Oscar De La Hoya expects Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia to be such an enormous event that it’ll make a lasting impact on the boxing business. Garcia’s promoter predicted that these two fighters’ popularity on social media and outside of boxing’s faded fan base will make their pay-per-view event a smashing success financially. T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where Davis and Garcia ...
Joilton “Peregrino” Lutterbach has been untouchable since signing with Brave Combat Federation last year, swooping in before making quick work of his opponents. In his Brave CF debut, he was a late replacement for Belarus’ Vadim Kutsyi to face then-favorite Germany’s Marcel Grabinski, who was set to fight for the 165-pound title in case he won their bout. But Lutterbach had ...
Panama City, Panama; The full undercard is set for this Friday April 14th from Centro de Combates, Pandeportes. In the evening's new main event, WBO #11 junior flyweight Latino champion Rene “El Chulo” Santiago (10-3 5 KO’s) of Humacao, Puerto Rico, steps in to defend his belt against local world ranked contender WBA #12 WBO #15 Carlos “Arañita” Ortega (15-6-3 ...
Kell Brook is leaving the door open for a comeback. But it would have to be for the “right” opportunity. The retired former welterweight champion from Sheffield, England, has been spotted working out in the gym and taking a meeting with his longtime promoter Eddie Hearn, leading to belief that he might entertain a return to the ring later this ...
He was just 10 years old when he first entered a boxing gym in his hometown of Stebnyk, Ukraine. By the time that he was a teenager and young adult, Oleh Dovhun had gained a reputation as a top-flight amateur fighter. With over 300 amateur fights, and several national titles, Dovhun travelled the world fighting with the Ukraine National Team ...
IBF Restarts Flyweight Title Eliminator Process; Invitations Sent To Felix Alvarado, Seigo Yuri Akui
Felix Alvarado is back on the hunt for an opponent in an ordered title eliminator. BoxingScene.com has the IBF has restarted the process to determine the mandatory challenger for its reigning flyweight titlist, Sunny Edwards. A new elimination contest will be ordered following the collapse of an all-Nicaraguan fight between Alvarado and Cristofer Rosales. The first step is to determine ...
The other heavyweight who has beaten Anthony Joshua has emerged as a potential opponent for Tyson Fury. Now that negotiations have ceased between teams for Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, Bob Arum, whose company co-promotes Fury, has informed BoxingScene.com that former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. is a possible foe for Fury’s return to the ring. England’s Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) ...
Liam Smith is under the strong impression that he will be entering a rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. Liverpool’s Smith upset the odds in January, when he knocked out countryman and heavy favorite Eubank in the fourth round of their middleweight bout at AO Arena in Manchester, England. The fight came about after Eubank’s previous commitment fell through: Eubank was ...
Former unified super bantamweight world champion Murodjon ‘MJ’ Akhmadaliev has re-watched his fight against mandatory challenger Marlon Tapales from this past Saturday night and is incredulous at the scoring which resulted in him losing his world titles (WBA, IBF). Scores for the split decision was 118-110 for Akhmadaliev, scored by judge Javier Alvarez, and 115-113 twice for Tapales by Sergio ...
According to Youtuber turned boxer Jake Paul, his team was advising him to return to the ring against a fellow social media star like KSI. KSI, who holds a decision win over Jake's older brother Logan Paul, is also pursuing a career in boxing. However, Paul ultimately decided to face a well-known MMA veteran, as on Wednesday he officially announced ...