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Shakan Pitters made a successful return to the ring after 16 months’ inactivity with a second round finish of Bahadur Karami on Saturday at the Park Community Arena in Sheffield, England. Pitters had a frustrating week: he was originally scheduled to compete for the…

Now that the race for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez’s signature has been won, the race to stand in the opposite corner has begun. On Thursday, boxing power broker Turki Alalshikh revealed that he had signed Canelo to a four-fight deal, with two contests in 2025…

Keyshawn Davis, among the hottest prospects in boxing, is preparing to challenge the undefeated Ukrainian and fellow Olympic silver medalist Denys Berinchyk for the WBO lightweight title on February 14 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.  Davis, 12-0 (8 KOs), for all…

The Russian junior welterweight Khariton Agrba will fight the US-based Cuban Kevin Hayler Brown on March 15 on a RCC promotion in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Their fight has been announced as a final eliminator for the WBA title held by Jose Valenzuela. Agrba, 15-0 (9KOs) beat…

Eddie Hearn believes a junior-welterweight unification title fight between Teofimo Lopez and Richardson Hitchins could be agreed imminently. Lopez, the WBO and Ring Magazine champion, appears keen on the idea of fighting the IBF champion Hitchins. The 27 year old has had a difficult…

SAN ANTONIO — Ramon Cardenas and Bryan Acosta both cleared the final hurdles to their 10-round junior featherweight bout, which takes place Saturday night at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. Cardenas weighed in at the 122lbs limit, while Acosta came…

Jake Paul and his promotional organisation Most Valuable Promotions have criticised the “slave” Saul “Canelo” Alvarez after watching him sign a four-fight agreement with Riyadh Season. The 28-year-old Paul believed that he and Alvarez had agreed terms to fight in Las Vegas on May 3,…

On Thursday BoxingScene learned that various social media accounts had learned that The Ring magazine had learned that a source had learned that the super-middleweight fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford was no longer happening on September 13.  This came…

The WBA interim super-featherweight champion Albert Batyrgaziev will defend his title against Argentina’s Nery Cruz Romero on March 7 in Moscow, Russia. The 11-0 (8KOs) Batyrgaziev, who won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, earned the lightly regarded title in July 2024 when stopping Jono Carroll of…