Oleksandr Usyk Takes The (Surprisingly Uncommon) Leap

By Cliff Rold - This Saturday (DAZN, 1 PM EST), former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KO) will make his third straight start at heavyweight and try to take all three of WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua be...

Hearn Would Be Shocked if Joshua-Fury Didn't Happen in 2022 - If Both Win Fights

Eddie Hearn, the promoter for IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, would be shocked if a unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury did not come off in 2022.

Arum: Usyk is a Great Fighter, But Fury Beats Any Heavyweight in The World

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, will be a very interested observer this Saturday, when Anthony Joshua defends the IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA world titles against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham H...

Arslanbek Makhmudov, Erkan Teper - Set For Battle in Quebec City

Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM) held the official weigh-in for the event being presented by La Reine des Bières, Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron, and taking place tomorrow, September 23, live from the Videotron Centre in Quebec City.

Tyson Fury: I'm Just Gonna Stick With One COVID-19 Shot Until After The Wilder Fight

Deontay Wilder’s right hand isn’t the only shot Tyson Fury has prepared to avoid while winding down training camp for their third fight. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion informed BoxingScene.com on Wednesday that he has not received his second s...

Lopez-Kambosos: IBF Stands Firm On October 4 Date

Triller Fight Club will have to honor current plans in place, for a change. The oft-rescheduled lineal/WBA/WBO/IBF lightweight championship between Brooklyn’s Teofimo Lopez and Australia’s George Kambosos remains on course to take place October 4 at...

Deontay Wilder Plans To Wear 'Something Special' To The Ring For Third Tyson Fury Fight

The problems Deontay Wilder contends that his extravagant, heavy costume caused before his last fight haven’t deterred him from planning to wear a different elaborate outfit for his next ring walk.

Soro-Madrimov: Matchroom Boxing Wins Purse Bid For WBA Title Eliminator

Israil Madrimov is on the fast track to a major title and with his entire team on board with such plans. Matchroom Boxing claimed promotional rights to an ordered WBA junior middleweight title eliminator between Uzbekistan’s Madrimov (7-0, 5KOs) and...

Jake Paul Urges Tommy Fury To Accept $1 Million Offer To Fight

Youtuber star turned boxer Jake Paul (4-0, 3 KOs) is prepared to pay fellow prospect Tommy Fury (7-0, 4 KOs) a purse of $1 million for a headline fight on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Fury, the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has al...

Antonio Mireles To Go Pro, Inks Promotional With Top Rank

Antonio “El Gigante” Mireles is about to take a giant step in his boxing career. The 6-foot-9, 265-pound heavyweight from Des Moines, Iowa, has signed a multi-year promotional contract with Top Rank and will make his professional debut in a four-roun...

Teofimo Lopez: We're Standing Firm on Facing Kambosos on October 4

Teofimo Lopez will not agree to Triller's attempt to move his upcoming defense to a date of October 16. Triller blew away the competition at the IBF's purse bid in February, by dropping a significant sum to secure the promotional rights to Lopez's ma...

John Riel Casimero-Paul Butler Bantamweight Title Fight Ordered By WBO

John Riel Casimero was able to make amends with Nonito Donaire, though his next conversation will have to be with another bantamweight in his future. The reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight titlist has been ordered to enter negotiat...

Conor Benn To Be Added To Parker-Chisora II Card; Whyte-Wallin Undercard Update

Conor Benn will be back in the ring before the end of the year. The WBA Continental welterweight champion recently signed a new promotional pact with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom.

Hearn Discusses Anthony Joshua's Decision To Remain With Matchroom

Eddie Hearn says that Anthony Joshua’s decision to sign a promotional deal that ties him to Matchroom for the rest of his career is “massive” for his business. 

Canelo To Plant: You're Not On My Level, You Will See November 6!

Enough was already said by the time Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez made his way to the podium. That was fine with the four-division and reigning WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight titlist, who was brief in his final comments in the direction of IBF super middlewe...

Oleksandr Usyk Relishing Underdog Role Against Anthony Joshua

Oleksandr Usyk can severely stall the heavyweight picture Saturday when he faces off against unified champion Anthony Joshua at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the United Kingdom. 

Caleb Plant On Canelo: He's A Cheater; Did He Test Positive? It's Not Up For Discussion

Caleb Plant pointed out Canelo Alvarez’s performance-enhancing drug ordeal in person Tuesday afternoon. The unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion emphasized again during their press conference what he Tweeted about nearly two weeks earlier. When S...

Masamichi Yabuki Stops Kenshiro Teraji In 10th Round, Lifts WBC Title In Stunner

Masamichi Yabuki authored one of the biggest upsets of the year. The WBC junior flyweight title changed hands for the first time in more than four years, as Yabuki dethroned Kenshiro Teraji via tenth-round stoppage Wednesday evening at Kyoto City Gym...

Euro News: Lejarraga-Charrat Rematch, Tony Yoka, Kabayel-Huck, More

The EBU have ordered a rematch between Kerman Lejarraga and Dylan Charrat and has set October 31 as the deadline for private negotiations.

Savannah Marshall Does Not Expect Lauren Price To Go Pro at Middleweight

Likely opponents are thin enough on the ground already for Savannah Marshall that you might have thought Lauren Price claiming the middleweight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics could set up a potential rivalry. Marshall, though, thinks that although...

Donald Smith Returns To Action on October 9 at 2300 Arena

It will be a battle of featherweight contenders when Donald Smith takes on Elijah Pierce in the eight-round featured bout of a great night of boxing on Saturday, October 9th at the 2300 Arena.

Dana White To Jake Paul: Forget Masvidal, Go Fight Anderson Silva

UFC president Dana White has shot down the possibility of allowing Jorge Masvidal to enter a boxing ring to fight Youtuber turned boxer, Jake Paul. In his last two fights, Paul has defeated two of White's former fighters.

Whyte Backs Joshua To Stop Usyk in First Seven Rounds

If Anthony Joshua sets the pace early and imposes himself, former rival Dillian Whyte could see him scoring a knockout victory over mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua will defend the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight titles against Usyk on Satu...

Demond Nicholson Return on October 23 in Hanover, Maryland

On Saturday night, October 23rd, Jeter Promotions returns to Live Casino and Hotel Maryland in Hanover, Maryland with an night of boxing that will feature contenders, title bouts and top prospects.

Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk - Hardcore Fans' Delight

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...

Canelo Alvarez After Brawling With Plant: This Is Personal Now, He's Going To Pay

The promotional tour for the undisputed super middleweight bout between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant got off to a rowdy and rambunctious start when bantering evolved to an all-out brawl in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday.

Plant To Canelo: Keep Laughing, Motherf-----; You're Gonna Find Out When Everyone Else Did - When It's Too Late

Caleb Plant has always relished the underdog role, though never more so than ahead of the biggest fight of his pro career. It’s no surprise that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is favored to prevail in their upcoming undisputed super middleweight championship...

Joshua Vows To Reverse Everything That Happened To Bellew, Beat Usyk

WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not worried about Oleksandr Usyk's performance against Tony Bellew in 2018. Usyk, who at the time was the undisputed world champion at cruiserweight, traveled to the UK and scored a crushing k...

Photos: Canelo, Plant - LA Presser Explodes, Scuffle Breaks Out

Canelo, Plant LA Press Conference Scuffle Photos Gallery - Boxing’s consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Mexican superstar and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez and undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champi...

Plant Suffers Cut Beneath Right Eye From Coming To Blows With Canelo

Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant couldn’t wait until November 6 to put their hands on one another. The super middleweight champions came to blows Tuesday afternoon at the start of their press conference in Beverly Hills, California. Plant walked away f...

Video: Canelo, Plant Explode - Throw Hands at Kick-Off Presser

Canelo, Plant Live Stream Kick-Off Presser - Mexican superstar and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez will face undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant in a historic showdown on Satu...

Photos: Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk - Open Workouts

Joshua, Usyk Open Workouts Photos Gallery - The most important weekend for boxing in the month of September is just a few days away. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this Saturday will host the heavyweight showdown between WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO champ...

DJ Zamora Hopes For Quick Return After Picking Up Stoppage Win

This past Sunday featherweight, "The War Machine” DJ Zamora III (5-0, 4 KOs), scored a second-round knockout on his off-TV PBC debut when dismantled, Richard Barnard (1-6-1) by way of a right hook to the body. The 4-round bout took place at the Mecha...

Juan Manuel Lopez Defense Team Granted Postponement, New Court Date October 5

Juan Manuel Lopez will remain in prison ahead of his next court date. A preliminary hearing held Tuesday at Caguas Court of First Instance revealed that the legal team for Lopez—led by attorney Jaime Barcelo—was not prepared to proceed with its case...

Joe Smith Tests Positive For COVID, Oct. 30 Title Defense Versus Umar Salamov Postponed

Joe Smith Jr. will have to wait a little longer for his first title defense. The reigning WBO light heavyweight titlist will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after recently testing positive for COVID. The development puts on hold a pla...

Anthony Joshua Inks Career-Long Promotional Pact With Eddie Hearn

Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World Anthony Joshua has signed a new career-long promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.  The IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO ruler puts his crowns on the line against former Undisputed Cruiserweight king Olek...

Burns' "Muhammad Ali" Says Little New, But Says It Well

Even now, five years after his unfortunate passing, Muhammad Ali might be the most recognizable athlete on the planet. Long ago rendered an icon of popular culture, the library of books, movies, and documentaries focused on Ali is vast. Ali can feel...

Joshua: Usyk is Jumping in The Deep End, He Must Believe in Himself

Anthony Joshua says that Wladimir Klitschko contacted him to wish him good luck for his upcoming fight with Oleksandr Usyk, despite Usyk being signed to Klitschko’s promotional company. 

Kenshiro Teraji-Masamichi Yabuki Weigh-In Results From Kyoto, Japan

Kenshiro Teraji and Masamichi Yabuki are set to fight, even if two weeks later than originally anticipated.  Both boxers easily made weight ahead of their upcoming WBC junior flyweight title fight, which takes place Wednesday in Kyoto, Japan. Tera...

Plant: Canelo Looked Beatable Against Mayweather, Lara, Golovkin, Kovalev, Saunders

As the saying goes, it’s not always about if you win but how you win that matters inside the squared circle. IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant would probably agree with that dictum as it relates to his forthcoming full unification title...

Jamal James-Radzhab Butaev To Headline October 30 Showtime Card; Ennis-Dulorme In Co-Feature

A welterweight-themed card now graces Showtime’s active fourth-quarter schedule. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the October 30 edition of Showtime Championship Boxing will feature two significant welterweight fights, topped by WBA “World” welter...

Frank Gore, Future Hall Of Fame Running Back, Training For "High Profile" Boxing Fight

Running back Frank Gore, who’s rushed for 16,000 yards throughout 16 seasons in the NFL, believes he still has some tread left on his tires to make a run for a new sport.

Ameen Khalid is Set To Go Pro at Stadium Suite on September 26

Ameen Khalid believes his tools have been sharpened to great effect for the transition from amateur to professional fighter. That switch will take place when it’s show-time in the Stadium Suite at Walsall FC’s the Banks’s Stadium, on the Sunday after...

Hearn on Holyfield-Belfort: What We Saw, It Actually Disgusted Me

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has joined in the criticism of last Saturday's fight between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort. The 58-year-old Holyfield, a former undisputed heavyweight champion, stepped in on a week's notice.

Mikey Garcia Believes Plant's Skills Give Him a Shot To Shock Canelo

Four division world champion Mikey Garcia believes Caleb Plant is capable of pulling off a big upset when he faces Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in a full division unification. Plant and Canelo will collide on November 6, with the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super mi...

Nicholas Esposito Will Face Emanuele Cavallucci on October 1 DAZN Card

On October 1, in the event promoted at Allianz Cloud in Milan (Italy) by Opi Since 82, Matchroom and DAZN, unbeaten Italian welterweight champion Nicholas Esposito (14-0 with 5 KOs) will defend for the first time his title against Emanuele Cavallucci...

Once Dominant, Joshua Faces Usyk as Champion of Uncertainty

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Let’s say you’re Anthony Joshua. To suggest you’ve got the world by the tail is no overstatement. You’re 6-foot-6 and resemble a 240-or-so-pound chunk of granite in boxing trunks. And your smile and skill set have helped make yo...

De La Hoya vs. Belfort is Eyed For November Date, Says Triller Head

Triller Co-Founder Ryan Kavanaugh is still talking with six division champion Oscar De La Hoya about the possibility of facing facing former UFC champion Vitor Belfort in a boxing match.

Ryan Garcia-JoJo Diaz Bout Remains In Discussion; WBC Approves As Final Eliminator

Devin Haney remains on the hunt for his next title defense while the last two opponents he has expected to fight are instead ordered to face each other. Four mandatory title fights and eliminators were revealed by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as ei...

Fury Promoter: If The Fight Goes Twelve, I Fancy Usyk To Decision Joshua

Frank Warren, the co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is still standing firm that he could easily see Oleksandr Usyk pulling off the upset when he faces Anthony Joshua.