Boxing Scene

Joe Joyce has lost three of his last four – and didn’t look great in that one victory – but the 39-year-old heavyweight says the plan isn’t to retire, but rather to return to the ring. “I’m not done yet. I’m still here,” Joyce told broadcaster Darren Rees during Saturday’s show at Wembley Arena headlined

Wise Owl Boxing has announced the signing of 2020 Mexican Olympian Brianda Tamara Cruz. Cruz, 25, made her pro debut in August and has a record of 1-0. She had an amateur record of 62-8 and was an eight-time national champion spanning four weight divisions, according to Wise Owl Boxing. Cruz, a welterweight from Mazatlan,

Kali Reis has gone from the Golden Gloves to the Golden Globes. Reis, who won three world titles during her time in the boxing ring, is now accumulating acting nominations for her most recent role on the silver screen. After being nominated for an Emmy earlier this year, it was announced Monday that Reis will

Frank Warren is hoping to tempt Zhanibek Alimkhanuly to the UK for his rematch with Denzel Bentley. The 29-year-old Bentley impressed on Saturday at Wembley Arena when he earned scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 to dethrone Brad Pauls as the British middleweight champion, earn the vacant European title, and near being installed as the

Katsuma Akitsugi doesn’t worry about names or records—if there’s a fight, he’s ready to take it, and his resume proves that. The undefeated bantamweight Akitsugi who has built his career on short-notice victories against tough opponents, will return to the ring on Wednesday Night Fights, live on ProBox TV. Akitsugi faces former title challenger Aston

Galal Yafai, widely considered the underdog against Sunny Edwards, transformed his career by impressively stopping his rival in six one-sided rounds at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. He is therefore on course to fight Japan’s Kenshiro Teraji, the WBC flyweight champion, in 2025. The fallout to his dramatic victory – which concluded with Edwards

David Adeleye has been noticeable by his absence since October 2023. The 28 year old hasn’t been seen since being stopped by Fabio Wardley in a British heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia. Adeleye, 13-1 (12 KOs), took his time to rebuild from that defeat. He assessed his career, began working with Adam Booth, and

Trainer Kenny Ellis is optimistic the much-anticipated fight between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz Jnr will happen in due time. Welterweight Ennis, of Philadelphia, saw his impending slugfest with Texas-born Ortiz on February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, fall through after negotiations broke down, a development which saw Ortiz blaming Ennis for ducking him.

LONDON – Denzel Bentley hopes to progress towards a rematch with the IBF and WBO middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly after victory over Brad Pauls at Wembley Arena. The 29 year old lost to Alimkhanuly in 2022, and despite winning one of the finest contests staged in Britain in 2024 showed little to suggest he will be

In this week’s mailbag, coach Stephen “Breadman” Edwards talks about big-time women’s boxing, the Shakur Stevenson-Floyd Schofield fight on February 22, the breakdown in talks between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz and what it means for Ennis and what would “Bread’ have done if he was in the corner when Sunny Edwards said he

When Brad Pauls beat Nathan Heaney to achieve a lifelong dream and win the British middleweight title in July, the 31-year-old didn’t disappear off on an extended victory tour. He decided it was time to push on. Initially, it looked like Pauls, 19-1-1 (11 KOs), would be making a mandatory defence against the newly crowned

Rafael Espinoza has serious work to do as the champion heads to Saturday night’s WBO featherweight title rematch as a slight underdog against Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez. Yet, as the 6-feet-1 Mexican considers his physical growth and surging popularity, there is increasing speculation that a victory could send Espinoza up a division, perhaps toward a match

Officially, Denzel Bentley will be the challenger when he walks out to face Brad Pauls in a high stakes middleweight shootout on Saturday night.  Pauls will put his British title up for grabs whilst the vacant European belt has also been added to the pot but Bentley is pushing in some pretty big chips of

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez faced the assembled media on Thursday for the first time since September, when he scored a knockdown and a unanimous decision win against Edgar Berlanga. Alvarez, 62-2-2 (39 KOs), was front and center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Chula Vista, California, for the grand opening of El Pastor Del Rica, a new

As they took in the final stop of their two-city press tour, Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach Jnr stared one another down ahead of their March 1 clash at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Roach, the reigning WBA junior lightweight titleholder, from Baltimore, is one of the biggest names in the sport, and

PHOENIX —  Oscar Valdez hears the talk. Reads the headlines. Win or retire. That’s the message from pundits and social media just days before he faces Emanuel Navarrete for a second time Saturday night at Footprint Center. But don’t expect a retirement party, Valdez says. At least, not one on his behalf. He’s got other

The beauty of the February 22 Riyadh Season card is seen in more than just the high-profile participants and the titles up for grabs. After years of favorites accompanied by betting lines of -500 or greater in championship bouts, the six-fight Saudi Arabia pay-per-view broadcast has just one prohibitive favorite, with the rest viewed as

After an exciting but somewhat restrained start to their partnership, the union between Amazon Prime Video and Premier Boxing Champions is expected to deliver a more robust boxing schedule in 2025, according to former head of Showtime Sports, Stephen Espinoza, now working as a consultant for PBC.  The PBC on Prime Video coupling resulted in