A quality 122-pound showdown headlines Queensberry’s return to OVO Arena when Jason Cunningham takes on former two-division champ Zolani Tete on July 2, on a card that will also feature the return of heavyweight contender Joe Joyce and more. Yorkshire’s Cunningham (31-6, 7 KO) has won seven straight since a 1-3 skid, including a…
South African heavyweight Kevin Lerena will take a major step forward to a heavyweight world title shot when he squares up to the experienced Mariusz Wach in Johannesburg in September.
Ike “The President” Ibeabuchi, born and raised in Nigeria, competed from 1994 to 1999 in the heavyweight division. where he finished with a perfect (20-0-0, 15 KOs) record. As a teenager back in 1990, Ibeabuchi was poised to enlist in the Nigerian military until he saw the biggest boxing upset of all time—the classic James…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will continue his exhibition tour. The newly Hall of Fame-enshrined former five-division champion and pound-for-pound king has confirmed his next exhibition fight, which will come against mixed martial artist Mikuru Asakura. The event will take place as part of a Rizin Fighting Federation show this September in Japan on RIZIN Fight…
In an epic toe-to-toe encounter, Roarke Knapp beat Brandon Thysse on a 12-round split decision, in a rematch at Emperors Palace, near Kempton Park, on Saturday night, to win the vacant African Boxing Union junior middleweight title.
The boxing world has lost one of the greatest Puerto Rican fighters in history. BoxingScene.com is saddened to report the passing of former two-division champion Carlos Ortiz, who passed away on Monday in New York at age 85. News of his death came the day after a three-class International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF)…
Rising Ghana prospect Samuel Takyi couldn’t have asked for a better weekend.
Former WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion Isaac Dogboe has signed a partnership agreement with NICHE Confectionery Ghana Limited to serve as the face of the company’s ready-to-drink cocoa beverage.
Two-division world champion and Brooklyn fan-favorite Danny “Swift” Garcia will make his super welterweight debut against exciting contender Jose Benavidez Jr. in a 12-round showdown that headlines a stacked tripleheader Saturday, July 30 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Undefeated heavyweight knockout artist Bakhodir Jalolov took his time on Friday night, but ultimately closed the show in dramatic fashion with an eighth-round knockout over Jack Mulowayi in the main event of a SHOBOX: The New Generation telecast at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. that helped kick off the International Boxing Hall of…