Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya may no longer promote pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez following their acrimonious breakup last fall, but he still pays attention to his fights. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, has boxed twice since parti...
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Golden Boy Promotions, which signed light heavyweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez last week, is already in talks with the team of world titlist Dmitry Bivol to match them later in the year, both camps told BoxingScene on Monday.
By Dan Rafael - When WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring got the call on Monday from Jamie Conlan of MTK Global, Herring’s adviser, and was told that his already delayed title defense against Carl Frampton was being postponed, he was not at...
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There has been a change of plans in the schedule for WBC bantamweight world titlist Nordine Oubaali, who will forgo a fight next month and look to reschedule his postponed mandatory defense against former titlist Nonito Donaire, a source with knowled...
Another sample given, another failed drug test for Sergey Kovalev. BoxingScene.com has learned that the former three-time light heavyweight world titlist has tested positive again for synthetic testosterone, failing a second random Voluntary Anti-Dop...
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The fight between junior lightweight world titlist Joseph Diaz Jr. and mandatory challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov is back on. About a week ago, Rakhimov tested positive for Covid-19 and the fight was called off. However, Rakhimov has since had additi...
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By Dan Rafael - If Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has his way his next fight will be against fellow lightweight star Ryan Garcia. Davis and Garcia have both been outspoken about wanting to fight each other, especially since their most recent fights. Davis sco...
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Former three-time light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev has tested for positive synthetic testosterone, meaning his fight with up-and-comer Bektemir “Bek Bully” Melikuziev likely will be canceled.
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Although Showtime and Premier Boxing Champions have not yet announced their Feb. 13 tripleheader it has already seen major changes. Former four-division world titlist Adrien Broner, who has not boxed since a one-sided decision loss to Manny Pacquiao...
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Longtime boxing promoter Michael Acri, who helped guide the late-career comebacks of Hall of Famers Hector Camacho Sr. and Roberto Duran, and guided Paul Spadafora to a lightweight world title, died on Sunday at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was...
The WBC has reinstated Nordine Oubaali as its bantamweight world champion, eliminating the “champion in recess” tag it had given him in mid-November after he came down with Covid-19 and was forced to drop out of a title defense against former champio...
The new year is upon us, so here is what I would like to see in boxing in 2021: Of course, an end to the coronavirus pandemic so we can have big crowds at fights again and full media sections. Third year in a row for this one: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Te...
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When Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell square off for the vacant interim WBC lightweight world title in the main event of a Golden Boy Promotions card on Saturday (DAZN, 3 p.m. ET preliminary bouts, 6 p.m. ET main card) at the American Airlines Arena in...
By Dan Rafael - Canelo Alvarez, the pound-for-pound king and biggest star in boxing, has more options for significant fights than anyone. And he’s in position to make any of them happen if he really wants it. Not only is Alvarez the biggest draw, whi...
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Frankie Randall, who won three junior welterweight world titles and handed the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez his first defeat, died on Wednesday after a prolonged battle with dementia and brain damage as a result of a 22-year professional boxing caree...
