The wait wasn’t ideal but Joshua Buatsi can live with the timing of his high-profile domestic showdown. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and top-rated contender faces fellow unbeaten British light heavyweight Dan Azeez. Their scheduled twelve-round contest is a sanctioned WBA title eliminator, which will leave the winner as the mandatory challenger to current titlist Dmitry Bivol (22-0, 11KOs). With ...
Seventeen-year-old junior lightweight phenom Curmel Moton will be featured on the undercard of the March 30 show headlined by Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe told BoxingScene.com in an interview. The standout amateur sensation and Floyd Mayweather-protege Moton (2-0, 2 KOs) made his pro debut in September and scored ...
Two heavyweights who produced impressive victories on the “Day of Reckoning” undercard December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been ordered to fight next by the WBC. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Mexico City-based sanctioning organization has initiated a voluntary negotiating period between representatives for Frank Sanchez and Agit Kabayel. Cuba’s Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) is the WBC’s second-ranked contender ...
Antonio Moran remained perfect in the venue that previously provided a ‘Last Chance’ to his career. The battle-tested bubble contender outclassed the Philippines’ Romero Duno, who was down twice and put down for good in the sixth round of their ProBox TV-aired lightweight bout. Referee Gene Del Bianco reached the count of ten to end the fight at 1:25 of ...
U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis is eager for a world title opportunity, but first he'll need to get past a two-division world champion. Davis will take on Jose “Sniper” Pedraza in a 10-round lightweight battle on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Davis-Pedraza will serve as the co-feature to ...
Ryan Garcia took the time to compare Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the most diplomatic way possible. Garcia, the junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., has had a bumpy few weeks stemming from a longstanding, ongoing feud with his promoter, De La Hoya of Golden Boy. To compound matters, Garcia has publicly touted his friendship with ...
Johnny Fisher is ready to kick off a big year in style against Dmytro Bezus at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN – and the Brit banger wants to add to his KO streak to set up more title fights in 2024. Fisher (10-0 9 KOs) makes his American debut in ...
On March 30th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, WBA middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara will defend his belt against mandatory challenger Michael Zerafa. Their fight will be part of the first Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime pay-per-view event. The card will be headlined by a junior middleweight fight between WBO world champion Tim Tszyu and veteran Keith ...
John Ryder had the type of story that movie scripts are made out of. He was never the most talented guy around, but he worked harder than most. That work ethic allowed him to win his first 15 fights. However, when he was asked to step up, he often failed. A loss to Billy Joe Saunders was nothing to ...
The co-promoter of Emanuel Navarrete is far from sold on a matchup involving his charge and ace southpaw Shakur Stevenson. Fernando Beltran, who promotes Navarrete with Top Rank, was recently asked about a hypothetical fight pitting Navarrete, a titlist at 130 pounds, against current 135-pound champion Stevenson, and his response was one of visceral distaste, comparing a Stevenson fight to ...