TOP STORIES OF 2024: THE TURKI EFFECT
TURKI ALALSHIKH MADE PLENTY OF BOXING NEWS IN 2024. WILL HE CONTINUE IN 2025? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TURKI ALALSHIKH MADE PLENTY OF BOXING NEWS IN 2024. WILL HE CONTINUE IN 2025? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE EMERGENCE OF JESSE 'BAM" RODRIGUEZ HAD US ALL TALKING IN 2024. WHERE DOES THE SUPER FLY CHAMP GO FROM HERE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
IT MAY BE THE MOST EXCITING DIVISION IN BOXING. WE'LL RECAP 2024 AT 154 POUNDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
IT WAS A YEAR OF HIGHS AND LOWS FOR RYAN GARCIA. WHAT'S NEXT FOR BOXING'S BAD BOY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
IT IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. WE BREAK DOWN THE GREATEST TRILOGIES IN BOXING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
IT IS BECOMING THE NEW "IT" DIVISION IN BOXING. EVEN DAVID BENAVIDEZ WANTS TO TAKE A SHOT! WHO RUNS THE ROOST AT 200 POUNDS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PROBOX TV DELIVERED ONCE AGAIN IN 2024. SPECTACULAR KNOCKOUTS, FUTURE STARS AND 50/50 ACTION MAKE UP THE BEST FIGHT SERIES IN THE SPORT. WE CELEBRATE THE BEST MOMENTS IN 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
JOIN CHRIS ALGIERI AND JIMMY SMITH FOR LIVE COMMENTARY DURING THE REMATCH BETWEEN OLEKSANDR USYK AND TYSON FURY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PLENTY OF ACTION INSIDE THE RING IN 2024. WE BREAK DOWN THE BIGGEST UPSETS OF THE YEAR! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS CLOSES OUT 2024 WITH ANOTHER BANGER! BRAZILIAN LIGHTWEIGHT, JONHATAN CARDOSO, WILL TOP THE FINAL PROBOX TV SHOW OF THE YEAR WHEN HE MEETS MEXICO'S EDUARDO "ZURDITO" RAMIREZ ON DECEMBER 11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Unbeaten welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis backpedals from verbally agreed deal for him to move up to 154 pounds and fight unbeaten WBC interim junior-middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. Feb. 22 in Saudi Arabia. Is Boots ready for 154 and who will step up to fight Ortiz? When is enough.. enough? When do fighters know they’re done? A Depp look at when it is time to hang em up. Is former two-division champion Oscar Valdez near the end after a 12-year career that has featured more than 2...
THEY ARE CALLING IT FIGHT NIGHT WITH A VENGEANCE AS TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCHES HIT THE DESERT. EMANUEL NAVARRETE TAKES ON OSCAR VALDEZ AND RAFAEL ESPINOZA MEETS ROBEISY RAMIREZ FOR A SECOND TIME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Something of a boxing version of the Super Bowl is in the process of being finalized for February 22, 2025, in Saudi Arabia with the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bicol topping the bill Not long after a press conference for Ryan Garcia’s scheduled exhibition bout concluded in Los Angeles, Garcia’s promoter declared that Garcia’s match with Rukiya Anpo cannot happen without permission. “Golden Boy Promotions has exclusive rights to Ryan Garcia’s fights,” said Oscar De La Hoya Amanda Serrano has long ...
ONE OF THE LEGENDARY DIVISIONS OF BOXING IS IN DISARRAY WITH MANY QUESTIONS. WILL JARON ENNIS MOVE UP TO 154? WHO WILL BE THE NEXT SUPERSTAR AT 147? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Something of a boxing version of the Super Bowl is in the process of being finalized for February 22, 2025, in Saudi Arabia with the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bicol topping the bill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PROBOX TV IS IN IRELAND FOR THE WAR IN WATERFORD, IRELAND. IT'S AN ALL IRISH BANGER BETWEEN DYLAN MORAN AND TYRONE MCKENNA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The WBO has ordered negotiations for a fight to determine the mandatory challenger at 140lbs, to champion Teofimo Lopez, and in this case Golden Boy for Arnold Barboza and Matchroom for Jack Catterall – have 20 days to agree terms or the WBO will take it to purse bids. Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez showcased his cruiserweight prowess when he largely dominated Chris Billam-Smith add the WBO belt to his WBA championship. What's next for Zurdo and the cruiserweight division? What is like to box in front...
THE FEBRUARY SHAKUR STEVENSON VS WILLIAM ZEPEDA FIGHT IS OFF AFTER ZEPEDA SUFFERED A HAND INJURY. ZEPEDA IS LIKELY OUT 6-8 WEEKS. WHAT'S NEXT FOR BOTH FIGHTERS? Jose Benavidez, father and trainer of light heavyweight contender David Benavidez, has said he is open to his son fighting unified cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. Oscar Valdez says he won’t make the same mistakes in the Emanuel Navarrete rematch. In August 2023, Oscar Valdez lost a decision to Emanuel Navarrete, in Glend...
OSCAR DE LA HOYA TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH HIS "CLAP BACK THURSDAY" AND POINTED THE FINGER AT WHO IS TO BLAME FOR BOXING'S WOES. WBC President, Mauricio Sulaiman, said he expects middleweight champ, Carlos Adames, to defend his belt against top-ranked contender Hamzah Sheeraz in Riyadh – a card expected to include Daniel Dubois, Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda Those who succeed know the key is when the door of opportunity opens, kick it open. That’s exactly what Canada lightweight Lucas Bahd...
One month away from the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury rematch, let’s consider what will happen that night in Saudi Arabia and where it will leave each fighter. Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk are back in the ring after suffering losses as the co-main of Usyk/Fury 2. Is this an example that a defeat does not equate to a career death blow? Within this past week, Jake Paul has defeated Mike Tyson in front of more than 60 million Netflix viewers and Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh has finalized his p...
THE TWO DAVIDS HEADLINE A FEB 1 PPV IN LAS VEGAS AND THE TWO CHAMPS ARE ALREADY HEATING THINGS UP IN TWO LANGUAGES! “Pitbull” Cruz’s manager, Sean Gibbons, explained to BoxingScene why “Pitbull” is bypassing an automatic rematch with WBA champion Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela in favor of a likely slugfest scrap with fellow contender Angel Fierro Christian Mbilli’s Canadian promoter tells BoxingScene his top-ranked WBC/WBA contender is in talks with No. 1-ranked WBO contender Diego Pacheco for a Jan. 25...
PBC will be back in February, though there is talk of a non-PPV show in January in Minnesota or Florida, but at the T-Mobile, the two light heavyweight Davids, Morrell and Benavidez, meet in an excellent fight. Ryan Garcia is set to box in an exhibition in Japan against kickboxer Rukiya Anop. It will take place on December 30 in Tokyo, but Garcia is currently serving a 12-month suspension for the use of PEDs. Why was the Netflix bout between Tyson and Paul such a huge success with the numbers? W...
JAKE PAUL VS MIKE TYSON DELIVERED OVER 60 MILLION HOMES. WAS THIS A WON FOR BOXING? TWO FUTURE GALL OF FAMERS DELIVERED! ONCE AGIAN, KATIE TAYLOR GOT THE WIN. DO WE NEED TO SEE A THIRD FIGHT? GILBERTO RAMIREZ UNIFIED THE CRUISERWEIGHT BELTS IN SAUDI ARABIA. IS MOVING TO HEAVYWEIGHT THE NEXT MOVE? THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER AT LIGHTWEIGHT, WILLIAM ZEPEDA, GOT PAST TEVIN FARMER. IS ZEPDA READY FOR A TITLE SHOT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE CHAMPS, CHRIS ALGIERI AND PAULIE MALIGNAGGI HAVE YOUR LIVE COMMENTARY DURING THE JAKE PAUL VS MIKE TYSON FIGHT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris Billam-Smith is looking to unify the cruiserweight titles Does he have the ability to weather Mexico’s Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs), who has shined in his move up in weight and is talking about moving to heavyweight? How will this fight play out? Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano produced the most consequential fight in women’s boxing history when they paired together two years ago at Madison Square Garden, and now comes the rematch. While number one contender, William Zepeda, is the number one co...
2024 FEATURED UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS LIKE OLEKSANDR USYK, ARTUR BETERBIEV AND NAOYA INOUE PLUS, RISING STARS LIKE BAM RODRIGUEZ. WE RANK OUR BEST.. POUND FOR POUND. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former unified 140-pound champion,Jose Ramirez stages his first two-bout year since 2019 while also tended to building his family, with a fourth child due in January. It is a balance between family and fighting. With an abundance of mainstream interest, can the novelty bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson Friday on Netflix help the sport or does it expose giving it a black eye given the presence of the 58-year-old Tyson in oversized gloves in two-minute rounds? The compelling return of Devin Ha...
OSCAR DE LA HOYA AND GOLDN BOY PROMOTIONS HEAD TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR THEIR FIRST LATINO NIGHT FEATURING A CRUSIERWEIGHT UNIFICATION BOUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PROBOIX TV DELIVERED AGAIN WITH AN AMAZING NUGHT OF FIGHTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL KO OF YEAR IN BOXING! Super-flyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez capped a remarkable 2024 campaign by knocking out WBC interim champion Pedro Guevara in the third round and putting everyone around the division and above it on notice IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis won the fight Saturday in his Philadelphia main event against Karen Chukhadzhian, but lost in the court of public appeal by getting re...
WHEN THE FIGHT "MUST" GO ON CAN PAYING A FINE FOR MISSING WEIGHT ACTUALLY BE GOOD STRATEGY? Defeat has transformed Subriel Matias from the division’s boogeyman to a near afterthought, and similar treatment has been sent to Haney following his loss. Why is this phenomenon so stark in boxing? Keyshawn Davis headlines as homecoming card in Norfolk, Va. and is lighting up talk shows and social media by telling Naji he’s confident in his chances against Gervonta “Tank” Davis Learn more about your ad ...