Once George Kambosos Jr. took off his gloves following his second defeat to Devin Haney, he seriously contemplated whether or not he ever wanted to put them back on. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Those consecutive losses came at the expense of his WBO, WBA, IBF, and WBC “Franchise” lightweight titles, an achievement he worked his entire life for. Did the ...
The main card of UFC 292 will see two of the toughest, longest-tenured contenders in the UFC middleweight division will go toe to toe in a bout that looks sure to deliver an all-out war. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is making his long-awaited return to action after suffering a horrific broken leg against Uriah Hall that left him ...
On September 23 at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, the welterweight division will move one step closer to crowning an undisputed champion on the night as Jessica McCaskill and Sandy Ryan meet for three of the belts. WBA and WBC champion McCaskill (12-3 5 KOs) is no stranger to undisputed status, having ripped all the hardware at 147 from long-reigning ...
NEW YORK – Jermell Charlo considers it “f----- up” that the WBO will strip him of its junior middleweight title the second the bell rings for his fight against undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Charlo, boxing’s first fully unified 154-pound champion of the four-belt era, intends to return to that division. He’ll have to do so without one of ...
I know New York City in the middle of August is miserable, but you would assume that a pair of undisputed champions - super middleweight boss Canelo Alvarez and junior middleweight king Jermell Charlo - would look at least a little bit happy about their September 30 bout in Las Vegas. (photo by Ryan Hafey) They’re going to dominate headlines ...
At The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Maryland - Undefeated Gabriel Maestre (6-0-1, 5 KOs) came out blazing and knocked down previously undefeated Capitol Heights, Maryland native Travon Marshall (8-1, 7 KOs) twice en route to securing a second-round TKO. The fight would begin a somewhat of a quick pace by both, as they punches were being exchanged at ...
The second episode of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series saw another five fighters join the UFC roster after UFC president White awarded contracts to each and every one of the night’s winners at the UFC Apex. In the main event of the evening, Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady upset the bookies’ odds by defeating England’s George Hardwick in a back-and-forth ...
NEW YORK – There was a time well into late June when Canelo Alvarez believed he would fight Jermall Charlo on September 30. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The four-weight world champion happily accepted a switch to Jermell Charlo, but Alvarez acknowledged after a press conference Tuesday in Manhattan that he has embraced a more difficult fight against boxing’s undisputed 154-pound ...
Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo faced off for the first time on Tuesday at a kickoff press conference in New York to preview their blockbuster showdown that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) on Saturday, September 30 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Promotions will present the Premier Boxing Champions Pay-Per-View. (photos by Ryan Hafey and ...
Shelly Finkel, co-manager for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, is 'optimistic' that a deal can be reached for a long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Joshua was in action last Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, where he scored a vicious one-punch knockout of late replacement Robert Helenius. Wilder, back in October of 2022, knocked ...