Boxing Scene

Sam Eggington and Carlos Molina came head-to-head today at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Coventry today ahead of their WBC Silver Middleweight Championship clash this Saturday night (22nd May) at the Coventry Skydome Arena, exclusively live and free on Channel 5. Presented by Hennessy Sports in association with William Hill, Infinitum, Numan, Everlast and

WBC and WBO champion Jose Ramirez and IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine titlist Josh Taylor will fight Saturday night, and the winner will become the undisputed champion at 140 pounds.  The only reason Ramirez and Taylor were able to win the belts in bouts to begin with in recent years was because the last undisputed

MMA legend  Anderson “The Spider” Silva works out Wednesday in his first-ever Boxing Media Day. Silva shadow boxed, hit the mitts – speed bag – heavy bag and afterwards took questions from the media. (photos by Chris Farina) Silva will fight outside of the Octagon for the first time since 2006. He will take on

Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will take on a career-defining challenge as he sets his sights on capturing a title in a third weight class when he faces undefeated WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios in a SHOWTIME PPV main event Saturday, June 26 at the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta

Former welterweight champion Shawn Porter has admitted that he can’t continue to wait for a fight against Terence Crawford to come to fruition. Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs) admitted that he’s moving on from a potential big-time fight against Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) and is instead eyeing a return to the ring later this summer.  “My

Unbeaten junior middleweight Tim Tszyu could be looking for a new opponent, as Michael Zerafa has been hospitalized with a yet to be disclosed rib-stomach injury, according to WA Today. The paper reports that Zerafa was scheduled to fly from Melbourne to Sydney on Wednesday for a series of promotional commitments, but missed the flight

Dines & English, the lawyers for former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, have issued a legal to enforce the boxer’s mandatory shot at the WBO heavyweight title, which is currently held by Anthony Joshua. Usyk became the mandatory challenger in 2019, after vacating all four of his cruiserweight titles and making an official move to

It’s long been one of boxing’s mysteries, or at least that’s what we’re told. When it comes to the big fights not happening, we are given endless excuses, or as the non-combative combatants might say, reasons. Sometimes, we’re told, it’s just one of those things. Jose Ramirez is going to take us behind the curtain,

World Boxing Council lightweight champion Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) and three-time world champion Jorge Linares (47-5, 29 KOs) took part in the 14-day weigh-in – as mandated by the WBC. The fight will take place on May 29 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, in the main event of a card being broadcast

At the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, former super bantamweight unified world champion Danny Roman (29-3-1, 10 KOs) dominated the second half of the fight to win a 10-round unanimous decision over Ricardo Espinoza (25-4, 21 KOs). “This win is a step closer to getting back on top and getting a world title once

Virgil Hunter believes that Joshua Buatsi has the killer instinct to take him places and says he also has a dedication that Amir Khan often lacked.  Buatsi brutally knocked out Daniel Dos Santos in the fourth round in Manchester on Saturday, knocking him cold with a right hook and then landing another shot as the

Unbeaten prospect Gary Antuanne Russell will aim to keep his streak of knockouts going on May 29, when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 10-round super lightweight clash. Their Showtime televised bout will take place at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The main event will feature a bantamweight clash between WBC champion

At the AO Arena in Manchester, the skilful Lerrone Richards comprehensively out-boxed Italy’s Giovanni De Carolis to claim the vacant European Super-Middleweight Title. Richards, who had previously won British and Commonwealth honours, ran rings around De Carolis to secure a unanimous decision. De Carolis, a former WBA World Champion, could not lay a glove on

Manchester – In a light heavyweight contest, Olympian Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12 KOs) scored a brutal fourth round knockout of previously undefeated Daniel Blenda Dos Santos (15-1, 8 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The bout was the first for Buatsi with new head trainer Virgil Hunter, who is best known for his work with two-division

Xavier Martinez was forced to go the distance in a grueling affair for the second straight fight. The unbeaten junior lightweight contender once again prevailed, this time in a 10-round unanimous decision over three-time title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos. Judges Rudy Barragan, Dr. Lou Moret and Don Deverges all scored the contest 99-91 for Martinez,

Tommy McCarthy made a comfortable first defense of his European cruiserweight title as he knocked out Alexandru Jur, of Romania, with a body shot in the sixth round at Manchester.  McCarthy dropped Jur twice from body shots. The Belfast man, who is ranked in the top ten by the WBC, WBA and IBF, is now

Tommy McCarthy believes the Frampton factor has played a big role in making him believe he could win a world title.  McCarthy, from Belfast, who is ranked in the top ten by WBC, WBA and IBF, defends his European cruiserweight title against Alexandru Jur, of Romania, in Manchester on Saturday and a win could see

Heavyweight contender Christopher Lovejoy could be facing a legal battle with Hall of Fame promoter Don King, who claims to have an exclusive promotional agreement with the boxer. A few weeks ago, King fired off a cease & desist letter to prevent a fight from taking place on Saturday night in Germany, between Lovejoy and