LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson has felt firsthand how hard Terence Crawford can punch during sparring sessions that taught Stevenson invaluable lessons early in his career. The two-division champion has also seen Crawford hurt a heavyweight in sparring. Those experiences have made Stevenson believe skeptics have underestimated Crawford’s chances if he were to land a shot at Canelo Alvarez. Crawford ...
Sunny Edwards is now on the verge of claiming a new title, a date with the sport’s pound-for-pound queen and a future fight versus a modern-day legend all with a win in his next fight. The reigning IBF flyweight titlist continues to raise the stakes for his already high-risk, high-reward IBF/WBO title unification bout versus Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez. The latest ...
Israel ‘Jiga’ Gonzalez is back on course where a win will lead to his next title opportunity. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that terms were reached between the former four-time title contender and Willibaldo Garcia to meet in an IBF-sanctioned title eliminator. The pair of contenders from Mexico were able to reach a deal within their 30-day negotiation deadline and are set ...
Audi Attar, manager of UFC superstar Conor McGregor, is not ruling out the possibility of a future fight with social media star turned boxer, Jake Paul. McGregor and Paul have been trading words for several years. Paul, who has a pro boxing record of 7-1 with 4 knockouts, has defeated several UFC veterans during his career in sanctioned boxing matches. ...
David Benavidez expects November 25 to be quite a successful night for his fighting family. The unbeaten WBC interim super middleweight champion is completely confident that he’ll beat the most accomplished opponent of his career, two-division champion Demetrius Andrade, in their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event. Benavidez is almost as anxious about the co-feature that night, in which his older brother, ...
Former IBO cruiserweight champion Kevin Lerena is not intimidated by the record of his upcoming opponent, Senad Gashi, who has 26 knockouts in his 27 wins. The two will clash for the WBC interim-bridgerweight title at Emperors Palace on November 25. Back in May, Lerena secured a twelve round unanimous decision over Ryad Merhy - which allowed the South African star ...
Talks are underway for Eumir Marcial to fight at home for the first time as a pro before representing his proud nation for a second time in the Olympics. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten middleweight has become the focal point for a planned show in the first quarter of the new year in Manila, Philippines. MP Promotions—founded by former ...
Emanuel Navarrete isn’t the first fighter on anyone’s hit list. It’s simple, although he looks awkward and easy to land on, the Mexican star has proven time and time again that he isn’t some pushover. The last time he was doubted, he made oddsmakers and fans eat their words. On August 12th, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, ...
Junior welterweight titlist Teofimo Lopez wants to give a hard look at his future—and some family time to his infant son—before committing to his next fight. Lopez, the former lightweight champion from Brooklyn, New York, is coming off a redemptive points win over Josh Taylor, in June, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to earn ...
Emanuel Navarrete is not trying to read too much into the placement for his next fight. The three-division and reigning WBO junior lightweight titlist will appear in the co-feature slot of a November 16 ESPN show headlined by the Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos vacant WBC lightweight title fight. Navarrete will attempt his second defense of his current reign versus ...