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As the film “The Featherweight,” about the life of boxing great Willie Pep, enters wide release, each day this week – Tuesday through Saturday – a different BoxingScene contributor will reflect on a boxing biopic that resonates with them. As far as critical pedigree is…

There isn’t much that unites everybody in the partisan world of boxing, but Eddie Hearn’s announcement that Matchroom are considering the idea of starting main events at 9pm caused a joining of hands across the divides.  No more 10.45pm video montages selling and promoting…

The picture perfect left hand that Peter McGrail sunk into Brad Foster’s body last weekend couldn’t have been timed any better.  The shot caught Foster in the worst possible place at the worst possible time and brought a swift end to the junior featherweight…

Women's boxing historian Malissa Smith offered her perspective on Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in the sport and its implications for female fighters as the country prepares to host another bout featuring women on October 12.  The presence of Riyadh Season in boxing is growing…

Photo credit: Fumihiro Hirota / LA Boxing Gym LOS ANGELES – Junto Nakatani will defend his WBC 118-pound title for a second time against Petch Sor Chitpattana as the last leg of a two-day Tokyo card featuring a combined seven title fights on ESPN+ on…

Chris Colbert has a plan to become a world champion, by moving down in weight to 130lbs. The Brooklyn native, 28, is scheduled to fight on ProBox TV for the first time, against the 24-year-old Omar Salcido Gamez of Mexico, in a lightweight contest…

An undisputed women’s flyweight bout is set for November 2 in Las Vegas, pitting IBF flyweight titleholder Gabriela Fundora against WBC, WBO, and WBA titlist Gabriela Celeste Alaniz. The fight was announced on the WBA Boxing website as part of its upcoming schedule. …

ProBox TV CEO Garry Jonas and Jamie Conlan will be working together to bring the ProBox TV ethos of “evenly-matched action fights” to the UK, starting on November 1, with a big show in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Another event will follow a month later…

It was the best New Year’s Eve ever. Chris van Heerden and his lady, Ksenia Karelina, were in Istanbul, not just celebrating 2024’s arrival, but a love that had blossomed in the previous months. It’s not easy in this day and age, but the couple…