Luis Alberto Lopez has traveled twice to England over the past 17 months and beaten British fighters. Mexico’s Lopez knocked out previously unbeaten Isaac Lowe in the seventh round of their December 2021 bout in London. In his last fight, Lopez out-pointed Josh Warrington in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds to win the IBF featherweight title from the favored hometown hero. ...
The Bellator cage is heading to the iconic Saitama Super Arena in Japan for a huge summer event as Bellator and Rizin FF team up for a super show on July 30. Bellator vs. Rizin 2 will mark the launch of Bellator’s new men’s flyweight division, with the inaugural championship bout set to play a starring role on a packed ...
Eddie Hearn wants to make sure there are no hitches in the fight schedule of Regis Prograis. The WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans recently inked a multi-fight promotional deal with Hearn’s Matchroom. His first fight on the new contract will take place June 17 against late replacement Danielito Zorrilla at Smooth King Center in Prograis’ hometown; Prograis was originally ...
Jack Catterall wants to be known as more than an uncrowned champion. The first step towards another crack at the division’s top prize finally comes this weekend, as Catterall ends an unwelcomed 15-month ring hiatus. The former title challenger will face Darragh Foley (22-4-1, 10KOs) in a scheduled ten-round junior welterweight matchup this Saturday on DAZN from AO Arena in ...
Michael Conlan conceded that he’ll have to be the absolute best version of himself Saturday night to dethrone Luis Alberto Lopez. Northern Ireland’s Conlan considers Lopez a better fighter overall than Leigh Wood, who knocked Conlan out of the ring in the 12th round of Conlan’s first featherweight world title shot 14 months ago. Lopez especially impressed Conlan by traveling ...
Julian Smith spent all night making things as comfortable as he could for his highly touted foe. It wasn’t enough to produce the upset but rookie junior welterweight prospect Kevin Hayler Brown was forced to go all ten rounds to earn his latest win. Judges Efrain Lebron (98-92), Dave DeJonge (96-94) and William Glover (96-94) were unanimous in favor of ...
Undefeated top lightweight Shakur Stevenson is looking at several options at 135-pounds, but his eyes are firmly set on a showdown with undisputed world champion Devin Haney. Stevenson was ringside last Saturday night in Las Vegas, as he watched Haney win a close twelve round unanimous decision over three division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. At the same time, Stevenson believes the ...
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Now that their fascinating fight finally has been made, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have tried to put their welterweight showdown in what they believe is its proper historical context. The undefeated 147-pound champions expressed appreciation and respect Friday during a joint appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” for what will be at stake when they box July 29 at ...
Diego Pacheco has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom – and the super-middleweight sensation headlines Matchroom’s latest fight night in Mexico, defending his WBO International and USWBC titles against Manuel Gallegos on Friday July 7 in Monterrey, live worldwide on DAZN - with co-main action provided by Matchroom's latest signing, super featherweight star Rocky Hernandez, who ...
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, would like to see his boxer matched in a major fight - especially a full division unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk. Earlier this year, Fury and Usyk were in serious talks for an April fight at Wembley Stadium. The contest fell apart after both ...