LAS VEGAS – Stephen Espinoza revealed Wednesday that Canelo Alvarez’s return to Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime Pay-Per-View will be a huge success at the box office. Showtime’s president of sports and event programming projected that ticket sales for the Alvarez-Jermell Charlo card
Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo have another fight date in place for their oft-delayed rematch. Whether they make into the ring or It once again collapses is a tale that will be told in the coming weeks. BoxingScene.com has learned that the WBC flyweight title fight is set to take place November 4 at a location to be determined as part of a Showtime Championship Boxing telecast. Should it hold, Martinez-Arroyo II will join th
A southpaw affiliated with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions has agreed to fight Shakur Stevenson for the second time in barely a week. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that representatives for Edwin De Los Santos and Stevenson have reached a financial agreement for them to fight for the WBC lightweight title November 16 in Las Vegas. ESPN will televise Stevenson-De Los Santos as a main event on a Thursday night, probably from T-Mobile Arena.
Canelo Alvarez has controlled his own career ever since severing ties with Golden Boy Promotions in 2020. Six out of Alvarez’s last seven fights were promoted by Matchroom Boxing, with the other presented by Premier Boxing Champions in 2021 when Alvarez knocked out Caleb Plant to become the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world.
A date is now attached for a long in-play mandatory title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Subriel Matias-Shohjahon Ergashev IBF junior welterweight title bout will take place November 4 as part of a Showtime Championship Boxing event. A location was not yet finalized as this goes to publication.
Promoter Eddie Hearn admits his company had few, if any, attractive opportunities to convince Canelo Alvarez to continue working with them. Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion, has fought the majority of his fights in the past five years under Hearn’s
Three-division champion Terence Crawford will finally fight Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday night for the undisputed welterweight title in a bout that is more than five years in the making.
Naoya inoue delivered another reminder of why he has been regarded for years as among the best pound-for-pound fighters. The latest instance came in a fight week that features championships between four of the best fighters in the world spanning two continents. Inoue handled his business in stellar fashion, as he dethroned previously unbeaten WBC/WBO junior featherweight titlist Stephen Fulton via eighth round stoppage. Inoue floored Fulton moments before offering a final volley of punches to force the stoppage at 1:14 of round eight Tuesday from Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Eimantas Stanionis is free to face the challenger of his choosing for his next outing. There is no guarantee, however, if it results in the welterweight fights that he truly wants. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten WBA ‘Regular’ welterweight titlist is no longer bound to a mandatory title defense. WBA representatives informed Boxing Scene a unanimous vote was reached by its Championship Committee to remove Vergil Ortiz Jr. from his previous place, confirming a development first reported by Big Fight Weekend.
NEW YORK – A shot at Canelo Alvarez is the obvious goal for any fighter in and around the super middleweight division. It wasn’t the end game for Edgar Berlanga, nor was it the sole reason he signed with Matchroom Boxing. This past Saturday marked the first step on a new journey for the unbeaten Nuyorican, who outpointed Ireland’s Jason