Conor Benn posted on social media today, letting his followers know that he wants WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios for his next fight to capture his belt in 2025.
It’s a wise move for Benn to fight Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs) rather than moving up…
Bob Arum has broken down the 2025 plans for unified super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue. In speaking with Sky Sports, Arum said that after Inoue’s January 24th fight with IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman, “The Monster” will return to the US, where he will fight unbeaten…
Conor Benn today announced he was retiring – from social media. He did so by announcing the retirement on social media, therefore upholding the somewhat amusing tradition of those who publicly retire from social media only to inevitably return to social media at a…
As we put 2024 in the record books, the BoxingScene team agreed in only one category in the Review of the Year. And that was we were unanimous in deciding that Oleksandr Usyk was Fighter of the Year. His two wins over the previously undefeated…
Unbeaten heavyweight Fabio Wardley is now ranked first by the WBA in its latest ratings, which were released December 31. Wardley, 18-0-1 (17 KOs), fought twice in 2024, both times against the same opponent. In March he competed to an entertaining draw with Frazer…
There might be some huge nights ahead in 2025, with speculation that Terence Crawford could finally land the Canelo Alvarez fight, that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will finally get to box at Wembley Stadium, and we also know that several excellent matches…
Junior middleweight Charles Conwell believes he is ready to face Vergil Ortiz Jnr in 2025. Conwell’s rates Ortiz highly, and that is why he wants to fight him. Conwell stopped Gerardo Luis Vergara in the seventh round of a scheduled 10-rounder on December 14…
Sergio Mora wants David Benavidez to “age out” undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev before fighting him. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) turns 40 on January 21st.
Mora points out that fighters traditionally have aged out talented champions before facing them so they can increase their…
As an infant, Rocky Marciano was diagnosed with a rare case of pneumonia. The illness was so critical that the doctors felt he would not survive. If he did, it would be done through spirit alone.
That spirit became a defining spirit of Rocky’s life.…