John Ryder would have every reason to feel uncomfortable about the daunting assignment he has accepted for Saturday night. The British southpaw will face one of the best boxers of this generation, their division’s undisputed champion, in what has been billed as a celebration of Canelo Alvarez’s incredible career near his hometown. A capacity crowd in excess of 50,000 figures ...
There aren't a ton of fighters out there who are anxious to jump into the ring with Shakur Stevenson. Of course, the former Olympic silver medalist has made it look incredibly easy no matter who he’s lined up against. After taking care of business against Oscar Valdez in April of 2022, Stevenson saw his unified championship reign come to an ...
Gervonta Davis grew sick and tired of the bombastic trash-talking being hurled in his direction by Ryan Garcia. So, with the two agreeing to meet at a catchweight of 136 pounds, they officially lined up on opposite sides of the ring on April 22nd in Las Vegas, Nevada. By and large, the boxing world was fixated upon their clash. Amongst ...
John Ryder always had a sense that his number was next to be called in the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes. This being boxing, there was still that sliver of doubt until the day he saw everyone involved put pen to paper. “We got the contracts through, we got them signed. That’s when it became real for me,” Ryder admitted to BoxingScene.com. ...
Oscar De La Hoya believes the Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol light heavyweight title match last year was a total miscalculation, at least from a commercial perspective. And the founder and head of Golden Boy Promotions puts the blame squarely on the promoter in charge of that event, Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn. In a recent interview, De La Hoya insisted that ...
A hard target search across all four sanctioning bodies appears to have finally led to a willing opponent for Ra’eese Aleem. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has conditionally sanctioned a junior featherweight title eliminator between USA’s Aleem and Australia’s Sam Goodman. The battle of unbeaten contenders is targeted to take place June 8 at a location to be determined ...
Canelo Alvarez continues to be boxing’s biggest breadwinner. With an estimated total earnings of $110 million, the undisputed super middleweight champion is the world’s fifth highest-paid athlete, according to a new report released by the media outlet. The study was based on a period from May 1, 2022 to May 1, 2023, estimating that the 32-year-old Mexican star earned a ...
Canelo Alvarez is set to defend his Undisputed World Super-Middleweight title against John Ryder in a Mexico homecoming on Cinco de Mayo weekend at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday May 6, live around the world on DAZN and DAZN PPV in the U.S & Canada. (photos by Melina Pizano) Julio Cesar Martinez will defend the WBC flyweight ...
THE QUEENSBERRY TRIO of Anthony Cacace, Nick Ball and Pierce O'Leary are all in title action on Saturday May 27 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, live on BT Sport. Promoted by Conlan Boxing, in association with Top Rank and Queensberry Promotions, the event will see Belfast boy Michael Conlan challenge for the IBF world featherweight championship against the title ...
Light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi is certainly open to facing domestic rivals Anthony Yarde and Dan Azeez, but first he wants to get himself in line for a world title fight. Buatsi, ranked at number one by the WBA, faces Pawel Stepien at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on Saturday. He needs a win to keep his WBA ranking ...