Month: April 2022

Last week a story by BoxingScene.com’s Keith Idec was published in which Sebastian Fundora tried to discredit Erickson Lubin’s (24-1) 6th round knockout victory over former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario last June.  “To be honest with that,” Fundora said, “we had Rosario here for camp, for when he was training for ‘Hammer.’ … If you were there for ...

April 2, Vienna, Austria: Unheralded German middleweight Marten Arsumanjan (12-1-2) knocked out hometown hero Marcos Nader (23-2-1) in the fifth to retain the EU crown and win the IBF International title. Nader entered the ring as a big favorite with the bookmakers but walked into what one ringsider described as a lucky punch and that was it. Nader turned pro ...

Conor Benn will defend his WBA Continental Welterweight Title against South Africa’s Chris Van Heerden at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday April 16, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia). ‘The Destroyer’ (20-0, 13 KOs) secured a stunning knockout win over former World Champion Chris Algieri last time out in December, taking out the American with ...

SAN DIEGO - Dmitry Bivol has reigned as a light heavyweight titlist for more than four years, though never quite emerging as the class of the division. The unbeaten WBA titlist has earned a reputation for fighting up—and down—to the level of his opposition, although that line of thinking should bode well for his next assignment. Bivol landed a lucrative ...

Yamileth Mercado retained her WBC super bantamweight world championship for the third time, beating a brave and always dangerous Isis Vargas by unanimous decision, in the main event of the show presented by Zanfer and 2M Promotions in Chihuahua, and broadcast by Azteca 7. Mercado (19-3, 5 KO's) was always at the forefront, aggressive, unleashing combinations and showing great rhythm, ...

Detroit’s undefeated lightweight Erick DeLeon (20-0-1, 12 KOs) made his return to the ring against Barranquilla, Colombia’s Hevinson Herrera (27-20-1, 21 KOs). Fighting in the main event of Salita Promotions’ Detroit Brawl event in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, MI, DeLeon took about a minute to size up the South American before ...

Ryan Garcia’s 15-month break from the sweet science will end April 9 when the undefeated lightweight contender takes on Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome in San Antonio on DAZN.  Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has not fought since his Jan. 2, 2021 knockout win against Luke Campbell because of a self-imposed break due to mental health issues as well as right ...

Any hopes of a long awaited superfight between Kazuto Ioka and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are once again placed on hold. Japan’s Ioka remains in the crosshairs of the WBO, who have ordered the four-division and reigning junior bantamweight titlist to next face mandatory challenger and former four-division titleholder Donnie Nietes. The fight was formally ordered on Friday, with the two ...

Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall both believe they can be in contention for world titles within 18 months after the Olympic golden couple announcing they will be turning professional with BOXXER and Sky Sports.  Price, who won middleweight gold in Tokyo, where Artingstall won featherweight bronze, said they had a stack of offers, some life-changing before picking BOXXER.  Price will ...

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Errol Spence vs. Yordenis Ugas, Nakathila's vicious stoppage of Miguel Berchelt, Leigh Wood's spectacular win over Michael Conlan, Canelo vs. Golovkin trilogy, and more. I got a weird one for ya. What was the best question you ever received from the mailbag? Bread’s Response: Um…..I’ve had about ...