Year: 2022

At only 19 years old, Puerto Rican junior middleweight phenom Xander Zayas believes 2022 is the year he takes things to the next level. Zayas, who hails from San Juan and now lives in South Florida, will fight Louisiana native Quincy LaVallais in his first scheduled eight-rounder Saturday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas-LaVallais will serve as the ...

If their third fight were truly personal to Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin believes it would’ve happened long before this September 17, the targeted date for Alvarez-Golovkin III. Golovkin therefore was perplexed when the Kazakh knockout artist read recently that the Mexican superstar contended their third bout is “personal” for him because Golovkin talks “a lot of sh!t.” “I would say ...

After a long flight from Australia, WBO No. 1-ranked contender Tim Tszyu (20-0, 15 KOs) has arrived to the U.S. in preparation for his upcoming showdown with 2012 U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha (22-2-1, 11 KOs). Tszyu vs. Gausha, a 12-round clash, will headline live on Showtime, Saturday, March 26 from The Armory in Minneapolis in a Premier Boxing Champions event. ...

Junior lightweight contender O’Shaquie Foster believes it is only a matter of time before the top fighters in the division will have to face him. Whether they are world titleholders or contenders, Foster is confident he could defeat any of them at any time.  Foster will have his hands full in the meantime Friday night, as he squares off against ...

Juan Carlos Salgado has emerged as a leading candidate to replace his most recent opponent from nearly four years ago. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Mexico City's Salgado—a former two-time junior lightweight titlist—is atop a short list of opponents under consideration to face England's Michael McKinson on short notice this weekend. The need arose once headlining attraction Vergil Ortiz Jr. (18-0, ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. was days away from his next fight.  On Tuesday, the 23-year-old was forced to withdraw from his scheduled return with an illness. The welterweight contender’s next test was going to come against Michael McKinson on March 19 at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, as the headline bout of a Golden Boy Promotions card on DAZN. The ...

The good news for Vergil Ortiz Jr. is that the recovery process has already begun. Unfortunately, it also means an even longer delay ahead of his next fight—and first of the year. The unbeaten, top-rated welterweight contender provided an update following news of his having to withdraw from a scheduled fight with England’s Michael McKinson this Saturday in Los Angeles. ...

Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, is still confident a deal can be reached for a high-profile unification with WBA, WBO, WBC Franchise, IBF champion George Kambosos. Three division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko was the frontrunner to face Kambosos on a May date in Australia. That scenario is now on the shelf, as Lomachenko returned to his home ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. will have to wait another day to launch his 2022 in-ring campaign. BoxingScene.com has learned that Ortiz has fallen ill and was forced to withdraw from his upcoming bout with England’s Michael McKinson, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. The fallout comes just days ahead of the still scheduled March 19 DAZN event from ...

Fan favorite, Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (15-0-1, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia recently took part in a media workout the world famous Wild Card Boxing Club ahead of his fight against fellow stablemate Alexis Rocha (18-1 (12 KOs) on March 19. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos) Their 10-round welterweight fight will be the co-main event to the welterweight showdown between Vergil ...