Monthly Archives: January 2025

A few months ago, Jose Benavidez Snr wasn’t sure how much longer he’d remain as lead trainer of his WBC light-heavyweight interim champion son David Benavidez. Other talented fighters, including unbeaten top-ranked super-middleweight contender Diego Pacheco and Mexican lightweight Omar Salcido, exist in Benavidez…

Following a year in which he fought three times, super middleweight prospect Ali Akhmedov will start 2025 early with an appearance on the January 17 broadcast headlined by featherweight prospect Omar Trinidad vs. Mike Plania, according to 360 Promotions. Akhmedov, 22-1 (16 KOs), has…

As piracy has crippled buys and altered the complexion of an option that boxing promoters have previously been eager to explore, one coming high-profile bout may provide some insight into the threshold. Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum told BoxingScene Monday that he’s increasingly reluctant…

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. Some,…

The BoxingScene team unanimously voted one winner for Fighter of the Year and, somewhat ironically, it was the only category in our year-end awards with an undisputed winner. As 2024 closed out, we were all talking about Oleksandr Usyk: about how he was the…