Reigning fighter of the year Dmitry Bivol has had a forgettable 2023. After decisively beating Canelo Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez in a banner 2022, the WBA light heavyweight champion has failed to enter the ring so far this year, joining a growing list of top fighters who are inactive. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn is looking to change that as ...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, undefeated knockout artist Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas will make his return to the ring in a new division against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs). The super welterweight fight is scheduled for 12-rounds and is set to take place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ...
Former UFC champions Kamaru Usman and Robert Whittaker both remain among the sport’s elite, but both are looking for their next opponent after defeats in their last outings. Another former champ, Daniel Cormier, has one suggestion: book them against each other. Usman stepped up at short notice to take on Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight bout at UFC 294, and ...
MMA veteran Francis Ngannou is eager to get back in the ring for a rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Last Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou came close to pulling off one of the biggest upsets in boxing history when he lost a ten round split decision over Fury. Two judges saw it 95-94 and 96-93 for Fury, ...
Two of the lightweight division’s most dangerous grapplers will go head to head in the main event of the UFC Fight Night event in Austin, Texas on December 2. Thirty-four-year-old Dariush and 27-year-old Tsarukyan sit fourth and eighth, respectively, in the UFC’s official lightweight rankings, and both men have designs on a title shot at 155 pounds. One of them ...
Welsh hero Joe Cordina will defend his IBF Super-Featherweight World Title against highly-rated American rival Edward Vazquez at the famous Casino de Monte Carlo. (photos by Mark Robinson) Undefeated Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) is widely regarded as one of the best British fighters today, a two-time champion of the world in just 16 fights, and returns to the ring following ...
Dmitry Bivol was expecting nothing more than a fun show, a circus-like atmosphere, and a unique sort of night. The Russian native wasn’t sure when the next time a big-time former UFC name would enter the ring against a current boxing star. So, with Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury getting it on, Bivol made sure he was in attendance. Heading ...
Joe Goodall couldn’t believe what he was watching. Zhan Kossobutskiy, presented with the biggest opportunity of his career, seemed hellbent on getting disqualified by continually hitting Efe Ajagba below the belt August 26. The strong southpaw from Kazakhstan had some success in the first round against Ajagba, but the previously unbeaten Kossobutskiy later landed so many low blows that referee ...
In a lot of ways, if someone is a professional athlete at the age of 21, there’s got to be a level of maturity involved that isn’t shared with their peers. But every once in a while, there’s an athlete that goes beyond the call of duty when it comes to being an adult while everyone else is trying to ...
Nobody involved in the event yet saw the need to panic. Hall of Fame promoter Don King made light of the fact that Ilunga Junior Makabu was unavailable for the final pre-fight press conference ahead of his WBC cruiserweight title fight versus Noel Mikaelyan. The bout is due to headline a Pay-Per-View event this Saturday at Casino Miami Jai Alai ...