Unified IBF and WBO minimumweight world champion Yokasta “Yoka” Valle (29-2, 9 KOs) will return to her home country of Costa Rica to defend her world titles against former two-time World Champion of Mexico City, Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (33-5, 4 KOs) in a 10-round match. The world championship event is scheduled to headline the Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN ...
Janibek Alimkhanuly and Vincenzo Gualtieri will attempt to provide much-needed leadership in the barren middleweight division. The pair of unbeaten titlists began with their obligatory staredown immediately after they both made weight for their WBO and IBF unification bout this Saturday from Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas. Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly was 159.3 pounds while Germany’s Gualtieri checked in at 159 ...
The fighters set for action at UFC Vegas 81 in Las Vegas took to the scale at the official weigh-ins ahead of fight night at the UFC Apex. The event will be headlined by a featherweight matchup between ranked contenders Sodiq Yusuff and Edson Barboza, and both men had no problem making weight for their five-round matchup. Yusuff came in ...
Heavyweight contender Fabio Wardley is preparing for fireworks, as he continues camp for his upcoming clash with rival David Adeleye. The two British fighters will collide on October 28 in Saudi Arabia - in the co-featured slot to the crossover showdown between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. A few weeks ago, the tension between Wardley and Adeleye hit new heights ...
The number one contender for the Cage Warriors lightweight title will be decided in Ireland, as Cage Warriors 161 takes place at the RDS in Dublin. Reigning featherweight champion Paul Hughes is stepping up to lightweight to take on Jan Quaeyhaegens in the main event, with a shot at lightweight champion George Hardwick up for grabs for the winner. The ...
The latest step in the career of Keyshawn Davis comes with the knowledge of the next one already in store. It is why the 2020 Olympic Silver medalist and fast-rising lightweight inked a long-term deal with Top Rank upon turning pro just two years ago. Ten fights into his promising pro career, the 24-year-old southpaw is already several moves ahead ...
A fight with Canelo Alvarez ostensibly slipped right through the fingers of Edgar Berlanga. Just a few months ago, he was a hot-shot free agent. Practically all of the big names surrounded him, wanting to get his name inked on the dotted line. Berlanga (21-0, 16 KOs) took his time. He carefully listened to Al Haymon’s offer with Premier Boxing ...
Former KSW middleweight champion Scott Askham is the latest name to be added to the fight card for Oktagon 48 as the Czech-Slovak promotion continues its preparations for its first UK event. Askham will take on former KSW light heavyweight Marc Doussis in a 92.5-kilo (203.9 pound) catchweight matchup in the co-main event at the AO Arena in Manchester on ...
The UFC’s anti-doping program will continue, but it will be run in partnership with a different organization, the UFC has confirmed. At a press conference held in Las Vegas on Thursday night, the UFC’s executive vice president and chief business officer Hunter Campbell, and senior vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky, confirmed that the UFC would not ...
Light heavyweight Marcus Browne apparently holds Artur Beterbiev in very high esteem. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Staten Island’s Browne gave high praise to his former adversary, calling the unified WBC, WBO, IBF 175-pound champion from Russia “a beast.” It’s not hard to see why. Beterbiev mauled Browne into ninth-round submission during their 12-round light heavyweight title ...