Month: October 2022

Beatriz Ferreira will make her professional debut at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Saturday November 12, live worldwide on DAZN. Ferreira penned a long-term promotional deal with Matchroom and Eddie Hearn in the summer, and the amateur World champion and Olympic silver medalist will step through the ropes for the first time in the paid ranks in Cleveland ...

Mauricio Lara was perfectly fine with hitting the road once again. The featherweight contender from Mexico City was less than two weeks out from challenging secondary WBA featherweight titlist Leigh Wood when a biceps injury forced Wood out of their September 24 clash in his hometown of Nottingham, England. The development briefly left Lara without a fight, before Matchroom Boxing ...

Another ordered title eliminator involving Jean Pascal is now subject to the highest available bidder. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has called for a purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights for a light heavyweight final title eliminator between Quebec’s Jean Pascal and Germany’s Michael Eifert. The 30-day negotiation period failed to produce a deal between the ranked contenders, ...

Floyd Schofield Jr. and Daniel Rosas are set to meet at the crossroads. Both boxers made weight ahead of their scheduled eight-round lightweight bout, which takes place Thursday evening live on DAZN from Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Schofield checked in at 134.8 pounds, while Rosas tipped the scales at 132 pounds. The event marks the official Golden Boy ...

The one-sided nature of their first fight and direct competition from a boxing pay-per-view show apparently impacted viewership of the Devin Haney-George Kambosos Jr. rematch Saturday night on ESPN. Nielsen Media Research revealed that their second 135-pound championship match drew an average audience of 935,000. Viewership peaked at 970,000 for a main event that ended approximately five minutes before Deontay ...

Dillian Whyte’s return to the ring from his knockout defeat to Tyson Fury has been scheduled for November 26 in London. BoxingScene.com has confirmed multiple reports out of the United Kingdom that stated England’s Whyte will meet American Jermaine Franklin in a 12-round fight that night. DAZN is expected to stream Whyte-Franklin as a main event from OVO Arena Wembley. ...

Alycia Baumgardner doesn't believe Mikaela Mayer will ever get over her loss. Last Saturday night in front of a sell-out crowd at the O2 Arena in London, Baumgardner defeated Mayer over 10 rounds via close split decision to add Mayer’s WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles to her existing WBC and IBO versions. The fight was the chief support to ...

Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall is ready for the opportunity to avenge his controversial twelve round split decision loss to Josh Taylor, which took place back in February. There was a public outcry in the aftermath. Taylor suffered the first knockdown of his career and had a lot of trouble with the tricky boxing style of Catterall. The two fighters ...

Competing in the squared circle appeared to be a thing of the past for Abner Mares. Following a fairly invasive surgery to repair a detached retina in 2018, the likelihood of the California resident returning to the ring was slim to none. However, as his desire to perform underneath the bright lights intensified, Mares impetuously dusted off his pugilistic gloves ...

An all-Filipino clash is in store to determine the next mandatory challenger to the IBF junior flyweight title. Unbeaten contenders Mark Vicelles and Regie Suganob have both accepted an invitation to enter negotiations for a final IBF title eliminator, an IBF spokesperson confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Tuesday. A negotiation period has been ordered, with the two sides given until November ...