Oleksandr Usyk has accomplished a lot in title reigns spanning two weight divisions. He will enjoy a new experience ahead of his next title defense—overwhelming crowd support. A round of raucous cheers broke out in support of the Ukrainian southpaw during Monday’s press conference to formally announce his unified heavyweight title defense versus Daniel Dubois. Their bout will take place ...
Jared Anderson will return to the ring just eight weeks after winning the toughest fight of his career. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the undefeated heavyweight contender will face Ukrainian veteran Andrii Rudenko on August 26 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ESPN will televise Anderson-Rudenko as a 10-round main event that night from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. ESPN.com's Mike Coppinger first ...
Boxing’s tiniest division remains one sanctioning body’s biggest headache. The long-ago ordered Thammanoon Niyomtrong-Erick Rosa WBA title consolidation bout is headed back to a purse bid hearing. The latest development comes as both sides defaulted on a previously reached deal for a fight once targeted to take place this weekend. Instead, a July 21 Zoom hearing will once again determine ...
It’s official. Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury are set to meet in a huge boxing bout in October, as the former UFC heavyweight champion gets his wish and will take on boxing’s lineal heavyweight champion of the world on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A press release from boxing promoters Top Rank officially announced the bout, stating that the ...
The current lineal heavyweight boxing champion and the former UFC heavyweight champion will meet in the ring. Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou are set for a sanctioned boxing match to take place Saturday, October 28th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in an epic showdown between two giants of their fields following the opening of Riyadh Season. The clash to find out who ...
We may not have seen Stipe Miocic in action since his title loss to Francis Ngannou in 2021, but the former two-time UFC heavyweight champion hasn’t been inactive. Far from it. Miocic was knocked out by Ngannou at UFC 260 as he lost the heavyweight title in Las Vegas two years ago. But now he has the opportunity to become ...
Matt Frevola has made no secret of his desire to share the Octagon with Paddy Pimblett, and the New Yorker thinks there’s no better place for the pair to meet than Madison Square Garden. UFC 295 will take place at the famous arena on November 11, and Frevola is already targeting that date for his next UFC appearance. And, speaking ...
On July 29th, a fight some five years in the making will clear up the question of just who has been the best welterweight in the world in the post-Floyd Mayweather era. The fighter who will replace the winner of Errol Spence-Terence Crawford atop the welterweight division may have spoken violently on Saturday night. Over the course of ten increasingly ...
In just a matter of days, Shamil Gasanov will enter the biggest battle of his professional mixed martial arts career. After a successful ONE Championship debut in 2022, “The Cobra” has the opportunity to insert himself further into the featherweight world title picture when he meets the stacked division’s No. 2-ranked contender Garry Tonon this Saturday, July 15, at ONE ...
World championships medalist and multi-time national champion Freudis Rojas Jr., will return to his hometown of Las Vegas for his Sin City debut this Saturday, July 15. Rojas will take on Diego Santiago Sanchez in a 10-round welterweight bout on the undercard of Frank Martin vs. Artem Harutyunyan at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The former amateur standout and undefeated ...