Boxing Scene

Sometimes inclusivity in boxing is not always a good thing. “If they can do it, anyone can,” might work in other sports, and professions, but in a business as dangerous as boxing encouragement in the wrong places is often asking for trouble.  An eight-rounder between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, for instance, was aspirational to

Oscar De La Hoya has said the fighters are to blame for the poor health of boxing. On his weekly ‘Clap Back Thursday’ social media segment, De La Hoya told his 1.2m followers on Instagram that he felt the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson spectacle was “scripted” adding that it was “a horrible fight… It was just

Undefeated 22-year-old middleweight prospect Blazen Rocili, a 6ft 3ins southpaw from Las Vegas, Nevada, will return to the ring on Saturday at the Alzafar Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. Rocili faces Houston’s De Priest Johnson in a four-round bout on a card promoted by Triple A Promotions in association with South Park Boxing Academy

Keyshawn Davis, fresh off a dominant two-round knockout of Gustavo Lemos in his Norfolk homecoming, has announced his next fight will be against WBO lightweight titleholder Denys Berinchyk.  The 25-year-old Davis, a U.S. Olympic silver medalist, aims to add a world title to his growing resume. “I’m not going to drop the location just yet,

Heavyweights Derek Chisora and Jarrell Miller are on a collision course to box in Manchester in February. Miller had told BoxingScene’s Declan Warrington that was likely going to be his next move and reports and sources have subsequently speculated that February 8 is the favored date. Chisora, 40, won a crowd-pleasing fight with Joe Joyce

Karlos Balderas, a 2016 US Olympian, is set to make his 360 Promotions debut just 30 minutes from his hometown of Santa Maria, California. Balderas will take on Cesar Villarraga in a scheduled eight-round junior welterweight bout in the co-feature of a December 13 card at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.  This

On Friday, two of the world’s best female fighters, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, boxed live on Netflix in a 10-round super lightweight fight watched in a reported 50 million homes. This made Taylor and Serrano the two most-watched female fighters to have ever entered a boxing ring and had many people calling the fight

David Cardenas may be fighting at home in San Antonio, Texas, this Saturday, but his ambitions stretch beyond the Alzafar Shrine and his local opponent. Cardenas will face veteran and fellow San Antonian Robert Ledesma, 37, who holds a record of 3-13-1 (2 KOs), in a flyweight bout broadcast on KSAT.com, the local news station’s

Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach Jnr were supposed to square off December 14 at the Toyota Center in Houston but the fight, first announced on October 6, is no longer taking place this year. Multiple sources informed of PBC’s plans for WBA lightweight champion Davis told BoxingScene on Tuesday that the matchup has now been

Heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor has signed a promotional deal with Dmitriy Salita and is set for his fifth professional outing on December 12 on the next edition of Big Time Boxing USA, airing live on DAZN. Taylor, who like his new promoter learned boxing in Brooklyn, is 28 years old and won 60 of 71

For years, British boxing was dominated by a constant stream of high-profile Olympians. No sooner had one group of fighters established themselves as headline attractions than the Olympic cycle would churn out another batch of top-quality prospects to follow in their footsteps.  Slowly but surely, things changed. These days, most of the fighters topping bills

Brazilian lightweight Jonhatan Cardoso will top the final ProBox TV show of the year when he meets Mexico’s Eduardo Ramirez on December 11. The fight will take place at the ProBox TV Events Center near Tampa, Florida. In his most recent action, Ramirez, 28-4-3 (13 KOs), was outscored over 10 rounds by the Philippines’ Mark

Chris Billam-Smith has spoken of his disappointment at losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez, but praised his opponent for his class. Ramirez won a good if one-sided bout on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on points, adding Billam-Smith’s belt to his own WBA title, and moved closer to a unification fight with IBF

Junior welterweight David Lopez, 20, has quickly captured fans’ attention with his ring performances, but credits his last opponent for providing him with real championship experience and now finds motivation as the top dog in his father’s gym, once home to many local pros—now he is the last one left. Lopez faces Marlin Sims in

Eye of the Tiger boss Camille Estephan has said talks are underway to match his super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli with Diego Pacheco. Mbilli is 28-0 (23 KOs) and promoted by Eye of the Tiger who partner with Top Rank; Pacheco is 22-0 (18 KOs) and promoted by Matchroom. The two 168-pounders would meet to

There might not be many better performances in a British ring this year than the 12-round clinic put on by Shabaz Masoud in Birmingham against Liam Davies. Beforehand, the heavy-punching Davies was talking about nearing a contest with Naoya Inoue, but he is now 16-1 (8 KOs) and left to pick up the pieces while

Junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk met with Jalisco governor Pablo Lemus Navarro on Thursday as Bohachuk prepares for his December 21 fight against Israil Madrimov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bohachuk, 29, is training in Guadalajara under Manny Robles ahead of the 12-round co-feature supporting the undisputed heavyweight clash between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. “It

The boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul played in front of a massive international audience. This was expected to be a huge event, with many tuning in to see the most famous boxer alive today – Tyson, the long-retired former heavyweight champion – take on Paul, a lightning rod of a social media