The UFC has responded to the statement released by USADA CEO Travis Tygart surrounding the fight promotion’s decision to move on from the anti-doping administrators, claiming the comments made were designed as a “self-preservation” tactic as a result of losing a valued client. A UFC press conference was held in Las Vegas as the UFC’s executive vice president and chief ...
There may be louder and more high profile fighters operating in the UK but not many have got as much to shout about as Liam Davies. Within the space of 14 fights, underrated Davies (14-0, 6 KO’s) has collected the British and European super bantamweight titles and hoovered up a whole host of international belts. Davies is ranked by all ...
Tim Tszyu is heavily favored to beat Brian Mendoza on Sunday afternoon in their fight for Tszyu’s WBO junior middleweight title. The surging Australian still considers his hard-hitting American challenger the most imposing opponent he has agreed to fight since Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) made his pro debut in December 2016. Tony Harrison is the most accomplished opponent Tszyu has ...
Undefeated Australian superstar and WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion Tim Tszyu will look to make the first defense of his world title when he battles streaking top contender Brian Mendoza headlining action live on Showtime on Saturday, October 14 (Sunday, October 15 in Australia) from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia in a Premier Boxing ...
The final week of the year has been reserved to crown boxing’s next male undisputed champion. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that event handlers have set aside December 26 to stage the Naoya Inoue-Marlon Tapales full unification bout. The pair of unified junior featherweight titlists will meet at a yet-to-be-revealed venue in Tokyo, as confirmed during the Ratings portion of the WBO’s ...
LOS ANGELES – Former heavyweight champions Andy Ruiz Jr. and Deontay Wilder have been going back and forth online and through the media in recent months trying to publicly negotiate a fight against each other. Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) has previously stated that Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) was offered a lot of money, and urged him to get the fight ...
ROSENBERG, Texas - WBO world champion Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly (14-0, 9 KOs) will square off against unbeaten IBF world champion Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 7 KOs) in a title unification showdown this Saturday at Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas. In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (9-0, 6 KOs) takes another step up in class ...
UFC’s Dana White insists that boxing promoters will have neither the moolah nor chutzpah to stage a fight at the latest entertainment spectacle in Las Vegas, The Sphere. In an interview with a group of reporters earlier this week, the CEO of the UFC relayed his “obsession” about trying to promote an event at the state-of-the-art venue (owned by Madison ...
Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury has no problem with facing Logan Paul in a future contest. Back in February, Fury traveled to the Middle East and handed younger brother Jake Paul his first defeat as a pro boxer, when he secured an eight round split decision. Fury is back in the ring on Saturday night in Manchester, where he ...
Former ONE strawweight MMA world champion Joshua Pacio had critics to answer in his return to action at ONE Fight Night 15 this past weekend, and his opponent was no slouch. “The Passion” stopped Mansur Malachiev’s 11-fight winning streak to give the Russian his first taste of defeat this past Saturday, October 7, in Bangkok, Thailand’s famed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium. ...