USA Boxing is under fire after news broke of the governing body's decision to adopt a 'Transgender Policy', which will essentially allow male boxers who transition to fight in the female category - starting in 2024. The organization oversees amateur boxing in the United States - and a policy has been created to allow transgender athletes to compete under certain ...
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes MMA veteran Francis Ngannou has “earned” the right to a rematch. In one of the most unexpected moments of the year, Ngannou made his professional boxing debut in a crossover boxing match against Fury. Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, generated worldwide headlines when he dropped Fury in ...
Kazuto Ioka breathed a sigh of relief once he heard the official weights. There wasn’t any self-concern for the reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist. More so, Ioka was pleased when Venezuela’s Josber Perez tipped the scales well under the limit for their title fight. Both fighters weighed 52 kilograms (roughly 114.6 pounds) for their main event this Sunday on ABEMA ...
Juan Francisco Estrada won’t be in the ring this weekend, though his team can still come home with Kazuto Ioka’s title. Josber Perez is a longshot underdog to unseat the four-division and reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist. The Venezuelan contender arrived in Tokyo armed with the best possible personnel for the task. He is led by Alfredo Caballero, the longtime ...
It might be just a mythical title, but practically every fighter salivates at the thought of being regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Essentially, the number one slot is being fought over by Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue. Although both fighters have a legitimate claim to the throne, Antonio Tarver finds it downright laughable that Inoue is ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as IBF welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, David Benavidez vs. David Morrell, unified champion Terence Crawford, Deontay Wilder, Gervonta Davis, and more. Hey Mr Edwards, Great mailbag last time and thank you for reminding me of my long-windedness. Briefly agree or disagree with the following (men's boxing):1. Fighter of ...
Canelo Alvarez hasn’t given David Benavidez the green light just yet. The 26-year-old currently has his ringer on high with the hopes of the pound-for-pound star giving him a crack at his undisputed super middleweight throne. Yet, despite picking up two gigantic wins this year against Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade, Alvarez has appeared lukewarm on the idea. If Alvarez ...
Oscar Collazo will hit the ground running for the new year. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten WBO strawweight titlist is set to defend his title on the January 27 Jaime Munguia-John Ryder undercard at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Multiple reports from Puerto Rico—Collazo’s home island—have indicated that Nicaragua’s Reyneris Gutierrez will be the opponent. “I am a living ...
John Ryder is entering his fourteenth year as a professional fighter. The 35-year-old Londoner understands how the business of boxing works and knows exactly why Jaime Munguia’s team have decided to fight him in Phoenix on January 27th. In May, Ryder lost a wide decision to undisputed super middleweight champion, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, but gave a decent account of himself ...
At the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, 21-year-old junior middleweight contender Vito Mielnicki Jr. (17-1, 12 KOs) wiped out Salim Larbi (22-13-3, 8 KOs) in the first round. A big right hand knocked Larbi out cold. He was down for some time, and ultimately regained consciousness, but had to be removed from the ring on a stretcher. Mielnicki picks ...