UFC superstar Conor McGregor was ringside last Saturday night in Dublin, to watch Katie Taylor attempt to become a two-division undisputed world champion. Taylor was originally scheduled to face Amanda Serrano in a rematch. The fight fell through when Serrano withdrew with an injury. In what many saw as an unexpected move, Taylor openly called out undisputed junior welterweight champion ...
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Junto Nakatani (25-0, 19 KOs) is now a two-division world champion. The fighting pride of Sagamihara, Japan, captured the WBO junior bantamweight world title with a scintillating 12th-round knockout over Andrew Moloney (25-3, 16 KOs). After adjusting to Moloney’s offense in the first round, Nakatani landed a right uppercut that dropped Moloney. The Australian former ...
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - After more than one year of inactivity, Oscar Valdez made a successful ring return with a 10-round unanimous decision win in a rematch against Adam Lopez. Back in 2019, Valdez got off the floor in the second round to score a seventh round stoppage of Lopez. In the rematch, Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) pushed the ...
CRANSTON, RI – At the Historic Park Theater in Cranston on a rainy Saturday night, New London, CT’s Alejandro "El Abusador" Paulino stopped Colombia’s Jonathan Perez in the sixth and final round of a lightweight bout to improve his record to 13-0 with 11 knockouts. ‘El Abusador’ was in control of the bout from the opening bell, nearly dropping Perez ...
Jailton Almeida is one of the most dangerous new contenders in the UFC’s heavyweight division, and the Brazilian finisher clearly has his finger on the pulse when it comes to the big heavyweight talking points in the sport. Chatting with Stake.com, Almeida shared his views on a range of topics, from the mooted heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and ...
Conor Benn Rips Kell Brook After Ringside Scuffle: ‘If You Choose to Fight Me, It’s Your Death Wish’
Conor Benn felt that he needed to send a message to his most demonstrative rival. The British welterweight caused a stir this past weekend when he engaged in a brief shoving match with countryman Kell Brook during the undercard of the 140-pound women’s title bout between champion Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor in Dublin, Ireland. The scuffle started after Benn ...
Boxing has a way of giving its fans, and its participants, something to be upset about even while it’s giving them precisely what they want. The sport can be funny that way. This weekend was an anomaly in terms of strength of schedule, even in the midst of a two-year period or so that has been chock-full of outstanding matchups ...
Chantelle Cameron fought aggressively, refusing to be deterred when Katie Taylor caught her coming in. Though Taylor landed 46% of her power punches, Cameron landed more power punches than Taylor in 6 of the 10 rounds, and landed 24 more power punches than Taylor over the course of the fight. 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland - For the WBO, WBC, IBF, IBO, ...
LAS VEGAS – Egis Klimas had an issue with Dave Moretti even before the veteran judge scored Devin Haney a 116-112 winner over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night. Klimas, Lomachenko’s longtime manager, revealed during their post-fight press conference that he objected to the appointment of Moretti when the Nevada State Athletic Commission provided its pool of potential judges to both ...
Trainer and boxing analyst Teddy Atlas is fuming over one of the scorecards for Saturday's fight between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko. At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Haney retained his undisputed lightweight crown with a twelve round unanimous decision over Lomachenko. The judges scored it 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. According to most observers, Lomachenko had done enough to ...