David Benavidez targets Jai Opetaia for Cinco de Mayo after expected December return home
David Benavidez is planning both a homecoming and a super-fight against fellow unbeaten cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia for…
Promotional tug of war as Jai Opetaia and David Benavidez jostle over Noel Mikaelian
Pat Brown joins BoxingScene from his old amateur gym, Sale West ABC, ahead of his British title fight…
Jai Opetaia maintains ‘undisputed is what I want’
Australian cruiserweight Jai Opetaia has outlined that his boxing mission remains to be the undisputed champion at 200lbs.…
Advisor says WBC cruiserweight champ Noel Mikaelian intends to face David Benavidez, not Jai Opetaia
Anthony Girges, advisor for WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian, told BoxingScene Tuesday that Mikaelian prefers to face WBO cruiserweight…
Billam-Smith Outlasts Rozicki in Bournemouth Slugfest
Billam-Smith Defeats Rozicki as Fight is Stopped After the Seventh Round The brutality. A rugged battle between cruiserweight…
Jai Opetaia, Noel Mikaelian finalizing “Ring” cruiserweight showdown
Unbeaten Zuffa Boxing champion Jai Opetaia and WBC titlist Noel Mikaelian are finalizing a deal to stage a…
At what weight should David Benavidez fight next?
Tris Dixon: Do you know what? I don’t really mind. All I know is that after Saturday, I…
Boxing pound-for-pound rankings (May 2026): David Benavidez soars after Zurdo Ramirez destruction
David Benavidez didn’t just become a three-division champion on Saturday. He put himself on a trajectory to become…
‘He made his Zuffa decision’
His fellow Briton Chris Billam-Smith so recently signing with Zuffa potentially makes him the likeliest next opponent for…
Winners and losers of boxing’s March: Breakouts, breakdowns and a coming reckoning
Without wanting to sound like a man twice my age, isn’t this year flying, folks? For all you…
Boxing News Today: IBF Title Status for Jai Opetaia
The International Boxing Federation has issued a lengthy official statement addressing the controversy surrounding Jai Opetaia’s cruiserweight title,…
Jai Opetaia’s messy week signals trouble ahead in boxing war he didn’t sign up for
It was always going to be a messy end to the fighting week for Jai Opetaia, his bosses…