Francis Ngannou has the sort of confidence that you're just born with. From the way he walks to the way he talks, the former UFC star normally enters a room knowing that he’s the baddest man in the building. During his UFC days, Ngannou tore through his competition. But the pernicious knockouts he was getting were in an entirely different ...
It wasn’t too long ago that boxers like South African IBF light flyweight champion, Sivenathi Nontshinga, would operate in the shadows. Battling away in relative anonymity, delighting their local support and hardcore fans but struggling to attract the spotlight away from the heavier weight divisions. Boxing fans have begun to realize that bigger isn’t always better and things have changed. ...
Fabio Wardley is a man in demand. Last Saturday night, the British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion defended his titles against David Adeleye in impressive fashion, stopping the Londoner in seven increasingly one sided rounds on the undercard of the ‘Battle of the Baddest’ between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Wardley was at the center of the boxing universe in Saudi ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn is apparently certain that the high-profile fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will take place on British soil. The Matchroom Boxing head has been mostly vague regarding the question of where the controversial bout will take place, suggesting that it could even take place in the Middle East, where lucrative fights are frequently being staged ...
The WBA has ordered its next featherweight title fight and an elimination bout right behind it to establish the next mandatory challenger. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA has formally ordered an Otabek Kholmatov-Raymond Ford vacant featherweight title. The sanctioning body instructed both camps on Friday to being talks for a fight to fill the void left behind recent two-time ...
Unified IBF and WBO Minimumweight World Champion Yokasta “Yoka” Valle (29-2, 9 KOs) will return to her home country of Costa Rica to defend her world titles against former two-time World Champion of Mexico City, Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (33-5, 4 KOs) in a 10-round match. The world championship event is scheduled to headline the Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN ...
Lightweight sensation Shakur Stevenson will be fighting with a fresh new fit when he takes on Edwin De Los Santos on Nov. 16 to headline an ESPN show in Las Vegas. The two-division world champion Stevenson has signed a sponsorship deal with Reebok, it was announced Thursday. The partnership will be highlighted by a custom mid-cut boot with the boxer’s ...
Nine years after Joe Goodall edged Efe Ajagba in an amateur bout, not much separated the heavyweights again on the scale in Stateline, Nevada. The 6-foot-6 Ajagba weighed in at 237.6 pounds for their 10-round fight Saturday night. The 6-foot-5 Goodall officially weighed 233.5 pounds for this rematch between familiar fighters who have sparred in recent years as well. The ...
Felix Verdejo will spend the rest of his life in prison. The disgraced former boxer was punished to the full extent of the law during a sentencing hearing Friday in a Puerto Rico federal court. Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernandez punished Verdejo for life on charges of Kidnapping Resulting in Death and Death of an Unborn child—from the April 2021 murder ...
Fighting undefeated prospects isn’t in the job description. After all, William Foster is still a prospect himself. In most situations, he would be better off taking on boxers with unimpressive records to build his name up. But, Foster didn’t see any benefits in doing so. In just his eighth pro fight, Foster (16-0, 10 KOs) made it look relatively easy ...