Vito Mielnicki Jr. has secured one of the undercard spots on the highest-profile pay-per-view show of 2023. BoxingScene.com has learned that the 20-year-old junior middleweight will encounter Mexican veteran Elias Espadas in a 10-round, 154-pound bout on the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia undercard April 22 at a venue to be determined in Las Vegas. Showtime is expected to stream Mielnicki-Espadas and ...
Reyes Fire Fist Boxing Promotions and Conlan Boxing have announced that they will co-promote three shows in Ireland. The first fight card features a super middleweight bout between NABA Gold champion Yamaguchi “The Problem” Falcao and Padraig “The Hammer” McCrory. Born and raised in Brazil but now residing in Florida, Falcao’s an excellent 24-1-1 with 10 wins by knockout. In ...
Matchroom Boxing has seized control of a welterweight championship fight previously in the grasp of another company. BoxingScene.com has learned that Piranha Promotions has surrendered promotional rights for the Jessica McCaskill-Ivana Habazin WBC/WBA welterweight championship. The upstart outfit—privately owned by Charles Muniz, Habazin’s manager—previously bid $201,000 for the fight, which will now land in the hands of Matchroom Boxing as ...
Stephen Fulton Jr. thinks boxing fans and reporters have read too much into Nayoa Inoue’s knockout ratio when assessing their upcoming 122-pound title fight. Fulton contended that he hits harder than his eight knockouts indicate during an interview with Showtime’s Brian Custer. Regardless, the undefeated Fulton feels that his intelligence and skills will be more than enough to conquer Inoue ...
There are plenty of questions hanging in the air as Jon Jones looks to return to the UFC Octagon to challenge for the undisputed heavyweight title. But the former light heavyweight king said he thinks he has all his bases covered ahead of fight night at UFC 285. Jones returns from a three-year layoff as he jumps up to heavyweight ...
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Shakur Stevenson looked down at the scales despondently. While he did his best to squeeze himself down to the 130-pound weight limit ahead of his showdown against Robson Conceicao, the former Olympic silver medalist waved the white flag. Although he was forced to give up both his WBC and WBO super featherweight titles, Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) brushed off his ...
Ciryl Gane is expecting to see a well-prepared, ready Jon Jones, but says he has the one thing in his arsenal that Jones doesn’t – experience as a bonafide UFC heavyweight. Jones rapidly climbed the UFC’s light heavyweight ladder to become the most dominant champion in the 205-pound division’s history and, along with it, be considered by many as the ...
The last time boxing fans heard from Danny O’Connor, he was on the verge of his dream fight – a shot at 140-pound champion Jose Ramirez - before the New Englander wound up in Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, suffering from severe dehydration as he attempted to make weight. That was July 6, 2018, a day that doubled as the ...
The first event of Cage Warriors’ 2023 schedule is upon us, and the promotion has confirmed its six-fight bout order for San Diego on March 3. The promotion, which has made San Diego its second home since the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, will kick off its calendar of events with the first of four planned shows at the ...
After facing her toughest opponent yet in ONE Championship, it has become clear that Danielle Kelly has separated herself from the atomweight submission grappling pack. Kelly met former ONE women’s strawweight world title challenger Ayaka “Zombie” Miura in a 119-pound catchweight submission grappling bout at ONE Fight Night 7: Lineker vs. Andrade II on February 24th, where the Japanese judoka ...