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JASON CUNNINGHAM has warned Brad Foster that he will be taken into “deep waters” in their triple title showdown next month. Cunningham will be risking his European Super-Bantamweight championship, while Foster (14-0-2, 5 KOs) will defend his British and Commonwealth titles in their 12 rounder at Utilita Arena, Birmingham on Saturday October 9, live on

Former unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko believes his former foe, Anthony Joshua, can bounce back strong from the jaws of defeat. In the final bout of his career, in 2017, Klitschko was stopped in the eleventh round of a ‘Fight of The Year’ scrap with Joshua. Last Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Joshua suffered

Junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu is putting his body “through hell” as he prepares to face seasoned boxer Takeshi Inoue (17-1-1) of Japan on November 17. Tszyu realizes that his conditioning needs to be in supreme order to topple an opponent like Inoue, who in the sole loss of his career, by way of decision

Junior bantamweight Adelaida Ruiz remained unbeaten Saturday night, stopping Nancy Franco de Alba Saturday night at the Sports Arena in Pico Rivera California.  Ruiz, who resides in nearby Los Angeles, improves to 10-0-1, 5 knockouts. The 32-year-old Ruiz was fighting for the first time since March 20, which ended in a technical draw in round

Top Rank President Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes a fight with Anthony Joshua could still happen down the line. Fury will return to the ring on October 9, in a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The ‘Gypsy King’ was hoping to face Joshua

Eleider Alvarez has gone back to the drawing board once again.  The former light heavyweight titleholder from Colombia is reportedly now working with well-known Canadian boxing trainer Stéphan Larouche, according to Jeff Jeffrey of TVA Sports, a French-language news station based in Montreal. Alvarez, who lives and trains in Montreal,  was previously under the short-lived

Pound-for-pound star Terence “Bud” Crawford has called out the welterweight superstars for years.  His long wait for a legacy-defining fight is now over. Crawford will defend his WBO welterweight world title and unbeaten record Saturday, Nov. 20 against two-time welterweight champion and WBO No. 1 contender “Showtime” Shawn Porter at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in

Three fights, three wins: Maurice Weber had another successful night as a head coach last Saturday night at the famed Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. Ever since retiring from the sport due to a hand injury, Weber has fine-tuned his skills as a boxing trainer and currently works with a small, but talented group of

Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, expects his fighter to get a mandatory crack at the winner of the upcoming trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, who battle for the WBC world title on October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The mandatory scenario will depend on Whyte being

Oscar De La Hoya spent his Saturday night getting an impromptu facial treatment from his girlfriend Holly Sonders on Instagram Live discussing a different diet of topics. Top of mind was the heavyweight tilt between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, which took place earlier in the day in London and was shown in the United

Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. expects Anthony Joshua to bounce back stronger than ever after last Saturday’s defeat at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Joshua was outboxed over twelve rounds by mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. The British star is planning to exercise an immediate rematch clause

The lightweight championship clash between Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. remains in transition. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Triller Fight Club has begun the process of once again moving its Pay-Per-View telecast from October 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to October 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The first

Anthony Joshua figured out a way to return to prominence the last time he was in his position. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and two-time, unified WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist once again found himself as a former champ following a twelve-round, unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13KOs). The upset defeat came in front of

Mexico’s Cristian “Chicharito” González defeated Venezuela’s Kenny Geovanny “El Maestrico” Cano by knockout in the second round, retaining the WBC Fecarbox Central America Federation Flyweight Title, last night on EstrellaTV’s monthly boxing series Boxeo EstrellaTV.  The series occurs the last Friday of every month and is broadcast live from Foro Centenario in Mexico City.  Modifications

Another week has ended with yet another war of words between Dana White and Oscar De La Hoya.  The UFC president and six-division boxing champion got into a Twitter feud Saturday night shortly after the conclusion of UFC 266. In the main event, featherweight Alexander Volkonovski retained his featherweight title with a win and fight

On Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Anthony Joshua suffered the second defeat of his career when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight titles. In June of 2019, Joshua was shockingly stopped in seven rounds by Andy Ruiz. Six months later, he

French heavyweight Mourad Aliev (born in Russia of Azerbaijani descent) has signed with German-Turkish promoter Ahmet Oner. Aliev won silver in the 2019 European championships at super heavyweight and fought in the 2021 Olympics in Japan where he got a lot of headlines for his protests after being disqualified against Frazer Clarke. It was afterwards

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham – For the WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight titles, former undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) put on the performance of a lifetime to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). The scores were 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113. They went to the center of the