Month: June 2020

4th June, 2016. Four years ago today, Michael Bisping became the first Briton to ever lift UFC gold. It was the night the Lancashire lad, who was then equally revered and reviled by different sets of MMA fans, came good against all odds. UFC 199 was all set for a headline act pitting middleweight champion Luke Rockhold against Chris Weidman, ...

Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte lashed out after reading statements from Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum. Whyte is the World Boxing Council's mandatory challenger, in position for a direct title shot at WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Arum, who promotes Fury, would like to speak with the WBC to discuss the topic of delaying Whyte's mandatory shot - in order eliminate any obstacles from a potential ...

Johnny Garton has announced his retirement from boxing. The 33-year-old Londoner is a former British champion at welterweight and had a rematch with Chris Jenkins lined up. But Garton, who dropped a unanimous decision to the Welshman back in March 2019, has decided against the return and has instead decided to hang up his gloves. In an emotional post on ...

Anthony Dirrell is among a small group of opponents Golden Boy Promotions is considering for Canelo Alvarez’s next fight, BoxingScene.com has learned. Golden Boy, Alvarez’s promoter, is in the process of exploring a fight against a cheaper opponent than Billy Joe Saunders for the Mexican superstar’s next bout because he might have to box at least once without fans in ...

The World Boxing Council (WBC) announced a nine-month suspension for Alejandra "Tigre" Jiménez after failing an anti-doping test done in January. With the sanction, the WBC reinstated Franchon Crews-Dezurn as world champion of the super middleweight division. Jiménez had beaten Crews-Dezurn by split decision on Jan. 11 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, but on January 24, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency announced that ...

Focused on new projects and without neglecting the necessary training in the gym, undefeated WBC world super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas says he is ready to return to the ring whenever Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] tells him to. Vargas hopes to get a big fight this year - and among the names he would like to face is his Mexican compatriot Luis 'Pantera' Nery ...

Dillian Whyte’s interim WBC heavyweight title clash with Alexander Povetkin looks likely to go ahead on August 15 in the grounds of Matchroom’s headquarters in Essex after the Manchester show that was to have included it was formally cancelled. The show had originally been scheduled for May but was pushed back to July 4 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now ...

It’s fight week and UFC 250 is right round the corner. On Saturday, two-division champion Amanda Nunes will make the first defence of her UFC women’s featherweight championship against Canada’s Felicia Spencer. But that’s not the only fight to have a major implication on its weight class. The UFC 250 main card boasts three big-time bantamweight bouts which is sure ...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury fully expects Deontay Wilder to move forward with their trilogy fight. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December of 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Their rematch took place in February, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with Fury capturing the WBC title with a seven round stoppage of Wilder. ...

George Kambosos Jr. and Lee Selby both entered 2020 with the hope of facing each other for the right to land a title shot presumably by year’s end. At best, their head-on collision will serve as their lone piece of ring action this year. The aforementioned International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight title eliminator has been rescheduled for the second time ...