Justis Huni Suffers Torn Ligament, Forced To Withdraw From U.S. Debut on Prograis-Zorrilla Undercard
Justis Huni is forced to postpone his U.S. debut. The unbeaten Australian heavyweight suffered torn ligaments after rolling his ankle during a weekend sparring session, which killed plans for his scheduled ten-round contest versus former title challenger Andrew Tabiti. Their heavyweight clash was due to land on the June 17 DAZN show at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, ...
Newly crowned WBO bantamweight world champion Jason Moloney is hoping to secure a major fight on home soil. Last month, the Australian fighter captured the vacant WBO strap with a twelve round majority decision over Vincent Astrolabio in California. Moloney suffered a hand injury during the fight and will spend the next few weeks healing the injury. Once he gets ...
The Octagon is heading back to the City of Light, with the UFC announcing its return to Paris, France, on Saturday, September 2. The promotion made its debut on French soil back in September last year with a UFC Fight Night event headlined by French heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane and Australian crowd-pleaser Tai Tuivasa. The bout served up a spectacular ...
Anthony Joshua remains on course for a summertime return. The priority for his team is to revisit past business. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that an offer has been submitted to former title challenger Dillian Whyte for a proposed August 12 rematch with Joshua. Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing has the date reserved for the former two-time unified heavyweight titlist, who is also ...
More than the wads of cash that entered his bank account and more important than simply becoming a world champion, both Devin and Bill Haney were desperate to gain the respect of the rest of the boxing world. That reverence, however, came few and far between according to Bill. Even after his son made the long trek to Australia on ...
Young, prideful, and full of confidence, Terence Crawford, at least initially, couldn't care less about the pound-for-pound discussion. Ultimately, his biggest and only dream was to become a world champion. However, after checking off that goal on countless occasions, the now 35-year-old saw his name emerge on that very list. Hubris would soon set in as Crawford continued to dominate ...
Disrupt Promotions are getting together with Lift Promotions to stage its inaugural show in Uzbekistan this month, with a card that includes Paul Butler, Joe McGrail, Steven Cairns and Yan Marcos. Taking place at Tashkent’s Humo Arena, on Friday June 16, Butler (34-3, 15 knockouts), the two-time bantamweight world champion, returns following his knockout defeat to Japan’s Naoya Inoue last ...
The UFC’s Octagon heads north to Vancouver, Canada for UFC 289 this weekend, with the women’s bantamweight title on the line in the main event. Nunes has dominated the UFC’s 135 and 145-pound divisions over recent years, with her only slip-up – against Julianna Pena – being immediately avenged in the rematch. A trilogy bout was originally planned for the ...
The headline bout at UFC 289 sees the return of one of the greatest female fighters of all time. Amanda Nunes is back to defend her UFC bantamweight title, and she’ll take on Irene Aldana in a five-round title matchup in Vancouver on Saturday, June 10. Nunes’ reign as a two-division UFC champion briefly came to an end when she ...
Beneil Dariush has had to wait patiently for an opportunity to fight for the UFC lightweight title, and on Saturday night at UFC 289 he faces a former champion believing that victory should eliminate all doubt over what’s next for him. Dariush faces Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of UFC 289 in a bout that could well send the ...