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LAS VEGAS — Cecilia Braekhus was supposed to be fighting for a junior middleweight world title this weekend. But when Ema Kozin was unable to travel to the United States, Braekhus needed another opponent. Someone familiar stepped in: Maricela Cornejo. “It’s going to…

Former junior featherweight titleholder Angelo Leo’s comeback tour has reached a climax, and another championship-clinching opportunity will be presented Saturday night when he challenges IBF featherweight beltholder Luis Alberto Lopez.  The main event fight will take place in Leo’s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico…

LAS VEGAS — There’s been plenty of talk about who Vergil Ortiz could face if he defeats Serhii Bohachuk this Saturday.  Ortiz’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, said on Wednesday that he wants Ortiz vs. Terence Crawford in the first…

IBF featherweight titleholder Luis Alberto Lopez is set to make his fourth title defense on Saturday against Angelo Leo in the main event at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, N.M. The 30-year-old Lopez (30-2, 17 KO), Mexico, has been labeled “a road warrior” in promotional…

LAS VEGAS – With a wealth of options in boxing’s deepest division, Oscar De La Hoya said the latest talks point a victorious Vergil Ortiz Jr. toward his first title against Tim Tszyu. Much still needs to transpire, with Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs) entering…

Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez have been the talk of the boxing world over the last week.  First, Crawford beat Israil Madrimov in a narrow unanimous decision to claim the WBA junior middleweight title on Saturday and become a four-division champion.  …

Usually, the discomfort experienced by someone watching a boxer cut weight is exceeded only by the discomfort of the boxer having to actually cut the weight. It is, for the bystander, a unique, unnerving experience, both voyeuristic and to a degree perverted. It can be…

Undefeated Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) is looking to return to knockout ways when he defends his European lightweight title against mandatory challenger Gianluca Ceglia (21-4-1, 4 KOs) at London’s York Hall on September 6. Noakes won the title with a dominant 12-round points victory…

Following a weekend of heightened drama connected to the U.S. debut Riyadh Season card in Los Angeles, the fallout/backlash has provoked a search for solutions and peace this week. On Wednesday’s string of BoxingScene’s Top Stories on ProBox TV, analysts Paulie Malignaggi and Chris…