The upcoming showdown versus Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is a perfect storm for Joe Smith Jr. A move up to cruiserweight was all but inevitable for the former WBO light heavyweight titlist, who stuck around at 175 to at least exhaust every attainable option. With a title win plus losses to the division’s two clearcut top fighters—lineal, WBC, IBF and WBO ...
For lack of better words, Mario Barrios was often used as a guinea pig. In 2021, Gervonta Davis saw the lanky San Antonio native as the perfect opportunity. Although he normally fought anywhere from 126 to 135 pounds, Davis opted to put on a bit of additional muscle to take him on. The result was a knockout victory in his ...
Undefeated prospect Emiliano Fernando Vargas is set to return in a six-round special attraction on Thursday, Nov. 16, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 19-year-old Vargas, the son of former junior middleweight world champion Fernando Vargas, will make his sixth appearance of the year in a lightweight fight against fellow unbeaten Cristian Olivares. Vargas-Olivares and the rest of ...
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, promoter for WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, is not confident that top contender Chris Eubank Jr. would come to the table to face the unbeaten titleholder. Liam Smith was in line for a crack at Janibek's belt, but he was dominated and stopped by Eubank in their August rematch. Taking to social media, Janibek made ...
UFC CEO Dana White handed out contracts to all four winners, plus one lucky loser, as the latest night of Contender Series action added another fistful of prospects to the UFC roster. Brazilian hopefuls Rodolfo Bellato, Victor Hugo, and Mauricio Ruffy, plus Bahrain’s Magomed Gadzhiyasulov and Bolivia’s Jost Medina, went home with UFC contracts after impressing the UFC boss on ...
Days after pleading with boxing promoters to come together, Golden Boy head Oscar De La Hoya has offered up an ambitious if highly unrealistic matchmaking idea centered around Super Bowl weekend. De La Hoya’s proposed card would feature a main event involving his star charge, Ryan Garcia, against either Teofimo Lopez or the winner of the upcoming Dec. 9 WBC ...
LAS VEGAS – The date of Tyson Fury’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk will mostly depend upon him emerging unscathed from his exhibition with Francis Ngannou. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of The General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, wants Fury and Usyk to square off as soon as possible, perhaps as early as December 23, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
Chris Eubank Jr. transcends titles at this point in his career, according to his promoter. Last month, the brash British middleweight staved off irrelevancy by avenging his loss to Liam Smith earlier in the year by stopping Smith in their rematch held at AO Arena in Manchester. The win has revived talks of a possible showdown with Conor Benn, the ...
Following his antics all series, Denis “The Menace” Frimpong had to back it up in the cage on this week’s episode of Oktagon Challenge: England vs. Ireland. And he did just that, as he delivered the knockout of the series so far. As coined by presenter and Oktagon commentator Bryan Lacey as the “People’s main event,” viewers were eventually treated ...
Following his antics all series, Dennis “The Menace” Frimpong had to back it up in the cage on this week’s episode of Oktagon Challenge: England vs. Ireland. And he did just that, as he delivered the knockout of the series so far. As coined by presenter and Oktagon commentator Bryan Lacey as the “People’s main event,” viewers were eventually treated ...