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Adam Azim is to be matched with Sergey Lipinets of Kazakhstan on February 1, BoxingScene understands. The 22 year old impressed in October when he stopped Ohara Davies in eight rounds to enhance his reputation as one of Britain’s most promising young fighters, and on…

Shakur Stevenson and Floyd Schofield are nearing an agreement to fight for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title. It had been reported that they were in contention to feature on the undercard of the proposed rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on…

Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom is planning to bring through more talent by adding to his stable, rather than signing established fighters in or around the world scene. Shalom, the lone promoter contracted to Sky Sports, has signed several Olympians, including Lauren Price, Frazer Clarke…

Matchroom Boxing chairman Eddie Hearn says he isn’t yet sure whether Floyd Schofield is the opponent to take on Shakur Stevenson – but won't rule it out. Schofield, 22, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, has been calling out Stevenson – a 27-year-old lightweight…

Mickey Bey’s career might not have been perfect, but the former IBF lightweight titleholder is always about finding ways to win, even when the odds weren’t in his favor. Now 41, the Cleveland-born fighter is in the twilight of his career, training only a select…

The sand in the hourglass of Manny Pacquiao’s on-again, off-again flirtation with fighting could be winding down. The Filipino icon turns 46 years old on December 17, has not fought professionally since 2021, looked like a shell of himself in a July exhibition, and…

When heavyweights Mahmoud Charr and Kubrat Pulev finally meet in Sofia, Bulgaria this Saturday (December 7), they will bring to the ring a combined 72 professional fights, 83 years, and almost as many years’ worth of inactivity, confusion, and frustration.  On the line when…

Everything was good – until it wasn't. Earlier this week BoxingScene reported that super welterweight knockout artist Vergil Ortiz Jnr and IBF welterweight titleholder Jaron Ennis had reached a verbal agreement to fight each other on February 22 in Saudi Arabia. …

With Matchroom Boxing plotting a busy start to 2025 in the UK alone, with up to five shows being staged on British soil in the first three months of the year, former world junior welterweight king Josh Taylor is expected to be among those in…