“The Suga Show” arrived on the big stage in style as Sean O’Malley captured the undisputed UFC bantamweight title at UFC 292. O’Malley stopped bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling early in the second round after dropping the champion hard with a perfectly-timed straight-right counter during the opening exchanges of the round as the former Contender Series graduate followed in the footsteps ...
By the end of 2018, Gor Yeritsyan had followed up a stellar amateur career with nine pro fights that left him with nine wins and eight knockouts. He had also secured the WBO youth welterweight belt with a second-round stoppage of Alvin Lagumbay to close out the year. On paper, life was good. In reality, he knew that to keep ...
Like the rest of us, Canelo Alvarez was interested in seeing how Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. would play out. With the two finally squaring off on July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Alvarez grabbed himself some popcorn, purchased the pay-per-view, and watched every second of every round. Before they officially got it on, the ...
The 2023 Youth Brandenburg Cup concluded today in Lindow, Germany, where Team USA earned three more medals. Juan Rivera (Philadelphia, Pa.) was the first member of Team USA to step into the ring for his championship bout, facing Nick Smirnov of Germany. Smirnov took the early 4-1 lead; however, Rivera came back to grab all five judges’ cards in the ...
Brad Katona made history as the first man to win The Ultimate Fighter twice, while Kurt Holobaugh picked up the 10th submission finish of his career as both men secured UFC contracts with winning performances in their respective finals of The Ultimate Fighter. The preliminary card of UFC 292 in Boston was enhanced by a pair of final matchups from ...
In his first bout as a Russian boxer, Kevin Johnson lost a six round decision to fast-tracked heavyweight prospect Mark Petrovsky. The bout headlined a card in Moscow, Russia. The 24-year-old Petrovsky won the fight with scores of 60-54 (twice) and 57-57. Last week, Johnson - who is from the United States - generated headlines when he declared himself to be ...
Utilita Arena, Birmingham - Olympic gold medal winner Galal Yafai had no issues in retaining his World Boxing Council International flyweight title, with a first round destruction of domestic level foe Tommy Frank. Yafai, a gold medalist in Tokyo 2020, raises his record to 5-0 (4 KOs), while Frank drops to 15-4-1 (3 KOs). At the start of the first, ...
Another fight, another knockout win for David Cuellar. The unbeaten junior bantamweight contender stopped Marlon Rios at the beginning of the third round late Friday night at La Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico. Cuellar, who is ranked in the top 10 by three major sanctioning bodies, improved to 25-0, 17 knockouts. Cuellar, who resides in Queretaro, Mexico, was on ...
Demetrius Andrade did his best to annoy every elite-level fighter either in or around his weight class. Of course, he often popped into interviews saying “It’s me again!” From there, everyone was liable to get called out. The list of fighters he wanted to face was incredibly long. Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo, Jaime Munguia, Gennadiy Golovkin, Caleb Plant, and Canelo ...
Rebuilding his career was the easy part for Alexandro Santiago. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Now comes the part where he repairs the damage he overcame to reach the title stage—and works twice as hard to remain at this level. The 27-year-old Tijuana native soundly outclassed legendary four-division titlist Nonito Donaire to win the WBC bantamweight title on July 29 in ...