Luiz Carlos Dorea, the boxing trainer of MMA legend Anderson Silva, believes his fighter would do a job on Jake Paul in a boxing match. Two weeks ago, Silva saw action in Abu Dhabi, when he outboxed Bruno Machado in an exhibition fight. The bout was the co-featured attraction to Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition with Don
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WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire expects a lot of fireworks in the upcoming rematch with Naoya Inoue, who holds the IBF, WBA world titles. Donaire and Inoue had a war back in 2019, with Inoue getting rocked early on, but dropping Donaire in the eleventh round with a heavy body shot and winning a twelve
NEW YORK – Leonard Ellerbe doesn’t believe Ryan Garcia genuinely wants to fight Gervonta Davis. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Garcia sat ringside Saturday night to witness Davis’ sixth-round knockout of Rolando Romero at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The unbeaten Garcia even made a $20,000 bet with Errol Spence Jr., who was seated near him, that
Talks have once again surfaced of a highly anticipated rubber match between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. For the moment, it remains limited to just talk—and with several hurdles in the way of becoming a reality. BoxingScene.com has learned that such a fight is being explored to possibly take place later this fall,
Barclays Center, Brooklyn – Jesus “Mono” Ramos (19-0, 15 KOs) earn a unanimous decision over rugged battler Luke Santamaria (13-3-1, 7 KOs) by scores of 98-92 and 97-93 twice in their 10-round super welterweight attraction. “I could have pressed a little more, gone to the body a little more, but he was kind of slippery
Barclays Center, Brooklyn – For the WBA “regular” lightweight title, Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) stopped Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) with a big left hand in the sixth round. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott, Stephanie Trapp, Matthew Heasley) Romero came out pawing with his jab in the first round. Davis had a high
Davis vs. Romero will see five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis defend his WBA Lightweight Title against unbeaten No. 1 ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero on Saturday, May 28 live on SHOWTIME PPV from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott) >>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE
Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley is expecting Gervonta Davis to retain his WBA “regular” lightweight title over Rolando Romero in style. Davis will defend the WBA strap against Romero on Saturday night, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The fight is headlining a Showtime Pay-Per-View card. Romero is viewed by some as a
Gervonta Davis recently said that the boxing world is sleeping on him and that “they woke up a beast” for his fight against Rolando Romero on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Showtime pay-per-view. The knockout-artist Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) is ranked No. 10 on BoxingScene.com’s pound-for-pound list. In his most
Errol Spence not only reestablished himself as the leader of the welterweight division but also box-office gold. The unbeaten Desoto, Texas native was brilliant in a tenth-round stoppage of Yordenis Ugas to win the WBA welterweight title and defend his WBC/IBF belts atop an April 16 Showtime Pay-Per-View event from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is already preparing for his next ring return, according to his promoter. Earlier this month in Las Vegas, Bivol picked up a career defining victory when he outboxed pound-for-pound star Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez over twelve rounds to secure a dominant unanimous decision. It was the second defeat of Canelo’s
Gervonta Davis doubled down in a recent interview and insisted that his fight Saturday night against Rolando Romero will his last with Floyd Mayweather Jr. as his promoter. The Baltimore-bred Davis said that his desire is for him to take complete control of his budding career. Although there may be cause for concern, Mayweather Promotions
Unbeaten WBA Super Middleweight Champion David Morrell Jr. previewed his upcoming showdown against Kalvin Henderson before they square off in the co-main event of action live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, June 4 from The Armory in Minneapolis in a Premier Boxing Champions event. The telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is headlined
Southern California 140-pound standout Arnold Barboza Jr. wanted the main event spotlight. He’ll get his opportunity to shine when he takes on Puerto Rican contender Danielito “El Zorro” Zorrilla in a 10-round junior welterweight showdown Friday, July 15, at the Pechanga Summit at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California. Tokyo 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalists
If the recent show of enthusiasm from the normally tight-lipped Terence Crawford is any indication, the long awaited showdown with Errol Spence Jr. may be imminent. Crawford, the WBO welterweight titlist, and Spence, who owns the IBF, WBC, and WBA belts, are thought to be on a collision course in the near future to determine,
First former WBA secondary champ Mahmoud “Manuel” Charr (32-4) had Michael Wallisch (22-5) as the opponent for the headliner at “Die Bucht” in Hamburg, on May 28, but then EC Boxing booked a tougher opponent in American Jean Pierre Augustin (18-1-1). However, now Augustin couldn’t make it to Germany due to some legal problems at
Frank Warren raised his eyebrows after hearing some of the recent statements from his promotional rival, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, who aimed criticism in the direction of his ex-content partner, Sky Sports. Hearn’s company had a content partnership with Sky Sports for many years – but in 2021, Hearn decided to break away from Sky
Anthony Joshua is slated to face Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch on July 23 in the Middle East. In September, Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) lost for the second time in his career when he dropped his WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles to Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) in a unanimous decision. Joshua is trained