David Higgins, promoter for former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, believes his fighter has done what is necessary to earn a rematch with British superstar Anthony Joshua. Back in 2018, Joshua won a twelve round unanimous decision over Parker to unify the WBA, WBO, IBF titles. Last month in Saudi Arabia, Parker shocked the division when he outboxed heavily favored ...
Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin has taken his punishing loss to Anthony Joshua squarely on the chin. The New York-based southpaw refused to offer any alibis for his performance against the former heavyweight champion from London when they met last week in the main event of a card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua dominated from the opening bell, forcing a stoppage ...
Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela was apoplectic when he was given the first results. After going 10 hard-fought rounds with Chris Colbert a few months prior, the 24-year-old believed he did more than enough to earn the victory. He was wrong. Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) lashed out at Colbert, demanded a rematch, and refused to take no for an answer. His bellyaching, ...
After more than three decades refereeing fights in the professional ranks, Kenny Bayless has decided to call it quits. Bayless, 73, wrote in a Facebook post that he has retired as a referee in Nevada, where he resides and has long been registered to officiate pro fights. Bayless, who was born in Berkeley, Calif., has officiated some of the most ...
Top cruiserweight Jai Opetaia is looking for gold after having a big year in 2023, Last month in Saudi Arabia, Opetaia blew away undefeated Ellis Zorro in a single round of action. Opetaia captured the IBF world title last year with a shock decision win over Mairis Briedis in 2022, but then he was stripped of the title last month ...
EBU super lightweight champion Adam Azim believes that he will become a world champion by the end of 2024. "Probably next year in December is when I want to become world champion. That's my aim. It doesn't matter what way it is, next December, I'll be world champion," Azim told Sky Sports. Azim, 21-years-old and 10-0 as a professional, is ...
There aren’t too many things you can count on in boxing, but Kazuto Ioka fighting on New Year’s Eve is one of them. Since his third year as a pro, Ioka headlining on the final day of the year has been an annual event, save for a brief retirement in 2017. The end of the year and the beginning of ...
Luis Feliciano will hit the ground running in the new year. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a battle of unbeaten prospects between Feliciano and Mykquan Williams is set to headline the 2024 season premiere of ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights series. The scheduled ten-round junior welterweight bout will take place on January 14 at Whitesands Events Center, ProBox headquarters in Plant ...
Sergiy Derevyanchenko will have to wait a little longer in a bid to return to the win column. BoxingScene.com has learned that the former three-time middleweight title challenger will no longer appear on the January 6 Vergil Ortiz-Fredrick Lawson DAZN show from Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. An undisclosed injury suffered roughly one week ago during training ...