The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has officially unveiled its fighter roster for PFL Europe, with a number of notable names included in the athlete list. PFL Europe in 2023 will feature four weight classes: men’s light heavyweights, lightweights and bantamweights, plus women’s flyweights, and fans of European MMA will spot some recognizable names among the rosters for each weight class. ...
Edgar Berlanga has chosen a new promoter. BoxingScene.com has learned that the undefeated super middleweight contender and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing have agreed to terms on a multi-fight agreement. The promotional plan for Berlanga, whose fights will now be streamed by DAZN through its exclusive content deal with Matchroom, is for him to fight Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez as part ...
Contrary to popular opinion, Leigh Wood couldn’t wait to get this one back on the calendar. The reigning WBA featherweight titlist had to laugh at the suggestion that he found a way out of a previously scheduled fight with streaking contender Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara. The two were due to meet last September 24, only for Wood to suffer a biceps ...
Former ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Jonathan Haggerty may be new to the bantamweight division, but he has his eyes firmly set on Nong-O Hama’s divisional crown and will get a chance to take it. The elite strikers will collide for the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world championship at ONE Fight Night 9, which goes down at Lumpinee Boxing ...
Yaounde, Cameroon – IBA President Umar Kremlev came to Cameroon for the official inauguration of the Headquarters of the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC) in the capital city of Yaoundé. During his visit to Cameroon, IBA President met with senior state and sports authorities, including the Prime Minister and Minister of Sports of Cameroon. 'I am happy to pay a visit ...
Light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury revealed that his older brother, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, will be front and center on February 26 - when the younger Fury faces Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul. The event will take place in Saudi Arabia. Paul has predominately faced MMA veterans in boxing matches. Fury (8-0, 4 KOs) is the first actual ...
Sometimes the nickname just fits. And such is certainly the case with John Ramirez. The briefest encounter with the cocksure super flyweight – who’d already lived in two countries, mastered two languages, and excelled in two sports before he’d ever laced on gloves – leaves a person forcibly struck by a straightforward manner and an unshakeable self-belief. Cram a heavyweight ...
The previously ordered Filip Hrgovic-Andy Ruiz interim title fight will now head to a purse bid. Unless, of course, the IBF reviews its own rules and reverses course. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the 30-day period assigned to the Hrgovic-Ruiz interim IBF heavyweight title fight has concluded without the two sides reaching a deal. The sanctioning body notified all registered promoters ...
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will take a pay cut by facing John Ryder back home in Mexico instead of the United States, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn. The undisputed super-middleweight champion looks set to take on WBO mandatory challenger Ryder on Cinco de Mayo weekend with reports suggesting the fight is heading to Jalisco. Hearn believes an official announcement could ...
Day 2 of the 2022 IMMAF World Championships is in the books following a long day of action. The junior lightweight division set the tone for the day, with each bout providing high-quality entertainment. Kyle Mayocchi (Australia), Michael Borowski (Poland) and Oleksandr Huliaiev (Ukraine) all finished their bouts to book a spot in tomorrow’s quarter-finals. It was the first day ...