Boxing Scene

Devin Haney is targeting the pound-for-pound No.1 spot.  WBC junior welterweight world champion Haney will face Ryan Garcia on Saturday, April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on DAZN pay-per-view.  Haney, 31-0 (15 KOs), is focused on cementing his legacy in the sport and while Garcia, 24-1 (20 KOs), has not achieved as much as

Ryan Garcia is not happy with the ticket prices for his upcoming fight, arguing that they are too high for most people to afford and thus likely to affect gate sales.  Garcia fights Devin Haney on Saturday, April 20th for the WBC junior welterweight world title, but with just days remaining, Ticketmaster’s seat map shows empty

Hamzah Sheeraz and Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will meet in a high-stakes middleweight shootout on the June 1 Queensberry vs. Matchroom ‘5 vs.5’ show in Saudi Arabia.  Money obviously plays its part but the decision to pitch Sheeraz and Williams in together is also a clear indication of the belief that each promoter has in their

Ryan Garcia feels he is being underestimated as he heads into battle with Devin Haney. Garcia is facing the two-division world champion Haney, who currently holds the WBC junior welterweight title on Saturday, April 20, from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  Despite Haney, 31-0 (15 KOs), being a pound-for-pound fighter Garcia, 24-1 (20 KOs), has

Devin Haney is done being cordial with Ryan Garcia, and he is now letting the world know he is taking the fight personally after Garcia’s pre-fight antics.  The junior welterweights will fight for Haney’s version of the world title on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (DAZN PPV). Haney (31-0, 15 KOs)

Sunny Edwards and Adrian Curiel will clash in a 12-round flyweight battle as the chief support bout for the blockbuster world title clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse Rodriguez at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday June 29, live worldwide on DAZN. Both men will be looking to bounce back to winning

Zelfa Barrett has had to be patient. There are only five miles between the Middleton Arena where Barrett made his professional debut and the AO Arena that so many of Manchester’s best fighters have headlined but ‘The Brown Flash’ has had to wait nine years for his opportunity to top the bill there. Barrett has

Robson Conceição knocked down Jose Guardado twice en route to a seventh-round stoppage Saturday at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on the undercard of the Jared Anderson–Ryad Merhy heavyweight headliner. Conceição (18-2-1, 9 KOs) was in control from the beginning, landing big shots at will and showing little regard for his opponent’s power.

Jack Turner, Liverpool’s hot bantamweight prospect is now 6-0 with six first-round victories having dropped Abdul Kesi Ngaoma twice on his way to another rapid victory on the Jordan Gill-Zelfa Barrett undercard in the Manchester Arena. Ngaoma was down in the first 30 seconds from a right hand and threatened to be overwhelmed as Turner

Pat Barrett is happy. “That’ll do you,” he tells his nephew, Zelfa, after just a few rounds of sharp pad and tactical work. “Everything’s good. Look at me. I can talk. I can smile. I’m sweating,” Barrett laughed as he sat by the side of the ring pedalling casually on an exercise bike. “I’m excited.”

Heavyweight Jared Anderson has worked to “compartmentalize” his date in court to come two days after he is scheduled to fight Ryad Merhy. Anderson, 24, will take on Merhy on Saturday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, and then on Monday he is due in court, having been charged with a third-degree

Jared Anderson is being proclaimed as the next great American heavyweight and his promotional teammate Shakur Stevenson has heaped praise on the Top Rank contender. Anderson faces Ryad Merhy on Saturday at the American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. The bout will be broadcast on ESPN.  Anderson (16-0, 15 KOs), 24, of Toledo, Ohio, is

Negotiations for a potential fight between Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez have become a weighty issue.  Alvarez is the undisputed king of the super middleweight division, and he will defend his crown once more against Jaime Munguia in an all-Mexican Cinco De Mayo weekend showdown in Las Vegas on May 4. Munguia is certainly an

Although the fight hasn’t been officially announced, a crossroads showdown between Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1) and Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (16-1-1) is in the works. Cincinnati’s Broner signed with Hall of Fame Promoter Don King last year and made his DKP debut last June when he defeated Bill Hutchinson via unanimous decision in Miami. 

Tyson Fury’s trainer SugarHill Steward will change some of their tactics ahead of the undisputed heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk off the back of comments made by Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk.  “The worst thing about Tyson Fury is that he doesn’t know how to deal with a southpaw,” Krassyuk told ProBox TV. “That is

Minimumweight contender Alex Winwood remains on course to become the fastest Australian to win a world title with a WBC elimination bout with Joey Canoy set for June 12 in Sydney.  Winwood (4-0, 2 KOs) has his sights on Jeff Fenech’s record of claiming a world title in just his seventh fight. Melvin Jerusalem currently

Heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez Jr., the U.S. Olympic silver medalist who has knocked out every opponent he has faced, will try to extend his streak of fallen foes when he meets fellow unbeaten Brandon Moore on May 18 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. The eight-round televised opener will be part of a loaded bill headlined

Lerrone Richards will no longer be fighting at York Hall on Friday night after his opponent was forced out through injury. Richards was due to take on Steed Woodall for the WBO Intercontinental Super Middleweight title. The Wasserman Boxing show is headlined by Charlie Edwards as he launches his bid to become a two-weight world