Derrieck Cuevas aims to extend his current win streak and make his mark as a budding contender. The resurgent welterweight is set for his scheduled ten-round contest versus Ecuador’s Marlon Aguas. Both boxers came in at the contract limit of 149 pounds for their main event which will air live on ESPN+ this Friday from Coliseo de Combates in ...
Deontay Wilder towers over most in the heavyweight division. His slender frame may indicate that he’s harmless but the blood that drips down his gloves proves otherwise. Outside of Tyson Fury, not a single man who’s stepped into the ring with him has lived to see another day. Wilder isn’t a cautious fighter, nor is he interested in enlisting the ...
Abdisalam Kubanychbek hopes to end Brave CF’s lightweight title curse at Brave CF 77 – Fighters Only
Brave CF lightweight champion Abdisalam Kubanychbek has finally earned the world title he worked hard for. But now he has to beat the longstanding lightweight championship curse and do something none of the previous seven titleholders have been able to do – defend the belt. The lightweight world title has been a perennial “hot potato.” The belt has traveled the ...
Following the PFL’s recent acquisition of Bellator, the next big question about the growing fight promotion concerned which platform would be their broadcast home for the immediate future. That answer was provided via an announcement on Thursday, with the PFL confirming that it has inked a fresh deal with ESPN. A press release from the promotion stated that the PFL ...
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, says his boxer is not fixated on how WBC champion Tyson Fury performed in the recent fight with MMA veteran Francis Ngannou. In a non-title crossover boxing match, Fury had his share of struggles with Ngannou, who was making his professional debut. Fury was dropped in the third ...
Golden Boy partner Bernard Hopkins apparently isn’t too interested in sugarcoating his words toward his fighters—even one that is regarded as a cash cow. The Hall of Fame fighter popped up in the headlines this week when comments he previously made about Ryan Garcia, Golden Boy’s top client, prompted Garcia to castigate his promotional company for perceived lack of ...
Once Terence Crawford took out Errol Spence Jr., the obvious suspects emerged as his possible next opponent. Jaron Ennis was recently elevated from interim champ to full titlist, making him a viable option. Tim Tszyu was another fighter whose name held weight. Even Jermell Charlo and Gervonta Davis were thrown around as likely options. Each man brought something intriguing to ...
Ryan Garcia has admitted seven months after his seventh-round knockout loss to Gervonta Davis that he entered the ring that night with a rib injury. Davis landed a body shot to Garcia’s right side that sent Garcia to one knee in the seventh round. Garcia couldn’t answer referee Thomas Taylor’s count and lost by knockout with 1:44 to go in ...
Giovanni Marquez wants to close out what has been an active, successful 2023 with another knockout Friday night. The unbeaten junior welterweight prospect will encounter a durable opponent, Joshua Rivera, who has only been stopped inside the distance once in 11 professional fights. DAZN will stream the six-round bout between Houston’s Marquez (7-0, 5 KOs) and Rivera (8-3, 3 KOs), ...
There’s no other way to put it, Shakur Stevenson was flat-out boring during his showdown against Edwin De Los Santos. Fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, booed Stevenson mercilessly. Once they realized that Stevenson wasn’t stepping on the gas and continued to play it safe, they refrained from booing and simply walked out. Like most, Ryan Garcia ...