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Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder should have seen his 2024 mapped out with certainty on December 23 last year with a victory over Joseph Parker.  However, the New Zealander did not read Turki Alalshikh’s script and instead proceeded to outclass and outfight Wilder…

Oleksandr Usyk's defeat of Tyson Fury has prompted a rethink in some quarters of where both men stand in the pantheon of all-time heavyweight greats. Fury, at least, had been creeping up some all-time lists, and although he has a chance to regain his status…

Canelo Alvarez’s reign as undisputed super-middleweight champion is on the brink of ending, with International Boxing Federation (IBF) rules separating the sport’s most popular fighter from one of his four 168-pound belts. According to multiple boxing sources who spoke to BoxingScene Tuesday, Alvarez (61-2-2,…

Two super middleweight sluggers are set to meet in the can’t-miss fistic blockbuster of the summer season. Unbeaten, Montreal-based contender Christian “Solide” Mbilli will face three-time world title challenger Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko in the 10-round main event on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Videotron Centre…

Hamzah Sheeraz versus Austin “Ammo” Williams: Exactly the type of fight that should always happen as a matter of course in boxing but rarely does.  Hamzah Sheeraz versus Austin “Ammo” Williams: A 50/50 tussle that pitches two highly promising rising stars together to ascertain…

Junior welterweight Bryce Mills is hoping his fight on June 7 will be his last six-round bout as he aims to graduate to eight- or 10-rounders. To achieve that, he will need a promoter, something he has yet to acquire. Mills will face Jose…

Former British junior middleweight titleholder Scott Fitzgerald is hoping to resume his career following a four-year legal battle over allegations of rape, a charge filed against him in 2020. Fitzgerald, 32, was found not guilty of the charge in February after a jury deliberated…

Ben Davison is relishing the prospect of moulding Moses Itauma into the finest heavyweight in the world. The 19-year-old Itauma recently recruited Davison to be his long-term trainer, and has already recorded his first victory under a figure with a growing reputation and who…

Disappointment has been rare in boxing this year — the sport is almost unrecognizable in that regard. But there have been a handful of letdowns. And the postponement of what was to be this Saturday’s undisputed light heavyweight championship bout between Dmitry Bivol and…