Oscar De La Hoya has been looking for a breakthrough star in the lightweight division. One that won’t only put butts in seats, but someone capable of winning a world title. Ryan Garcia was only able to take care of the former. The wildly popular 25-year-old had fans dying to see him fight but he was never able to officially ...
Following his capture of the ONE interim featherweight MMA title this past weekend, former undisputed king Thanh Le is on a mission to reclaim the division’s throne. The Vietnamese-American claimed the interim title and cemented the No. 1-spot in the ONE featherweight rankings this past Saturday, in the main event of ONE Fight Night 15, and he did so in ...
The final episode of Season 7 of Dana White’s Contender Series saw the UFC CEO smash his record for contract offers as he awarded five more deals after a bumper night of finishes at the UFC Apex. Five of the night’s six winners earned deals, with Brazilian winners Andre Lima and Lucas Rocha joining Americans Ramon Taveras, Connor Matthews, and ...
David Avanesyan is plotting a route back into world title contention and the 35-year-old Armenian is ready to return to some productive hunting grounds. Avanesyan (29-4-1, 17 KO’s) trains in Newark, Nottinghamshire and has spent a good part of his career fighting in Britain. He famously defended his European welterweight title against Josh Kelly and Liam Taylor in 2021 but ...
UFC CEO Dana White dished out five more contracts as the seventh season of the Contender Series came to a close at the UFC Apex last night. But that wasn’t the end of his contracts, as he revealed that he actually gave out another contract. UFC superfan Joe Reeves won the UFC’s Matchmaker Sweepstakes competition to become a UFC matchmaker ...
Islam Makhachev has a new opponent for UFC 294, with the reigning UFC lightweight champion set to face reigning UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in a champion-versus-champion rematch in Abu Dhabi. Makhachev was all set to face former champion Charles Oliveira in the main event on October 21 in Abu Dhabi. But now, following news of Oliveira’s enforced withdrawal from ...
It’ll cost boxing and mixed martial arts fans in the United States about as much to watch Tyson Fury presumably beat Francis Ngannou as when Fury opposes Oleksandr Usyk in a much more significant fight next. ESPN announced that the suggested price point for its pay-per-view show October 28 that’ll feature Fury-Ngannou is $79.99. The five-fight Fury-Ngannou show will be ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - European middleweight champion Franck Petitjean (24-6-3, 6 KO’s) travelled from Paris to London today for a face-off with British boxing’s brightest prospect, super-lightweight wonderkid Adam Azim (9-0, 6 KO’s), who aims to take his EBU title from him by force on November 18th when they clash in the main event of BOXXER: WOLVES AT THE DOOR. (photos ...
Jermell Charlo was already forced to sever ties with one major title. The unified and lineal junior middleweight champion could now end the year two belts short of his former undisputed status. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has enforced a long overdue mandatory title defense between Houston’s Charlo and unbeaten number-one contender Bakhram Murtazaliev. Charlo was previously given until ...
Japanese world champion Takuma Inoue will defend his WBA bantamweight crown against Filipino former world champion Jerwin Ancajas on Wednesday, November 15, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue, the younger brother of pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue, looks to make the first defense of his strap, while Ancajas aims to secure a world title in a second weight class. In ...