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David Avanesyan will avoid the ban on Russian and Belarussian boxers competing in the UK because the Russian boxes under a Serbian license. Avanesyan, who beat Shane Mosley for the WBA interim title in 2016, is due to defend his European welterweight title against Oskari Metz, of Finland, at Wembley Arena on March 19. The 33-year-old comes from Pyatigorsk in ...
Thanh Le viciously knocked out Garry Tonon to retain his ONE featherweight title at ONE: Lights Out on Friday in Singapore. Striking ace Le faced off against grappling master Tonon, and found himself in dangerous waters early when “The Lion Killer” managed to grab a hold of the champion’s leg and worked to secure a submission. Le stayed calm and ...
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College graduate Luis Acosta is ready to continue his higher education in a boxing ring. The unbeaten lightweight from Houston, Texas steps up in class for his televised debut, which comes against Edwin De Los Santos. The bout serves as the co-feature of a Showtime-televised tripleheader as part of the network’s long-running ShoBox series airing live Friday evening from Deadwood ...
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Ardreal Holmes had a worse case of COVID-19 last year than his pregnant girlfriend. His debilitating illness didn’t just keep the undefeated junior middleweight prospect out of the gym for four months. It kept Holmes out of the delivery room when his son, Ardreal III, was born 13 months ago. “That was horrible,” Holmes told BoxingScene.com. “That was my first ...
Eye of the Tiger is thrilled to welcome elite boxer Mary Spencer (3-0-0, 2 KOs) within its ranks. The ex-Olympian, triple world champion, and gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games will step into the ring for her first fight as a member of EOTTM at EOTTM’s third and final event of its 10th Anniversary Series on Saturday, March ...
The four men involved in the two most important bouts of BRAVE CF 57 have made sure the last faceoffs before fight night were memorable ones. After making weight earlier in the day, Hamza Kooheji and Brad Katona shared the most tense moment of the event as fans packed the halls of Oasis Mall Juffair to get a last glimpse ...
Danish featherweight contender Mads Burnell is all set for the biggest bout of his career at Bellator 276, and the entertaining 28-year-old said he’s ready to continue his rise up the promotion’s featherweight division. “I’ve been feeling the same as any other fight,” he said during a pre-fight media session. “They always say the next fight is your most important ...
The featherweight and bantamweight world titles will be on the line in ONE Championship’s latest offering, ONE: Lights Out, this Friday in Singapore. The event, which streams live on YouTube globally, as well as on the ONE Super App, and B/R Live in the US, features a double-header of world championship action featuring some of the very best fighters on ...
The saga over Kayla Harrison’s next contract has finally come to a close with the official announcement of her new deal. After a long period of negotiations across multiple promotions, Harrison eventually put pen to paper on a new multi-year deal with the Professional Fighters League (PFL). But this is more than simply a re-upping of her previous deal with ...
Jorge Masvidal has always been a well-rounded fighter. But when faced with the division’s most relentless wrestler, he was found wanting. Masvidal cut a frustrated, disappointed figure at the UFC 272 post-fight press conference, where he revealed his dual disappointment as he tried to come to terms not just with his loss to his bitter rival Colby Covington, but also ...