Boxing Scene

Canelo Alvarez could decide whether Joshua Buatsi gets the title shot he wants next. Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed after Buatsi’s win against Craig Richards on Saturday night that he would like to bring a Dmitry Bivol-Buatsi fight to O2 Arena in London later this year. Bivol’s schedule is dependent on Alvarez, however, because the Mexican

WBC #11-rated heavyweight Otto Wallin says he’s taking his upcoming fight with Rydell Booker as seriously as the world championship fight he’s on the verge of securing with one or two more victories. Sweden’s Wallin (23-1, 14 KOs) will take on hometown veteran Rydell Booker (26-5-1, 13 KOs) in the 10-round main event of Salita

IBF, WBA, IBO, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is going to have top level sparring in his training camp, as he is bringing in the always dangerous Martin Bakole. Usyk is preparing for a planned rematch with Anthony Joshua, which is targeted for July 23 in the Middle East. Last September, Usyk outboxed Joshua over

The reality of what had just transpired hit Jamel Herring hard in the immediate aftermath of his loss to Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday night in Las Vegas. This wasn’t a lopsided defeat to an elite-level talent like Shakur Stevenson, a gifted fighter Herring considers one of boxing’s best, pound-for-pound. Ortiz is unbeaten, but still someone

GLENDALE, Arizona – It’s not what David Benavidez or his fans want to hear but is likely the cold heart truth. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The primary goal of the unbeaten 25-year-old is to cash in his WBC mandatory challenger status into a dream fight with undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. It’s why

The middleweight division officially has a new boogeyman. Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly destroyed the previously unbeaten Danny Dignum with a fight-ending uppercut in the second round to win the vacant WBO Interim middleweight world title Saturday evening at Resorts World Las Vegas. Janibek will now wait to see if the WBO’s full champion, Demetrius Andrade,

Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather, 45-years-old, is planning to have another exhibition fight this year. Back in June 2021, Mayweather took part in an eight round exhibition bout with Youtuber star Jake Paul. There was no official scoring and no winner was announced, but Mayweather’s performance looked a bit off – although the

Jessie Magdaleno got in some much needed rounds in a one-sided performance. The former featherweight titlist from Las Vegas dominated Edy Valencia of Mexico in their all-southpaw, eight-round featherweight bout on the undercard of the Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Danny Dignum middleweight main event at Resorts World in Las Vegas. Magdaleno boxed beautifully as he fired

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Jermell Charlo’s big knockout of Brian Castano, the rise of welterweight Jaron Ennis, Tyson Fury being pound-for-pound, Amir Khan, Kell Brook, and more.  Dear Stephen, After the great fight between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, last weekend, i have a simple question

Mayerlin Rivas will defend her WBA world super bantamweight title against Isis Vargas Perez on Friday June 10 live worldwide on DAZN from Mexico, with the show now taking place at the Domo Alcalde in Guadalajara, in the latest installment of Matchroom and DAZN’s fight series in Mexico, in association with Canelo Promotions and Clase

Ionut Baluta seems to enjoy boxing at York Hall and recorded perhaps the best win of his career as he claimed a unanimous ten-round decision over Brad Foster to claim the WBC international super-bantamweight belt. In a messy fight, Baluta got the reward for pushing the pace, while Foster boed for the second half of

Jean Pascal was worried five weeks ago. The former WBC light heavyweight champion couldn’t get his punches off as quickly or accurately as he had done in the past. Sparring sessions weren’t going his way, which led the 39-year-old Pascal to wonder whether boxing wasn’t what he was meant to do anymore. Luckily for the

Pick It: TBRB #1 David Benavidez vs. David Lemieux (Saturday, Showtime, 10:00 PM EST) 25-year old David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KO) might not have Super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez in his sights in 2022, but 2023 could be a whole different story. As long as he keeps winning, the ultimate star making opponent is an

Someone will lose a fight for the first time when Janibek Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum square off for the interim WBO Middleweight title in the main event Saturday, May 21, on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The fight card, promoted by Top Rank, will be shown live

Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn continues to catch the ire of rival promoter Leonard Ellerbe.  Earlier this month, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions called the British promoter a “clown” and a “piece of sh–” on Twitter.   On Tuesday, Ellerbe further went in on Hearn while he was promoting Gervonta Davis’ upcoming fight against Rolando

Jamshidbek Najmitdinov moved up in weight and had a career best performance as he stopped former world title challenger Charles Hatley in two rounds in Hatley’s hometown in Dallas last week. In the process, Najmitdinov won the WBC USNBC title. Najmitdinov, of Uzbekistan, is promoted by Banner Promotions and Uprising Promotions and raised his record

Eddie Hearn could not help but be amused by the recent criticism directed at him by fellow promoter Oscar De La Hoya. De La Hoya, the head of Golden Boy Promotions, excoriated Hearn recently after Canelo Alvarez dropped a unanimous decision to Dmitry Bivol earlier this month in their 12-round light heavyweight title bout at

David Benavidez has bad news for anyone waiting out a growth spurt that would force him out of the super middleweight division. The former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist has every intention of sticking around at the weight until he secures all of the big fights that have so far remained just out of reach.