Promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to get a big name for Liam Paro’s first defense of his newly won IBF light welterweight title after dethroning champion Subriel Matias last Saturday night in Puerto Rico.
The Dream Opponents
Hearn says he’d like to match Paro (25-0, 15…
Naoya Inoue doesn’t feel obligated to adhere to a mandatory junior featherweight title assignment because he’s not long for the division, his American promoter Bob Arum told BoxingScene on Monday.
Arum was talking about the likely 2024 schedule for Japan’s Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs),…
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Newark’s own Shakur Stevenson is back to defend his crown against another brave soul willing to take a beating on his home turf. The WBC lightweight champ will square off against Armenian-born German Olympian Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday, July…
WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora is looking forward to his fight against Errol Spence. They still don’t have a date, but Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) expects it to happen in October in Texas.
The Biggest Fight of Fundora’s Career
Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) will…
Pick It: Rafael Espinoza vs. Sergio Chirino
When to Watch: Friday, June 21, 10 p.m. Eastern Time
How to watch: ESPN+
Why to Watch: Espinoza is coming off a big upset — so big that it was named BoxingScene’s Upset of the…
Frank Martin’s failure to heed the instructions from his trainer, Derrick James, before going into the eighth round cost him the fight against Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis last Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Disregard for Trainer’s Advice
Derrick told Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) in between…
Paulie Malignaggi, boxing analyst, believes Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is swerving a unification fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson.
Malignaggi was frustrated at hearing Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) mentioning Vasily Lomachenko’s name last Saturday night following his win over Frank Martin rather than Shakur’s.…
Representatives of lightweight champions Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko plan to meet “shortly” to discuss the possibility of staging a unification bout in the late fall, Lomachenko promoter Bob Arum told BoxingScene on Monday.
“Very good, powerful kid, good puncher, and he wasn’t…
This article brings to your attention some of the best, favorite, and well-known Latino and Spanish fighters.
This writer’s all-time favorite boxer was Puerto Rico’s Carlos Ortiz, 61-7-1 with 30 stoppages, who held the WBA and WBC world lightweight titles and moved to New York.…