Shawn Porter thinks it is high time for Keith Thurman to leave the welterweight division—the only division he has ever fought in—behind. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Porter, the former 147-pound titlist and now media personality, weighed in on the current absence of his one-time opponent on the current boxing scene. Porter, who retired shortly after getting stopped by Terence Crawford ...
The vacant LFA welterweight title was up for grabs in the main event of LFA 166 as two Brazilian contenders battled all the way to the scorecards in Sao Paulo. Geraldo Neto and Magnus Conrado fought it out for the vacant 170-pound title at Ginasio do Polvilho, with Neto taking the unanimous decision, and the belt, with scores of 49-45, ...
Jose Perez retained the CFFC featherweight title with victory over Chris Vasil in the main event of CFFC 123 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, but it didn’t come without a little drama at the end. Perez extended his win streak to four with a unanimous decision victory over Vasil, who was making his first tilt at CFFC championship gold as the bout ...
Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre was reportedly detained by Manchester airport police over the weekend after a gun was allegedly found in is luggage. A report from the UK Daily Mail revealed that the premier boxing trainer was arrested Sunday morning in the Terminal 2 departure lounge while awaiting an international flight to Atlanta. The weapon was allegedly discovered through the airport ...
The UFC’s premier middleweight returns to action as he headlines UFC 293 in Australia as he bids to add another contender’s name to his long list of vanquished opponents. Israel Adesanya has only lost once as a middleweight, and he avenged his defeat to Alex Pereira with a stunning knockout performance in their immediate rematch as he blasted his way ...
In the biggest fight of his young life, Michel Rivera laid an egg. Facing Frank Martin gave the Dominican native an opportunity to prove that he was one of the best 135-pounders on the planet. Rivera talked a good game and couldn’t envision a world where he came up short. Not only to Martin but to anyone. On December 17th, ...
Cage Warriors returns to its US home in San Diego for Cage Warriors 159, with the show set to see the promotion making its debut in the Metaverse. Meta and the UFC have partnered up to bring events to the Metaverse, with Friday night’s Cage Warriors show available for fans to experience in a new, immersive fashion, via Xtadium, the ...
On September 7 in the French city of Nantes, Brazilian Alessandro Macedo faces Laid Zerhouni for the Hexagone MMA world middleweight title. The night’s double-card, presented in cooperation with Brave CF, will be broadcast on TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland and on DAZN internationally. Zerhouni certainly poses a threat coming into the fight, just one month after his ...
Olympian Frazer Clarke believes David Allen was milking the moment to influence the referee to call for a disqualification due to several low blows in their contest from last Saturday night in Manchester. During the fight, Allen was complaining that several of Frazer's connected body shots were low. In the sixth round, Clarke was deducted two points for low blows, ...
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not expecting a complete mismatch when his son faces MMA veteran Francis Ngannou. Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, will make his professional boxing debut against Fury, in a non-title bout, on October 28 in Saudi Arabia. While most observers are predicting a one-sided wipeout, John Fury believes the fight ...