LAS VEGAS – The consensus seems to be that Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia won’t need the judges’ scorecards Saturday night to determine the winner of their 12-round, 136-pound showdown. If Garcia and Davis do go the distance, a familiar, proven panel of judges has been assigned to score their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event at T-Mobile Arena. The Nevada State ...
Joe Cordina has the opportunity to become a two-time IBF Super-Featherweight World Champion when he faces current belt-holder Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in what promises to be an electric night of boxing at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday April 22, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). (photos by Mark Robinson). Cordina was scheduled to make the first defence ...
LAS VEGAS – The disrespect Gabe Rosado feels from Bektimer Melikuziev has motivated him as their rematch nears. Melikuziev might’ve been better served, according to Rosado, had he come to terms with getting knocked out in the third round by Rosado in June 2021. Rosado senses that the strong southpaw from Uzbekistan instead has attempted to excuse away Rosado’s huge ...
Kell Brook will have some vested interest in the outcome of the upcoming middleweight rematch between Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr. Liverpool’s Smith and Brighton’s Eubank are expected to go at it again later this summer in a reprise of their performance in January at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Smith upset Eubank in that fight, stopping the normally ...
When Reece McLaren dropped a unanimous decision in ONE Championship’s Flyweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal round in 2019, he had no idea the opportunity to avenge that setback would come full circle four years later. Next month, the man known as “Lightning” will have the chance to right those wrongs when the promotion ventures west to Colorado’s 1stBank Center in ...
The men’s 135- and 155-pound divisions are set to feature as the second leg of the inaugural PFL Europe season takes place in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, July 8. The Verti Music Hall will play host to PFL Europe 2, with an eight-fight main card confirmed for the show, as the organization’s bantamweight and lightweight contenders face off in the ...
The main event of Bellator 294 will only feature title implications for one of the two participants after one of the title fighters missed weight on the scale on Thursday’s weigh-ins in Honolulu, Hawaii. The headline bout was scheduled to be for the undisputed women’s flyweight title, with defending champ Liz Carmouche set to defend her belt against DeAnna Bennett. ...
The main event of Bellator 295 features a battle for the interim bantamweight title, and the man holding the gold knows he’s facing the toughest test of his combat sports career. Defending interim 135-pound champion Raufeon Stots will take on Patchy Mix in the main event at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday night, and the ...
Bellator bantamweight contender Danny Sabatello admits the sting of his defeat to Raufeon Stots still hasn’t subsided, and seeing his nemesis around the fighter hotel during fight week is only riling him up further. Sabatello returns to action against Brazil’s Marcos Breno this weekend in Hawaii at Bellator 294, which takes place Friday night at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena ...
The main card of CFFC 119 served up a feast of finishes in Florida as Gregg “The Greatest” Ellis fought through the pain barrier to dethrone Donovan Beard to capture the CFFC middleweight title in Tampa. Early in the fight Ellis broke his right hand, meaning he had to change his approach as he defeated Beard on the scorecards after ...