A junior featherweight title eliminator will head to a purse bid hearing as moves are being made elsewhere to fully unify all of the division’s titles. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the teams representing Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Kevin Gonzalez failed to reach terms for their ordered WBA 122-pound elimination bout. The sanctioning body has now assigned an October 9 date for ...
Cody Crowley hopes Yordenis Ugas beats Mario Barrios on Saturday night because he has always wanted to fight Ugas. More important to the undefeated Canadian contender, however, is that his next fight comes against whoever wins the Ugas-Barrios bout. Crowley is the WBC’s number one contender in its welterweight ratings and beat Abel Ramos by majority decision in a 12-round ...
Unbeaten British heavyweight standouts Fabio Wardley and David Adeleye will meet in a high-stakes clash Saturday, Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 12-round battle of unbeatens will serve as the chief support contest to the showdown between WBC & lineal heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury and lineal MMA heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou. The event, which marks the ...
ORLANDO – Eddie Hearn is already at work to get Conor Benn back in the ring to make up for lost time. A career-long17-month hiatus ended for the unbeaten welterweight contender, who outpointed Mexico’s Rodolfo Orozco over ten rounds on September 23 in Orlando, Florida. The bout was the first for England’s Benn since last April and also since the ...
Cage Warriors returns to its familiar stomping ground of the BEC Arena for Cage Warriors 160, with a shortened 10-fight card confirmed for Friday night in Manchester. On the eve of fight night, the fighters took to the scale for the official weigh-ins for the event, with the two main eventers on weight and ready for their featherweight contender clash, ...
John Fury had a hard time believing what he was seeing. The father of WBC titlist Tyson Fury was shocked by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou’s boxing ability during a media workout in Las Vegas ahead of Ngannou’s boxing debut against Fury on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury’s title, however, will not be at stake. A well-circulated video ...
Thai striking sensation Stamp Fairtex has transitioned superbly to mixed martial arts and, after her first tilt at an MMA title fell short against Angela Lee last year, the former two-sport ONE world champion is back to challenge for the interim atomweight MMA title at ONE Fight Night 14 when she takes on Ham Seo Hee at ONE Fight Night ...
Nathan Quarless can’t wait to announce himself this weekend. Quarless (12-0) has been waiting for an opportunity since outboxing Steve Collins Jr in a fifty-fifty fight two years ago. The unbeaten 28 year old cruiserweight gets the perfect chance to change the trajectory of his career when he faces hot prospect Viddal Riley (9-0, 6 KO’s) in London on Saturday ...
With numerous world title contests and important divisional battles up and down the card, ONE Fight Night 14: Stamp vs. Ham is jam-packed with unmissable action. The pivotal event takes place this Saturday, 30th September, with Stamp Fairtex and Ham Seo Hee locking horns for the ONE interim women’s atomweight MMA world title in the main event. Mixed martial arts ...
Jake Quickenden is no stranger to reality TV shows, having taken part in a host of them during his career. But the 35-year-old Englishman is putting himself to the test in a way none of his previous TV appearances can compare with. Quickenden is taking part in Oktagon MMA’s reality show, Stage to the Cage, where he and stand-up comedian ...