Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight Anthony Joshua, explains that Robert Helenius is a very credible opponent on short notice. Helenius had seen action three days ago, when he took down Mika Mielonen in three rounds. It was Helenius' first bout since getting knocked out in the first round by Deontay Wilder last October. Should Joshua overcome Helenius, this coming Saturday night, he ...
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier today, Robert Helenius was retained as a late replacement to face former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The fight takes place this coming Saturday night in London. Joshua was initially scheduled to face Dillian Whyte in a rematch. However, news broke last Saturday that Whyte was removed from the fight after testing positive for a banned ...
Mexican legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales will be on hand for the fight week festivities leading up to the WBO junior lightweight world title showdown between reigning champion Emanuel Navarrete and former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez this Saturday, August 12, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Navarrete-Valdez, the Raymond Muratalla-Diego Torres lightweight co-feature, and the heavyweight ...
Liverpool’s Dean Garnett captured championship gold with a spectacular third-round knockout of Argentina’s Lucas Corbage at Hexagone MMA 8 in Beziers, France. The event, which took place in front of 5,000 fans in an old bullfighting arena, saw Garnett finish Corbage in Round 3 with a huge overhand right and follow-up ground strikes to claim an emphatic knockout victory and ...
Matchroom Boxing has secured the promotional rights to the O’Shaquie Foster-Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez WBC junior lightweight title fight. A winning submission of $466,666 was placed by Matchroom during a purse bid hearing held Tuesday as part of the WBC’s ‘Martes de Cafe’ weekly meetings at its Mexico City headquarters. Ten percent of the bid ($46,666.60) will be placed in escrow ...
Logan Paul and Dillon Danis will meet head-on as part of the double main event at an extra special X Series event in Manchester, live and exclusive on DAZN. The AO Arena plays host to a night of crossover boxing on Saturday, October 14 with confirmation of KSI’s clash with Tommy Fury. Paul, who fought in an exhibition with Floyd ...
Bellator’s latest pay-per-view event brings a 17-fight card to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a main card topped by a pivotal bout in the promotion’s welterweight division. Former interim welterweight champion Logan Storley still holds the promotion’s No. 1 ranking in the 170-pound division, but that status will come under threat when he takes on hard-hitting Brennan Ward. Eighth-ranked Ward ...
Jai Opetaia is back on the hunt for another title challenger. For the second time in as many attempts, the unbeaten lineal and IBF cruiserweight champion has seen a mandatory title defense fall through the cracks. Richard Riakporhe is the latest to withdraw from an ordered fight, the development which was learned hours before a scheduled purse bid hearing was ...
Two of the most well-rounded, technical welterweights in the UFC go head to head in the main event of UFC Vegas 78, as the UFC Apex plays host to the latest UFC Fight Night event. The matchup sees 10th-ranked Luque looking to get back to winning ways after suffering back-to-back defeats to Belal Muhammad and Geoff Neal, while former lightweight ...
Cory Sandhagen’s dominant victory over Rob Font may have been a landslide on the scorecards, but the manner of his victory didn’t impress the watching crowd at UFC Nashville, as “The Sandman” turned to his ground game to claim a shutout decision victory. Sandhagen sustained a torn tricep in the opening round, with the injury significant enough force him to ...