A lack of activity has always held Rashidi Ellis back from having more of a global fanbase. In 2019, 2020, and 2022, the now 30-year-old fought just once. In 2021, he failed to enter the ring at all. This year was supposed to be different. Ellis was supposed to establish himself as a true welterweight contender and a must-see fighter. ...
The UFC middleweight title won’t be contested during UFC 290, but the division will be focused on T-Mobile Arena on July 8, as the identity of the next challenger to Israel Adesanya’s crown will be decided. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will take on rising contender Dricus Du Plessis in a title eliminator on the main card in Las Vegas ...
Natasha Jonas continued her goal of capturing more gold, by becoming the first-ever two-weight world champion from the city of Liverpool as she added the IBF world welterweight championship to her collection in Manchester. Canada’s Kandi Wyatt put in a gutsy performance but was outclassed almost from the opening bell as Jonas, 39, put on a clinic to remind the ...
The main card of UFC pay-per-view events are usually reserved for the established big names of the sport, but at UFC 290, there is also a showcase for two up-and-coming talents, including one man who was earmarked for stardom long before he ever set foot in the Octagon. Bo Nickal is a college wrestling phenom whose decision to transition to ...
Brave Combat Federation will return to Colombia on August 12, as the headliner of the Brave Pan-American Combat Week, the first edition of the largest combat sports festival to take place in Latin America. And Brave CF president Mohammed Shahid is excited by the return of the most global MMA organization to Bogota. Brave CF will be front and center ...
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has revealed that unified champion Oleksandr Usyk turned down multiple big money offers to face him. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Usyk is scheduled to defend his WBO, IBO, IBF, WBA titles against mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois on August 26 in Poland. Provided Usyk wins, there are rumblings that he'll make another defense of his ...
Boxing has a handful of familiar career arcs, patterns that fighters’ careers tend to follow that can often reliably inform matchmaking. A common one is the former world champion fading, slowly working their way down the card from champion, to challenger trying to regain their title, to fringe contender hoping to score and upset and earn one more shot, to ...
A long-discussed fight for the last remaining bantamweight title has a firm date and a tentative location. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Emmanuel Rodriguez-Melvin Lopez vacant IBF bantamweight title will take place August 12 at a yet-to-be-confirmed venue in the greater Washington D.C. area. The update comes two months after Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) informed the IBF that July 15 ...
The proposed fight between Tommy Fury and KSI is falling apart after both boxers threatened to walk away over disagreements pertaining to the contractual terms. Their fight was being targeted to take place in the coming months in Manchester. KSI complained that Fury is attempting to raise the weight limit to 185 - after both sides initially agreed to 180-pounds. ...
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, believes his boxer is landing Oleksandr Usyk at the right time. Dubois, the mandatory challenger, will challenge Usyk for the WBA, IBO, IBF, WBO heavyweight titles on August 26 in Poland. Usyk, who became the undisputed beltholder at cruiserweight, is regarded as the second-best heavyweight in the division - after securing back to ...