Mick Stanton won the battle of the middleweight grapplers at the BT Sport studios to capture the vacant middleweight title after a grueling back-and-forth war of attrition at Cage Warriors 151 in Stratford, London. It didn’t take long for the action to hit the canvas, as both men scrambled for position. But it was Currie who appeared to be the ...
Benavidez vs. Plant will see undefeated former two-time WBC Super Middleweight Champion David “The Mexican Monster” Benavidez and former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant meet in a high-stakes, 12-round showdown for Benavidez’s Interim WBC Super Middleweight Title live on SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, March 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by ...
LAS VEGAS – Caleb Plant didn’t wait this time for his opponent to put his hands on Plant as they went face to face on stage Friday afternoon. Plant poked David Benavidez in his cheek with his left index finger after they made weight. The bitter rivals were quickly separated by promoter Tom Brown and security personnel positioned around them ...
The fighters took to the scale ahead of fight night in Newcastle for PFL Europe 1, but there were few words exchanged as the main event stars faced off for the final time. The event in England will feature the men’s light heavyweight and women’s flyweight divisions, with two of the UK’s own looking to pick up crucial wins on ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom is hoping to revive discussions for a domestic heavyweight blockbuster between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Joshua, who Hearn promotes, is scheduled to fight Jermaine Franklin next Saturday night in London. Fury, the current WBC world champion was in deep negotiations for an undisputed fight with WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk. The two ...
Promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer has indicated that undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields will not face Savannah Marshall or Natasha Jonas in her next fight. Shields was in action back in October, when she picked up the biggest win of her career with unanimous decision win over Marshall to unify the middleweight division. There was initially talk of having an ...
Saturday, March 25 marks a watershed moment for the Professional Fighters League, with the inaugural event of their European league, PFL Europe. The first show of a four-event 2023 calendar kicks off at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, England, and marks the start of the promotion’s international expansion as they create international leagues across the globe to produce regional ...
Seniesa Estrada knew the risk that came with sacrificing nearly a year of her optimal prime. The bigger picture is now beginning to come into play. The unbeaten, two-division and reigning WBA strawweight titlist is set for the first of what she hopes is several unification bouts in her already remarkable career. 'Superbad' puts her belt on the line versus ...
LAS VEGAS – One of the most common complaints among boxing fans is that pay-per-view undercards too often don’t give them value commensurate to price points that typically exceed $70. The economic reality of finalizing the grudge match between David Benavidez and Caleb Plant is that their purse demands made the pay-per-view platform unavoidable. Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza hopes, however, that ...
Pick It: TBRB #1 David Benavidez vs. #2 Caleb Plant (Saturday, Showtime PPV, 8:00 PM EST) TBRB, Ring, ESPN…they all agree. There is an undisputed super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez. His top two contenders are 26-year old David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KO) and 30-year old Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KO). Boxing rarely sees the sport line up so logically. That ...