Heavyweight contenders Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang will square off on April 15 at the Copper Box Arena in London, as Joyce looks to prove himself as a bona fide top-five contender, while Zhang aims to separate himself from the fringe of the top ten. Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) – the 2016 Olympics silver medalist nicknamed "Juggernaut" – has lived ...
Another key step has been taken to keep the line moving in the junior welterweight division. Unbeaten contenders Arnold Barboza Jr. and Liam Paro have been instructed to enter talks for a WBO 140-pound title eliminator. The sanctioning body contacted both teams on Tuesday to trigger the negotiation period. “The parties herein have ten (10) days upon issuance of this ...
Yudai Shigeoka will face a former beltholder to hold his place in line for a shot at the main prize. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo ‘Bimbito’ Mendez is set to face the unbeaten Shigeoka atop 3150Fight Vol. 5 this Sunday on Abema TV from Yoyogi National 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo. The WBC-approved interim title fight will see Mendez—a ...
Ryan Garcia is proud of how he responded to the only knockdown of his professional career. The unbeaten Garcia got up from that second-round knockdown against Luke Campbell, regained his composure, went after the British southpaw and eventually stopped him with a body shot in the seventh round two years ago. Garcia is confident that knockdown helped make him a ...
SAN ANTONIO – There appears to be daylight in ongoing talks for a mandatory light heavyweight championship fight. Two of the sport’s biggest promotional outfits continue to work on a deal that will satisfy all parties for an ordered Artur Beterbiev-Callum Smith bout. Top Rank promotes Beterbiev (19-0, 19KOs), the lineal, WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion, while Liverpool’s ...
Light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi, who holds the number one ranking with the WBA, wants to make a big statement when he faces Pawel Stepien. Buatsi will collide with Stepien on May 6 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. The Olympian will be snapping a year layoff, after securing a dominant decision win over Craig Richards back in May ...
Undisputed middleweight world champion and Michigan’s own Claressa “GWOAT” Shields will make a homecoming return as she headlines the first boxing event in the history of Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday, June 3 taking on four-division champion Hanna Gabriels in a rematch that will stream live on DAZN in the U.S. and Canada. “Claressa Shields is making history ...
South Africa’s lone current major titlist will get a home game. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a deal was reached for the Sivenathi Nontshinga-Regie Suganob IBF junior flyweight title fight, thus avoiding a purse bid hearing that was scheduled for Tuesday. The bout will take place on June 16 at the International Convention Centre in East London, South Africa. The deal ...
Israel Adesanya gained his retribution, and regained the UFC middleweight title, with his knockout of Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Now he wants to move on to new challenges. Chatting backstage after his second-round stoppage of Pereira in Miami, Adesanya said that he enjoyed recapturing the belt just as much, and perhaps even more, than he did when he won ...
Josh Taylor will follow in the steps of his late forebear, Ken Buchanan, when he travels from his native Scotland to New York City this summer to defend his WBO 140-pound title against Teofimo Lopez. There is, of course, one major difference between Taylor’s circumstance and that of his esteemed predecessor: Taylor expects to win his fight. In 1972, Buchanan, ...