Boxing Scene

The highly anticipated fight between the super featherweight champion of the World Boxing Council, Miguel “Alacrán” Berchelt, and the former undefeated world champion Oscar Valdez, is less than two weeks away from the scheduled date of February 20 at the MGM Grand’s Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both fighters are going through the WBC’s pre-fight

Christopher ‘Pitufo’ Diaz spent most of the second half of 2020 awaiting word on a title eliminator which never materialized. The universe has instead rewarded him with a straightaway title shot. The featherweight contender has accepted an opportunity to next challenge two-division and reigning WBO featherweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete, sources from both camps have confirmed

Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, would like to see his boxer stay away from social media – at least for the next three months. During the last few years, Saunders has been involved in several controversial incidents with respect to items that he personally posted to social media. Several days ago, it

The war of words between Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland reached another round over the weekend once Breland clapped back at the former heavyweight champion’s claims that he was disloyal, and that he went as far as even spiking Wilder’s water during the TKO loss to Tyson Fury last February. “[Wilder’s] career is

Devin Haney claims that Teofimo Lopez is ducking him. According to Haney, the undefeated, unified lightweight champion is using his mandatory IBF title defense versus George Kambosos Jr. (19-0, 10 KOs) as a way to at least delay fighting him. Haney wants to oppose Lopez next, but Lopez expects to defend his four titles against

There is still plenty of confusion when it comes to the WBC world title in the lightweight division. Teofimo Lopez, who holds the WBO, IBF, WBA titles, is the WBC’s franchise champion at 135-pounds. Devin Haney is the WBC’s ”regular” champion at the weight, while Ryan Garcia hold the WBC’s interim-title. Last year, Lopez shook up

Former two division champion Carl Frampton is very surprised with Ryan Garcia’s desire to step in the ring with Manny Pacquiao. Last month, the 22-year-old Garcia pulled off the biggest victory of his career when he knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell in seven rounds. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, is boxing’s only eight division

Shaquille O’Neal has shown impressive business savvy throughout his career with a diverse portfolio ranging from early investment into companies like Google and Apple as well as ownership into franchises like Papa John’s, Five Guys, Krispy Kreme, Auntie Anne’s and 24 Hour Fitness. The basketball star has even stepped inside the boxing ring with the

Multi-division world champion, Humberto “Zorrita” Soto has registered as a candidate for the National Regeneration Movement party to become the Mayor of Ahome. “This give me the opportunity to do something for my beloved Los Mochis and do it with all the humility in the world,” Soto stated. Months before he had expressed his intention to be a candidate

Former world champion and 1984 Olympics gold medalist Mark Breland has come out swinging against his former understudy Deontay Wilder. Breland was Wilder’s career-long co-trainer along with Jay Deas, but after the former WBC champion dropped his first career defeat to the hands of Tyson Fury last February, the “Bronze Bomber” decided to contentiously split

WBA “super” champion Hiroto Kyoguchi is looking to kick off 2021 in style. The light flyweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) will make his United States debut against Axel Vega on the undercard of super flyweight unification clash between Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez and Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada at the American Airlines Arena, in Dallas, on March

Frank Warren, promoter for Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce, is hoping to nail down a deal for an April fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The contest would involve the interim-WBO heavyweight title. And the winner would get a mandatory shot at the victor of the planned full division unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

Eddie Hearn does not believe that the BBC Panorama documentary about Daniel Kinahan has made any difference to the world of boxing. The episode entitled “Boxing and the Mob” referred to Kinahan as “a suspected Mob boss”, connected him drug dealing, gun running, money laundering and a string of killings, and focused on his links to

Pierce O’Leary says that sparring with Josh Kelly has made him sharper than ever ahead of his fight against Irvin Magno on this month’s stacked MTK Fight Night event. Unbeaten O’Leary (5-0, 2 KOs) faces Magno (5-3-1, 1 KO) as part of the huge card taking place at the University of Bolton Stadium on February

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has a lot of respect for Floyd Mayweather’s shrewdness as a businessman. Mayweather, who retired back in August 2017 after stopping UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the rounds at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is now making moves to be involved in big money exhibition fights. Tyson, 54-year-old, retired from the sport

For the second time in less than a month, Kid Galahad has been the subject of a title fight whose promotional rights were obtained through a purse bid hearing. The hope this time around is for the fight to actually materialize. Lee Eaton—representing MTK Global—will serve as the promoter of record for the ordered vacant

25-year-old Australian-based Tanzanian Bruno “The Terminator” Tarimo, has cracked the WBA’s top 10 world rankings. Tarimo has a good record (25-2-2) and is on a hot streak, since coming to Australia he has won the IBF Pan Pacific, IBF International title and WBA Oceania title and his last four opponents have a combined record of 101

UFC superstar Conor McGregor admits that he focused too much on a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao while preparing for last month’s rematch with Dustin Poirier. In the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, Poirier knocked out McGregor in two rounds. In the weeks leading up to that fight, McGregor’s team was negotiating a