Gilbert Burns said his defeat of Jorge Masvidal doesn’t detract from his opponent’s star power in “Gamebred’s” home town, as he said the only coronation he wants to receive is as champion of the UFC’s welterweight division. Burns defeated Masvidal via unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 287 in Masvidal’s home town of Miami and, speaking to the ...
Shakur Stevenson is a star. He’s an attraction. He’s an elite, world-class fighter. And he reminds me as much of a young Floyd Mayweather Jr. as anyone has since Floyd himself. So before anyone misconstrues and calls me a “hater” or worse, reread those lines. But now that you’ve read them, read this, too: Let’s not get ridiculous, shall we? ...
UFC 287 was a big night for the middleweight division, with a change of champion and a major move from a former title challenger affecting the official rankings. The event in Miami saw Israel Adesanya recapture the 185-pound title with a dramatic second-round knockout of champion Alex Pereira. It meant that “The Last Stylebender” returned to the top of the ...
James Dickens has taken to social media in an attempt to sort out his next fight. The IBO featherweight champion has been out of the ring since winning the title back in October last year. Dickens, who is a former British champion at the weight and has also previously challenged for the IBF crown, outpointed Lerato Dlamini in his home ...
On Saturday May 20, at the Arena (4,000 seats) in Monza (Italy) in the main event of The Art of Fighting 3 European bantamweight champion Alessio Lorusso (21 wins, 9 within the distance, 4 losses and 2 draws) will defend the EBU belt against Thomas Essomba (United Kingdom, 11-8-1). Lorusso is confident that he will beat his opponent: “I know ...
Seemingly since the beginning of time, Ryan Garcia has claimed that he’s more than capable of sullying the record of Gervonta Davis. After years of goading, provoking, and antagonizing his man, the 24-year-old former interim lightweight titlist will have the opportunity to put his money where his mouth is. On April 22nd, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, ...
Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California - Featherweight contenders went toe-to-toe as Luis Nunez (19-0, 13 KOs) outslugged Christian Olivo (20-1-1, 7 KOs) on his way to a 10-round unanimous decision triumph by scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93. The Dominican Republic’s Nunez and Mexico’s Olivo fought most of the bout in close quarters, with Olivo pushing the pace ...
Gervonta "Tank" Davis is less than two weeks away from his lightweight grudge match with Ryan Garcia. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The battle of unbeatens takes place on Saturday, April 22, headlining live on Showtime pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Calvin Ford, the head trainer of Davis, is putting together a game plan to punish Garcia in ...
Shadasia Green is determined to bring a second undisputed championship to the Most Valuable Promotions family. At the very least, the unbeaten knockout artist is positioned to ruin big plans for several other parties. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBC has ordered a mandatory title fight between undisputed super middleweight queen Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Green as her number-one ranked challenger. ...
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is less than a week away from his scheduled showdown with Chinese giant Zhang Zhilei. Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBO interim-heavyweight title against Zhang on Saturday night. A victory would place Joyce in line for a mandatory crack at unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk has already been ordered to make ...