The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions, Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant, Anthony Joshua, Shakur Stevenson and more. I hope someone in the boxing media finally admits that super welterweight/junior middleweight is an average weight class. I hope you will do that, or ...
After reluctantly giving up his WBO and WBC super featherweight titles due to his failure to make weight, Shakur Stevenson officially made the move to the lightweight division. In his first official bout above the 130-pound limit, Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) proved that he belonged by stomping Shuichiro Yoshino this past weekend at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. ...
Fans and reporters have heaped praise upon Joe Joyce for becoming the first fighter to knock out Joseph Parker in Joyce’s most recent fight. Zhang Zhilei, Joyce’s opponent Saturday night at Copper Box Arena in London, wasn’t overly impressed with Joyce’s 11th-round knockout September 24 in Manchester, England. The Chinese contender credited Joyce for his performance, but he thinks Parker’s ...
Joe Joyce is still in the contender phase of his career but also of an age where he can’t afford to squander any of his prime. Not that it’s in his DNA. The 2016 Olympic Silver medalist and current top-rated heavyweight refuses to coast to his first title shot. London’s Joyce has earned a reputation for taking on any tough ...
If 2023 is the year of the matchmaker, and the results in the ring suggest it has been, this weekend should be another feather in their caps. Saturday (ESPN+, 3 PM EST), fans in the UK are going to be treated to a clash of mammoth heavyweights with implications for a future title opportunity hovering over the proceeding. It’s a ...
Ryan Garcia’s prayers were officially answered not too long ago. After pacing back and forth and demanding a crack against Gervonta Davis, the 24-year-old will finally be given his wish. On April 22nd, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the California native and the powerful southpaw will formally lock horns at a catchweight of 136 pounds. Of course, ...
The search has begun to establish a mandatory challenger for boxing’s newest titleholder. It could get off to a rocky start. BoxingScene.com has learned that the IBF has submitted an invitation to the teams for Luis Nery and Ra’eese Aleem to determine their availability for a planned junior featherweight title eliminator. The promoters for both boxers were contacted on Wednesday ...
Undefeated WBA Super Middleweight Champion David Morrell Jr. will now face Olympic Bronze Medalist and slick-boxing Yamaguchi “The Problem” Falcao in the co-main event of the Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia SHOWTIME PPV production taking place Saturday, April 22 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Falcao, the most accomplished fighter that Morrell has faced, ...
Undefeated British knockout artist Joe Joyce and former unified junior lightweight champion Mikaela Mayer are set to co-headline an action-packed card this Saturday at Copper Box Arena in London. (photos by JP Yim) Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBO interim heavyweight belt in the main event against Chinese contender and fellow Olympic silver medalist Zhilei Zhang (24-1-1, 19 ...
Ellie Scotney will get her shot at a world title –– albeit later than planned. The Catford super-bantamweight is due to get her date with destiny on June 10. Scotney, who is trained by Shane McGuigan, will now fight Cherneka Johnson in a challenge for the IBF world title on a show in London, which BoxingScene.com understands will be announced ...