Super featherweight, George “El Yuyu” Acosta (14-1, 2 KOs) is eager to get back in the ring as he prepares to go war with Cesar Villarraga (10-6-1, 5 KOs). The 8-round bout will serve as the main event on Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” card. “New Blood” will take place at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA on Friday, April 21, ...
Hugh Pulley has a new fighting moniker, and the Cage Fury FC welterweight contender hopes the change will mark the start of a new chapter in his MMA career. Pulley is set to take on Collin Lubberts at CFFC 119 on Thursday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, Florida. The event streams live globally on ...
Zhilei Zhang will continue to fight under Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions for the foreseeable future, even if a rematch with Joe Joyce is not necessarily next. Chinese heavyweight contender Zhang sprung a surprise upset over Joyce last Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, when he forced referee Howard Foster to stop the fight at 1:23 of the ...
The official coronation may take place on Saturday night, but for now, Ryan Garcia already sees himself as the king of boxing. (photo Ryan Hafey) “Whoever wins this is on top,” said the Californian of his bout with Gervonta Davis at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “Whoever wins is the face of boxing and I truly believe that.” Why wouldn’t ...
Claressa Shields will enter the ring for the second straight time with unfinished business as a promotional theme. A rematch with Hanna Gabriels has been nearly five years in the making for the reigning undisputed middleweight champion, who suffered her lone career knockdown in their first meeting. Shields was floored in the opening round of an eventual June 2018 unanimous ...
Marlen Esparza’s already delayed dream of becoming undisputed flyweight champion has been met with another bump in the road. BoxingScene.com learned that a visa issue has forced Houston’s Esparza and Argentina’s Gabriela Alaniz to postpone their planned multi-belt unification bout. Alaniz does not yet have the necessary documentation in place to travel to the U.S. which has forced Golden Boy ...
Filip Hrgovic felt the need to let off some steam. The Croatian heavyweight contender lambasted promoter Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions in an interview that was conducted after one of Warren’s top fighters, heavyweight Joe Joyce, got stopped in the sixth round by Chinese underdog Zhilei Zhang. Warren had spoken critically of Hrgovic after the Croatian won what many felt ...
Hard-hitting lightweight champion George Hardwick retained his 155-pound title in style in the main event of Cage Warriors 155 in Manchester. Hardwick knocked out Luxembourg’s Yann Liasse with a barrage of strikes as he unloaded 10 unanswered strikes to finish the challenger in the final minute of the first round at the BEC Arena. Liasse started faster and put his ...
Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce still believes that he can topple China's Zhilei Zhang in a rematch. Last Saturday night, at the Copper Box in London, Zhang stopped Joyce in six rounds. The first defeat of Joyce's career saw the British boxer get tagged with hard left hands that eventually closed up his right eye - which eventually led to ...
Rodriguez-Lopez: TGB Promotions ($25,000) Secures Vacant IBF Bantamweight Title Fight As Lone Bidder
TGB Promotions has secured the rights to the Emmanuel Rodriguez-Melvin Lopez vacant IBF bantamweight title fight. The California-based outfit submitted $25,000, the minimum acceptable amount, as the lone bidder during Tuesday’s hearing conducted via Zoom from IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey. Neither a firm date nor location were established at the time of the purse bid, though BoxingScene.com has ...