Teofimo Lopez Jr. credits his focus on the midsection of Josh Taylor as a key reason why he became a two-division titlist. The 25-year-old former unified lightweight champion silenced his critics last Saturday night at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with a unanimous decision over Scotland’s Taylor to capture the WBO 140-pound belt. Taylor got ...
The UFC has announced three more main events as the promotion starts to fill out its schedule for the third quarter of 2023. UFC president Dana White took to social media to post a special announcement video announcing three events for upcoming UFC Fight Night shows in the second half of the year. Saturday, August 5 sees the UFC head ...
Heavyweight contender Frazer Clarke is moving past the recent fallout of his proposed title fight with British champion Fabio Wardley. Wardley had been ordered to face Clarke by the end of September. The contest was heading to a purse bid, but at the late hour the Olympic silver medal winner was pulled from the fight by his promoter, Boxxer. Clarke is ...
When Ilya Freymanov arrived in ONE Championship, his debut performance saw him immediately enter the featherweight rankings by dominantly dispatching Martin Nguyen last October at ONE Fight Night 2. And last Saturday, 10th June, Freymanov’s stock soared even higher when he overcame a tricky adversary in Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg on the main card of ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov. ...
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, on his popular podcast, gave his take on last Sunday's fiasco in Miami, Florida, where the Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III boxing exhibition took place. The fight was called off in the sixth round by referee Kenny Bayless, because Mayweather and Gotti refused to stop trashing talking to each other. Bayless had warned both ...
No matter how loudly his punches sound when he hits the heavy bag and no matter how ironclad his will appears to be, Errol Spence Jr. has been warned that his upcoming showdown against Terence Crawford will come down to one thing and one thing only, his ability to take away Crawford’s counterpunching. Time and time again, the WBO welterweight ...
Belgian super bantamweight Geram Eloyan (9-4) defends the EU title against Italian Vincenzo La Femina (12-0) at the Alfasun Indoor Arena in Roosdal on Saturday (June 17). This is the first defense of the title he won earlier this year by beating Frenchman Florian Montels in France. In the co-feature super lightweights Hovhannes Martirosyan (14-0) and Hassan Amzile (6-1) clash ...
Undefeated Australian superstar Tim Tszyu will return to the ring and defend his Interim WBO 154-pound title against Mexican contender Carlos Ocampo headlining action live on Showtime on Saturday, June 17 (Sunday, June 18 in Australia) from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. About two and a half weeks ago, Tszyu suffered a severe dog ...
Terence Crawford’s career has been dissected, closely observed, and openly criticized since he first arrived at the elite level. Errol Spence Jr., by and large, has also chastised his upcoming foe. After carefully sifting through the opponents Crawford has squared off against, Spence is of the belief that Crawford has fed on bottom dwellers for the majority of his career. ...
World Boxing Council super lightweight champion, Regis Prograis, will defend his title against Puerto Rican boxer Danielito Zorrilla, on Saturday June 17 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Melina Pizano) Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs) became the 140-pound world champion by knocking out Jose Zepeda in 11 rounds at Dignity Health in California last ...