Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland may be exchanging plenty of verbal barbs ahead of fight night at UFC 293, but when he strips everything back to the basics, the reigning UFC middleweight champion sees a very similar matchup to one that produced one of his best UFC performances. Back at UFC 253, Adesanya totally defused Paulo Costa to retain his ...

The UFC’s Octagon heads Down Under for UFC 293, where the city of Sydney, Australia plays host to a big pay-per-view with the middleweight title on the line in the main event. Reigning middleweight king Israel Adesanya is making a swift turnaround from the summer to put his belt on the line after recapturing the title against Alex Pereira. And ...

Featherweight Rigoberto Hermosillo (13-4-1, 9 KOs), from Los Angeles, CA is ready to battle Alexis De Luna (10-1, 5 KOs) from Bakersfield, CA. The 8-round bout will headline Camponovo Sports "New Blood" boxing series taking place at Infinite Reality Studios in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, September 9, 2023. In the 8-round co-main event, Long Beach's undefeated super lightweight, Emiliano ...

Paul Elliott’s ONE Championship tenure hasn’t yet managed to hit the ground running. But he’s looking to change that when he steps into action for the third time against Mauro Cerilli at ONE Fight Night 14: Stamp vs. Ham on Saturday, September 30. After a shock defeat in his promotional debut, Elliott looked to be on the brink of victory ...

Chantelle Cameron is prepared to follow the lead of her fellow undisputed champion. The fully unified junior welterweight queen was among the first to sing the praises of the historic measures in place for the Amanda Serrano-Danila Ramos title consolidation bout. It was announced Wednesday that the two will meet October 27 in a unified featherweight title fight scheduled for ...

After hanging up his gloves, in 2014, former two division world champion Sergio Martinez says it was inevitable that he would return the ring. Due to lingering injuries, Martinez walked away after getting knocked out by Miguel Cotto. Martinez made his return to the sport in 2020 - and so far he's won six fights in a row.  Back in ...

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he would be “surprised” if the long-discussed fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Connor Benn fails to materialize by the end of the year. A Eubank-Benn fight has seemingly been revived after Eubank avenged his loss to Liam Smith last Saturday night in Manchester, England, with a 10th-round stoppage. Eubank suffered a humiliating fourth-round technical knockout ...

Mike Stafford, a respected trainer who made a lasting impact among boxers in his hometown of Cincinnati, died late Wednesday afternoon at the age of 67. Stafford’s death was confirmed Wednesday night by his family members on Facebook. The cause of his death was not known at the time this story was posted. The affable Stafford, who was quiet and ...

Raul Curiel is set for his second straight headlining act. The unbeaten Mexican prospect weighed right at the 147-pound limit for his first of 2023, which headlines Thursday’s Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN show from Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Guadalajara’s Curiel will face Courtney Pennington, who was 146.8 pounds for their scheduled ten-round bout. Curiel has not ...

The team for heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois have officially logged a formal appeal with the WBA in a bid to have the Londoner’s stoppage defeat to Oleksandr Usyk declared a no-contest and for there to be an immediate rematch, Sky Sports have reported. Last month, Dubois floored Usyk with a heavy shot to the midsection in round five of the ...