Raymond Muratalla has agreed to a quick turnaround for the biggest opportunity of his career. BoxingScene.com has learned that the talented 26-year-old lightweight prospect will meet Namibian power puncher Jeremia Nakathila on May 20 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The 10-round, 135-pound bout between Muratalla (17-0, 14 KOs) and Nakathila (23-2, 19 KOs) will open a three-fight ...
Yokasta Valle and her team entered the ring for her title defense vaguely aware of the division’s other key result on the night. An hour or so before Valle put her IBF and WBO strawweight titles on the line, Seniesa Estrada unified the other two belts with a ten-round shutout of unbeaten WBC titlist Tina Rupprecht (12-1-1, 3KOs). East Los ...
Bellator have confirmed a date, a location and a pair of blockbuster championship bouts for Bellator 297 in June. The WinTrust Arena in Chicago will play host to the event, which takes place on Friday June 16, with two huge title fights at the top of the card. The main event will see a battle for the light heavyweight title, ...
On Saturday, 19-year-old super featherweight, Demler “The War Machine” Zamora III (11-0. 9 KOs), added another victory to his undefeated record, defeating Jesus Abel Ibarra (15-1, 7 KOs) by third-round knockout. The scheduled eight-round bout took place as the final fight of the night on the Benavidez vs. Plant card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. From the opening ...
LAS VEGAS – Chris Colbert isn’t in a forgiving mood. Had Jose Valenzuela reacted differently to his controversial loss Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Colbert claimed during a post-fight press conference that he would’ve given Valenzuela a rematch. Valenzuela’s negative reaction to Colbert’s close win was enough, though, to convince Colbert to move back down to the junior ...
LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez sensed that he began breaking down Caleb Plant as early as the fourth round of their fight Saturday night. One of Benavidez’s body shots during that round made Plant let out a sound that Benavidez made sure Plant knew he heard. Slowly but surely thereafter, Benavidez’s brutal body shots and persistent pressure rendered Plant a ...
As the 2022 PFL welterweight champion, Sadibou Sy returns to the PFL as the man to beat in the organization’s 170-pound division. But “The Swedish Denzel” is treating the new season as a fresh start, and the chance to produce an even more impressive body of work as he looks to claim back-to-back championships in 2023. Speaking to reporters at ...
Promoter Ben Shalom is optimistic that his snake-bitten client, Jack Catterall, will have a significant fight lined up for him in his next ring outing. In a recent interview, Shalom, the head of UK-based Boxxer, confirmed that negotiations for a fight between England’s Catterall and Regis Prograis, the WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans, are proceeding well, going so far ...
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is going receive a lot of verbal abuse in his upcoming fight with Jermaine Franklin. The two will collide on April 1 at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua will be looking to rebound after suffering back to back decision losses at the hands of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk. Franklin ...
Lyndon Arthur remains on track to fight for a world title in May after flooring late replacement Boris Crighton on the way to a unanimous points win. Arthur, live and free-to-air on Channel 5, had to bide his time against his former sparring partner from Scotland, after original opponent Braian Suarez failed a medical on Thursday. Suarez’s withdrawal meant the ...