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 ...
By his own admission, Moses Itauma doesn’t have any idols or people who he looks up to as inspiration. But even he couldn’t help but feel a little starstruck when he was first introduced to Mike Tyson. The pair met in Saudi Arabia in October, when Itauma, who is promoted by Frank Warren, was fighting on the undercard of Tyson ...
Roy Jones Jr., Hall of Famer boxer and now trainer and promoter, will have two of his fighters headline a fight card at Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington on January 25. The fight card will be promoted by Roy Jones Jr Boxing and streamed live on DAZN, beginning at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT. In the main event, ...
Time isn’t exactly on Zhilei Zhang’s side. Now 40, the Chinese native was given, at the time, his biggest opportunity, a showdown against Filip Hrgovic. After 12 rounds and a knockdown scored, Zhang believed he did more than enough to earn the victory. That, of course, didn’t happen. It was back to the drawing board for Zhang. Ultimately, he was ...
In an action-packed, nip-and-tuck affair that saw both men floored (Carlos Canizales from an overhand right to the top of the head in round two, Kenshiro Teraji from a right cross to the jaw late in round three), Teraji retained his WBA/WBC light flyweight titles in Osaka by majority decision. Canizales brought the pressure and was more active (80.3 punches ...
Teofimo Lopez is a bit more brazen than most. When he first popped onto the scene, he loudly shouted about his greatness. He also claimed that Vasiliy Lomachenko would be dismantled and beaten if they ever stood across the ring from one another. Once he was given his chance, he proved that he wasn’t simply bloviating, as he went on ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not completely sure if Tyson Fury is now past his best. In last fight, back in October, Fury struggled to win a razor-close ten round split decision over MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, who was making his professional debut in boxing. Fury was dropped in the third round, sustained a ...