A five-foot-five-inch, 118-pound Japanese monster is ready to take over the Las Vegas Strip. WBA/IBF bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue, the three-weight world champion climbing the myt...
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania – Now that Guillermo Rigondeaux has established himself within the bantamweight division, the Cuban veteran has his sights set on the best 118-pound boxer in the sport. The 39-...
Johnriel Casimero and his team made the most of an undesirable situation, ahead of what is the most desirable fight of his storied career. Travel delays left the three-division and reigning bantamweig...
Using the ratings of the published issues of Ring Magazine, and the archived ratings of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) since their debut in October 2012, and under the assumption they ...
This past Friday in Japan, a press conference was organized to officially confirm the reappearance of Japanese superstar and pound-for-pound boxer Naoya Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs), who holds the unified IBF...
Naoya Inoue’s Top Rank debut is all but set. BoxingScene.com has learned that the unbeaten IBF/WBA bantamweight champion is going to box WBO 118-pound champ Johnriel Casimero in a title unification fi...
If there was any doubt as to who the face of boxing was in 2019, Canelo Alvarez answered it. The 29-year-old Mexican beat two quality opponents last year, outpointing Daniel Jacobs to unify middleweig...
With all the spectacular knockouts, upsets and great fights that took place last year, 2020 should be as good, if not better, right? There are some blockbuster and spectacular fights on the horizon th...
By Mitch Abramson - Canelo Alvarez’s facial expressions ranged from grim to exasperated. It was September of 2013 and Alvarez was flailing away at Floyd Mayweather Jr., trying to land but mostly missi...
After posting separate title fight wins on the same show in November, Naoya Inoue and Nordine Oubaali now have the same amount of time to negotiate terms for the next time they step in the ring. It ju...
Johnriel Casimero joined some special company with his latest win, though by no means is ready to rest on his laurels. The 30-year old Philippines native added a bantamweight title to a collection tha...
Boxing pundits weren’t quite sure what to make of Carl Frampton’s win over Nonito Donaire back when the pair of former multi-division titlists collided nearly two years ago. Frampton claimed a clear-c...
You’d be hard pressed to find a boxer from the Philippines who doesn’t look up to Manny Pacquiao. So, imagine the feeling experienced by Johnriel Casimero when he received the call to represent the le...
Frank Warren says that he believes Zolani Tete can win bantamweight unification fight against Naoya Inoue providing he successfully defends his WBO title against John Riel Casimero on Saturday night i...
Mexico's Emanuel 'Vaquero' Navarrete predicts a knockout this December 7 in Puebla, when he collides with Francisco Horta in the fourth defense in the year of his super bantamweight title of the World...
In a magnificent world title fight South Africa’s Zolani Tete (28-3, 21KOs) risks his WBO bantamweight title against Filipino interim champion John Riel Casimero (28-4, 19KOs) where the winner will be...
LAS VEGAS – Luis Nery envisions Emmanuel Rodriguez suffering a second straight quick knockout defeat Saturday night. The hard-hitting Mexican southpaw intends to join Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue as...
It was the perfect storm for Nordine Oubaali in terms of the fight he wanted next to help set up the super fight he craves for the future. The two-time Olympian and current unbeaten bantamweight titli...
WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete admitted that he was as stunned as everyone else by the war of attrition waged by Nonito Donaire and Naoya Inoue in their World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) bantamw...
Former world champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery was a very interested party in the recent bantamweight unification between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire, who collided in the final bout of the World Boxing ...