The EBU had set today (Jan 30) at noon as the deadline for purse bids for the fight for its vacant heavyweight title between German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2). However, a few hours before the deadline Schwarz withdrew. The Belgian was for a few hours alone as challenger but then Daniel Dubois (20-2) stepped in and ...
Simon Kean, 35-years-old, has decided to pursue a different road. After an amateur career of 70 fights, marked by participation in the 2012 London Olympics, 25 professional fights, including 23 victories and 22 before the limit, the man nicknamed the "Grizzly" is hanging up his gloves. The Trifluvian turned to boxing to implement structure and discipline in a previously turbulent ...
Australia’s fighting emperor and former unified world champion, George Kambosos Jr., is on a mission for a new belt. Standing in his way is a Ukrainian fight legend, Vasiliy Lomachenko, a three-division world champion intent on writing another triumphant chapter in his Hall of Fame career. Lomachenko and Kambosos will clash for the vacant IBF lightweight world title as part ...
Ryan Garcia questioned Rolly Romero’s business sense based on the WBA super lightweight champion’s choice to fight Isaac Cruz next instead of him. Garcia suggested during a lengthy interview with FightHype.com that Romero might make a fifth for facing Cruz of what he would’ve earned had Romero defended his 140-pound crown against Garcia. The polarizing Garcia acknowledged that he doesn’t ...
Ryan Garcia spun the block and arrived back at his most desired destination. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that negotiations have resumed in a bid for the 25-year-old contender to challenge unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney. The development—which was first reported by FightHype.com—comes less than four weeks after Garcia instructed Golden Boy Promotions to abandon talks for ...
Koki Kameda continues to make his presence felt as a promoter. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Kameda Promotions won the promotional rights to the Emmanuel Rodriguez-Ryosuke Nishida IBF bantamweight title fight. Kameda—a former three-division champ and now head of the promotional company bearing his name—bid $300,010 to outpace Fresh Productions Boxing ($250,000) during Tuesday’s purse bid hearing conducted via Zoom from ...
In boxing, contention is about position. Whether a fighter would be ‘favored’ to win one fight or another or not isn’t relevant. Getting a chance to find out is the only way anyone knows for sure. Former junior middleweight titlist Jaime Munguia would be a sizable underdog against world super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez, leading contender David Benavidez, and likely ...
Eddie Hearn is well aware that Jaime Munguia multiplied his options and ascended into a higher tax bracket by stopping John Ryder in impressive fashion Saturday night. Hearn considers Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez realistic potential opponents for Munguia now that he has this type of win against a legitimate super middleweight contender on his record. If it were up ...
For a supposedly retired boxer, Kell Brook’s name still generates more headlines and creates more debate than most active fighters. Brook (40-3, 28 KO’s) hasn’t boxed since stopping Amir Khan in six rounds back in February 2022. Beating his long time rival in emphatic fashion seemed to provide the perfect finale to the former IBF welterweight champion’s career but he ...
Terence Crawford has pretty much done it all. From winning world titles in three separate divisions to becoming an undisputed champion at both 140 and 147 pounds, there isn’t much that the 36-year-old needs or wants to do. Retirement is right around the corner, Crawford admitted it. But just before he rips off his gloves for good, he's hoping for ...