During the 2000s in particular, the province of Quebec in Canada produced some of the most electric atmospheres on the global boxing scene. The province has been fight-crazed since the 1900s, but an influx of world-level talent and North American broadcast distribution in particular created a shining golden era for the sport in Canada. Jean Pascal, Lucian Bute, Adonis Stevenson ...
Three Lions Promotions (TLP) will present their first show of 2024 with fellow Canadians Antonio Napolitano (8-0-1, 4 KOs) of St. Catharines ON and Ryan Young (15-5-0, 11 KOs) of Oakville, ON headlining the card over 10 rounds for the NCC Canadian middleweight title at The Hamilton Convention Centre in Hamilton, ON Canada on March 30th. The duo will be ...
Tim Tszyu saw all that he needed from Vergil Ortiz Jr’s brief ring appearance to know he found the perfect future rival. Both boxers expressed an interest in a head-on collision in the aftermath of Ortiz’s junior middleweight debut this past Saturday atop a DAZN show from Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. A first-round stoppage of Fredrick Lawson was dismissed by ...
Teofimo Lopez Jr. was not impressed with the latest approach by Arnold Barboza Jr. to try and make a fight. It wasn’t so much his recent in-ring performance, though the two-division lineal champion and reigning 140-pound king had advice for that part as well. “Barboza needs to focus on getting better because he looked terrible,” Lopez insisted to a ...
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya hopes Ryan Garcia’s bromance with Floyd Mayweather Jr. results in some improvements to Garcia’s defense. The head of Golden Boy Promotions was recently asked to respond to a video on social media showing his ace client going on a late night run with Mayweather, and De La Hoya, a longtime rival of Mayweather, in and ...
Kazuto Ioka did what was necessary to keep alive his time-honored tradition of a title fight on New Year’s Eve. Now is the part where he continues to add to his legacy. A seventh-round knockout of Venezuela’s Josber Perez was the alternate plan come to life after Ioka (31-2-1, 16KOs) was unable to reach terms for a unification bout versus ...
Anthony Cacace finally caught a break in his hard luck career. BoxingScene.com has learned that plans are in place for Belfast’s Cacace to challenge two-time and reigning IBF junior lightweight titlist Joe Cordina. The bout is targeted for February 17 on the undercard of the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The development was first reported ...
At The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Venezuela’s Ismael Barroso (25-4-2, 23 KOs) proved he still has much to give by demolishing Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-3, 18 KOs) at 1:33 of the first round. The victory gave Barroso the WBA's interim-junior welterweight world championship. The 40-year-old Barroso, viewed by many observers as an old man, was being pursued by ...
Oscar De La Hoya plans to set up shop in a city where he was once the sport’s biggest draw. The Hall of Fame former six-division champ and current chairman of Golden Boy Promotions plans to significantly invest his brand into local shows in Las Vegas. It was no coincidence that his team opened up 2024 with the Vergil Ortiz-Fredrick ...
Jason Moloney doesn’t really differentiate Saul Sanchez from any other opponent he has already faced or will encounter down the road. It’s not meant to dismiss his upcoming challenger; rather, he views him as the same threat as everyone else he’s fought to get to this point. Even more is at stake for this one, as Australia’s Moloney attempts the ...