The sport’s reigning lineal heavyweight and cruiserweight champions will not only share a card but a training camp as well. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Jai Opetaia will next appear on the undercard of the February 17 Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A challenger was not immediately identified as this goes to publication. Boxing Scene has learned, ...
Frank Sanchez wants to return to Saudi Arabia as soon as possible to fight “a big name” in the heavyweight division. The 31-year-old Cuban contender stopped New Zealand’s Junior Fa in the seventh round on the Anthony Joshua-Otto Wallin undercard December 23 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) hopes that impressive victory over Fa (20-3, 11 KOs) ...
Ohara Davies insists his recent controversial remarks were a product of media manipulation. The 140-pound contender from England has been widely ridiculed on social media ever since he uploaded a video a few days ago reflecting on his brutal, first-round knockout loss to Ismael Barroso last weekend in Las Vegas. A segment of Ohara’s video drew widespread mockery from fans ...
Lorenzo “Truck” Simpson is committed to rejuvenating his career in 2024 with a new promoter and on a new platform. The 23-year-old middleweight from Baltimore informed BoxingScene.com that he has signed with Vito Mielnicki’s GH3 Promotions, which is aligned with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions. PBC will start streaming fights on Amazon Prime sometime in March as part of an ...
The resume of Terence Crawford is receiving a lot more love lately. For the most part, the 36-year-old has been given the side eye for his level of opposition. What took place at 135 and 140 pounds is extraneous but the work he put in at 147 pounds has been put under the microscope. Throughout it all, Crawford (40-0, 31 ...
Top Rank boss and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is ready to pit his top pugilists against Gervonta Davis. The Baltimore-bred knockout artist Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) has been dominating his dance partners, but the cupboard of high-profile, in-house opponents PBC could present moving forward is running dry. Tank has bulldozed the likes of Leo Santa Cruz, Mario Barrios, ...
Promoter Oscar De la Hoya thinks staging fights in Saudi Arabia can be a mixed bag. The head of Golden Boy Promotions understands that the oil-producing country can offer career-high paydays to fighters, but he is also wary of the potential long-term effects fighting in the Middle East can have on fighters’ overall marketability, especially those who are American. Saudi ...
Nick Ball is a proper throwback fighter. In many ways, his whole life revolves around boxing. He lives and breathes the sport. His dad took him to a boxing gym at the age of six after he “got into some trouble at school”. From that day on, it was all he could ever think about. Everything is set up to ...
Just a few weeks ago, Ryan Garcia was impressed with Devin Haney. The slick movement, the underrated power, and his overall boxing skills all grabbed his attention as he scored a lopsided victory over Regis Prograis. Garcia is an ambitious guy. So, with Haney seemingly coming across as the best fighter at 140 pounds, Garcia wanted a piece of the ...
Maybe former WBA super middleweight titlist Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KO) has a big upset in him. The 33-year old has looked sharper and quicker than he did in gaining a controversial decision against John Ryder and being blown out over twelve rounds versus Saul Alvarez at 168 pounds. Standing 6’3, the extra eight pounds at light heavyweight appears a ...