The action returns to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas as a pair of strawweight contenders go head to head in the main event of UFC Vegas 73. Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill come into the bout from very different martial arts backgrounds – Dern is a decorated former BJJ champion, while Hill’s roots lie in the striking arts. But ...
Bob Arum Interview - Video by Ryan Burton - Undisputed lightweight king Devin “The Dream” Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) and former three-division world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko (17-2, 11 KOs) made their grand arrivals today in Las Vegas ahead of their showdown this Saturday, May 20, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) Functional ...
There was a brief moment where those responsible for mapping out Vasiliy Lomachenko’s future suggested a return to the 130-pound division. It was considered after Lomachenko’s competitive but clear defeat to Teofimo Lopez in their October 2020 lightweight title unification bout in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez prevailed by a well-earned unanimous decision—despite absurdly wide scores on two cards—to force Lomachenko ...
Carlos Ocampo has magically appeared in the WBO rankings just in time to fight for an interim title. Approval was granted for Mexico’s Ocampo to challenge for Tim Tszyu’s interim WBO junior middleweight title, per a resolution reached by the sanctioning body on Tuesday. The order came exactly one week after Tszyu’s team confirmed the upcoming fight, which is scheduled ...
Undisputed lightweight king Devin “The Dream” Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) and former three-division world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko (17-2, 11 KOs) made their grand arrivals today in Las Vegas ahead of their showdown this Saturday, May 20, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) Haney vs. Lomachenko will stream live on Top Rank on ...
Katie Taylor has the chance to become a two-weight undisputed World Champion when she takes on undisputed Super-Lightweight World Champion Chantelle Cameron in a historic homecoming fight at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday May 20, shown live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson) Irish legend Taylor fights in Ireland for the first time in her professional career ...
Sergio 'Yoreme' Mendoza is making a name for himself at 112 pounds. Mendoza remained unbeaten Friday night, dropping Jose Javier Torres twice before the fight was stopped in round 6 at the Polideportivo Juan S. Millan in Torres’ hometown of Culiacan, Mexico. With the victory, Mendoza improved to 19-0, 17 knockouts. From the opening bell, Mendoza was able to fight ...
Forner two division world champion David Haye is backing KSI to secure big wins against both Tommy Fury and Jake Paul. Haye was ringside last Saturday night at the OVO Arena Wembley, as he watched his close friend, Joe Fournier, suffer a controversial second round TKO defeat at the hands of KSI. KSI rocked Fournier, but then connected with an ...
WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) is still hoping that a unification fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury takes place at some point in the near future. The WBA has ordered Usyk to head to a purse bid for a mandatory fight with their 'regular' champion Daniel Dubois. There has been circulating information that ...
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Errol Spence Jr. is a man of few words but there are certain principles that he lives by. In the world of boxing, protracted stints on the sidelines have prompted even the sport's most elite fighters to take a relatively soft touch before jumping into the thick of things. By and large, those "tune-ups" are then followed by bigger and ...