Bellator will celebrate a major milestone on Saturday, October 7 when Bellator 300 takes place in San Diego, California. The promotion’s matchmakers have stacked the deck for the event, which will take place at the Pechanga Arena, with four championship fights scheduled in the biggest championship lineup in the promotion’s history. Headlining the show is a battle for the Bellator ...
Robert Helenius says the only performance-enhancing substance he needs in his system is his ‘Viking blood’. The ‘Nordic Nightmare’ only boxed on Saturday but secured an unlikely clash with Anthony Joshua after Dillian Whyte returned an adverse analytical finding in a VADA test. Whyte had been set to meet Joshua at the o2 Arena this weekend in a rematch of ...
Plant City, Florida - Georgian Otar Eranosyan picked up a big win over former world champion Roger Gutierrez. The pair collided in a WBA world title eliminator, with Eranosyan falling in line to face champion Hector Luis Garcia, who Gutierrez lost his title to last year. Eranosyan started the first round with good footwork and varying combinations which gave Gutierrez ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, believes the possibility of a rematch with Dillian Whyte is gone forever. In December of 2015, Joshua knocked Whyte out in seven rounds. The rematch was scheduled to take place this coming Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. However, last Saturday, Hearn would reveal on social media that ...
Light heavyweight Kendrick Ball, Jr. fought in a familiar setting Saturday night. Maybe too familiar of a setting. (photo by Emily Harney) Ball outboxed gatekeeper Oscar Riojas of Mexico, winning by decision at Polar Park in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts. All three judges scored the bout 80-72 in favor of Ball, who improved to 21-1-3 1 NC, 12 knockouts. ...
Heavyweight contender Demsey McKean (22-0, 14 KOs) feels confident that he will upset the odds when he collides with IBF mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic (15-0, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. McKean is the underdog, but he is not intimidated by Hrgovic's reputation. In his last fight, Hrgovic had to get off the floor and ...
Lightweight contender Raymond Muratalla suffered a training injury and has been forced to withdraw from his ESPN-televised co-feature this Saturday, Aug. 12, against fellow unbeaten Diego Torres at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The 10-round junior welterweight tilt between rising contender Lindolfo Delgado and Jair Valtierra is the new co-feature and will be televised directly before the WBO junior ...
Three-division and five-time world champion Yokasta Valle (28-2, 9 KOs) will make her 2023 return to U.S. soil and will defend her IBF and WBO minimumweight world championship titles against a soon-to-be-announced opponent. Nicaraguan-born and Costa Rican-raised, Valle will participate in a 10-round match as part of the Zepeda vs. Gesta fight card. In the main event, William "El Camarn" ...
Heavyweight contender Derek Chisora has erupted in the wake Dillian Whyte's most recent drug testing scandal. Whyte was scheduled to face Anthony Joshua this coming Saturday night in London, but last Saturday he was officially pulled from the fight, after Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, revealed that there were "adverse findings" in Whyte's drug testing protocol with VADA. Whyte has since ...
Today's press conference in London ahead of this weekend’s heavyweight main event between Anthony Joshua and Robert Helenius at The O2 Arena Live Worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson) On a night of heavyweight action in the Capital, IBF Mandatory World Title challenger Filip Hrgovic clashes with Australia’s undefeated contender Demsey McKean, Fan favourite Derek Chisora returns to the ...