Evander Holyfield, 57-years-old, is still hoping to be the guy to fight fellow former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, in a trilogy fight. Holyfield fought way beyond his prime years and had his last bout in 2011. Tyson on the other hand, 53-years-old, retired back in 2005 after getting stopped by journeyman Kevin McBride. Holyfield stopped Tyson in the eleventh round in ...
Xander Zayas stood proudly on his front lawn, displaying his two worlds in one showing. A pair of boxing gloves draped around his neck, the 17-year old welterweight literally flexed his muscles for the caravan of family and friends riding past his South Florida house to celebrate as he claimed a new title. High school graduate. “It was an amazing ...
As everyone grows up, our education grows with us. The details and rigors deepen in parallel to the inches we add. Elementary history books, as one example, start short on words and long on pictures. It doesn’t stay that way for long. Perhaps the easiest symbol of the connection between growing bodies and growing minds is the ever expanding size ...
Boxing’s next twin sensations, undefeated super bantamweights Angel (2-0, 2 KOs) and Chavez (2-0, 2 KOs) Barrientes, had the unique situation when it came to their 2020 graduation festivities. Due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, both fighters, who just graduated from Durango High School in Las Vegas, had to hold their graduation party via a drive by celebration. “Since we ...
.jpg)
Heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez is looking for the biggest fights possible, including the current world champions, according to his promoter Leon Margules. Sanchez, 27-years-old, is trained by Eddy Reynoso, who is best known for his star fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Ranked by the World Boxing Organization in the top 10, he hopes to inch his way to a world title ...
MMA superstar Tito Ortiz is claiming that the team behind Mike Tyson have reached out to discuss the scenario of a cross-sport boxing match. Ortiz recently took to social media and called for a fight with Tyson, a former undisputed heavyweight champion. Tyson, 53-years-old, has been out of the ring since 2005, when he suffered a stoppage loss at the hands of heavyweight ...
.jpg)
Given his physical dimensions, Jeison Rosario is as close as they come in the sport today to a prototypical junior middleweight. The reigning unified 154-pound titlist is in the same position as nearly everyone else in boxing, awaiting marching orders for his next ring appearance once the sport as a whole can resume at full strength. Whenever that day comes, ...
Chris Eubank Jr. has spent most of his life being compared to his fighting father. Now comes the expectation of drawing parallels to his new head trainer. The second-generation boxer from Brighton, England has learned to live with being measured up to his father Chris Eubank Sr., a former two-division titlist and an integral part of the 1990s United Kingdom ...
_1.jpg)
During his long career, former world champion Amir Khan, 33-years-old, has had numerous trainers. Among the coaches to work his corner throughout the years, were Freddie Roach, Virgil Hunter, Joe Goossen and Bones Adams. But for what appears to be the final stage of his professional run, Khan feels confident enough to train himself if necessary. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, ...
Shakur Stevenson will have to wait out the official commission hearing to determine if his proposed next fight date will be approved. The good news is that he now has an opponent in place for the occasion. The unbeaten featherweight titlist will now apparently face Puerto Rico’s Felix Caraballo atop a June 9 card being planned by Top Rank to ...