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There’s a scene in the Will Ferrell film “Kicking and Screaming” where Robert Duvall’s character is trying to compare his manhood and success with Mike Ditka’s. “I can’t hear you,” Ditka responds, flashing his Chicago Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl season memento, “my ring is…

As the film “The Featherweight,” about the life of boxing great Willie Pep, enters wide release, this week a different BoxingScene contributor will reflect on a boxing biopic that resonates with them. Today: "Bleed for This." At a cinema in the West End of…

While it is not unusual to hear that an amateur boxer about to turn pro has options from which to choose, rarely do these options include a completely new direction; a handbrake turn so sharp it would lead not only to whiplash but the end…

Jahi Tucker-Quilisto Madera and Damian Knyba-Richard Lartey have been confirmed for the undercard of the rematch between Robson Conceicao and O’Shaquie Foster on November 2 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Conceicao and Foster again contest the WBC junior-lightweight title controversially…

  Nick Ball and Ronny Rios both weighed in below the 126lbs featherweight limit ahead of Saturday's fight for the WBA title at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.   Ball (20-0, 11 KOs), 27 years old, is making the first defense of his title…

Jack Catterall is preparing for Regis Prograis to roll back the years when the super-lightweight contenders meet at Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena on October 26. Whereas Catterall, 29-1 (13 KOs), is riding the momentum generated by February's exciting decision victory over his long-term rival…

LOS ANGELES – As Ryan Garcia hopes for a return following his controversial clash against Devin Haney, his promoters are starting to piece the puzzle of his career back together.  Garcia is currently sidelined due to a one-year suspension after testing positive for the…

Anthony Yarde will resume his career on October 19 at London’s Copper Box Arena, on a promotion overseen by Boxxer. The light heavyweight, 33, has remained inactive since stopping Marko Nikolic in three rounds in February. He had been expected to next fight Joshua Buatsi…

Janibek Alimkhanuly called out the other middleweight champions after his ninth-round victory over the game Andrew Mikhailovich. The unbeaten Kazakh southpaw is now 16-0 (11 KOs), having made his way to Sydney to defend his IBF title. The WBO crown was not on the…