Daily Archives: May 7, 2024

With one eye nearly shut, Mario Barrios survived a tough test and retained a secondary welterweight title on Saturday in his first defense. Barrios defeated Fabian Maidana, the younger brother of Marcos Maidana, on the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jaime Munguia bill at T-Mobile Arena in…

WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was arrested following a traffic collision Monday in Pearland, Texas, booked on suspicion of three misdemeanor counts (driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer and leaving the scene of a crash), according to news reports. BoxingScene reached out to…

Cruiserweight Jai Opetaia is backing his countryman George Kambosos “all the way” in this Saturday’s vacant IBF lightweight title clash with Vasiliy Lomachenko in Perth, Australia.  Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) has the chance to become a two-time world champion this weekend following a dubious…

Vasiliy Lomachenko is heading into Saturday’s world title fight against George Kambosos knowing that his career is approaching the end.   Lomachenko faces Kambosos this weekend (May 12) for the vacant IBF lightweight title, in what will be the Ukrainian’s first fight back after losing…