Boxing Scene

Carl Greaves has hailed the impact of Fightzone on British boxing, ahead of his September 11 show at Leicester Arena being broadcast live on the exciting new fight channel. Greaves is a mainstay on the UK boxing scene, juggling his time between managing, training and promoting fighters. The former top super featherweight – who won

World Boxing Association “regular” super featherweight world champion Roger Gutierrez is only waiting for the date for his mandatory fight against the Chris Colbert, and said that “we already have our working plan” – convinced that despite the title conquest and his first successful defense, “I haven’t achieved anything yet”. In a meeting with the

Newly-crowned IBO lightweight world champion Maxi Hughes has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.  In the form of his life, Yorkshire’s Hughes (24-5-2, 5 KOs) upset the odds to outclass Jovanni Straffon over 12 rounds at Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds on Saturday to wrestle the IBO 135lbs crown from the

The Armory in Minneapolis – Marcos “Madman” Hernandez (15-4-2, 3 KOs) won an entertaining action fight over previously unbeaten middleweight Armando Resendiz (12-1, 8 KOs) via unanimous decision after 10 rounds.  Late in the second round, Resendiz and Hernandez went toe-to-toe during a violent exchange, with both men landing punches. During the back-and-forth, Resendiz appeared

Marcos Hernandez chipped away until securing the upset win. Jose Armando Resendiz saw his unbeaten record fall in dropping a ten-round, unanimous decision to the rugged Hernandez in their Fox-televised opener. Scores were 96-93. 96-93 and 97-92 in favor of Hernandez, who scored a second-round knockdown en route to preserving the well-earned victory Sunday evening

The boxing world may soon have some concrete answers regarding the recent untimely death of Jeanette Zacarias Zapata.  The coroner’s office of Quebec will launch a formal investigation into the death of the 18-year-old Mexican boxer, who passed away Thursday afternoon at a hospital in Montreal after sustaining head injuries five days earlier Saturday night,

Former two division champion Timothy Bradley is salivating at the possibility of a future between Mexican super middleweights Saul ‘Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez. Canelo is back in the ring on November 6, when he stakes his WBA, WBC, WBO super middleweight titles against IBF champion Caleb Plant. The winner will become the undisputed champion

Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight Anthony Joshua, rejects the recent chatter that his boxer is looking ‘small’ in his ongoing training camp. Joshua has been showing off a slimmer physique as he prepares to defend his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 25. Usyk, a

Junto Nakatani expected to make his way to the United States at some point, though there is a part of him that expected it come after his first title defense. The next fight for the unbeaten WBO flyweight titlist comes versus the same opponent he has expected to face all along, though with a drastic

Former two division champion Timothy Bradley would back Josh Taylor to beat Teofimo Lopez. Taylor and Lopez have traded plenty of words in the last few months. Last year, Lopez shot up his worth when he picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over Vasiliy Lomachenko to unify the WBA, WBO, WBC Franchise, IBF lightweight

Twice-beaten Chris Eubank Jr has explained that he’s aiming to win a world title by the end of the year, and then hopes to secure a unification fight against Gennady Golovkin.   Eubank Jr, who returns to the ring on October 2 against Sven Albier, is currently being put through his paces in Las Vegas

JOSH WARRINGTON returns to his hometown of Leeds this weekend, facing off in a highly anticipated rematch against Mexican MAURICIO LARA at the Emerald Headingley Stadium. WARRINGTON, who become the first male boxing champion from the city when he defeated Lee Selby to claim the IBF featherweight title in 2018, is looking to avenge his

Mexico’s Mauricio Lara has promised to take down former featherweight world champion Josh Warrington in their anticipated rematch on Saturday night in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds. A packed crowd is expected to cheer Warrington on at the Emerald Headingley Stadium. Back in February, Lara made a big statement when he dropped Warrington in the fourth round

Earlier this week, it was officially announced that WBO, IBF, WBA, WBC junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor would make a mandatory defense against Jack Catterall on December 18 at The SSE Hydro in Scotland. That contest may be the final bout of Taylor’s career at 140-pounds. Taylor has mentioned, several times, that he wants to

JOSH WARRINGTON returns to his hometown of Leeds this weekend, facing off in a highly anticipated rematch against Mexican MAURICIO LARA at the Emerald Headingley Stadium. WARRINGTON, who become the first male boxing champion from the city when he defeated Lee Selby to claim the IBF featherweight title in 2018, is looking to avenge his

At 48-years-old, former three division world champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad will continue to enjoy the fruits of his retirement from boxing. Trinidad has been out of the ring since January of 2008, when he lost a twelve round decision to Roy Jones Jr.  He walked away from the sport, for good this time, in the

Former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker would have no problem trading punches in a high stakes fight with Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce. Parker is ranked at number three by the WBO, with Joyce holding the number two position. At the moment Joyce will be next in line for a mandatory crack at the WBO’s

German Faecher Sports, headed by Christian Titze and Wolfgang Fahrer, have reached an agreement for an IBF eliminator at super middleweight between former IBF champ Caleb Truax (31-5-2) and Evgeny Shvedenko (15-0). Date and site will be announced later but the fight will go ahead in Germany during October, reports boxen1.com. Shvedenko has been scheduled