Boxing Scene

Jordan Gill is looking to throw himself back into Featherweight Title contention by beating Mexico’s former World Title challenger Cesar Juarez in style when they collide over ten rounds at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday February 20, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200

Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be looking for a knockout victory when he faces unbeaten country rival Junior Fa on February 27 at Spark Arena. Parker, who has a superior edge in experience, is viewed as a big favorite to win the fight. The two boxers have traded plenty of words over the years – which

On Saturday April 17, Eye of the Tiger Management will present a boxing card available exclusively on Punching Grace, before the fights of David Lemieux and Simon Kean on TVA Sports. This event will feature the rematch between Mathieu Germain (18-2-1, 8 KOs) and Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (29-6-2, 19 KOs). Local fans remember the first clash between

Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, views unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia as a good ‘tune-up’ fight for something bigger – like a clash with Terence Crawford or Errol Spence. For the last few weeks, Garcia has been calling for a showdown with Pacquiao, who competes two divisions north at welterweight. No

A massive upset in London. In his first fight since voluntarily vacating the IBF featherweight title, Josh Warrington — fighting for the first time in 16 months — started strongly (85-55 overall, 65-47 power in rounds 1-3) – but was never the same after Mauricio Lara floored him with a hook in round four. Warrington

Josh Warrington was floored and ruthlessly finished by Mexico’s Mauricio Lara in a sensational knockout loss that put a dent in the former IBF featherweight world champion’s ambitious plans. ‘The Leeds Warrior’ endured a stunning upset defeat as he was dropped and nearly stopped in the fourth round before Lara sent him crashing to the

INDIO, CALIF. – Former champion Joseph Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0-1, 12 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority draw. The scores were 115-113 for Diaz, and two scores of 114-114, 114-114 for the draw. Because Diaz was 3.6-pounds overweight on Friday, the vacant IBF super featherweight title was only on the

SSE Arena, Wembley – Mauricio Lara (22-2, 15 KOs) pulled off a massive upset as he beat down and knocked out unbeaten former featherweight champion Josh Warrington (30-1, 7 KOs) in the ninth round. Warrington had vacated the IBF title in the weeks leading up to this return, before the sanctioning body had ordered him to

Whether as the chief support or in his recently upgraded headlining act, the goal remains the same for Richard Commey. The former lightweight titlist returns to the ring for the first time in 14 months, having not fought since a crushing 2nd round stoppage at the hands of Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12KOs) in Dec. 2019

Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his fighter’s division rival, WBC champion Tyson Fury, loves to make unexpected phone calls to wind people up. “Sometimes I’ve woken up and it’s like 12:30 and I’ve just seen missed call, Fury FaceTime. I’ve called him back a couple of times

Joseph Diaz Jr. was congratulated by the emcee of Friday’s weigh-in for making weight for his 130-pound title defense against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on Saturday night. The problem, of course, is that Diaz didn’t even come close to meeting his contractual obligation for what was supposed to be his first defense of the IBF junior lightweight

Canelo Alvarez plans on being a busy boxer in 2021. The Mexican superstar Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) will return to the ring Feb. 27 for a mandatory defense of his WBC title against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Should he get past Yildirim, Alvarez, who also owns the

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, views the unification with Anthony Joshua as the biggest heavyweight fight since Muhammad Ali collided with Joe Frazier for the first time in March of 1971. Arum is negotiating with Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, who promotes IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Joshua. The veteran

LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s Top Rank on ESPN main event between Joe Smith Jr. and Maxim Vlasov — for the vacant WBO light heavyweight world title — has been postponed after Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19. Vlasov said, “I am devastated with the postponement of my world title fight against Joe Smith Jr. I have

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez already has his next two fights scheduled, yet he continues to keep tabs on the rest of the super middleweight division. With that came his team’s undivided attention on another recent divisional title fight, as unbeaten Caleb Plant (21-0, 12KOs) scored a 12-round shutout win over Caleb Plant in a Jan. 30th

Undefeated super flyweight prospect Jasmine ‘Animal’ Artiga, (7-0-1, 4 KOs), of Tampa, FL makes her highly anticipated return to the ring on Saturday, February 27 in a six-round clash against Randee Lynn Morales, (2-1, 1 KOs), of Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Caribe Royal Resort in Orlando, FL.  Managed by Peter Kahn’s Fight Game Advisors,

Josh Warrington has shot back at the recent statements from WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Russell was insulted by an offer of $1 million, from promoter Eddie Hearn, for a fight with Warrington. Warrington was stunned by Russell’s position on the offer. He feels Russell is not the big box office draw that he

Brooklyn’s Cesar Francis is looking to make waves in the 140-147 realms in 2021, as he attempts to continue the momentum gained from winning the WBC USNBC title in his last outing in Greenville, South Carolina. Francis stepped in at last minute for the title bout in Carolina, moving up to main event on the