Boxing Scene

Natasha Jonas, Dalton Smith, Frazer Clarke and many more will light up a blockbuster night of boxing on Saturday, 12th November. The unified world WBC, WBO, IBF super-welterweight titles will all be on the line at the AO Arena in Manchester, England when Natasha ‘Miss GB’ Jonas faces defending Marie-Eve Dicaire. Jonas (12-2-1, 8 KOs)

Malik Scott, the head trainer for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, believes social media star Jake Paul has become a true professional boxer. Paul has an undefeated record of 5-0 with four wins by knockout, but he’s never faced an actual boxer in the ring. He was scheduled to face a boxer on at

World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was ringside earlier this month, to watch Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez retain his undisputed super middleweight crown with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision in his rematch with Gennadiy Golovkin. Their first two fights, which took places at middleweight in 2017 and 2018, were entertaining and there were conflicting opinions

Shakur Stevenson helped draw over a million viewers on ESPN in a third straight fight late Friday night. Nielsen Media Research released figures that estimated an average of 1,097,000 viewers watched Stevenson’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat of Robson Conceicao in ESPN’s main event from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Stevenson’s hometown. Viewership peaked at 1,150,000

Most fighters in Mahmoud Charr’s position would be rooting for negotiations to fail between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Yet, even the former secondary WBA titleholder is rooting—in his own way—for things to steer in the right direction. An all-British world heavyweight championship remains in discussion, despite Fury’s claim that his own deadline has passed

Tyson Fury insisted Monday night that he has moved on from what would be a lucrative showdown with Anthony Joshua to a much lower-profile fight against Mahmoud Charr. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion claimed in one Instagram post Monday that the deadline Fury imposed for his handlers and those that represent Joshua to come to

Brenda Karen Carabajal agreed to stand down to allow Amanda Serrano to further unify the featherweight division. The hope now is that the favor is returned in a timely fashion. Argentina’s Carabajal was once due to face Serrano (43-2-1, 30KOs) in a WBO featherweight title consolidation clash scheduled for August 6 at Madison Square Garden

George A. Yerolimpos became a new IBA Secretary General following the selection process and decision of the IBA Board of Directors (BoD) at its meeting in Yerevan today. The appointment is effective immediately. In total, 50 candidates applied for the position. Four candidates were shortlisted and interviewed, and two of them were chosen by the

A night of boxing comes to the 2300 Arena on Saturday, October 1st as Philly favorite, bantamweight Christian Carto takes part in the eight-round main event against once-beaten Hector Andres Sosa. The eight-bout card is promoted by King’s Promotions. Carto of Philadelphia is 19-1 with 13 knockouts. The 25 year-old is in his sixth year

A resolution in the ongoing contract saga for an all-British heavyweight fight between Anthony Joshua and WBC titlist Tyson Fury appears to be in the near, near offing. Frank Warren, the head of Queensberry Promotions, which promotes Fury, indicated in a recent interview that a key meeting with “TV broadcasters” will be held Monday and

Joe Joyce, the WBO’s number-one contender, won the vacant WBO “interim” heavyweight title by stopping the organization’s number-two man, former WBO titlist Joseph Parker, with a counter hook to the jaw early in round 11. “The Juggernaut” lived up to his nickname in rounds 6-11 as he turned a relatively even bout (Joyce led 91-82

Joe Joyce will always have his doubters, but he showed that he is a world-class heavyweight of some standing as he battered Joseph Parker to defeat in 11 rounds in a superb battle in Manchester to become interim WBO champion. In many ways it was the same Joyce we have always seen – strong, powerful,

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards tackling topics such as Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu, the trilogy bout between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence, and more. Look, GGG lost to a very good fighter and he was the smaller guy going up to challenge the weight

One has brushed up against the top of the mountain, only to fall short of the summit. The other was denied, with some debate, of Olympic gold and now pursues it as a professional. Someone will take a big step backwards this weekend. Joseph Parker won and defended a major heavyweight title but was badly

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing has fired back at the recent allegations from Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul. During a recent interview, Paul made a serious allegation that veteran judge Glenn Feldman of the United States was being financially compensated by Matchroom. Paul fired off on some of Feldman’s high profile scorecards in

NEWARK, New Jersey – Robson Conceicao believes he did enough to take the WBC super featherweight title from Oscar Valdez a year ago in Tucson, Arizona. Conceicao (17-1, 8 KOs) officially lost a unanimous decision to Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs), who surrendered his WBC belt to Stevenson in his subsequent bout April 30 at MGM

One of Finland’s best fighters in the modern era, lightweight Edis Tatli, has announced his retirement. The 35-year old Tatli last fought in 2019 and then suffered a long series of shoulder- and hand injuries. That along with Covid-19 kept him out of the ring and now he’s decided to retire. Tatli, who leaves the

Montreal – Erik Bazinyan (28-0, 21 KOs), one of the featured fighters on the October 27 gala at the Théâtre du Casino du Lac-Leamy, was forced to withdraw due to family obligations following the death of his father. The featured bouts will showcase Gatineau native Alexandre Gaumont (4-0, 2 KOs), Yves Ulysse Jr. (21-2, 12