Brad Pauls (18-0-1, 10 KOs) produced a career-best showing against Nathan Heaney (18-0-1, 6 KOs) last weekend in Birmingham, challenging for the British middleweight title. However, his best efforts were not enough to return to his native Cornwall as a holder of the Lonsdale Belt. The duo fought to a split draw with one scorecard of 114-114 alongside totals of ...
Keith Thurman’s injury withdrawal was just as painful to junior middleweight title contender Serhii Bohachuk. Following Thurman’s withdrawal from the WBO title fight due to a Sunday training-camp injury, Sebastian Fundora was declared the replacement fighter to face Tim Tszyu in the revised WBC junior middleweight title bout March 30 main event in Las Vegas. Bohachuk had been set to ...
Boxing is a mess. Whether it’s warring promoters, Mad Max levels of oversight or Ponzi-by-numbers business models, the sport too often can’t stay out of its own stupid way. Yet every now and then, a thing of beauty is fished out of the bog – a selfless act, a genius tactic or just a moment worth sharing. I hope to ...
Bob Santos has become a household name among fight fans, with the icing on the cake coming in 2022, when he received trainer of the year awards from numerous reputable publications. Santos has been a jack of all trades in boxing, operating as a manager, cut man, assistant, strength and conditioning coach, and head trainer. “When the opportunity comes, you’ve ...
Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora has emerged as the replacement for injured Keith Thurman to meet WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu March 30 in the debut Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view card in Las Vegas, BoxingScene has learned. Two officials with knowledge of the negotiations said Premier Boxing Champions product Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) will move up from his spot opening ...
Jimmy Joe Flint believes that fans could be in for a “barnstormer” when he defends his central area super lightweight title against Campbell Hatton on March 23. They will meet in Sheffield on the undercard of Dalton Smith’s intriguing 140lbs fight with Californian puncher Jose Zepeda, but Flint (13-1-2, 3 KOs) believes that his fight with Hatton (14-0, 5 KOs) ...
“The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora promises to reignite his flame when he steps back in the ring for a firefight against Serhii Bohachuk on March 30 for the vacant WBC super welterweight title. Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) was on the wrong end of the 2023 Knockout of the Year, in which Brian Mendoza shocked him in the seventh round of ...
When to watch: Saturday, March 23. The preliminary bouts begin at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. GMT). The main broadcast begins at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. GMT). How to watch: DAZN Why to watch: This is the kind of crossroads fight that is worth tuning in for — even if it weren’t the only notable boxing broadcast ...
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte returned to the ring for the first time since his narrow win over Jermaine Franklin in November 2022 to stop Christian Hammer after three rounds in Castlebar, Ireland on Sunday night. Whyte is now 30-3 (20 KOs), while German Hammer dropped to 27-11 (17 KOs) and Whyte was relieved to get back into action following his spell ...
Home favourite Ray Moylette brought the curtain down on his boxing career by earning a hard-fought decision over Argentina's Requiem Arce in Castlebar on Sunday night. Moylette, who was awarded a score of 76-75, recognised afterwards that the verdict could have gone either way after he climbed off the canvas in the second round and survived a savage onslaught at ...