The cupboard is somewhat bare at 147 pounds for Terence Crawford. Sure he could stick around and take on a few former champs such as Keith Thurman and Yordenis Ugas - or even an up-and-coming star such as Jaron Ennis, but neither of those options make a ton of sense in his opinion. Outside of a mandated rematch with Errol ...
Shem Rock plans on slaying some demons from his past when he takes on Czech police officer Jaroslav Pokorny at Oktagon 48 in Manchester. Lightweight contender Rock, who spent years on the run from the police for a crime he didn’t commit, is now looking to make a run to championship glory in Oktagon MMA, and faces a battle with ...
Heading into the weekend, it was hard to get all that excited for Oleksandr Usyk’s title defense against Daniel Dubois. On paper, it looked like a showdown between one of the game’s elite, in any weight class, and a mandatory with little to recommend their position. For most of the fight, it played out that way. Usyk was levels above ...
History was made at UAE Warriors 43 as the promotion crowned its first unified Africa/Arabia champion on a huge night in Abu Dhabi. The main event featured a champion-versus-champion battle as UAE Africa welterweight champion Wisem Hammami defeated UAE Arabia welterweight champion Badreddine Diani via first-round TKO to capture the unified title at the Etihad Arena. For the first time ...
IBO super middleweight champ Osleys Iglesias (8-0) defends the title against German Artur Reis (11-0) on October 7 in Magdeburg (Germany) on a SES and Blanko Sports promotion. Iglesias hails from Cuba and has been based in Berlin throughout his professional career and has been managed by Tornado Fighting in Germany while being promoted by Polsat Boxing Promotion. The deal ...
Former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson believes Oleksandr Usyk was hit with a legal punch when Daniel Dubois connected with a heavy body shot in the fifth round. Dubois landed a hard shot to the body that sent Usyk down in pain for several minutes. The punch was ruled as a low blow by referee Luis Pabon. Usyk was on ...
Perhaps Liam Smith will be more interested in taking a victory lap the second time around. The highest profile win of his career earlier this year carried a certain sense of satisfaction for the former WBO junior middleweight titlist. A fourth-round knockout of Chris Eubank Jr. was viewed as an upset at the time, as there were questions as to ...
Oscar Collazo wants to stake his claim as the best fighter at 105 pounds. Collazo earned another knockout win Saturday night, stopping Garen Diagan after the sixth round at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collazo (8-0, 6 knockouts), who resides in nearby Villalba, successfully defended his WBO world title belt. The 26-year-old dominated from the opening ...
Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia seemingly don’t have much issue with waiting on a fight date. That is not all the case for the fighter who stepped aside for that fight to allegedly move forward. Michael Zerafa has grown tired of playing the waiting game for an overdue title shot. The Melbourne-bred boxer is the mandatory challenger to Lara’s WBA ...
Former welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas is expecting a tough contest in the upcoming crossroads fight with Mario Barrios, which has been finalized for September 30th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Their fight will be featured as part of the Showtime pay-per-view undercard to the super middleweight title clash between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Jermell Charlo. Ugas (27-5, 12 ...