Daily Archives: May 22, 2024

Ukrainian boxing is coming off what is surely its most successful week yet. It started in Australia on May 12 when Vasiliy Lomachenko knocked out George Kambosos Jr. for the IBF lightweight title. On May 18 in Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk scored a split decision…

The officials for Saturday’s rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall have been confirmed, BoxingScene understands. The first fight between them, in Glasgow in February 2022, has come to be recognised as undermined by some of the most controversial scoring of the modern era,…

With Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren reporting Tuesday that the two-time heavyweight champion will exercise his rematch clause for a bout likely to occur Oct.12 in Saudi Arabia, Fury has the opportunity to make some edits on a legacy that now has the scar of…

Dalton Smith expects Josh Taylor to be considerably improved for his rematch with Jack Catterall – and therefore also a “completely different fighter”. The 33-year-old Taylor and Catterall, 30, finally fight again on Saturday at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, more than two…

Lyndon Arthur returns to action in Bolton on June 21st. The former Commonwealth light heavyweight champion will box Liam Cameron on a Wasserman show. The fight will be screened in the UK on Channel 5.  Arthur, 23-2 (16 KOs), will box for the first time…

It was a first for boxing, with all four heavyweight belts on the line. The gripping magnitude of the event made it the most meaningful heavyweight fight in a generation. And it was won dramatically, with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk rallying through the second half…