Marcus Browne

Light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne has been relatively quiet for the past two years, but his longtime trainer, Gary Stark Sr., is hoping his charge can change that trend by ending the year with a statement performance – against, no less, the feared, two-belt Russian champion of the division, Artur Beterbiev.

Clifton native Marcus Browne (24-1, 16 KOs) returned to the ring for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday night, in a bout that next to no one knew about. The 30-year-old southpaw “appeared” on the undercard of the FS1-hosted lineup, though his matchup with 38-year-old Denis Grachev (20-13-1, 11 KOs) received no promotion and minimal fanfare -- the seemingly unannounced contest was NOT televised.

Marcus Browne’s long-awaited return to the ring will come Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The pandemic, plus a handful of domestic disputes, have kept the Island product out of the ring since August of 2019. And tonight’s fight -- sponsored by Premier Champions, against Denis Grachev (19-12-1) came out of nowhere, too, as it wasn’t on any schedule until recently.

Remember how PBC waited to announce their December 16th Eimantas Stanionis-Janer Gonzalez card until two days before fight night? Seems like they’re at it again. Dan Rafael reports that the promotion will stage an FS1 card headlined by Frank Martin vs. Jerry Perez on April 20th. Martin (12-0, 9 KO)...

Looks like Dmitry Bivol may get his wish. Late yesterday evening, the WBC announced that former WBO super middleweight champion and current top light heavyweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez has officially withdrawn from an ordered interim title fight against Marcus Browne. Mauricio Sulaiman and co. don’t seem particularly happy with this turn of events.

Former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez declared himself ready to face Marcus Browne for the interim-WBC title in the light heavyweight division. The head of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaimán, mentioned that this fight was ordered due to the inactivity of current champion Artur Beterbiev, who has had problems defending his belt. Beterbiev has had to deal with postponements, injuries and more recently a diagnosis of COVID-19. Beterbiev has been out of the ring since the fall of 2019, when he unified the WBC/IBF title with a stoppage win over Oleksandr Usyk.

With the WBC ordering an interim light heavyweight title fight (which actually makes sense for once) between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and Marcus Browne, we can say that at least one side is showing real interest. Ramirez (41-0, 27 KO) says he’s up for the bout, and sees Browne (23-1, 16...

The first super middleweight world champion of Mexican decent, undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) is all in for a potential World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim light heavyweight World title fight against 2012 U.S. Olympian “Sir” Marcus Browne (23-1, 16 KOs). The WBC ordered Ramirez vs. Browne this past...

The first super middleweight world champion of Mexican decent, undefeated Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) is all in for a potential World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim light heavyweight World title fight against 2012 U.S. Olympian "Sir" Marcus Browne (23-1, 16 KOs). The WBC ordered Ramirez vs. Browne this past...

Artur Beterbiev had some wicked momentum rolling when he defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk in brutally effective fashion in Oct. 2019, but his momo slowed to ‘no go,’ as he didn’t glove up once in 2020 and has had various setbacks trying to get a fight with Adam Deines in the books.