Undefeated Daniel ‘Chucky’ Barrera (2-0-1, 2 KOs) returns to the ring in a six-round super flyweight contest on Saturday, July 22 at Hollywood Fight Nights from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, CA and broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass. The 21-year-old Barrera, fighting out of Riverside, CA quickly turned heads as a professional with a third round knockout of ...
Former WBO heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker scored a first round knockout win over Australia's Faiga Opelu in their main event bout in Melbourne. A series of punches sent Opelu down, with the referee waving off the contest with 90 seconds left in the round. "One round was enough for me, It was to be dominant, be the big man and ...
Josh Taylor doesn’t think three American judges gave him enough credit for his performance against Jose Ramirez in Taylor’s last fight in the United States. The Scottish southpaw is therefore hopeful that three American judges aren’t assigned to score his upcoming 12-round, 140-pound championship bout with Teofimo Lopez. Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO junior welterweight title versus ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is aiming to make a big statement when he faces former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on June 10 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The contest will be the first for Taylor since winning a controversial decision over Jack Catterall in February of 2022. Several attempts to ...
Leigh Wood looks to regain his World Title against Mauricio Lara after their fight in February earlier this year In Nottingham after the Mexican stopped Wood in the 7th Round. (photos by Mark Robinson) Terri Harper defends her WBA Super-Welterweight World Title against Ivana Habazin following Cecilia Braekhus withdrawal of their fight last weekend in Dublin, Recent Undisputed Super Lightweight ...
Savannah Marshall (12-1, 10 KO’s) is on track to land a record-setting 1-2 this summer as she follows October’s sell-out of The O2 London - the UK’s largest arena - by headlining a sold-out show at the AO Arena Manchester on Saturday, July 1st. The undisputed World Super-Middleweight Championship will be on the line when Marshall walks out to challenge ...
LAS VEGAS – Vasiliy Lomachenko and his team have already accepted the reality that Devin Haney won’t grant him a rematch. Lomachenko expects Haney, who beat Lomachenko by unanimous decision in their 12-round fight Saturday night, to move up the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds for his next fight. Ukraine’s Lomachenko has long been considered a small lightweight and ...
Joseph Parker's first career fight in Australia did not last very long at all. The former WBO heavyweight titlist from Auckland, New Zealand picked up his quickest win in nearly eight years with a first-round stoppage of Faiga Opelu. A barrage of punches ended with a right hand to floor Opelu, at which point referee Ignatius Missailidis immediately halted the ...
George Kambosos Jr. learned that getting the titles is one thing, but keeping them is something else entirely. After enjoying a transient run at the top of the lightweight division, the 29-year-old is still licking his wounds following consecutive defeats at the hands of Devin Haney. Although he’s prided himself in facing the best of the best, the Aussie native ...
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson believes Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium provides an edge to Chris Billam-Smith, but the Sky Sports pundit is still tabbing Lawrence Okolie to come away with the win. Okolie will defend his WBO cruiserweight belt against former sparring partner Billam-Smith on Saturday night. Adding to the storyline of the fight, Billam-Smith is trained by Okolie's former coach ...