Yearly Archives: 2024

Unbeaten WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani will make the first defense of his new belt July 20 at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena against top-ranked contender Vincent Astrolabio, manager Sean Gibbons told BoxingScene. Japan’s three-division champion Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) has been a destructive force, following…

Whisper it, but it is looking increasingly likely that Anthony Cacace will finally get the chance to take part in a big fight.  Twelve years into his career, ‘The Apache’ is scheduled to fight for his first major world title on Saturday night when…

WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) and WBO, IBF, and WBA unified champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) will battle for the undisputed heavyweight crown this Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  (Photos: Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc) …

Boxing trainer Robert Garcia has high hopes for his lightweight charge Raymond ‘Danger’ Muratalla despite a substandard performance in his previous bout against Xolisani Ndongeni. Muratalla won a unanimous decision in March, but the 27-year-old saw his four-fight knockout streak end and he had…

RIYADH – Oleksandr Usyk’s former trainer believes the “phenomenal” Usyk can defeat the “ordinary” Tyson Fury if on Saturday he can win the opening rounds. James Ali Bashir guided Usyk, 37, from his second professional fight – the stoppage of Epifanio Mendoza in December…