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Cheavon Clarke nips Efetobor Apochi in cruiserweight cracker

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

CARSON, Calif. – The cruiserweight clash between Cheavon Clarke and Efetobor Apochi on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park started tactically but finished with a furious slugfest. It was Clarke who survived the tough test and hard-fought tussle in the eyes of the judges…

Emiliano Vargas honors his father but hopes to carve his own path

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

Just like his father, Emiliano Vargas has made a steady rise at a relatively young age – but Vargas, the son, perhaps seeking to avoid the mistakes of the father, wants to avoid burning out quickly. Emiliano, 20, became attracted to boxing at age…

Fighting Words: Breaking down 2024’s Fighter of the Year candidates

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

Barring someone else scoring a shocking upset, the race for Fighter of the Year may be Oleksandr Usyk’s to win or lose. Usyk scored one of the biggest victories of 2024 in May, when he won a split decision over Tyson Fury to become…

Ellerbe Backs Canelo’s 0M Demand For Benavidez Fight

Ellerbe Backs Canelo’s $200M Demand For Benavidez Fight

BoxingNews24 August 31, 2024

Promoter Leonard Ellerbe favors Canelo Alvarez, asking for $200 million to fight against David Benavidez. He doesn’t feel that Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) is asking for too much, and he thinks that the fight with Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) would generate enough money to cover…

Eddie Hearn explains his frustration with the IBF and ‘borderline circus act’ Team Norman

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

There has been plenty of criticism fired in the direction of the IBF this year, mostly for stripping unified champions Oleksandr Usyk and Canelo Alvarez for their failure to face mandatory challengers of limited commercial value. Alvarez, instead of facing IBF No. 1 William…

Eddie Hearn explains frustration with IBF, ‘borderline circus act’ Team Norman

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

There has been plenty of criticism fired in the direction of the IBF this year, mostly for stripping unified champions Oleksandr Usyk and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for their failure to face mandatory challengers of limited commercial value. Alvarez, instead of facing IBF No. 1…

William Zepeda To Face Tevin Farmer In Saudi Arabia

BoxingNews24 August 31, 2024

Eddie Hearn says he’s been told lightweight contender William Zepeda will fight Tevin Farmer next, not George Kambosos Jr., before the end of the year. Zepeda is reportedly fighting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, next. So, if it’s Farmer that he’s facing, they’ll get paid well,…

Is Danny Garcia’s Hall of Fame case on the line versus Erislandy Lara?

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

If it was hooked only to that five-fight stretch of more than a decade ago, the case for Danny Garcia to be placed in the International Boxing Hall of Fame would be sound. March 24, 2012: Unanimous-decision victory over Mexico’s Hall of Fame inductee…

Crawford Abandons Welterweight, Sets Sights On Canelo

EastSideBoxing August 31, 2024

Terence Crawford has vacated his WBA welterweight title, giving up the 147-lb division to focus on continuing his pursuit of a fight against Canelo Alvarez at 168. Stanionis Ascends to WBA Welterweight Champion Eimantas Stanionis has been elevated to the new WBA welterweight champion, which…

Welterweight Marcos Perez juggles punching flesh and tattooing it

BoxingScene August 31, 2024

OAKLAND, Calif - Welterweight Marcos Perez is poised to become the Bay Area's hidden gem as he prepares for his professional debut against Ebert Diaz in a four-round bout at the Marriott on Broadway in Oakland. Like many fighters emerging on the club and…

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