Opportunity knocked. A pair of fighters answered the door in a big way last weekend. Heading into last weekend, Alexis Rocha had risen in enough esteem at welterweight to be ranked in the top five by both TBRB and Ring Magazine. The WBO ranked him number one while the WBC and IBF both had him in the top ten. Giovani ...
LOS ANGELES – A heartbroken Alexis Rocha said he was reduced to tears in the dressing room following his knockout loss to Giovani Santillan at the Kia Forum on Saturday night. The betting favorite Rocha got bruised, bloodied, and broken down, eventually succumbing to Santillan by being knocked down three times en route to a six round stoppage win in ...
Johnny Walker has disclosed the conversation between himself and the UFC doctor, seconds before his UFC 294 bout was brought to an unexpected end.In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, the Light Heavyweight addressed the peculiar stoppage of his fight against Magomed Ankalaev on Saturday night. Ankalaev landed a knee flush to the head of a ...
Boxing purists are calling the fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou a farce and giving the former UFC champion little to no chance to pull off the massive offset in the crossover clash. But if you ask Fury (30-0-1, 24 KOs), the WBC heavyweight champion appears to be spooked out by Ngannou (17-3, 12 KOs MMA) more than his ...
If you simply listened to oddsmakers and fans, they’ll have you believe that Edwin De Los Santos is a good fighter, very good even. But on the elite level? Not a chance. The 23-year-old has looked sharp at times but against William Foster in 2022, he was handed the lone defeat of his career. Of course, fans are attempting to ...
Jake Paul's promotional company, MVP Promotions, have rejected the scenario of facing Nate Diaz in a boxing rematch. Paul recently announced that he plans to return to the ring for his next fight on December 15. The opponent and venue have yet to be revealed. DAZN will carry the event. Back in August, the social media star dropped and decisioned ...
The Only in America 92 Celebration just added some more fights as promoter Don King has put together five title bouts for the Saturday, Nov. 4 card at the Casino Miami Jai Alai. King is going to celebrate his recent 92nd birthday. The card will have three co-feature title fights headlined by the 12-round battle for the WBC Cruiserweight vacant ...
Two sanctioning bodies have provided a roadblock to a Jessica McCaskill-Sandy Ryan rematch. Rulings from the WBC and WBO have called for the pair of welterweight titlists to next enter mandatory title defenses in lieu of a second unification match. Confirmation was provided in the WBO’s ruling on a protest filed by Matchroom Boxing executive matchmaker Tom Dallas who filed ...
Cuban heavyweight puncher Luis Ortiz has been out of the ring for over a year. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Ortiz, 44-years-old, has been inactive since losing a close twelve round unanimous decision to former unified champion Andy Ruiz back in September of 2022. Ortiz has been staying in shape and waiting for an opportunity to come up. The dangerous puncher's ...
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has made it clear that Oleksandr Usyk will have to fight him in the month of December or face a lawsuit. Usyk, the WBO, IBO, IBF, WBA champion, saw action back in August, when he knocked out mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois. Fury returns to the ring on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, where he faces ...