By Thomas Gerbasi - The apprenticeship is over for Xander Zayas. With a co-main event slot against Dan Karpency on Saturday’s Jamel Herring-Shakur Stevenson card at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the 19-year-old has reached the point where there’s no g...
By Thomas Gerbasi - After seeing a September 4 bout with Victor Vazquez get canceled, Cletus Seldin decided to go for a little run for his birthday a week later. How little? “Only” 35 miles. It’s “only” 35 because the year before, Seldin ran 50 miles...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Bruce Carrington has been on BoxingScene.com longer than most staffers here, so it’s only fitting that “Shu Shu” checks back in before his first pro bout this Saturday against Cesar Cantu on the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III under...
By Thomas Gerbasi - A week from Saturday, Efe Ajagba will step into the ring at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and get the crowd ready for the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder bout by facing off with fellow unbeaten Frank Sanchez in the evening’s co-main...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - There will never be another Muhammad Ali. If you didn’t know that already, one look at Ken Burns’ documentary series on “The Greatest” is a good primer and reminder of that fact. But that’s okay. Time moves on, and if there were 1...
By Thomas Gerbasi - A visit to the gym where Katie Taylor trains in Connecticut in early 2018 said everything you needed to know about the undisputed lightweight champion. It’s a small place, no tanning beds, no smoothie bar, with the only “ornaments...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Whatever David Haye is getting paid by Triller for his Saturday bout with friend and temporary rival Joe Fournier is not nearly enough. Simply put, the former cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, who has always been gifted at s...
By Thomas Gerbasi - On Sunday, September 5, Xander Zayas turns 19 years old. It feels like several years since he turned 18, and with a laugh, he agrees. “Tell me about it,” said the affable Puerto Rican prospect, who makes his fourth start of the ye...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Monte Cox has been in the combat sports business for a long time, most notably as the manager of some of the best mixed martial artists to ever grace the Octagon or ring. As such, he’s seen the good, bad and the ugly of the fight...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Jessica Camara didn’t get an eight-week training camp for her first world title fight this Friday night in El Cajon, California. But she doesn’t mind. Not one bit. When IBF junior welterweight champion Mary McGee suffered a knee i...
Twenty years after her final fight in 2001, Kathy Collins has an announcement to make. She’s retired. “I didn't know that I really needed to make a formal announcement that I've retired,” laughs Collins. “I think everybody has kinda figured that out...
By Thomas Gerbasi - The professional boxing debut. A stressful moment in any case, but particularly so if you happen to be the grandson of “The Greatest.” But Nico Ali Walsh isn’t blinking in the days leading up to his Saturday bout against Jordan We...
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