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Lawrence Okolie is in Riyadh for today’s seven-fight extravaganza – just not in the capacity he’d hoped for. Okolie, a former cruiserweight and bridgerweight titleholder now competing at heavyweight, was offered an interim WBO title fight with Joseph Parker when Parker’s original opponent, IBF…

Callum Smith expects Dmitry Bivol to have emerged from October’s fight with Artur Beterbiev with the advantages heading into Saturday’s rematch. At the Venue Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Beterbiev and Bivol again contest the undisputed light-heavyweight title previously awarded to Beterbiev via…

England's Kevin Parker has landed one of the most prestigious gigs of his 13-year officiating career by being selected to referee the world light heavyweight championship rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. If the first fight is anything to go…

In the latest unmissable mailbag, top coach and boxing brain Stephen Edwards makes his picks for the huge card in Saudi Arabia, examines the intricacies of height and reach, pinpoints the finest performance of Thomas Hearns and speaks out about PEDs in boxing. This…

Ahead of Saturday’s huge night of boxing in Riyadh, the BoxingScene team looks ahead to what it anticipates will happen in Saudi Arabia, and which fighter will emerge with victory from one of the most appealing match-ups of all. Tris Dixon: Since John…

When Artur Beterbiev faced Dmitry Bivol on October 12 of last year at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, their convergence marked an inflection point for the fighters’ careers, for the light heavyweight division and for boxing. The Russian countrymen each represented the other’s most…

Martin Bakole, the late substitute for Daniel Dubois, today weighed in at 310lbs for his heavyweight 12-rounder with Joseph Parker. The bout was hastily arranged following Dubois' withdrawal due to a viral infection that was discovered by doctors on Thursday. Parker yesterday weighed in at…

Before we get to the rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol for all the light heavyweight marbles in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we have an undercard of the ages that features two heavyweight collisions, Joseph Parker vs. Martin Bakole and Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel,…

Francis was stopped in the seventh round of a highly competitive fight in which he was leading on the scorecards. This fight was the co-feature on ProBox TV’s card from Chicken Ranch Casino Resort in Jamestown, California.  Francis, the 34-year-old from West New York,…