Billy Joe Saunders has no intention of ceding any ground to rival countryman Chris Eubank Jr.  The former super middleweight titleholder recently responded to comments Eubank made regarding the terms for a potential rematch between the two fighters. Eubank made it clear that he thinks he should be the “A-side” in that fight.  “[Saunders] has

Liam Taylor was in fantastic condition as he weighed in ahead of his European welterweight title clash with David Avanesyan on Saturday night. Taylor (23-1-1, 11 KOs) challenges Avanesyan (27-3-1, 15 KOs) for his title at Wembley Arena on Saturday, with the fight broadcast live on Sky Sports. “I’ll fight anybody. I’ve worked hard to

From the moment he was dealt the first and only defeat of his pro career, Deontay Wilder has thought about nothing other than exacting revenge. The former WBC heavyweight titlist has essentially spent the past 19-plus months fine-tuning the perfect game plan for his third fight with Tyson Fury. The trilogy clash was met with