Boxing Scene

Malik Soctt, the new head trainer for heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder, believes his fighter will receive the most benefit from the most recent delay to the trilogy fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Both Wilder and Fury have been inactive since February 2020. In that contest, Fury stopped Wilder in

Galal Yafai made the decision to remain the amateurs long enough to once again compete in the Olympics for Great Britain. So far, it has proven to be a wise decision following his dominant showing in the opening round of competition.  Yafai was credited with three knockdowns, the last of which was enough to force

Mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Fedor Emelianenko is interested in the idea of holding an exhibition boxing match. But he doesn’t want to do it with a non-athlete – he wants to do it against a seasoned boxer like former four division champion Roy Jones Jr. Jones returned to the ring last year, when he

Shinard Bunch cannot believe he didn’t leave the ring Friday night with what would’ve been the most important win of his career to date. A befuddled Bunch couldn’t understand how all three judges didn’t score him a unanimous winner over Janelson Bocachica in their 10-round welterweight fight. Bunch (15-1-1, 13 KOs, 1 NC), of Trenton,

Ginny Fuchs fought like she was waiting four years for this moment. The 33-year-old southpaw from Houston effortlessly overcame height and reach disadvantages to outpoint Svetlana Soluianova (ROC) over three rounds Sunday afternoon at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. Fuchs won by scores 30-27 on three cards—offsetting matching cards of 29-28 for Soluianova—to earn her place

IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very to make a statement when he faces mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk on September 25. The two boxers both captured gold in the 2012 Olympic games in London, with Joshua getting gold at super heavyweight and Usyk picking up the top medal at heavyweight. “When I

Joe Joyce’s fight against Carlos Takam isn’t simply something to keep the big British heavyweight busy while he awaits his WBO title shot. Joyce’s promoter considers it a very risky endeavor for his undefeated contender because, despite Takam’s age, he could cost Joyce the biggest payday of the London native’s career. The 35-year-old Joyce must

Pat McCormack is likely to be one of the hot targets for professional promoters at this year’s Olympic Games, but the 26-year-old has a warning for any likely suitors. If they want to sign him, they will have to sign his twin brother Luke too.  Both Pat, the welterweight, and Luke, the lightweight, will be

World Class Professional boxing returns to the nation’s capital on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, as long-time friends and former opponents in the ring, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna and Dusty Hernandez-Harrison along with long time Harrison advisor Mike Walters, are joining forces to promote “Beltway Battles: The Inauguration”. It is the first in a series of cards

Jack Cullen says he will take full advantage of a golden opportunity when he clashes with former World Title challenger Avni Yildirim for the IBF International Super-Middleweight Title on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex on Saturday July 31, live worldwide on DAZN. After a fiery build up in the Matchroom

The President of Matchroom Boxing, Barry Hearn, is ‘doubtful’ that Anthony Joshua will step in the ring to fight Tyson Fury in a full division unification. A few months ago, the two champions were close to reaching an agreement to collide on a date in August in Saudi Arabia. The fight fell apart when an

Bob Arum is much more optimistic about a Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter fight happening than he was earlier this year. Crawford’s longtime promoter once made what was deemed an unacceptable $1 million offer to Porter to challenge Crawford for his WBO welterweight title. Now that the WBO has declared the number two-ranked Porter its mandatory contender

Isaiah Steen was supposed to take a significant step up in class versus Kalvin Henderson on October 7. Showtime was set to televise Steen-Henderson as the co-feature of a “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast before Steen’s half-brother, 2016 U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell, faced Wendy Toussaint in the main event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,

Puerto Rican super middleweight contender Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga was well aware that his streak of 16 knockouts in the first round would eventually come to an end. And that occurrence happened this past April when Demond Nicholson survived his punches for eight rounds. For the first time in his pro career in a

Murat Gassiev and Michael Wallisch will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian heavyweight title on Thursday, at the Dynamo Volleyball Arena, in Moscow, Russia. Both fighters complied with the weigh-in ceremony on Wednesday and are ready to step into the ring to fight for the regional belt. Gassiev, 27-years-old and a former cruiserweight

FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry have announced the introduction of a series of shows that will see our hugely talented prospects take centre stage in front of the BT Sport cameras. With an extra 6 shows added this year to BT’s existing offering, Queensberry’s band of young professionals will be put under the spotlight on promotions

Former four division world champion Mikey Garcia was impressed with the recent performance by Gervonta Davis, who jumped up to junior welterweight to pull off a stoppage win over unbeaten Mario Barrios to capture the WBA “regular” junior welterweight title. Davis, who was considerably smaller when compared to Barrios, took a few rounds to get

On July 3rd Michel Rivera (21-0) made a major statement in the lightweight division.   The 23-year-old fast rising prospect scored a highlight reel knockout of Jon Fernandez (21-2) in 8 rounds in their Showtime televised bout. The fight took place on the Chris Colbert-Tugstsogt undercard. Early on in the fight Rivera was confident that