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Known as “The Godfather of Detroit Boxing,” the great Emanuel Steward would be 80 years of age today. Sadly, however, as all fight fans the world over know, Steward, often called “Manny” by those who knew him personally (and by people who didn’t, this said…

By Will Arons - 10/25/2024 - Comments Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis could move up to 154 on February 22nd to challenge Vergil Ortiz Jr. for his WBC interim junior middleweight title in a Riyadh Season event in Saudi Arabia. Coach Robert Garcia told Boxing Scene that his…

Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis square off at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester this Saturday afternoon in the States, streaming on DAZN. Catterall returns to the ring fresh off his best victory of his career. Regis lost to Devin Haney by a clear unanimous…

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Lamont Roach reportedly could be postponed until 2025 instead of the scheduled December 14th date. Boxing insider Dan Rafael reports that he’s hearing that there’s a “good chance” it won’t happen on December 14h due to venue problems. He says he…

Oleksandr Usyk says he views his December 21st rematch as a “continuation” of their first fight, and he will start where he left off last May. That’s not good news for Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) because he had mentally and physically caved in from the…

Mike Tyson got off some great lines when hyping up his upcoming (already postponed once) fight with Jake Paul when speaking with Fox 4. Tyson, who has heard plenty of criticism regarding his attempting to box at age 58, has shot down any negativity along…

As fans may have read by now, it’s official: “Monster” Naoya Inoue will defend his armful of 122-pound world titles against another unbeaten mandatory challenger in his next fight, with Aussie warrior Sam Goodman getting his turn against the pound-for-pound star. The fight will take…

According to his promoter Eddie Hearn, former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua is currently “in a really good position,” this despite the fact that the last time we saw AJ box he was quite brutally KO’d by Daniel Dubois. But Hearn, in speaking with BBC…

IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev’s trainer, Roma Kalataryan, says Bakhram wants a unification fight next against either the Errol Spence vs. Sebastian Fundora winner or Terence Crawford. The first choice for Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) would be to fight the Spence-Fundora winning. Roma says…