Two-time Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields is far from done with MMA. The three-weight professional boxing world champion, who fought twice for the PFL in 2021, has signed a multi-year deal with the promotion and will continue to compete in both boxing and MMA in 2024 and beyond. Shields signed for the PFL in 2021 and fought twice inside the ...
Too much was on the line for Anthony Joshua to postpone his second fight of the year, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn. The former heavyweight titlist is on track to enter the ring this weekend at London’s O2 Arena as scheduled. But instead of Dillian Whyte, he will take on late replacement Robert Helenius, the veteran Finnish contender. Whyte ...
Manny Pacquiao apparently sees a lot of himself in Naoya Inoue. To the point that the eight-division champion and former senator of the Philippines wants to help what many feel today is the world’s greatest fighter. Inoue, the four-division titlist and current unified junior featherweight titlist, is coming off a rousing eighth-round stoppage win over Philadelphia's Stephen Fulton last month ...
Adam Azim heads to the AO Arena Manchester on Saturday, September 2nd, joining the blockbuster Smith vs Eubank II pay-per-view card on a mission to fast-track himself to world-title contention and fulfil a promise made to his idol Amir Khan. Having accepted a challenge laid down by Amir Khan - who became world champion at just 22 years old - ...
Nate Diaz may have departed the UFC to box Jake Paul, but he’ll always be welcomed by the UFC, says UFC president Dana White. Diaz fought out his contract and banked a huge payday when he boxed Paul in Dallas, Texas last weekend as he took Paul the distance in a losing effort in their 10-round boxing match. And, despite ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight star Anthony Joshua, was able to save this coming Saturday's event at The O2 in London - after a positive drug test nearly derailed the entire card. Joshua was scheduled to fight Dillian Whyte in a rematch. Last Saturday, Hearn revealed that Whyte was pulled from the fight after "adverse findings" in Whyte's drug testing ...
Dana White was in a generous mood as his Contender Series returned to action at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The 57th Contender Series event kicked off the seventh season of the Tuesday night talent-finding fight series, with all five winners on the night earning contracts from the UFC president. The featured bout of the night saw undefeated Brazilian ...
The upcoming UFC pay-per-view event in Sydney now has a main event, and one of the sport’s biggest stars set to top the card in Australia. Undisputed middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will headline the event at the 21,000-capacity Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, September 9 as he takes on the number-five middleweight contender Sean Strickland. Adesanya was expected to face ...
The last time Anthony Joshua fought twice in the same calendar year was in 2019 when he suffered his first career loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. in the summer and rebounded later in the winter to regain the heavyweight titles. His Saturday night date almost slipped through his hands when original opponent Dillian Whyte was pulled from their planned rematch ...
RYAN GARNER IS looking to turbo-charge his career prospects at York Hall on Friday August 18 with a maiden title success against the 12-1 Spaniard, Juan Jesus Antunez, live on TNT Sports. The WBC International super featherweight title will be on the line in Bethnal Green when ‘The Piranha’ will be roared on by something like 250 fans from his ...