Oftentimes boxing fails to deliver the big-time fights that moves the needle into the mainstream and into pop culture. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a master in his heyday at seemingly making everything stop on a Saturday night and having his fights take center stage. But ever since Mayweather retired from professional boxing in 2017, only three fights have passed the ...
Zhan Kossobutskiy will have a meaningful, televised heavyweight fight in the United States this summer after all. BoxingScene.com has learned that the undefeated contender from Kazakhstan will square off against Nigerian power puncher Efe Ajagba on August 26 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ESPN will televise the 10-round bout between Ajagba (17-1, 13 KOs) and Kossobutskiy (19-0, 18 KOs) as the co-feature ...
Everything was coming together for Errol Spence Jr. Things just took a bit longer than he was anticipating. Beating Yordenis Ugas allowed Spence to pick up the WBA welterweight title. The final piece, of course, remained in the possession of Terence Crawford. For as determined as Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) is inside the ring, he was just as dogmatic outside ...
WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack paid his former hometown of Stockholm, Sweden, a visit this week and was interviewed by Svt Sport. Neither Jack nor his promoter, Skills Challenge Entertainment, openly confirmed the fight against WBC bridgerweight champion Lukasz Rozanski - but when asked about the fight Badou smiled and said there was a big fight in the pipeline. Others, ...
Ukraine's unified WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk will defend his titles against WBA mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois on Saturday, August 26 at Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw in Wroclaw, Poland. Usyk, a 36-year-old southpaw who hopes to become the undisputed king in a second weight class, will spend Ukrainian Independence Day weekend putting his belts on the line against London's hard-hitting ...
Shakur Stevenson is doubling down on his bid to become a three-division titlist. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a request has been filed with the WBO by the management team for Stevenson, who seeks to be named the sanctioning body’s mandatory contender at lightweight. Similar measures were taken with the WBC, who has already confirmed Stevenson as next in line to ...
WBC Issues July 21 Deadline For Devin Haney To Confirm Whether He Will Stay at 135 Or Move Up To 140
Devin Haney is back on the clock. A call to action has been issued by the World Boxing Council, who has confirmed Shakur Stevenson as its mandatory challenger at lightweight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Haney has until end of business Friday to confirm whether he will stay put at 135 or next campaign at junior welterweight, where he would be ...
Isaac Cruz is just about tired of hearing the nonstop praise of Shakur Stevenson. The Olympic silver medal and multiple world titles are all impressive but the perpetual fawning of Stevenson has simply been excessive according to Cruz. “He’s a great fighter but maybe a little bit overvalued,” Cruz told BoxingScene.com during a recent interview. Stevenson, largely, has been ballyhooed ...
After a rough 2022, Garry Tonon is back – and it’s like he never left. “The Lion Killer” earned his second consecutive victory in the featherweight division this past Saturday, 15th July, at ONE Fight Night 12, becoming the first man to defeat Shamil Gasanov in 14 professional bouts. The much-anticipated battle played out as many expected it would, with ...
Alycia Baumgardner hopes for a multi-divisional undisputed run for her next few fights. The reigning and fully unified junior lightweight queen called out her stated targets all the way to the 140-pound division following her latest victory. Baumgardner confidently turned to the future after avenging a past defeat with a July 15 points over Christina Linardatou to defend her 130-pound ...