Boxing Scene

The mission of the team around Gervonta Davis has been clear. Put butts in seats.  Create a pay-per-view star. The former they’ve been doing with regularity in multiple stops across the United States. Last October, they made their first play for the latter and with pay-per-view the in-ring risk is escalating.  In a crowd-pleasing main

Former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko is ready for the next chapter. Eight months after losing an undisputed lightweight title match to Teofimo Lopez, “Loma” returns Saturday night in a 12-round lightweight bout against Japanese contender Masayoshi Nakatani at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the 10-round middleweight co-feature, undefeated sensation Janibek “Qazaq

Ricardo Sandoval has come a long way since the days of fighting in dimly-lit and half-filled venues in Mexico.  Despite the uncertainty of where his career was headed early on in his career, Sandoval now has the backing of a major promoter and is on the cusp of becoming one of the top flyweights in

Former world champion Anthony Crolla is backing Vasiliy Lomachenko to return in sensational fashion on Saturday night, when he returns to the ring against dangerous Masayoshi Nakatani in Las Vegas. The contest will be the first for Lomachenko since suffering a twelve round decision loss to Teofimo Lopez in their unification clash last October. Nakatani

Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Saturday, June 26 from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott, Sean

Last Saturday night, Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe fought through fire to get the win. The former junior featherweight world champion, two fights removed from a pair of title fight defeats to Emanuel Navarrete, edged Adam Lopez via 10-round majority decision (95-95, 96-94 and 97-93) to win the NABF featherweight title. Dogboe (22-2, 15 KOs) jumped

IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor confidently explains that he’s beaten a better level of opposition when reviewing the opponents on Terence Crawford’s unbeaten record. Last month, Taylor won a twelve round decision over Jose Ramirez to unify the entire 140-pound division. The last man to unify the 140 weight class –

Back in May, a heavyweight crossroads fight saw former WBO world champion Joseph Parker get off the floor to win a twelve round split decision over veteran Derek Chisora. It was a close fight that saw Parker get decked in the very first round. Chisora was not happy with the scoring and there were observers who

Jesse Hart (26-3) recently took to social media to announce that he was no longer working with long time promoter Top Rank and was officially a free agent. The former title challenger had been promoted by the Las Vegas based promotional outfit since making his professional debut in 2012. His father Eugene “Cyclone” Hart was

Rising unbeaten super lightweight Omar “El Relámpago” Juarez shared insights into his training camp as he prepares to take on All Rivera in a 10-round attraction that kicks off FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes this Sunday, June 27 from The Armory in Minneapolis. FOX PBC Fight night begins at 8 p.m. ET/5

Josh Taylor’s undisputed title win continued this morning – as he was on hand to display his world title belts to the British media for the very first time. The special media event took place at Sports Direct’s newly refurbished flagship store on Oxford Street, with Taylor and his partner Danielle Murphy in attendance to

Eddie Hearn says that he expects members of his stable will be approached by promoters working for Sky, but he does not expect any exodus of talent since his switch from Sky to DAZN.  Hearn ended at 27-year partnership between Matchroom and Sky in boxing this month and launches his association with DAZN with Fight

Heavyweight hellraiser Tommy Welch blew away Gyorgy Kutasi inside two rounds in Brussels on Saturday night and received high praise from the former WBO world heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs. Welch featured on Belgium promoter Claridge Events show and made quick work of Hungarian Kutasi who couldn’t stand up to the Brighton puncher’s bombs and was

Undefeated welterweight, Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (15-0-1, 10 KOs), wants a big fight after his TKO victory over Brad Solomon (29-3, 9 KOs), a 10-round bout presented by Golden Boy Promotions that took place this past Saturday on DAZN at the University of Texas at El Paso’s Don Haskins Center. Cobbs, who is managed by

As is often the case no matter the outcome of his fights, Jermall Charlo was met with a mixed bag of feedback regarding his latest performance. Firmly in the group of those who weren’t impressed is longtime bitter rival David Benavidez. The unbeaten former two-time super middleweight titlist is never at a loss for words

(video by Ryan Burton) – Undefeated WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo successfully defended his title with a unanimous decision near-shutout victory over courageous challenger Juan Montiel on Saturday night. Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you need to enable Functional Cookies by clicking on “Manage Cookies” Charlo and Montiel both played

Toyota Center, Texas – Former super bantamweight world champion Angelo Leo (21-1, 9 KOs) earned a hard-fought majority decision over Aaron Alameda (25-2, 13 KOs). The judges scored the fight 98-92, 96-94 and 95-95. “I knew it was a close fight,” said the 27-year-old Leo. “Aaron Alameda is a tough fighter. He has 25 wins

The scores were 118-109, 119-109 and 120-108. Montiel was coming off a first round destruction of veteran James Kirkland. Charlo was in action back in September, when he turned back Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Charlo came forward at the start of the first and was taking the fight to Montiel. Charlo was shooting a stiff jab and