For the first time in the career of Stephen Fulton, he’s viewed as a definitive underdog. In a showdown that will be announced in short order, the Philadelphia native is expected to mosey on over to Japan to take on current pound-for-pound luminary, Naoya Inoue. Before inking his name to the dotted line to face Fulton, Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) ...
Matchroom’s first NXTGEN card of the year took place at the Utilita Arena Newcastle on Saturday March 18 and featured some of the best prospects in the North East and beyond looking to take the next steps in their promising careers, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson) Former Team GB standout Cyrus Pattinson (6-0, 4 KOs) faced his ...
Oleksandr Usyk says the buck now stops with Tyson Fury as it pertains to whether or not the boxing world will get to see the undisputed heavyweight championship. Usyk, the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion from Ukraine, has offered a stern indication saying he has exhausted all his efforts in his negotiations to strike a deal with Fury, the ...
Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight world champion Angel “Tito” Acosta (23-3 and 22 knockouts) has been inactive for some time due to an injury to his left shoulder. But the wait is over. The Puerto Rican will meet on April 6 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, in California, to face the Venezuelan Angelino “Huracán” Cordova (17-0-1 and ...
Mercito Gesta rose to the occasion at a time when Joseph Diaz Jr. was in desperate need of a redemption story. An entertaining ten-round main event proved far too difficult for the California judges to properly score. In the end, it was Gesta who prevailed by split decision in their makeshift main event Saturday evening on DAZN from the Walter ...
Justin Gaethje produced another memorable performance at UFC 286, then set his sights on a rematch with either of his fellow top three contenders. Gaethje defeated Rafael Fiziev via majority decision in the co-main event in London and, speaking at the UFC 286 post-fight press conference, paid tribute to his opponent after going toe to toe with Fiziev for a ...
Leon Edwards didn’t have to wait long to discover the identity of the next man to challenge for the UFC welterweight title. During his post-fight interview following his win over Kamaru Usman at UFC 286, Edwards’ attention was drawn by Daniel Cormier to the presence of Colby Covington at Octagonside. And, although “Rocky” dismissed Covington’s claim as the next man ...
Eric Tudor survived a major gut check in his first official fight under contract with Golden Boy Promotions. The 21-year-old prospect from Fort Lauderdale overcame a cut and a stiff challenge from Damoni Cato-Cain to take a well-earned, unanimous decision over eight rounds. Judge Dr. Lou Moret (80-72) missed a hell of a fight as he scored every round for ...
UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards raised the roof at The O2 Arena as he defeated Kamaru Usman for the second time in a row to retain his title on home soil in London, England. Edwards outpointed Usman after five tense, tough rounds to earn a majority decision with scores of 48-46, 48-46, 47-47 to hold on to his title and ...
CYRUS PATTINSON punctuated his first headline show in Newcastle with a 9th round TKO of Chris Jenkins to end this breathless British classic at welterweight. The two men served up round after round of cartoonish action with Pattinson, in only his sixth fight, eventually grinding down his more experienced Welsh visitor in the penultimate round. Jenkins, a former British champion ...