World junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue emphatically knocked out Ye Joon Kim in Round 4 to start his year in style on Friday to leave all who watched eager to know what’s next. Here are five realistic options for Inoue as he prepares to…
The birth of women’s boxing as we know it today seemed to coincide with us stumbling through a global pandemic and then dealing with all the uncertainty that naturally followed. It was embraced not necessarily for reasons of equality or because of a newfound appreciation…
A show on March 22 in Sydney, Australia, will feature WBC featherweight champion Skye Nicolson, former lightweight champion George Kambosos, heavyweight hope Teremoana Jnr and WBA bantamweight Cherneka Johnson. It will be the first time 31-year-old Kambosos, 21-3 (10 KOs), has boxed since his May…
Harry Scarff begins his climb back up the ladder today, with world championships the desired destination. Scarff will defend his British welterweight title against Conah Walker at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena. Scarff is coming off the back of a defeat to Karen Chukhadzhian in a…
For the first time in his career, Gary Antuanne Russell will enter the ring on the back of a loss. But he is adamant that, following his decision defeat to Alberto Puello last year, history will not be repeating itself when he takes on Jose…
In what could have been his toughest test yet, Najee Lopez passed with flying colors. Lopez, a 25-year-old light heavyweight prospect, scored a sixth-round technical knockout of former title challenger Lenin Castillo on Friday at ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. …
LAS VEGAS – Talk about a captive audience. Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz of Cuba is expected to stage his fifth professional fight Saturday night in front of unbeaten WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson and Cruz’s unbeaten gold medal fight foe, Keyshawn Davis. …
Stanley Wright took a significant risk accepting a fight against a fellow unbeaten heavyweight on eight days’ notice, and he cashed in. Wright, “The Black Shogun,” from Charlotte, North Carolina, outworked the favored Jeremiah Milton on Friday, scoring a unanimous decision in a 10-round…
LAS VEGAS – Naoya Inoue’s disposal of replacement opponent Ye Joon Kim keeps him on track for what an official said will be a “relatively quick turnaround” for his planned return to fight in Las Vegas in the spring, and to maintain as many as…