Light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury is planning to move forward with his pro career by facing legitimate boxers in the future. During 2023, the 24-year-old has been taking part in crossover boxing matches. The opportunities have been very lucrative, but they have also derailed the progression of his pro career. Fury, the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, ...
Tim Tszyu ended Brian Mendoza’s made-for-Hollywood comeback in the 154-pound division Sunday afternoon. The unbeaten Australian continued his own ascent in their weight class by battering his courageous challenger in the final few rounds of what had been a competitive fight for Tszyu’s WBO junior middleweight title in Broadbeach, Australia. Sydney’s Tszyu drilled Mendoza with various right hands, nearly knocked ...
Janibek Alimkhanuly did not at all squander the moment. The Kazakh southpaw broke down and eventually stopped Germany’s Vincenzo Gualtieri in the sixth round of their WBO/IBF unification bout between unbeaten middleweights. No knockdowns were scored on the night but Alimkhanuly repeatedly hurt Gualtieri en route to a stoppage victory at 1:25 of the sixth round in their ESPN-televised main ...
Guido Vianello is back in the win column. It was hardly entertaining, though enough for the 2016 Olympian to hand his arm raised in victory in an eight-round, unanimous decision over Curtis Harper. Scores were 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 for Vianello in their ESPN+ preliminary stream Saturday at Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas. Roma's Vianello was ready for Harper’s ...
Edson Barboza survived a nightmare opening round before staging a remarkable fightback to earn a unanimous decision victory over Sodiq Yusuff at UFC Vegas 81. Barboza and Yusuff battled back and forth through the full five-round duration in the featherweight main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with the Brazilian veteran emerging the victor on the scorecards, with ...
Featherweight champ Paul Hughes claims first-round TKO, earns lightweight title shot – Fighters Only
Cage Warriors featherweight champion Paul Hughes moved a huge step closer to potential two-division glory – or a shot in the UFC – with a crushing first-round finish at Cage Warriors 161 in Dublin, Ireland. The event, which took place at the RDS, saw Hughes take on Belgian finisher Jan Quaeyhaegens in a lightweight title eliminator bout, and the reigning ...
Tim Tszyu views Brian Mendoza as the toughest opponent of his career. The unbeaten Australian respects Mendoza’s accomplishments over the last year, particularly his spectacular seventh-round knockout of Sebastian Fundora in his last fight. Mendoza trailed on all three scorecards when he caught a then-undefeated Fundora with a counter left hook that left Fundora out on his feet. Mendoza drilled ...
Serbian heavyweight contender Darko Stosic delivered a knockout performance at KSW 87 to push himself forward for a heavyweight title rematch with Phil De Fries. Stosic knocked out Czech contender Michal Martinek just 124 seconds into their heavyweight headliner in Trinec, Czech Republic, to improve his career record to 19-6, including a 6-1 record under the KSW banner. That sole ...
Keyshawn Davis is never short on confidence or motivation to excel in the pro ranks. Of course, he needn’t look any further than his own gym for the ultimate boost in both categories, given the current status of stablemate Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. Davis found plenty of inspiration from Crawford’s legacy-cementing ninth-round stoppage of Errol Spence (28-1, 22KOs) in their July ...
Brian Mendoza is looking to continue his career revival when he clashes against Tim Tszyu on Saturday to headline a Premier Boxing Champions event on Showtime starting at 10:30 p.m. EDT. The 154-pound title fight will take place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The second-generation star and son of Hall of Fame fighter ...