Scottish lightweight contender Stevie Ray fell agonizingly short of capturing one million dollars in the 2022 PFL lightweight final. Now he finds himself back at the beginning as he prepares to embark on another tough season on his quest to become PFL champion. Ray lost out to Canada’s Olivier Aubin-Mercier in the final last November, but along the way, the ...
An extension has been granted in the ongoing process to fill the IBF middleweight title vacancy. BoxingScene.com has learned that the IBF has approved a request from both parties involved in the ordered Esquiva Falcao-Vincenzo Gualtieri title fight to continue talks for another week. The two sides were given a 30-day negotiation window from March 15 to reach terms, though ...
Shadasia Green will have to wait at least one more fight to challenge for the undisputed crown. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBC has recalled its previous order for Green to next face fully unified super middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn. The ruling comes with the acknowledgment of another fight already in place, as Crews-Dezurn will instead defend versus England’s Savannah ...
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. 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 KOs). The co-feature will ...
Gervonta Davis lives a normal life. One that contains far more cameras than most, but a normal life nonetheless. Of course, Davis prides himself on putting on a show for his adoring fans. And, more times than not, his supporters are left screaming at the top of their lungs following an eye-catching knockout win. For the Baltimore native, before throwing ...
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is expecting unified champion Oleksandr Usyk to dance circles around Daniel Dubois. Dubois is the WBA's mandatory challenger to Usyk, who holds the WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO world heavyweight titles. Joyce is the WBO's mandatory challenger to Usyk, but the WBA is first up in the mandatory defense schedule. The sanctioning organizations came together ...
Like many in the boxing world, Swedish heavyweight contender Otto Wallin wasn’t overly impressed by Anthony Joshua’s latest performance in the ring. Joshua, the former heavyweight contender and star in his native England, turned back a game Jermaine Franklin of Michigan over 12 rounds earlier this month at O2 Arena in London. It was Joshua’s first win since suffering back-to-back ...
Rising heavyweight contender Daniel James has a golden opportunity to build on the momentum of his recent knockout win when he makes a swift turnaround to compete at Bellator 297. James produced the biggest win of his career with a third-round knockout of Marcelo Golm in the main event of Bellator 293 as he announced himself as a heavy-handed threat ...
English featherweight contender Arnold Allen is ready to go ahead of the biggest fight of his career, and he said that victory will put him one win away from the biggest prize in the sport. Allen, who is undefeated in 10 UFC fights heading into his UFC Kansas City main event bout with former champion Max Holloway, said that a ...
Max Holloway has been operating at the sharp end of the UFC’s 145-pound division for years, and he has no intention of relinquishing his spot among the featherweight elite. Holloway takes on surging English contender Arnold Allen in the main event of UFC Kansas City on Saturday night, and told reporters during media day that he is as motivated as ...