Nate Diaz will be fighting upstart boxer Jake Paul on Saturday. The matchup will feature another high-profiled MMA star stepping out of the cage and into the squared circle to battle a boxer. Outside of Anderson Silva outlasting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2021, MMA fighters have not had much of a good run crossing over into boxing lately. The ...
Jermell Charlo loves the idea of doing something that nobody else has been able to achieve. The rare occurrence of a matchup between two undisputed champions will see Charlo move up two divisions to challenge super middleweight king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. He is a sizeable underdog ahead of their September 30 clash in Las Vegas, but likes his chances to ...
Professional Fighters League (PFL) have announced an exclusive partnership with Amanda Serrano which will see her fight exclusively in MMA for the new PFL PPV Super Fight Division. Serrano, the undisputed featherweight champion, is scheduled to return to the ring this Saturday night in Texas. Serrano will face Heather Hardy in a rematch as the co-featured attraction to Jake Paul's ...
Jake Paul is backing his former foe, light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury, to score a knockout when he faces social media star KSI this coming October in Manchester. “I think Tommy knocks him out in like less than five rounds," Paul told The Mirror. Paul, a Youtube star who turned to boxing, suffered his first career defeat back in February, ...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. parted ways with four division world champion Roy Jones Jr, who worked as the boxer's head trainer. Eubank has now hired Brian "Bomac" McIntyre - best known for his work with undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford. Last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Crawford dominated and stopped Errol Spence to become the ...
In the aftermath of his most recent defeat, Irish Olympian Michael Conlan has parted ways with head trainer Adam Booth. Conlan was initially trained in the early days by Manny Robles. He hired Booth in early 2018 and they worked together in two world title fights. Last year, Conlan challenged WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood. After dropping Wood early and appearing ...
Dan Hardy says the PFL would be the ideal landing spot for Michael “Venom” Page as the Bellator star ponders his next move following his move into free agency. Page has been one of Bellator’s biggest stars over the past decade, and his announcement on The MMA Hour that he is now a free agent has sparked plenty of intrigue ...
Devin Haney’s attempt to hold onto his four lightweight belts while challenging for a title in another weight class smacks of insecurity, says Regis Prograis. Prograis, the WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans, is in advanced talks to face Haney, the undisputed lightweight champion, in the fall, in what would be Haney’s first fight at the weight class. Haney is ...
They might be rivals in the same division, but Michael Chandler had no problem heaping praise on former opponent Justin Gaethje following “The Highlight’s” knockout win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 291 last weekend. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chandler broke down Gaethje’s BMF title-winning performance as he knocked out Poirier with a spectacular head kick in the main event ...
With an undisputed clash off the table, Terri Harper has once again landed the next best opportunity. Matchroom Boxing has resurrected Harper’s previously postponed WBA junior middleweight title defense versus former undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus. The bout will take place October 7 on the undercard of the recently announced Leigh Wood-Josh Warrington WBA featherweight title fight at Utliita Arena ...