Paul Butler will have home advantage when he challenges John Riel Casimero for the WBO bantamweight title at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool. Boxing Scene were first to break the news last night after they reported that the governing body had approved the mandatory fight. The two were scheduled to face one another in Dubai […]
The biggest fight in woman’s boxing is on. Undisputed lightweight champion and pound-for-pound number one Katie Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs) will put it all on the line against seven-weight world champion Amanda Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs) on April 30 at Madison Square Garden, New York. The fight will create a piece of boxing history as […]
Anthony Fowler, Demsey McKean and Fabio Wardley are some of the names added to the Lawrence Okolie-Michal Cieslak undercard on February 27. Okolie makes the second defence of his world title at the O2 Arena and at today’s press conference promoter Eddie Hearn announced some of the fighters and fights that will join him on […]
2020 Olympic Gold medallist Galal Yafai has signed a long-term promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The 29-year-old, brother to former super-flyweight world champion Kal and one-time European super-bantamweight belt holder Gamal, lit up Tokyo last year with his performances to take the top honour at flyweight. Yafai’s professional debut will come on the undercard of […]
Frank Warren has confirmed to Boxing Social that Zach Parker’s next fight could be against Demetrius Andrade. Reports emerged on Wednesday night that Andrade will end his three-and-a-quarter year reign as WBO middleweight champion by moving to 168lbs. Having already won a world title at super- welterweight the 33-year-old southpaw is now eyeing glory at […]
After conquering all before him at 168lbs the future for Canelo Alvarez could involve his greatest foe. ESPN say the undisputed super-middleweight champion has the chance to remain with Al Haymon and PBC for one more fight or return to the welcoming arms of Eddie Hearn for a brace of bouts with Matchroom. The Mexican […]
Zach Parker’s hopes of landing a fight against middleweight world champion Demetrius Andrade could be back on. The unbeaten super-middleweight had been recently linked to a WBO Interim title fight against the American. Speculation soon changed, and it seemed instead that Andrade would go ahead with a mandatory defence of his own WBO middleweight title […]
Tyson Fury has given the clearest indication that he will in fact be fighting Dillian Whyte next. The WBC heavyweight champion has been on a verbal tirade all week taking shots at Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk and Dillian Whyte. With the purse bids for his mandatory defence against Whyte scheduled to be resolved by tomorrow […]
Undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor had a couple of things to say recently about his upcoming fight against Jack Catterall. “The needle will come.” “He just isn’t as good I am.” The Scottish southpaw puts his four belts on the line against the Englishman on February 26 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. As the […]
Unbeaten Chris Colbert will fight for his first world title on February 26 in Las Vegas. The quick and powerful New Yorker faces WBA super-featherweight champion Roger Gutierrez and says he is ready for his opportunity and plans to put the Venezuelan down. “This has been a long time coming, but it’s no shocker to […]
Dillian Whyte has finally broken his silence over the ongoing heavyweight saga involving himself and three of his rivals. The WBC Interim titlist has been mandated to fight the organisation’s champion Tyson Fury with purse bids scheduled to go ahead today. Whyte’s shot at the heavyweight title has been thrown into doubt as the teams […]
Number one bantamweight Naoya Inoue is reportedly set to return to the ring in June. According to Sports Hochi the WBA and IBF champion could have his 23rd fight at the Tokyo Dome or Saitama Super Arena. The latter was the site for one of Inoue’s greatest victories when he defeated future hall of famer […]