Former WBC super featherweight champion Alberto Machado was knocked out in yet another weight class Thursday night. Canadian junior welterweight Steve Claggett dropped Machado three times, once in the second round and twice in the third round, before their scheduled 10-round bout was stopped at Casino de Montreal in Montreal. Referee Steve St. Germain officially halted the action at 2:29 ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor has dared Teofimo Lopez to make good on his recent controversial threat. During an interview, Lopez made it clear that he would attempt to make a statement by taking Taylor's life when they collide on June 10 at the Madison Square Garden's Hulu Theater in New York City. Lopez rose to stardom in 2020, ...
Khamzat Chimaev hasn’t been seen in action in the Octagon for a while, but talk is starting to warm up about his potential return, with a possible matchup with former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. However, one man who doubts whether that bout will ever come to fruition is fellow welterweight contender Belal Muhammad, who said that he’s seen a pattern ...
Boxing fans who want to watch Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford fight from inside T-Mobile Arena next month will have to dig deep into their proverbial pockets for tickets to this welterweight showdown. Prices for tickets made available during a 12-hour pre-sale Thursday through AXS.com ranged in price from $1,505 to $8,500. Almost all of those tickets to the ...
Conor Benn continues to bounce off matchmaking ideas on the public. The brash and embattled British welterweight contender once again challenged rival Chris Eubank Jr. to a fight in a recent Instagram story. The two were originally supposed to fight each other in a high-profile fight in October but it was cancelled amid Benn’s scandal concerning performance-enhancing drugs; Benn tested ...
As enticing as a September showdown with Tyson Fury is, Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua just aren’t sure whether to take Fury seriously. Hearn is performing his due diligence by exploring that intriguing heavyweight title fight with Queensberry Promotions’ George Warren, just as he did last fall. Unless something changes, however, Joshua doesn’t want to deviate from his plan to ...
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, will play host to a night of pivotal combat sports on Saturday, 10th June, when ONE Championship returns with ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov, and the promotion’s bantamweight division could see a major overhaul after one particular battle. Fifth-ranked contender Artem Belakh and No. 4-ranked Kwon Won Il will meet smack in ...
Former middleweight champion Savannah Marshall believes that a rematch with Claressa Shields will happen again. Last October, Marshall lost a ten round decision to Shields in their highly anticipated undisputed fight at 160-pounds. Marshall will attempt to bounce back in another major fight, when she moves up in weight to challenge undisputed super middleweight world champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn on July ...
Claressa Shields is skeptical of Hanna Gabriels’ excuse for failing performance-enhancing drug tests while training for their rematch. Lou DiBella, Gabriels’ promoter, informed BoxingScene.com last week that Gabriels tested positive for clostebol because the banned substance is a component in one of the medications she applied by hand to her dog’s surgically repaired stomach. Gabriels tested positive for clostebol, which ...
Three UK-based fighters are set for the biggest bouts of their respective careers as they get set for action at Cage Warriors 155 in San Diego. The event takes place Friday night at the Sycuan Casino Hotel and streams live on UFC Fight Pass, but despite the California location, the bout represents something of a home game for the collective, ...