Ryan Garcia is a boxing innovator – online, if not yet in the ring. Garcia’s proficiency in leveraging Instagram and other social media platforms to build a following has led to his drawing huge crowds to his fights, without yet having won a world title. Garcia will have a chance to address the latter on April 20 when he challenges ...
It’s officially underway. WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia came face-to-face in New York on Tuesday, formally kicking off the road to their April 20 fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. They will do it all over again in Los Angeles on Thursday, in the second leg of their two-city media tour as momentum for their ...
Najee Lopez believes he is the next great American light heavyweight. If that is indeed the case, Lopez’s fight on ProBox TV on Wednesday, Feb. 28, against Marcos Escudero, at ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida, is the next step in his destiny being fulfilled. “My first 10-rounder, co-main [event],” Lopez told BoxingScene. “I am super-confident in how I am ...
Devin Haney is excited to make his Barclays Center debut on April 20 against Ryan Garcia, in what will be Haney’s first defense of his WBC world super-lightweight title. The location of the fight, however, is a point of contention for Garcia. Last week he posted on the social media platform X that he would do everything he could to ...
Cast your mind back to 2019. Local heroes Anthony Crolla and Scott Quigg are both reaching the end of their outstanding careers and Manchester boxing is waiting for the next young fighter to pick up the baton and run with it. There was never an official poll taken, but it is possible that the majority of North West fight figures ...
Oscar De La Hoya is not optimistic that boxing fans will get to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight Jaime Munguia in May. De La Hoya was recently in New York City promoting a bout between WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, set for April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. With the announcement of ...
Heavyweight Matty Harris has been buoyed by a message of support from Anthony Joshua as he sets out on the road to redemption this week. Harris returns to the ring on Friday night, on the Wasserman Boxing show at the Telford International Centre, following a shock first defeat of his career last summer. The 24-year-old, from Leamington Spa, was stopped by Kostiantyn ...
Former welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has said Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will “follow the money” in terms of who he fights, and who he fights for next. Canelo has already stated that he will box on May 4 in Las Vegas, but speculation has been rife that his time with PBC might be over. Edgar Berlanga defeated Padraig McCrory in six ...
Naoya Inoue will receive an offer to fight in Australia if he successfully defends his undisputed super bantamweight title against Luis Nery. His stoppage of Stephen Fulton Jr in July 2023 has contributed to him becoming widely recognised as the world’s finest fighter, and the Australia-based No Limit Boxing hope to tempt him to fly south to defend his titles ...
Every boxer benefits from having a rival. A fellow fighter who can help keep both of their names relevant, inject some jeopardy and controversy into their careers, and, hopefully, provide them with a big payday. Dalton Smith’s blossoming rivalry with Adam Azim is one British boxing’s hottest themes. An eye-catching fight between Smith, the British and Commonwealth super lightweight champion, ...