Janibek Alimkhanuly didn’t waste any time with his latest opponent. Almost as flawless as his second-round knockout of Montreal’s Steven Butler was the ever-proving English he spoke to call out the biggest names in and around the middleweight division. “Canelo, [Jermall] Charlo, where are you,” Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly rhetorically asked following the second defense of his WBO middleweight title this past ...
PFL signs Francis Ngannou to ‘global MMA strategic partnership,’ launches PFL Africa – Fighters Only
Francis Ngannou’s fighting future, in mixed martial arts, at least, is now confirmed. Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou – who never lost his title in the Octagon – has signed an “exclusive global MMA strategic partnership” with the PFL, which will see him compete in the PFL’s pay-per-view super fight division in 2024, while also playing a major part in ...
The next Hollywood Fight Nights main event on Friday, June 9 between ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (6-0, 5 KOs) of Cork, Ireland and Carson Jones, (43-15-3, 31 KOs), of Oklahoma City, OK will now be contested for the WBC US silver super welterweight title. The scheduled ten-rounder, presented by Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles will ...
The Bellator middleweight championship will be on the line in the main event of Bellator Dublin, as the promotion returns to the Emerald Isle on Saturday, September 23. The city’s famous 3Arena will play host to the event, as middleweight champion Johny Eblen will look to make the first defense of his 185-pound title. “The Human Cheat Code” will put ...
Former undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor is not planning to take his foot off the gas when he steps in the ring with Teofimo Lopez on June 10 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City. After uniting all four world titles, Taylor would drop the WBC, WBA and IBF titles due to mandatory ...
The LFA cage is set to return to southern California on June 23, with a new champion set to be crowned in Commerce. LFA 161 will feature a battle for the interim flyweight title as the promotion looks to crown a champion to keep the 125-pound division moving in the absence of current champion Felipe Bunes. The Commerce Casino & ...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – In a matchup that is nearly four years in the making, undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney and former three-division titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko will finally fight on May 20 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on ESPN+ pay-per-view. Back in 2019, Lomachenko was on the shortlist for being boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter. After beating Luke Campbell in ...
A purse bid hearing has been ordered for the Hector Luis Garcia-Lamont Roach WBA junior lightweight title fight. Despite a granted extension during the negotiation process and even a point where both sides appeared to have reached an agreement, the mandatory title fight will now head to a May 25 purse bid hearing in Houston. WBA officials confirmed to BoxingScene.com ...
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that his organization is planning to present five division world champion Floyd Mayweather with a special belt for his upcoming exhibition fight with John Gotti III - the grandson of organized crime icon John Gotti. Sulaiman advised TMZ Sports that Mayweather will receive a special WBC Juneteenth-themed title for the exhibition. The ...
Yet another heavyweight title fight has hit a wall. BoxingScene.com has learned that talks have all but ceased in the WBA-ordered Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois title consolidation bout. The 30-day negotiation period assigned to the proposed bout ended May 2 without a deal in place or hope for any progress. A purse bid is expected to be called in the coming ...