Boxing Scene

Jose Ramirez has a new weight class, but his motivations remain the same. Ramirez wants big fights of consequence, both for his checkbook and his legacy. The former unified junior welterweight champion will face Rances Barthelemy on Saturday at the SaveMart Center in Fresno, California. Ramirez (28-1, 18 KOs), who hails from California’s Central Valley,

Prospects need to tick off various milestones as they progress through the early stages of their careers. Junaid Bostan, 8-0 (6 KOs) had already moved from fighting four rounds to six and from six to eight when, last December, the 22-year-old from Rotherham put a big check mark in the bravery box. Bostan travelled to

Peter McGrail is perhaps one of British boxing’s brightest prospects. McGrail’s immaculate footwork and southpaw skills have drawn mild comparisons with Ukrainian greats Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk, but even the greats can fall.  In his last contest McGrail found that out the hard way. McGrail, who was fighting in the U.S. for the first

Junior middleweight Serhii Bohachuk had 10 days to prepare for his new opponent ahead of winning a 12-round unanimous decision over Brian Mendoza to claim the WBC junior middleweight interim title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 30.  The judges scored the fight 118-110, 117-111, and 117-111 all in Bohachuk’s favor.  Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs)

Promoter Dmitriy Salita and DAZN have teamed to unearth and provide a spotlight for the traditionally rich boxing talent mined in and around Detroit, with their production arriving May 23. Salita Promotions on Thursday announced a DAZN-streamed card at Detroit’s Wayne State Fieldhouse (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) headlined by heavyweight Jermaine Franklin (22-2, 14

As a boxing fan, you might know the name Maidana – even if you haven’t heard of Fabian Maidana. Fabian is the younger brother of two-division world titleholder Marcos Maidana – something of a boxing folk hero, best known for giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. hell and handing Adrien Broner his first loss of his career. Now Fabian will

A few days on and people still have a lot to say about Ryan Garcia’s victory over Devin Haney – including Regis Prograis, who was the fighter Haney defeated to become the WBC junior welterweight titleholder. Garcia won a majority decision over Haney on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, after a perceived

Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz didn’t seem impressed with Ryan Garcia’s entertaining three-knockdown victory over previously undefeated Devin Haney on April 20. Instead, Cruz, the popular WBA 140-pound champion, was more focused on Garcia blowing the weight by 3.2 pounds at the weigh-in than what he did the next day, labeling him as frivolous and unserious.  “Ryan

Jaime Munguia grew up admiring Canelo Alvarez, and now he’s looking to snatch the mantle out of his countryman’s hands to become the new face of boxing for Mexican fans.  Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) and the undisputed super middleweight champion  Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) will square off on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in

Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) has taken to social media and urged Ryan Garcia to retire from the sport following his emphatic victory over Devin Haney.  Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) dropped former WBC world super-lightweight titleholder Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) three times at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, before claiming a majority decision points verdict to

Arnold Barboza is the first to admit that his performance on Saturday night wasn’t what he was hoping for.  The 32-year Southern California native labored to a split decision victory over Sean McComb, 18-1, in the co-feature bout underneath the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia DAZN pay-per-view main event. The final scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 92-98 in

Campbell Hatton (14-1, 5 KOs) has joined trainer Barry Smith following his defeat to Jimmy Joe Flint in Sheffield on March 2.  Despite Hatton’s efforts, Flint demonstrated his quality and experience fighting at a higher level by claiming a unanimous points win against the son of former two-weight world champion Ricky.  The defeat to Flint

Having had a full boxing career, Ronny Rios retired.  Rios, however, returns on ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights, on April 24 against Nicholas Polanco in a 10-round featherweight contest that he hopes will catapult him into title contention.  The former junior featherweight is with a new team, too, and is trained by his former stablemate Jesus

Undefeated Irish junior middleweight Callum Walsh returns to the ring June 7 at the Chumash Casino Resort in California, as promoter Tom Loeffler aims to continue building up a bi-coastal fanbase for the man from Cork, Ireland. Walsh (10-0, 8 KOs) will take on Carlos Ortiz (14-5, 14 KOs) in the Golden State two and

IBF super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez will meet WBA champion Kazuto Ioka on July 7 in Tokyo. A press conference this morning was held to announce the fight at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, and it’s an attractive meeting of 115lbs champions with 35-year-old four-division champion Ioka, 31-2-1 (16 KOs) set for the second defense of his

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman believes David Benavidez is content to play the waiting game before getting his opportunity to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Benavidez is moving up in weight to face Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June for a light heavyweight title, having missed out – this time, at least – on the sweepstakes to meet

Ryan Garcia has picked up from where he left off last night on social media and has come out swinging against Conor Benn. The two have traded social insults through the day, and Benn admitted it has surprised him. “Ryan hasn’t been on my radar,” Benn said. “If he wants it, he can come here.

The ring always reveals the truth, and it was while standing in there that Ryan Garcia – finally – revealed what eight weeks of wacky behavior had left us all to wonder. “Come on guys, you really thought I was crazy?” Garcia asked the masses who viewed his stunning three-knockdown majority decision victory over previously