As if Naoya Inoue wasn’t already in rarefied circles, promoter Bob Arum suspects the Japanese dynamo may be even better than one of his former distinguished clients. The 91-year-old founder of Top Rank Inc. was effusive in his praise for Inoue, in the wake of Inoue’s startlingly dominant eighth-round knockout of Stephen Fulton last month in Tokyo to win the ...
Brave CF 73 produced an action-packed night of fights in Bogota as Jose “Shorty” Torres was crowned the promotion’s new bantamweight world champion after a five-round war with Nkosi Ndebele. The Coliseo El Salitre hosted the event, which saw fighters from the USA, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Peru, and Ecuador in action as Latin America’s ...
GLENDALE, Arizona – Richard Torrez Jr. is surrounded by too much Hall of Fame-level talent to ever question the process. The only demand of his all-star team by the 2020 Olympic Silver medalist is to immediately make up for lost time. Theoretically, there isn’t any reason to put the unbeaten southpaw back in the mix after his latest hit, a ...
The main event of UFC 292 features a battle between a dominant champion and the division’s next big star as Aljamain Sterling puts his title on the line against Sean O’Malley. Sterling has fought against the best the UFC could throw at him at 135 pounds, yet despite turning back those challenges, seemingly still hasn’t won over the majority of ...
KSI has disagreed with Jake Paul's claim of growing as a boxer and getting better skilled in the ring. KSI and Paul are heated social media rivals - and their animosity has carried over to boxing. Earlier this month, Paul secured a ten round unanimous decision over MMA veteran Nate Diaz. For Paul, it was his first win since suffering ...
Robert Helenius told YLE in Finland late last night that he would think about the future but wasn't ready to hang up the gloves just yet. Helenius also admitted he tired a bit in the later rounds against Anthony Joshua - and added that with more time for preparations the outcome could have been different - which is a valid ...
Moments after Robert Helenius was returned to consciousness under the care of the ringside medical team, the man who knocked him out, Anthony Joshua, was on the microphone thanking him for saving the show. It was the second time in three fights that Helenius had been knocked out cold by a top-flight heavyweight only for them to express gratitude and ...
MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill - In a battle of welterweight fighters, Gabriel Maestre (6-0-1, 5 KOs) crushed Travon Marshall (8-1, 7 KOs). in two rounds. (photos by Amanda Westcott) Maestre started doing good work with accurate punches in the first. Marshall was on the outside, working well with his long punches. During the second, Maestre landed a huge right ...
GLENDALE, Arizona – Shakur Stevenson will challenge for—and likely win—a third divisional title in his next fight. It is highly unlikely, however, that it will come versus the type of high-profile opponent he’s sought since moving up in weight. Appealing options to face undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney or former three-division titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko are no longer on the table ...
Vicente Luque returned to the Octagon after a one-year layoff and immediately bounced back into form with a unanimous decision victory over former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 78. The Brazilian welterweight veterans went head to head in the main event at the UFC Apex, with Luque earning the unanimous nod from the cageside judges, who returned ...