BoxingScene

2024 was the year for split decisions and southpaws - both the full-time and part-time varieties - in the Houston boxing scene. Split decisions were plentiful in five of the nine categories this year. The winners of the Female Fighter of the Year, Comeback of…

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Jai Opetaia believes that the emotion involved in fighting back in Australia inspired the nature of the “dogfight” he won against David Nyika. In his first fight in his home country since July 2022, when he so impressively resisted a…

Middleweight Jeison Rosario has described four-division world titlist Terence Crawford as the best fighter at 154 and expressed his desire to share the ring with the legend. Dominican Republic’s Rosario, 29, is set to slug it out with Jesus Ramos of Arizona, 23, in…

Featherweight Mirco Cuello knows what a win over Christian Olivo means to his career. The Argentine says he’s ready to prove a point to the boxing world by promising an emphatic victory against Olivo. On February 1, Cuello will go head to head with…

The Contender debuted on NBC on March 7, 2005. This article is the first in a monthly series throughout 2025 — the 20th anniversary year — catching up with alumni of the show. Two decades after “The Latin Snake” Sergio Mora slithered into millions…

Women’s heavyweight Danielle Perkins will try to do what no other women’s boxer has done to date as a professional – defeat Claressa Shields.  The two will fight for Shields’ WBC heavyweight title as well as the vacant IBF and WBO titles on February…

Callum Walsh will take on Dean Sutherland on Sunday, March 16 – the day before St. Patrick’s Day – in the main event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, according to 360 Promotions. The show will air on UFC Fight Pass. Walsh,…

Lightweight Gabriel Flores Jnr will return on February 19 against Jose Arellano at the Chicken Ranch Casino Resort in Jamestown, California.  The 10-round main event will headline a telecast on ProBox TV.  Flores, 24, is from nearby Stockton, California, but has moved his…

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Eddie Hearn revealed how “very worried” he became for David Nyika when the cruiserweight remained motionless after being knocked out by Jai Opetaia. Opetaia made the third defense of his IBF cruiserweight title when he ended a competitive, entertaining and…