Dominican slugger Edwin De Los Santos is ready for his first world title opportunity. (photos by Mikey Williams) The 24-year-old southpaw will face pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson for the vacant WBC lightweight world title on Thursday, Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the world championship co-feature, Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete defends his WBO junior lightweight strap against Brazilian ...
Shabaz Masoud and Jose Sanmartin headlined tonight’s next NextGen card in Newcastle, finally meeting in a ten round super bantamweight fight. The pair were due to fight three weeks ago but Masoud was withdrawn during fight week after falling ill. Masoud has been talked up as a future world champion, but this was a step up in quality for the ...
Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are on course to fight December 23. Just not versus each other. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that plans and opponents are in place for the pair of former heavyweight titlists to appear on the same show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Multiple sources informed Boxing Scene that Joshua is in advanced talks to face Otto Wallin, while ...
All action Owen Rees (2-0, 2 KO’s) kicked off tonight’s Next Gen show in Newcastle by stopping Konrad Czajkowski (2-2-1, 1 KO) in the fifth round of their six round super lightweight fight. Rees likes to operate in the pocket and got straight into punching range, Czajkowski tried his best to match Rees’s energy and workrate but found himself on ...
Jose Sanmartin is just as ready to shock the world as was the case three weeks ago. The visiting Colombian journeyman was left without a fight when Shabaz Masoud fell ill shortly after the weigh-in ahead of their previously scheduled October 21 outing in Manchester, England. The fight was postponed by three weeks, though Sanmartin refused to let the delay ...
The option is there to explore a fourth divisional title or even take his time between mandatory defenses. Emanuel Navarrete has different plans in mind for his newfound WBO ‘Super Champion’ designation. “There are many benefits to being Super Champion that other fighters choose to use,” Navarrete told BoxingScene.com. “Some fighters use it so they can go longer between mandatory ...
Tommy Fury had aspirations of becoming a world champion. He still does. But he took a bit of a detour these last 12 months. After scoring a points win over Daniel Bocianski, Fury was determined to show that “YouTubers” turned boxers had no business in the sport he grew up loving. In late February, the 24-year-old took on arguably the ...
Worcester (MA) super welterweight Khiary “Too Sharp” Gray (17-6, 13 KOs) will fight for the first time in two years in his comeback bid against New Haven (CT) veteran and divisional gatekeeper Jimmy “The Quiet Storm” Williams (18-13-2, 6 KOs) in a six-round bout on the December 9th “Pandemonium at the Palladium 2”, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), at ...
A purse bid hearing has been ordered for a long overdue mandatory title fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the 30-day negotiation period assigned to the ordered Jermell Charlo-Bakhram Murtazaliev junior middleweight championship clash ended without a deal in place. The sanctioning body has now sent the matter to a purse bid, which will be held on November 21 and conducted ...
Shabaz Masoud managed to find a silver lining from a year-long layoff. It was never the intention to pull out of a fight especially after having already made weight but the unbeaten prospect was presented with that scenario just three weeks ago. Masoud fell ill and was unable to proceed with a planned junior featherweight clash versus Colombia’s Jose Sanmartin, ...