As BoxingScene.com previously reported, undefeated knockout artist Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas will make his return to the ring in a new division against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick “General Okunka” Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs).
The super welterweight fight is scheduled for…
As the fight between David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade gets closer and closer, the handlers for David Morrell Jr. are still wondering why they couldn't secure a fight with the “Mexican Monster.”
For much of the year, Morrell's team was under the impression that Benavidez's…
There will be a final “Showtime Championship Boxing” broadcast after all.
BoxingScene.com has learned that Premier Boxing Champions has scrapped its plans for what would’ve been a Showtime Pay-Per-View event December 9 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Showtime instead will televise a…
Hector Luis Garcia and Lamont Roach finally have a date and a site for their mandated 130-pound title fight.
BoxingScene.com has learned that Garcia will defend his WBA super featherweight crown against Roach on the David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade undercard November 25 in Las Vegas. Garcia-Roach…
Vergil Ortiz is set to return to the ring at a new weight.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten knockout artist will headline a January 6 DAZN show versus Fredrick Lawson, in what will mark his junior middleweight debut. The show is due to take…
Soft-spoken with little to say at times, Dmitry Bivol comes across as a stoic figure. It isn’t because he’s apathetic but more times than not, Bivol isn’t moved by much of anything. Yet, when Terence Crawford’s name is brought up in conversations, he has a…
A loss to Dmitry Bivol was a difficult one to accept. It isn’t because Bivol is some ho-hum fighter, in fact, he’s a pound-for-pound star. Still, despite his stature, Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez believed that he had what it took to knock him off his high…
No one knows Errol Spence Jr. quite like Derrick James. The world-renowned trainer has been there from the very beginning. From teaching Spence how to throw the jab to showing him how to work on the inside, to successfully guiding him to three world titles…
Dustin Jacoby is always concentrated on the task at hand, but sometimes the focus is directed inward.
The mental side of the fight game has been a focus of Jacoby (19-7-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC) in recent fights, particularly in the wake of a successful attempt…