If his lone appearance of 2023 wasn’t enough of a clue, the main event on Saturday (DAZN, 8 PM EST) makes it crystal clear. For 27-year old former junior middleweight titlist Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KO), the training wheels are off. It seems an odd thing to say for someone who has won a major title already, but the evidence ...
One Welshman and nine English boxers from Tyne & Wear, Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Cambridgeshire, Colchester and Greater London will have the opportunity to secure a place at Paris 2024 at qualifier in March GB Boxing has selected six men and four women to compete at the forthcoming Olympic qualifying event in, Busto Arsizio (near Milan), in Italy, 4-11 March 2023, ...
A member from the inner circle of light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev rejects the idea that his charge is somehow more powerful than he has ever been in the wake of his recent demolition job on Callum Smith. John Scully, a longtime assistant coach to the IBF, WBC, WBO champion from Russia, insists the power-punching mauler is simply doing what ...
Undefeated super welterweight ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (9-0, 7 KOs), of Cork, Ireland will battle on St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, Friday, March 15 against hard-hitting Kazak veteran Dauren Yeleussinov, (11-3-1, 10 KOs) in the ten-round main event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast live globally on UFC Fight Pass. “Following Callum’s impressive performance before an energetic crowd on ...
For several years, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have circled one another. They’re both gigantic men, are elite-level fighters, and they just so happen to be incredibly popular, especially in the UK. The two have discussed a possible showdown in the past but for whatever reason, those talks have gone absolutely nowhere. Neither man has decided to rip off their ...
Following three impressive victories in 2023, welterweight standout Brian Norman Jr. is gearing up for a breakthrough year. Norman will defend his WBO International title against Janelson Bocachica in a 10-rounder on Saturday, March 2 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Norman-Bocachica joins a stacked undercard that will be headlined by the vacant WBA featherweight world title ...
Bakhram Murtazaliev will have to fight on the road and during Ramadan for his first bid at a major title. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the vacant IBF junior middleweight title fight between Russia’s Murtazaliev and Germany’s Jack Culcay will take place on April 6 at Stadthalle Falkansee in Berlin. AGON Sports, who won a January 11 purse bid to secure ...
Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery inch closer to a deal that would provide by far their largest audience to date. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the aforementioned undisputed junior featherweight championship matchup is targeted to take place on May 6—a Monday—at the famed Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. A deal was long in place for the fight itself. Boxing Scene has ...
The first knockout loss of Callum Smith’s career understandably still stings the former WBA super middleweight champion. With the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO light heavyweight titles all out of his reach in the foreseeable future, Smith isn’t sure whether he’ll continue to fight. The 33-year-old Liverpool native believes he can still win at the championship level, but he has ...
Peter Dobson has always wanted a big-time opportunity, but after waiting around for years, the old veteran began losing hope. But, just when ring rust was forming and inactivity was becoming the norm, Dobson (16-0, 9 KOs) was thrown a lifeline. On February 3rd, the 33-year-old will officially return to the ring when he takes on Conor Benn in Las ...