Unless Errol Spence Jr. unexpectedly requests a second welterweight fight with him, Terence Crawford would remain in the 147-pound division for only one other bout. Crawford would welcome what would be a lucrative showdown with Gervonta Davis, the knockout artist who recently predicted that he would take out Crawford in a 147-pound bout. Baltimore’s Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) is one ...
One of European MMA’s hottest talents has a home on the world stage with the news that French lightweight Abdoul “The Lazy King” Abdouraguimov has signed for the PFL. Abdouraguimov, who has a 16-1 career record and captured titles at lightweight and welterweight for French promotion Ares FC, has joined the PFL’s global roster and will make his debut on ...
Even Floyd Mayweather has been forced to take notice of what Naoya Inoue has been doing as of late. The Japanese star has gone from weight class to weight class dominating the best of the very best. After pilfering every world title at 118 pounds, he brazenly decided to make the jump to the super bantamweight division. (photo by Ryan ...
Bellator action returns to our screens tonight from Sioux Falls, where a bumper fight card is set to serve up 17 bouts from the Sanford Pentagon. Ahead of fight night, all 34 fighters took to the scale to make their respective bouts official, with just one fighter failing to make their contracted weight for the event in South Dakota. That ...
Heavyweight veteran Kevin 'Kingpin' Johnson (36-21-2, 20 KOs), 43-years-old, announced in an overseas interview that he's now Russian - and also changed his name to Kevin Vladimirovich. The name change, according to Johnson, was to honor Russian President Vladimir Putin. "As a compliment to President Vladimir Putin, I decided to change my name. I will now be called Kevin Vladimirovich ...
The world titles he captured were historical. The amount of Hall of Fame fighters he beat along the way was astonishing. And, most importantly, the amount of physical punishment that Manny Pacquiao placed his body through was astronomical. Following his close unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Yordenis Ugas in 2021, Pacquiao decided that enough was enough. He slinked ...
Filip Hrgovic hasn’t overlooked Demsey McKean, but the unbeaten Croatian contender can’t envision any way that he’ll lose their high-stakes heavyweight fight to the Australian southpaw. Oddsmakers have installed Hrgovic as an 8-1 favorite to beat McKean in their 12-round IBF elimination match on the Anthony Joshua-Robert Helenius undercard Saturday night at O2 Arena in London. Unless their bout results ...
Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KOs) and Oscar Valdez (31-1, 23 KOs) are ready for an all-Mexican duel. (photos by Mikey Williams. Navarrete will put his WBO junior lightweight world title on the line against former two-division world champion Valdez this Saturday, August 12, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. In the 10-round junior welterweight co-feature, rising contender Lindolfo Delgado ...
Derrick James has been pleased by the way Anthony Joshua has bought into his program. James, the veteran trainer out of Dallas, Texas, runs one of the most in-demand gyms in professional boxing today, with an enviable clientele that includes undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., and lightweight contenders Frank Martin and Ryan Garcia. ...
GLENDALE, Arizona – The chance to one day face and beat Bakhodir Jalolov in the pro ranks is among the goals Richard Torrez plans to accomplish as a pro. How he was going to get to that point wasn’t immediately certain until his promoter, Top Rank, cleared a lane. “When Top Rank signed him, my thought was—now we have a ...