Interview: Matt Christie Q: HOW does 2022 compare to other years you’ve been in the job? For me, it feels almost like the severity of the lows outweighed the highs. RS: It’s been a long and tough year. But is it worse than any other year? I do not know. Perhaps the things that have … Read more
Adrien Broner is living off the past after discussing his latest comeback fight in February with an unfathomable statement. “The Problem” is a multi-weight world champion. That cannot be denied. However, Broner hasn’t scored a top-level victory against a world-class operator in almost a decade. Nine and a half years ago, Broner defeated Paulie Malignaggi … Read more
Chris Eubank Jr. told Conor Benn to admit his drug test failures but says he’s still willing to fight the controversial Londoner. After seeing their fight fall apart with just days remaining at the O2 Arena in October, Eubank Jr. moved on to a clash with Liam Smith on January 21. Benn had been flagged … Read more
by Ken Hissner: Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley, Jr. and Rafael Marquez, two-division world champions whose exciting styles earned both “Fight of the Year” honors, and Super Middleweight World champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch have been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum are … Read more
Alycia Baumgardner vowed that her next fight would be for the undisputed championship. The WBA has granted that wish, even though it will come without its own champion involved in the process. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that every major title in the junior lightweight division will be at stake for Baumgardner’s next fight. The reigning lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO/IBO … Read more
by Brian Webber: More and more boxing fans feel that Ryan Garcia should have stuck with his original idea of taking a tune-up fight against Mercito Gesta on January 28th to get ready for the biggest fight of his career against Gervonta ‘Tank Davis on April 15th. Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) stated on his now-deleted … Read more
by Brian Webber: WBO 154-lb mandatory Tim Tszyu predicts undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo won’t see the 12th round on January 28th when the two meet in the main event live on Showtime at the Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada. Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) is going to go after the aging 32-year-old Charlo from … Read more
As with the best books on Muhammad Ali, such as Paul Gallender’s Sonny ListonMark Kram’s Ghosts of Manilaor David Remnick’s King Of The World, prolific author Dave Hannigan takes a deep delve into a singular, crucial facet of the famous fighter’s career, in this case, its final chapter. In Drama in the Bahamas: Ali’s Last … Read more
Ebanie Bridges becomes IBF World Female Bantamweight champion. 26 March 2022 Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing. A historic year for women’s boxing is coming to a close, and the action continues to produce important changes in our trailblazing women’s ratings. Starting with the junior middleweight division, a couple of fights produced some interesting results. … Read more
WANTING it, if only to remove from my mouth the bitter taste which had lingered since February, I kept waiting all year to see a performance in a British ring better than the one Jack Catterall produced against Josh Taylor at super-lightweight 10 months ago. But, alas, despite my patience, it never arrived. Stuck with … Read more
