From Teofimo Lopez’s perspective, Josh Taylor has shown weakness by changing trainers following his subpar performance against Jack Catterall. The Scottish southpaw parted ways with Ben Davison after his debatable split-decision defeat of England’s Catterall in February 2022. Taylor has been prepared for his 12-round, 140-pound title fight against Lopez on Saturday night by Joe McNally, who also works with ...
Ryan Farrag returns to the Liverpool Olympia after a 10-year exodus on June 9th, promising his Scouse derby fight against Marcel Braithwaite for the vacant Commonwealth super flyweight title. Farrag and Braithwaite form part of a line-up that also sees another Liverpudlian, Connor Butler, defend his Commonwealth flyweight belt against Birmingham’s Matt Windle, with the European crown also on the ...
Veteran referee Tony Weeks has finally spoken up. In an interview conducted with Michael Woods of NY Fights, Weeks was asked to respond to widespread condemnation for the way he presided over the junior welterweight title bout between Rolando Romero and Ismael Barroso last month. Weeks infamously stopped the bout during the ninth round because he believed the 40-year-old Barroso ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor has had enough of the trash talk from Teofimo Lopez. Lopez, a former unified lightweight champion, will challenge Taylor on Saturday night at the Hulu Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden. The two fighters recently took part in a joint video-link interview, with Taylor losing his patience and walking out due Lopez's verbal ...
Artur Beterbiev is gearing up to defend his IBF, WBC and WBO light heavyweight belts against mandatory challenger Callum Smith on August 19 at the Videotron Center in Quebec. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Beterbiev's head trainer, Marc Ramsay, has a lot of respect for Smith and views him as perhaps the toughest opponent of his boxer's career. “It is possibly ...
Undefeated Chilean flyweight Andres Campos wants to create history by becoming his country’s first world champion when he locks horns with reigning IBF ruler Sunny Edwards at the OVO Arena Wembley this Saturday June 10, live worldwide on DAZN. Campos’ clash with Edwards tops a tripleheader, with Nina Hughes (5-0, 2 KOs) defending her WBA bantamweight crown against Katie Healy ...
Former WBO welterweight champion Kell Brook has no problem with staying retired from the sport. Brook walked away from boxing in 2022, several months following his stoppage of career rival Amir Khan last February. At 37-years-old, Brook is simply kicking back and enjoying himself by attending live boxing events from the sidelines. But, he admits the final decision to stop ...
LAS VEGAS – Charles Conwell considers Brian Mendoza the caliber of opponent he needs to beat to move himself into legitimate position to challenge Jermell Charlo for 154-pound supremacy. Conwell expects Charlo to defeat Tim Tszyu whenever the undisputed junior middleweight champion’s left hand heals and their fight for Charlo’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts is rescheduled. Meanwhile, Conwell ...
On paper, Devin Haney’s recent showdown against Vasiliy Lomachenko had all the makings of a can’t miss fight. The skills between them were clear as day but the animosity, at least prior to their weigh-in, was missing. But, as the two stood shirtless across one another after making the lightweight limit of 135 pounds, Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) shoved the ...
The UFC is back in Canada, with Vancouver set to host UFC 289 as one of the most domiant champions in the history of women’s MMA prepares to take center stage. Two-division UFC women’s champion Amanda Nunes takes on Mexican challenger Irene Aldana in the main event of the evening, while former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira looks to bounce back ...