Kurt Scoby blasted his way into the boxing public’s consciousness Friday night. The junior welterweight prospect dropped John Mannu four times in the second round and stopped the previously unbeaten Australian southpaw in what was supposed to be the most difficult fight of Scoby’s two-year pro career. The 27-year-old Scoby, a former college football standout, improved to 11-0 and produced ...
In a WBC Super Bantamweight Eliminator main event, Luis “Pantera” Nery (33-1, 25 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) of Los Angeles by way of Yerevan, Armenia will collide in a 12-round fight. (photos by Cris Esqueda) The event is set to take place on Saturday, February 18 at Fox Theater Pomona and is ...
Adrien Broner will have to wait a little longer for his ring return. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that BLK Prime has officially pulled the plug on the previously scheduled February 25 Pay-Per-View event to have featured the former four-division opponent. The development comes on the heels of Broner watching a third opponent fall through in a span of 30 days for ...
Kurt Scoby’s belief in his boxing ability led the former college football standout to take an $11 flight from Los Angeles to New York in search of a new trainer and gym during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In hindsight, Scoby recognizes the ridiculous risks he took, particularly since boxers weren’t even allowed to train indoors due ...
Sam Maxwell returns to the ring this weekend after nearly 10 months out. The Liverpool-based super-lightweight holds the Commonwealth crown in the division. Maxwell, 34, has a record of 16-1 with 11 quick finishes, but he has been inactive since losing by stoppage at the hands of Alejandro Meneses. ‘Super’ Sam took on the 32-year-old Mexican at the M&S Bank ...
Dan Hardy may have narrowly missed out on UFC gold during his fighting career, but he has no regrets about how his career panned out. Chatting to Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell during the live Morning Kombat show in London, Hardy said he maximized his abilities during his UFC run as he battled all the way to a title fight ...
Dan Hardy may have narrowly missed out on UFC gold during his fighting career, but he has no regrets about how his career panned out. Chatting to Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell during the live Morning Kombat show in London, Hardy said he maximized his abilities during his UFC run as he battled all the way to a title fight ...
Abu Dhabi is set to play host to the 2023 IMMAF Youth World Championships with the world’s top young amateur MMA athletes get set to head to the United Arab Emirates to compete for gold this summer. The championships will take place between August 2-5, with the draw for the competition taking place on August 1. The championships will see ...
Hometown hero Leigh Wood puts his WBA featherweight world title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lara as Matchroom’s 2023 schedule in the UK begins with a bang. (photos by Mark Robinson) Dalton Smith will make the second defence of his British Super-Lightweight Title against Billy Allington, Irish Lightweight hope Gary Cully, returns to the scene of his impressive ...
Tommy Fury isn’t impressed with anything Jake Paul has done during his six-fight professional boxing career. Tyson Fury’s younger half-brother believes Paul is in for a rude awakening when they finally fight February 26 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because none of his five opponents prepared Paul for what awaits him in their eight-round cruiserweight fight. The 23-year-old Fury will be ...