Noel Mikaelyan made the most of his first world title opportunity in empathic fashion, stopping former world champion Ilunga Makabu with a third-round technical knockout victory to claim the vacant WBC cruiserweight crown. Mikaelyan (26-2, 12 KOs) knocked down Makabu (29-4, 25 KOs) in the second round and ended matters in the third with a crushing six-punch combination that dropped ...
Cassius Chaney landed a picture-perfect short right hook on the chin of Trevor Bryan, and the devastating punch was all that Chaney needed to score a sensational seventh-round knockout in their heavyweight fight. Referee Luis Pabon immediately waved off the action at the 2:03 mark of the round as Bryan fell flat on his stomach after absorbing the punch. ...
Jaime Munguia hopes to hit the ground running in 2024 after a year that will mark the first one-fight campaign of his career. The unbeaten former WBO junior middleweight titlist and current super middleweight contender remains in talks for a hoped-for ring return in January. The leading candidate to land the assignment is former interim WBO super middleweight titlist John ...
Elias Garcia captured the inaugural Oktagon flyweight title at Oktagon 48 in Manchester after Welsh challenger Aaron Aby was stopped between rounds after a keenly-contested matchup at the AO Arena. The cageside doctor advised the fight be stopped after the second round, with a nasty cut above Aby’s left eye deemed too bad for the fight to continue into the ...
Elias Garcia captured the inaugural Oktagon flyweight title at Oktagon 48 in Manchester after Welsh challenger Aaron Aby was stopped between rounds after a keenly-contested matchup at the AO Arena. The cageside doctor advised the fight be stopped after the second round, with a nasty cut above Aby’s left eye deemed too bad for the fight to continue into the ...
Souleymane Cissokho (17-0, 9 KO’s) claimed the WBC Silver welterweight title, overcoming a strong start by Mexican, Isaias Lucero (16-2, 10 KO’s), to earn a hard fought unanimous decision. Make no mistake, Lucero was in Monaco as the opponent but the Tijuana resident wasted little time in making his presence felt. He shook Cissokho with a right hand barely a ...
Diego Torres is undefeated and has knocked out all but one of the opponents he has faced since he made his pro debut four years ago. The 26-year-old Mexican knockout artist hasn’t fought anyone nearly as good as Raymond Muratalla, though, which makes their 10-round lightweight fight Saturday night the most meaningful moment of Torres’ career. The Zapopan native called ...
Joe Goodall has defeated Efe Ajagba by split decision in an amateur match, has a higher knockout ratio than the hard-hitting contender and stopped an opponent in his last bout that took Ajagba the distance during his previous fight. Ajagba recalled that he did enough to defeat Australia’s Goodall in their quarterfinal bout at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, welterweight contender Giovani Santillan, Tim Tszyu vs. Jermell Charlo, Devin Haney vs. Regis Prograis, Keyshawn Davis, and more. I have to give you your props brother. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen someone in your position so objective. On the same ...
European fight promotion Oktagon MMA makes its debut on UK soil on Saturday with a strong British contingent on the card at Oktagon 48. The fighters all took to the scale and hit their contracted weights ahead of fight night, which takes place at the AO Arena and streams live on DAZN and Channel 4. The top of the card ...