Conor Benn has called for all drug cheats to be banned for life and says he does not accept he ever had Clomifene in his body at all. Benn is still fighting to clear his name after an arranged contest with Chris Eubank Jr in October was pulled during fight week after it was revealed that there was an adverse ...
Former UFC featherweight contender Shane Burgos has been thrown straight into the main event spotlight for his PFL debut, and will take on 2022 PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier at PFL 3. Burgos, who will compete in the PFL’s lightweight season, takes on “The Canadian Gangster” in the headline bout of the PFL’s third regular season event of 2023, with ...
Kai Asakura vs. Yuki Motoya to headline Rizin 42, with Juan Archuleta set for action – Fighters Only
Two of Rizin’s top bantamweights will collide in the main event of Rizin 42, while a sprinkling of international talent will add further interest to a stacked card for Tokyo. Rizin 42 will take place at the Tokyo Ariake Arena on Saturday, May 6, with a host of big names set for action following bout announcements released by the promotion ...
Two of Rizin’s premier 145-pounders will face off at Rizin Landmark 5 looking to bounce back into the win column and put themselves in line for a shot at featherweight gold. The event, which will take place in a cage, rather than the usual Rizin ring, at Yoyogi National Stadium on April 29, will feature a featherweight battle between hard-hitting ...
Undefeated super welterweight sensation Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora will defend his Interim WBC Super Welterweight Title against rising contender Brian Mendoza on Saturday, April 8 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. The Showtime telecast begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and will feature undefeated super lightweight contender ...
German-Turkish heavyweight Agit Kabayel (23-0 or 25-2 depending on if you include the Bigger is Better Tournament fights or not) is back as EBU champion after a scoring a third round stoppage of Croatian Agron Smakici (19-2) on Saturday night in Bochum. Kabayel was hurt in the second and with only the ropes holding him up referee Mark Lyson issued ...
Naoya “Monster” Inoue conquered the bantamweight division. He’s now moving up in weight to capture the biggest fish at 122 pounds. Philadelphia’s WBC & WBO junior featherweight world champion, Stephen Fulton, will defend his titles against Japan’s pound-for-pound king Sunday, May 7, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The showdown pits two of the world’s top fighters, as Inoue aims ...
Robert Garcia is standing by some harsh, if honest, words he made not long ago regarding his former client, former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Garcia, the veteran trainer out of Riverside, California, drew headlines last year after he described his then-charge as “mentally defeated” in the late rounds of his heavyweight rematch to WBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk ...
If Charlo, whose twin brother, Jermell, is the undisputed junior middleweight champion, does indeed return to the ring at that time, it will likely be against an opponent of middling caliber. But the fight after that, Espinoza said, figures to be a far more “meaningful” one. One possible opponent could be Carlos Adames of the Dominican Republic. The former 154-pound ...
Ontario, California - Fast-rising teenager Elijah Garcia (14-0, 12 KOs) rose to the occasion in a massive step-up fight, dropping and stopping previously undefeated middleweight contender Amilcar Vidal, Jr. (16-1, 12 KOs) with a barrage of punches at 2:17 of the fourth round. From the opening bell, Garcia initiated a two-way action fight that came to a sudden end when ...