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Each day, ahead of the 5 x 5 bill in the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia, BoxingScene will look forward to the bill and preview one of the major fights, culminating on Saturday with Dmitrii Bivol’s WBA light-heavyweight title defense against Milak Zinad. Few are…

Heavyweight Cassius Chaney is looking to build off his spectacular knockout of Trevor Bryan last November. Chaney faces former 2012 U.S. Olympian Michael Hunter as part of Don King’s “Fists of Fury” event on June 7, at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole…

Cuban junior welterweight Kevin Brown is trying to do the impossible and make an ordinary name extraordinary. Brown boxes Idalberto Umara on Friday (May 30) at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida, in a bout that will be telecast on DAZN. Brown…

Promoter Paco Damian, CEO of Paco Presents Boxing, has signed junior bantamweight contender Jonathan Rodriguez to a multi-year promotional contract. Rodriguez is ranked No. 6 by the IBF, No. 12 by the WBO and No. 13 by the WBC. His new promoter…

Pick It: Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang When to Watch: Saturday, June 1, 2 p.m. Eastern Time / 7 p.m. BST How to watch: DAZN Pay-Per-View Why to Watch: The top spot for this week originally belonged to Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol.…

Working under Ben Davison has led to the promising Moses Itauma being “mentored” by Anthony Joshua. The 19-year-old won his first fight under Davison when, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk, he ruthlessly stopped Germany’s Ilja Mezencev in the…

Shane Mcguigan believes his light-heavyweight star Craig Richards could have his hands full on Saturday night when he takes on Scot Willy Hutchinson. They meet as part of the Eddie Hearn vs. Frank Warren 5 x 5 bill in Riyadh on June 1 and…

Jordanian lightweight Bader “The Master” Al-Dherat (11-0, 8 KOs) edged Orlando Mosquera (13-3-1, 2 KOs) by way of a 10-round split decision in the main event of the Rising Stars Arabia (RSA) series, at Space 42 Arena in Abu Dhabi. The first pro boxer…

Lightweight Giovanni Cabrera believes that to prove himself as a top contender, he must defeat William Zepeda.  They are set to fight on July 6 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif., in a bout promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and broadcast on DAZN.…