Here are 10 lessons (or things) that one boxing writer took away from the last year of boxing. 1. The United States matters less to boxing than it used to With Riyadh, Saudi Arabia landing the biggest fights of the year (Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson…
What we want each time we sit down to watch a main-event prizefight is something historic, something violent, something unforgettable. With stakes higher than any other bout of the past generation – the undisputed heavyweight title of the world – Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson…
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions’ Hollywood Fight Nights will return to Chumash Casino Resort on Friday, February 21, 2025 and broadcast live globally on UFC Fight Pass, it was announced today. Fighting in the ten-round main event on February 21, Cain…
Junior middleweight Charles Conwell transitioned from being a 2016 U.S. Olympian to a top-notch contender, in part by sparring Jaron “Boots” Ennis. Now, Conwell and Ennis might end up being a mega-fight in the coming years. Conwell stopped Gerardo Luis Vergara in…
The sliding doors moment came for Craig Houk, not at the start of his career but right at the end, after 108 fights and 37 losses, when he dropped Hector “Macho” Camacho in the opening round. Today, 60-year-old Houk pulls his phone from his…
The year 2024 was highly eventful for the boxing world with plenty of quality fights and talking points. The BoxingScene team wonder how it will ultimately be remembered. Has boxing had a good year? Kieran Mulvaney: Define good. It crowned an undisputed…
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…
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…