Yoelvis Gomez will reunite with his previous trainer. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Cuban junior middleweight has parted ways with Joe Goossen and will return to Ismael Salas’ facility in Las Vegas. The move comes shortly after Gomez suffered a ten-round points loss to Marquis Taylor as part of a July 15 Showtime telecast, the one fight where he and ...
Michael Bisping says that if there’s anyone in the UFC heavyweight division capable of dethroning champ Jon Jones, it’s fellow Englishman Tom Aspinall. Aspinall answered lot of questions about his fitness and ability to bounce back when he returned from knee surgery and a one-year layoff to defeat Marcin Tybura in just 73 seconds at UFC London. His performance at ...
LAS VEGAS – Errol Spence Jr. is well aware of the scoring controversies in big fights in Las Vegas in recent years. The unbeaten IBF/WBA/WBC welterweight champion won’t allow himself, however, to become consumed with the possibility of that happening again Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in the biggest fight of his 10-year professional career. If Spence were to lose ...
Mick Stanton produced one of the comeback performances of the year to retain his middleweight title at Cage Warriors 157 in London, and after his stunning finish of former champion James Webb in the headline bout, “The Huyton Hammer” reflected on a huge win. “It feels unreal, if I’m honest,” he told Edith Labelle backstage after his victory. “I knew ...
The best week of boxing in recent memory kicked off with one of the best big fight performances of the 21st century. That’s a hell of a start. In a performance that was reminiscent of Floyd Mayweather-Diego Corrales or Roy Jones-James Toney, Japan’s Naoya Inoue turned a highly anticipated showdown into a showcase. The thinking going in was Inoue’s power ...
One of the big matchups set for the Bellator vs. Rizin 2 event this weekend has had a major shakeup with the news that AJ McKee has been forced out of the event due to medical reasons. Bellator officials confirmed McKee’s enforced withdrawal from the event, and announced that taking his place on the card, and in the quarter-finals of ...
Former undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is mulling the next move for his career after suffering his first defeat as a pro. Last month, Taylor returned to the ring for the first time since February of 2022 - and he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Teofimo Lopez, who walked away with the WBO world title. During his long ...
Salt Lake City, Utah plays host to UFC 291, as the promotion’s BMF title returns with a fight that looks set to deliver another Octagon classic. Former UFC interim lightweight champions Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will face off in a huge rematch for the returning symbolic BMF belt, with the two fan-favorites set to throw down in a five-round ...
Tokyo, Japan - "El Tren" traveled halfway around the world and authored a devastating performance. In his first title defense, WBO featherweight world champion Robeisy Ramirez dominated Japanese challenger Satoshi Shimizu en route to a fifth-round TKO. The two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist had little trouble figuring out Shimizu (11-2, 10 KOs), a two-time Olympian who had won three straight ...
Fight week officially kicked off Tuesday as undefeated boxing superstars and pound-for-pound greats Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and Terence “Bud” Crawford made their grand arrivals at MGM Grand before they meet this Saturday, July 29 headlining a SHOWTIME PPV from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Esther Lin) The unified ...