New Zealand’s Dan Hooker is excited and ready to step back into the Octagon at UFC 290, as he prepares to face a fighter without the need for any trash talk or bad blood. Hooker will take on Jalin Turner in a battle between the 11th and 10th-ranked UFC lightweights in a main card clash at T-Mobile Arena in Las ...
Newcastle will be the battle ground for a British title fight. Liam Dillon and Qais Ashfaq are to clash for the vacant super featherweight crown at the Vertu Motors Arena, on Saturday June 24 as part of the bumper show headlined by world champion-in-the-making Josh Kelly. Live on DAZN, North East hero Kelly puts his world title dream on the ...
Terence Crawford came away a bit concerned by Devin Haney’s latest performance. Twenty-year-old Haney fended off veteran three-division titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko over 12 highly competitive rounds last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to remain the undisputed champion of the lightweight division. All three judges turned in scorecards that narrowly favored the Oakland, California-born, Las ...
The long-discussed welterweight showdown between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. is seemingly closer than ever to becoming a done deal. Their representatives have been negotiating terms for their 147-pound title unification fight for months. Their much-anticipated clash, which has tentatively been scheduled for July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, will become a reality if both boxers sign ...
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman did not see any controversy in last weekend's undisputed title fight between lightweights Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney retained his WBC, IBF, WBO, WBA titles by winning a close twelve round unanimous decision over Lomachenko at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. In the aftermath, ...
Featherweight contender Michael Conlan will have additional motivation for his upcoming world title fight, which takes place this Saturday night. Conlan will challenge newly crowned IBF world champion Luis Alberto Lopez, who last year traveled to Leeds to capture the crown by unseating Josh Warrington. The fight with Lopez takes place at the SSE Arena in Belfast. Last weekend, Irish ...
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, 31-years-old, can't afford another career defeat at this stage of his pro run. Parker is back on Saturday night in Melbourne, when he takes on Faiga 'Django' Opelu in a ten round fight. The New Zealand boxer is still rebuilding after suffering a knockout loss to Joe Joyce in 2022. In a grueling fight for ...
Angelo Di Carlo, manager of undefeated Australian heavyweight Demsey McKean, revealed that his team has been in talks for a potential August fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Fury is currently in Australia to support close friend Joseph Parker, who headlines an event in the country on Wednesday night. In the last few days, Fury has expressed interest in ...
The cliche reading ‘now that the dust has settled’ doesn’t seem to apply. The dust hasn’t settled yet. Days after an outstanding twelve-round battle for the lightweight championship of the world, the man who should be king is still sparking ample back and forth between boxing fans and pundits. The man who remains king, should’s be damned, is 24-year old ...
Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez are ready to pick up where they left off earlier this year. BoxingScene.com has learned that the aforementioned WBO junior lightweight title fight is eyed for August 12 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Minor details are still being finalized, but nothing which should hold up the fight landing at its originally targeted venue ...