Kamaru Usman is no stranger to big short-notice fights, and he’s all set to step up and make a charge towards a UFC title in a second weight class. Former UFC welterweight champion Usman is stepping in on just nine days’ notice to take on undefeated Khamzat Chimaev in a blockbuster new co-main event matchup at UFC 294. Chatting to ...
Islam Makhachev’s coach Javier Mendez is expecting another lengthy battle when the UFC lightweight champion faces featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski in a short-notice rematch at UFC 294, but said that, when considering the matchup, his man holds all the aces. “The deciding factor in Islam winning is cardio, and maintaining that cardio, because that’s what happened last time. We were ...
David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade understandably would’ve preferred to challenge Canelo Alvarez next. Fighting Alvarez affords his opponents not only career-high paydays, but also the opportunity to become boxing’s fully unified super middleweight champion. Alvarez has plans of his own, of course, which left the unbeaten Benavidez and the undefeated Andrade to pursue other options. They each could’ve taken a ...
Troy Williamson can’t wait to reintroduce himself to boxing fans. The former British junior middleweight champion will fight Caoimhin Agyarko in Belfast on December 2nd and is dead set on proving that his disappointing decision defeat to Josh Kelly last year was an aberration. Williamson (20-1-1, 14 KO’s) has been quietly stewing on the defeat for the best part of ...
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Anthony Joshua needs to defeat Deontay Wilder in order to secure a showdown with the 'Gypsy King.' There are ongoing discussions for Joshua and Wilder to collide in the first half of 2024. They were initially targeted to clash on a date in December in Saudi Arabia, but their negotiations have ...
The only thing that Joshua Buatsi can do is be a professional about the situation. That is all that he plans to be, even if asked to play any other role during this promotion. Fortunately, nothing else was asked of the 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist but to play up the friendship angle headed into his battle with longtime friend and ...
Undefeated Welterweight Gor Yeritsyan, (16-0, 14 KOs), of Yerevan, Armenia, will battle Luis Alberto ‘Lucho’ Veron, (20-7-2, 9 KOs), of Buenos Aires, Argentina in an eight-round clash on the undercard to the ‘King’ Callum Walsh vs. Ismael Villarreal title fight set for Thursday, November 9 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass. Said ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia is without question the king of the cruiserweight castle. Earlier this month at London's Wembley Arena, the Australian champion demolished Jordan Thompson inside of four rounds. Thompson found himself in trouble in every single round - until the referee had seen enough in the fourth and waved it off. ...
Devin Haney may be the undisputed lightweight champion, but he is not exactly undefeated, alleges upcoming adversary Regis Prograis. Ahead of a press conference to announce their Dec. 2 junior welterweight title bout at Chase Center in San Francisco, Prograis put forward the notion that Haney had paid someone off to remove a loss from his record early on in ...
A DAZN executive has demanded that Tommy Fury and KSI trade punches again. Manchester’s Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury, defeated YouTube star KSI on points in their highly hyped—but otherwise dull—six-round grudge match last Saturday night in Manchester, England, on DAZN Pay-Per-View. Scores were initially announced as 57-57, 57-56, and 57-56 in favor of Fury. (It turned ...