For Alex Camponovo, as one door closes, another door opens. Camponovo has made a name for himself working for promoter Don King and, more recently, as the General Manager and matchmaker for Thompson Boxing Promotions. For 23 years, Camponovo put forth some of the best club shows under the Thompson Boxing banner, and moving the likes of Timothy Bradley, Yonnhy ...
It’s already on to the next one for Shakur Stevenson. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Frank Martin will no longer proceed with a planned WBC lightweight title fight versus Stevenson. An effort to finalize the planned November 16 ESPN main event in Las Vegas was instead met with the response from Martin’s team that they were no longer moving forward with ...
Tyson Fury had to laugh at the irony. The unbeaten two-time and reigning lineal heavyweight champion has taken great pride in his having been named after former undisputed champ Mike Tyson. So, it came as a bit of a shock when he learned that his next fight would come with the Hall of Fame legend working the corner of his ...
A purse bid date has been assigned for a proposed title eliminator that stands less than a great chance to see the light of day. For the second time this summer, a Jose Ramirez-Arnold Barboza fight has been ordered by a sanctioning body to enter talks. The latest development came as a surprise to many in the industry when the ...
Kenshiro Teraji hasn’t give up on his goal to fully unify the junior flyweight champion. A multi-belt unification bout was on the horizon versus WBO titlist Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez, who fell ill and was forced to withdraw from their scheduled April 8 clash at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Teraji went on to face late replacement Anthony Olascuaga, whom he stopped ...
Two former UFC veterans went face to face in the main event of Cage Warriors 159, with Trevin Jones bouncing back into the win column with a split-decision victory over Wilson Reis. Jones made an early breakthrough when he dropped former flyweight title challenger Reis in Round 1, but the Brazilian did well to weather the storm that followed as ...
Fighters in today’s day and age have a ton of interest outside of boxing. Some, such as Adrien Broner, dabble in the music world. Others, like Stephen Fulton, enjoy browsing online for the latest name-brand clothing. None of those previously mentioned hobbies are a bad thing. Some fighters, even the elites, need to unplug and get away. With that said, ...
Jesus Ramos impressed Erickson Lubin by beating Joey Spencer so thoroughly in his last fight. Lubin believes that he’ll be a considerable step up in class for Ramos, however, when they meet September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The left-handed Lubin has faced a much higher level of opposition than any of Ramos’ first 20 professional opponents, including ...
With absolutely no professional boxing footage to look back at and only a few short bursts of padwork to study, Tyson Fury has been casting his eye over Francis Ngannou’s MMA back catalogue for clues ahead of their pay-per-view ‘Battle of the Baddest’ showdown in Saudi Arabia. The Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion has seen enough of the former UFC ...
WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara has been training in Las Vegas for several days now - and that means his next fight is not far away. Although the veteran does not have an exact date, he states that his upcoming appointment to return to the ring should occur between October and November. For a long time, there has been talk ...