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The all-action Nick Ball will defend his WBA featherweight title against Ireland’s TJ Doheny at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on March 15, it was announced today. The 27-year-old Ball, who hails from Liverpool, is unbeaten in 22 pro fights and the…

ORLANDO – It was entirely in character for Lucas Bahdi to be standing in the center of the Caribe Royale hotel lobby Thursday, right in position to mingle and schmooze with whatever boxing dignitary might walk past him here to check in for this weekend’s…

We’ve had a week to process the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s annual induction announcement. And we have another week-and-a-half to get ready for Festivus, which is on the calendar for Monday, December 23. Well, this year, Festivus comes early at Boxing Scene…

HAMBURG – Three years on from being told he had six months to live in his fight against cancer, Australia’s former world champion Billy Dib won the final bout of his career. He took an eight-round decision (80-72 on all three scorecards) over…

HAMBURG – Eddie Hearn is in the midst of negotiating for Conor Benn’s return to a British ring, and it seems likely the fighter in the opposite corner is one of two – Mario Barrios or Chris Eubank Jnr. Negotiations for Eubank-Benn were always…

Richardson Hitchins sent his previously declining stock into a steep climb with one fight.  I’ll admit that when he told Manouk Akopyan of BoxingScene that his April performance against Gustavo Lemos was “ass,” I took it with a grain of salt. Not…

BoxingScene’s 2023 prospect of the year Ernesto “Tito” Mercado signed with Matchroom Boxing in August and was supposed to make his promotional debut in November, but opponent Jesus Saracho tipped the scales seven pounds over and the fight was called off.  Eddie Hearn is…

Natasha Jonas played down the prospect of her fighting Lauren Price when on Thursday she came face to face with Ivana Habazin ahead of their WBC and IBF welterweight unification fight on Saturday in Liverpool, England. The 40-year-old Jonas, fighting in her home city, can,…

Former IBF and WBA champion Daniel Roman has announced plans to continue his career. Roman last boxed in June 2022 when he challenged Stephen Fulton for his WBC and WBO belts in Minneapolis. The 34-year-old “Baby Faced Assassin” made his debut…