BoxingScene Staff is the byline of BoxingScene's editorial team. News reports, fight results, schedules and announcements that are written and edited in-house, rather than by a single named writer, are published under it.
Every story follows our editorial policy. To report a mistake, use our corrections form; for anything else, contact us.
Heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor has signed a promotional deal with Dmitriy Salita and is set for his fourth professional outing on December 12 on the next edition of Big Time Boxing USA, airing live on DAZN.
Welsh Olympic star Lauren Price will defend her WBA welterweight title in Liverpool against Colombian contender Bexcy Mateus. If Price comes through, she will likely fight the bill-topper on the December 14 show at Liverpool’s Exhibition Centre, Natasha Jonas, who clashes with Ivana Habazin.
Chris Billam-Smith has spoken of his disappointment at losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez, but praised his opponent for his class.
The path that middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz will choose to fight for a world title seems to be becoming clearer, after he was withdrawn from purse bids today to fight Janibek Alimkhanuly.
Japanese veteran Kazuto Ioka will challenge an old rival, for his old belt, when he takes on Argentina’s WBA junior bantamweight titlist Fernando Martinez on December 31. The 12-round rematch is set for the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, five months after Martinez, then IBF boss, outpointed Ioka via unanimous decision in a unification tussle in the same city’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Imam Khataev returns to the ring in Grozny in Russia on December 7, when he meets Cuban contender Yunior Mendez at the Colosseum.
Former WBA super middleweight belt-holder Callum Smith will return to the ring on November 30 in Birmingham, England, it was announced today (November 17).
In a cagey, low-key fight befitting the atmosphere in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, super lightweights Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza struggled to get going at any point during the 10 rounds they shared. Of the two, it was Barboza who showed a little more control and ultimately won more of the rounds, taking a unanimous decision by scores of 97-93, 96-94 and 96-94.
Liverpool’s Natasha Jonas, the current IBF welterweight world champion, will defend her belt against WBC belt-holder Ivana Habazin in a unification showdown on Saturday December 14 at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, England.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano put one another through hell once more, and once again the Irish star left with a narrow victory. Taylor won a bloody bout 95-94 across the board, improving to 24-1 (6 KOs) to defend her unified junior welterweight title in Arlington, Texas, in the fight before Jake Paul soundly outscored Mike Tyson.