Le’Veon Bell wasn’t interested in fighting another former NFL player on the Jake Paul-Anderson Silva undercard Saturday night. The ex-Pittsburgh Steelers star informed Paul that he wants to challenge himself incrementally, bout-by-bout, because he is taking his boxing career seriously. They eventually chose former UFC middleweight contender Uriah Hall, who will battle Bell in a four-round cruiserweight contest just seven ...
THE WBC SILVER featherweight champion Nick Ball will make a second defence of his title when he tops the bill against the unbeaten Rafael Pedroza in the next of Queensberry’s Prospect Show series at York Hall on Friday November 11. Big-hitting future heavyweight star David Adeleye also features on the card in what will be his 10th fight as a ...
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Jake “The Problem Child” Paul finally got MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva to agree to wager the result of their must-see eight-round cruiserweight match on Saturday, October 29 in a Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) event live on SHOWTIME PPV at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from Desert Diamond Arena (formerly Gila River) just outside of Phoenix. (photos by Esther ...
The void left behind by Shakur Stevenson at junior lightweight has resulted in at least two significant fights secured to help reshape the title picture. Matt Rose of No Limit Boxing has confirmed a deal in place between Australia’s Liam Wilson and England’s Archie Sharp to meet. The fight will take place on the undercard of the Jermell Charlo-Tim Tszyu ...
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In a stunning interview with The Sun, welterweight contender Conor Benn openly admitted that he failed "two" VADA drug tests - tests that were months apart. Earlier this month, Benn was scheduled to face Chris Eubank Jr. in a catch-weight bout. The fight was canceled a few days before the fight, when it was revealed by the Daily Mail that ...
Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco are cleared to unify the junior bantamweight division. Plans for the terrific WBA/WBO unification bout was formally approved by the WBO, the final hurdle in finalizing plans for a December 31 showdown in Tokyo. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the already-agreed upon bout was subject to confirmed sanctioning by the WBO, who blessed the fight ...
The announcement last month of Jamaine Ortiz as Vasiliy Lomachenko’s next opponent probably surprised plenty of people. The 26-year-old Ortiz has long believed, however, that he would eventually earn the opportunity to prove himself against a three-division world champion he has admired for quite some time. The unbeaten Ortiz, of Worcester, Massachusetts, reflected on the potentially life-changing chance he’ll receive ...
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Former 140-pound titlist Regis Prograis couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows when news of Conor Benn’s positive drug test reached him. Benn, the British welterweight, was supposed to take on Chris Eubank Jr. in a highly publicized 157-pound catchweight bout earlier this month but three days out from fight night, it was revealed that Benn had previously tested positive for ...
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Ahead of their crossroads clash, former IBF Super Featherweight World Champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz, Jr. (32-2-1, 15 KOs) and undefeated, rising lightweight division star William “El Camarón'' Zepeda (26-0, 23 KOs) hosted a media workout at the BXNG CLUB in San Diego for their upcoming 12-round crossroads fight. The match is set to take place at the Pechanga Arena San ...
Nearly two years after squaring off against Mike Tyson in a well-received and entertaining exhibition boxing match, Roy Jones Jr. will be returning to the ring to take on IFBB bodybuilding professional Robert Wilmote, also known as NDO (No Days Off) Champ. The bout will take place on Jan. 28 in Miami, Celebrity Boxing announced Tuesday. The exhibition will reportedly ...