Devin Haney simply can’t stand still. After taking care of business against Vasiliy Lomachenko in mid-2023, Haney looked down at the scales with disgust. He knew there were still a handful of big fights remaining for him at 135 pounds but making that arduous weight cut was out of the question. Haney wasn't sure if a five-pound reprieve would be ...
Unification bouts are hopefully on the horizon for Oscar Collazo. For now, a mandatory title defense is likely in his immediate future. The unbeaten WBO strawweight titlist awaits his marching orders for his next bout, with a mid-spring date targeted in his native Puerto Rico. Collazo (9-0, 7KOs) has already made two successful defenses of the belt he claimed last ...
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk isn’t sold on the supposed evidence explaining the gash seen around the world. The highly anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship between Ukraine’s Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion and WBC titlist Tyson Fury, set for Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was derailed a few days ago after it was revealed that Fury suffered a ...
Belgian heavyweight Ryad Merhy (32-2) has relinquished his position as challenger for the vacant EBU heavyweight title and German Granit Shala (15-0) has stepped in. In the other corner is none other than Daniel Dubois (20-2). The EBU has set February 19 as the deadline for purse bids. Shala is promoted by Agon Sports while Dubois is with Queensberry. ............................... ...
Sebastian Fundora received a devastating reminder regarding focus last April 8. The then-undefeated Fundora comfortably outboxed Brian Mendoza during the first six rounds of their fight that night for Fundora’s WBC interim super welterweight title. The 6-foot-6 southpaw shut out Mendoza on the scorecards of judges Lou Moret (60-54) and Zachary Young (60-54) and won five of the first six ...
The admiration Ryan Garcia has for Floyd Mayweather Jr. apparently goes beyond casual association. During a lengthy interview with Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, Garcia, the junior welterweight contender from Victorville, Calif., opened up about his much-publicized friendship with “Money May,” making it clear that he respects the Hall of Fame Fighter more than most people even within his ...
Masood Abdulah is fully aware that he isn’t going to walk a red carpet to title level. Fortunately, the heavy-handed featherweight is ready and willing to take the hard road to the top. This weekend he gets another chance to push his claims. After stopping the tricky former British super bantamweight champion Marc Leach last October, Abdulah (9-0, 6 KO’s) ...
It’s difficult to trap Canelo Alvarez against the ropes thanks to his slippery defense, but it was even harder to lock him into a long-term deal. For years the Mexican star sauntered around the boxing landscape listening to the best offers. Once he heard what was out there, he signed on for a transient amount of time. This past May, ...
Jamaine Ortiz didn’t think Teofimo Lopez would beat Josh Taylor. Ortiz expected the Scottish southpaw to retain his WBO junior welterweight title when he opposed Lopez on June 10 in The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the same New York venue where Ortiz tested Vasiliy Lomachenko seven months earlier. Taylor entered the ring a 2-1 favorite that night, but Lopez’s ...
A third heavyweight fight has been secured for the March 8 ‘Knockout Chaos’ card. BoxingScene.com that plans are in place for unbeaten prospect Justis Huni to face former secondary WBA heavyweight title challenger Kevin Lerena on the already announced show from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The scheduled ten-round will serve in supporting capacity to the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou ...