Eridson Garcia reached a point where he simply wanted a challenge befitting his talent. The demand came at the expense of ring activity, as the unbeaten Dominican has not fought in nearly a full year. That stretch ends when he faces streaking prospect Jordan White (14-1, 10KOs) atop Showtime’s ShoBox tripleheader this Friday from Wind Creek Events Center in Bethlehem, ...
Jake Paul has a propensity of beating MMA fighters in the boxing ring, and he'll look to repeat the feat when he takes on Nate Diaz on Saturday at the American Airlines Center. Prior to losing to professional boxer Tommy Fury in his last fight in February, Paul scored wins against Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley twice, and Ben Askren in ...
The book on Johnny Spell is that he is almost too talented the Pittsburgh region he proudly represents. All that has been missing to support that claim for the 27-year-old boxer is the right opponent to either showcase his skills or disprove the hype. Spell has that in front of him this weekend, as he faces Reading’s Julian Gonzalez (10-0-1, ...
Newly anointed welterweight kingpin Terence Crawford isn’t exactly enamored by the risk-reward ratio that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis currently presents. Crawford notched the biggest win of his career last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when he stopped Errol Spence Jr. in the ninth round of their ballyhooed undisputed welterweight championship. The 35-year-old native of Omaha, Nebraska, turned what ...
Subriel Matias is not only locked into his mandatory title defense but is now at the mercy of the highest bidder. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has scheduled a purse bid hearing for Matias’ ordered junior welterweight title fight versus Shohjahon Ergashev. The negotiation period came and went without a deal reached and now available to all IBF-registered promoters ...
Mexico’s two-division world champion, Oscar Valdez, is more motivated than ever for what could mark the beginning of a historic rivalry. Valdez will challenge three-division world champion and countryman Emanuel Navarrete for his WBO junior lightweight world title on Saturday, August 12, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Navarrete-Valdez, Raymond Muratalla-Diego Torres and Richard Torrez Jr.-Willie Jake Jr. will ...
ONE Championship returns with a stacked lineup of combat sports action this Saturday, August 5, when the promotion brings ONE Fight Night 13 to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The star-studded spectacle will be headlined by ONE featherweight kickboxing world champion Chingiz Allazov’s first world title defence against old rival Marat Grigorian, but the rest of the card ...
Five months after Chinese southpaw Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang shook up the heavyweight division with a stunning knockout, he’ll look to do it again. Zhang’s rematch with British superstar Joe Joyce — Saturday, Sept. 23 at OVO Arena Wembley in London — will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. Zhang-Joyce II, the return of two-time light heavyweight ...
The official weigh-ins took place in San Antonio ahead of the PFL’s first Playoff event of 2023, with one of the four featherweight contenders failing to make the required weight for his semi-final matchup. Jesus Pinedo, who blasted his way into the final four with a shock knockout of 2022 champion Brendan Loughane, is all set to face top seed ...
The PFL has added another big name to its growing fighter roster with the signing of boxing’s undisputed featherweight champion of the world Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano. The seven-division world champion boxer, who also has a 2-0-1 MMA record and a 5-0 record in no-gi jiu-jitsu, has put pen to paper on a deal that will see her compete ...