Boxing Scene

Stephan Shaw has accepted a more daunting assignment than he had for January 14. St. Louis’ Shaw was scheduled to box unbeaten Italian heavyweight prospect Guido Vianello in ESPN’s 10-round co-feature that night at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. BoxingScene.com has learned, though, that Shaw instead has agreed to replace injured Oscar

Terence Crawford made the hard choice to face David Avanesyan for the sake of getting in at least one fight in 2022. High on the priority list of the unbeaten three-division champion and pound-for-pound entrant is to break the trend of settling for one fight per year. “I am making it a goal to fight

These days, there is precious little boxing that takes place over the holidays, save for the customary late-year shows in Russia and Japan. For promoters, it’s a financially perilous decision to stage a show at this time of year, with potential ticket buyers and broadcast viewers’ time and money already allocated in many places. For

Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is very motivated to become world champion for a third time. In June of 2019, Joshua lost his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles when he was stopped by Andy Ruiz. Six months later, he reclaimed the belts with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision. Then in 2021, he

Although there were countless speed bumps along the way, Errol Spence Jr. was convinced that both he and Terence Crawford could work out their differences and deliver to fans what they’ve been waiting on. But, much to Spence’s surprise, negotiations broke down during the 11th hour, forcing him to scramble for a new opponent as

LAS VEGAS – Now that Vladimir Shishkin has firmly established himself as a super middleweight contender, his promoter is more optimistic about the unbeaten Russian receiving a shot at Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican superstar supposedly wants to face a less threatening opponent than Dmitry Bivol when he returns to the ring in May for his

Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton is far more eager to watch Deontay Wilder vs. Anthony Joshua than a likely undisputed fight between world champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. At one point, when both were world champions, Wilder vs. Joshua was the biggest fight in the sport. Wilder lost his title to Fury in

Promoter Bob Arum has no doubt that boxing fans will be treated to a significant lightweight title fight early next year. Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney is headed toward a second defense of his belts against three-division Ukrainian titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko. The fight was in the works ever since Haney signed with Arum’s Top Rank

Seemingly since the beginning of time, Demetrius Andrade has begged elite fighters to face him in the ring. Nevertheless, despite calling out the likes of Jermall Charlo, Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG), and a long list of other stars, he’s failed to lure those big names into the squared circle. Recently, however, Andrade (31-0, 19

As most of boxing’s biggest stars are attempting to figure out their 2023 schedule, Gervonta Davis has already lined up the first half of his calendar. First up for the soft-spoken power puncher out of Baltimore, Maryland, will be a showdown against the streaking Hector Luis Garcia (16-0, 10 KOs) on January 7th. Of course,

A close yet disputed loss at the hands of Callum Smith in 2019 seemed to seal John Ryder’s fate as a gatekeeper. With five defeats already laced across his record, his dreams of one day winning a world title had gone by the wayside. However, armed with steely determination, Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) turned things

Ryan Garcia feels he has the kind of crippling punching power that no human being can take for too long.   The hard hitting lightweight attraction from Victorville, California, has not been shy about playing up his strengths ever since it was announced last month that he had reached an agreement to face rival Gervonta

Gervonta Davis gave two reasons Wednesday why he thinks Ryan Garcia decided to skip what was supposed to be a tune-up fight against Mercito Gesta on January 28. The unbeaten Baltimore native first suggested to a small group of reporters after an open workout that his rival could be using performance-enhancing drugs. Davis added that

Gervonta Davis recently confirmed he’s no longer contractually tied to Mayweather Promotions.  Over the course of the calendar year, Davis dropped many hints alluding to the notion that he’d no longer be working with his mentor moving forward. Davis cited it was all love and that there was no bad blood with Mayweather Promotions, and

Gervonta Davis was surprised to learn last week that Ryan Garcia decided to skip what was supposed to be a tune-up fight for Davis’ rival January 28. Garcia was tentatively scheduled to fight Filipino lightweight Mercito Gesta that night. The undefeated Davis is immeasurably better than Gesta (33-3-3, 17 KOs), but Gesta at least is

World ranked super welterweight Serhii ‘El Flaco’ Bohachuk, (21-1, 21 KOs), of Vinitza, Ukraine will defend his WBC Continental Americas Title against Nathaniel ‘Nate the Great’ Gallimore, (22-6-1, 17 KOs), of Chicago, IL in a ten-round clash on Friday, January 27. The show will originate from the Quiet Cannon / Montebello Country Club and will

Jose Ramirez and his team have done their best to justify the former unified titlist passing on a guaranteed title shot. Regis Prograis and his team have a briefer and more direct response as to why the WBC junior welterweight title fight is no longer taking place. “Simply, you passed up a title opportunity,” Sam

Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine has expressed his displeasure at the recent agreement between the International Boxing Association (IBA) and the World Boxing Association (WBA). The IBA, which runs amateur boxing, has been led for the last few years by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev. Last month, Kremlev signed a working agreement with WBA