Edson Barboza is focused on getting the UFC featherweight title, but he’s open to a detour for a particular fight at 155 pounds. The veteran featherweight contender notched a big win this past Saturday, defeating Sodiq Yusuff in a wild Fight or the Night contest…

Keith Thurman will fight once in 2023 after all. (photo by Ryan Hafey) BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Thurman has agreed to challenge WBA world welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis on December 9 in Las Vegas. The bout between Thurman, a former WBA/WBC 147-pound champion, and Stanionis…

If Eddie Hearn were advising Shakur Stevenson the British promoter would’ve encouraged one of the top pound-for-pound performers in boxing to at least consider accepting the 75-25 split he was offered for challenging undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney. Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) was understandably unwilling…

Michel Pereira may have found a new home for himself at 185 pounds. After an up-and-down run at 170 pounds, Pereira made his UFC middleweight debut this past Saturday with an explosive 66-second finish of Andre Petroski at UFC Vegas 81. “It was just much…

Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia finally appear to have secured a date and a site for their long-discussed middleweight title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that the 12-round championship bout between Lara and Garcia is expected to be part of a Showtime Pay-Per-View broadcast December 9…

Chris Colbert and Jose Valenzuela have agreed to a rematch that’ll take place eight months after their first fight resulted in one of boxing’s most controversial outcomes of 2023. BoxingScene.com has learned that the second lightweight bout between Colbert and Valenzuela likely will be part…

For whatever reason, Demetrius Andrade has been unable to take part in any of the big-fight fun. The former Olympian believes he’s done his job. He hasn’t fought the best of the best but the names that were brave enough to face him have all…

Another undefeated southpaw suspects that David Benavidez is avoiding him as the unbeaten Benavidez prepares for his upcoming fight against Demetrius Andrade. That’s fine by Benavidez, who assured doubters during a recent interview with BoxingScene.com that David Morrell Jr. is also on his hit list.…

As much as Shakur Stevenson wanted to display his superiority over Frank Martin, the unbeaten Stevenson believes he’ll face a better, more dangerous southpaw November 16. Stevenson considers Edwin De Los Santos a more complex opponent than Martin, who withdrew from their fight a few…