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Within a couple of hours of it being rumored that Daniel Dubois had suffered a viral infection and would therefore be unable to defend his IBF heavyweight title, Joseph Parker had the name of a new opponent.  His opponent on Saturday is now going…

To expect two light-heavyweights in the throes of cutting weight to talk freely and energetically ahead of fighting each other in two days’ time is perhaps as naïve as it is ambitious.  The only thing more naïve, in fact, is to expect two …

Saturday’s IBF heavyweight title fight between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker is off, BoxingScene has learned. A source close to the situation informed BoxingScene this evening that a viral infection is the cause of Dubois’ withdrawal, which unfortunately comes just days after Floyd…

PATERSON, N.J. — The heavyweight division is very different in 2025 from the one in which Zhilei Zhang first emerged as one of its top players a couple years ago. When Zhang broke into the upper echelon of the heavyweight division in 2023 with his…

According to a statement issued by The Ring , the magazine owned by Turki Alalshikh, Saturday’s IBF heavyweight title fight between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker is in danger of being called off. This comes just days after Floyd Schofield withdrew from…

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, on a promotion featuring numerous main-event-worthy contests, discusses which so-called “underdog” has the greatest chance of victory. Tris Dixon: …

Wednesday’s conversation with fight promoter Tom Loeffler was much like the recent Commerce Casino card he staged in Southern California, when a round of entertaining club fights was accompanied by visits from Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Callum Walsh and featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza. You…

Floyd Schofield was tested, at his own request, by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. The 22-year-old was due to challenge WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson on Saturday’s ‘Last Crescendo’ event only to start to feel unwell on Tuesday,…

Former light heavyweight contender John Scully, an intrinsic part of Artur Beterbiev’s team, believes that an impressive win for his fighter over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday would see the Russian lock in a spot at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Beterbiev, the unbeaten…