Oscar De La Hoya isn’t counting out Lamont Roach Jr’s chances of pulling off an upset against Gervonta Davis on March 1st. He feels he’s got the skills and ring intelligence to defeat Tank (30-0, 28 KOs), especially if he’s taking him lightly.
It wouldn’t…
David Benavidez still finds it difficult to understand why Canelo Alvarez avoided a fight with him despite an “insane” offer being made to the Mexican. Alvarez has dominated the super middleweight division in the last six years, once claiming all four belts in the…
Oscar De La Hoya predicts his fighter, WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr, will “steal the show” on the February 22nd card by defeating ‘Little GGG’ Israil Madrimov in Riyadh.
De La Hoya feels that Vergil Jr’s ring smarts will enable him to…
As 2024 comes to an end, BoxingScene looks at some of the most intriguing young boxers in the sport who tentatively could be labeled a prospect. These fighters have laid the groundwork to have an exciting and impactful 2025. This is the first in a…
As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to take a look at some of boxing’s most talented and potential-packed up-and-comers. These prospects, whom BoxingScene ranks according to our estimation of their current status, have laid the groundwork for an exciting and impactful 2025. …
By Gary Cromie: Under the shimmering desert skies of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are poised to collide once more on February 22, 2025. The rematch, set to headline Turki Al-Sheikh’s blockbuster card in Riyadh, carries all the gravitas of…
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya says it was a little “too ambitious” for his fighter, Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield Jr., to take the fight with WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson this early in his four-year pro career.
De La Hoya says Schofield’s dad,…
The WBO’s latest ratings update – released December 27 – includes four new fighters who have been named the No. 1 contender in their respective divisions. At heavyweight: In the wake of his rematch loss to Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury, 34-2-1 (24 KOs),…
On December 23rd, the undefeated WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis published a post on social media stating his scheduled title defense against WBA super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr (25-1-1, 10 KOs) has been canceled.
In early October, Gervonta Davis initially announced that the…