Demetrius Andrade thinks Canelo Alvarez is too big, strong, and technical for Terence Crawford to move up to super middleweight and challenge him for his three titles the way he’s pushing for.
Too Big, Too Strong
The former two-division world champion Andrade feels it’s too…
A radical thought: What if boxing scoring isn’t actually corrupt or incompetent? I know, I know. Before you leap into the comments to demand my head on a stick, I’m not defending Adalaide Byrd’s 118-110 card in favor of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in his…
IBF world super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez (17-0, 9 KOs) has pulled out of his rematch against former four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka (31-3-1, 15 KOs) due to a case of influenza for their previously scheduled fight on December 31st.
Rematch Delayed
There’s no word…
Promoter Eddie Hearn wants his fighter, IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, to be the next opponent against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to defend his titles.
That would be 100% unfair to the top contenders in the heavyweight division if Opetaia were allowed to fight…
It hasn't been sweetness and light for everyone in the last 12 months. The BoxingScene writers name some of those within boxing who will be glad to see the back of 2024. Who most needs 2024 to end? Kieran Mulvaney:…
One of the central tensions and inherent beauties of boxing is its open format – the world of possibilities available to either combatant at any moment. In other sports, a clock and a scoreboard impart linear limitations that, at some point during competition, can create…
What further challenges are there out there for unified two-weight king, current heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk, and what fights, if any, motivate Usyk himself? After having unified the cruiserweight and the heavyweight belts, Usyk has done more than enough to go down as a great,…
According to at least one BoxingScene commenter , we are presently in the midst of the “worst heavyweight era ever.” Not all opinions are good ones, of course, and brief recourse to a history book – and to the series of heavyweight main events…
Over the years, indeed the decades, we’ve seen some ‘boxing juniors,’ sons, or daughters, of great fighters try and emulate their parents, or make their own way in the toughest sport on the planet. Some did well – Laila Ali, Guty Espadas Jr, Wilfredo Vazquez…