Ian Machado Garry has a big fight on his hands at UFC 296, and after becoming the subject of much conversation on social media over the last week or so, the Irishman has been offered some friendly advice from a UK MMA legend. Former welterweight title challenger, fight analyst and PFL Europe Head of Fighter Operations Dan Hardy visited with ...
For the most part, David Morrell is being praised as the super middleweight division's next big thing. The superlatives used to describe him all have something in common, dominance. Next weekend, however, Sena Agbeko will step up to the plate and see what Morrell (9-0, 8 KOs) is all about. All along, the 31-year-old has watched Morrell from a distance. ...
Bill Haney would not deign to hear of any comparisons between his son and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Not after the way Devin Haney performed a thorough vivisection of Regis Prograis. After 12 rounds last Saturday night at Chase Center in San Francisco, Haney wrested the WBC 140-pound title from Prograis by shutting him out on all three scorecards to become ...
The undisputed welterweight title is on the line in Las Vegas, as two fighters with very different skillsets get set to go head to head in the main event of UFC 296. The final UFC pay-per-view event of 2023 will see welterweight champion Leon Edwards put his belt on the line against former interim champion Colby Covington in a matchup ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn admits Otto Wallin isn’t exactly an ideal stylistic matchup for Anthony Joshua. At the same time, the Matchroom head feels his ace client should be able to dominate a fighter of Wallin’s standing. London’s Joshua, the former unified heavyweight titlist, is set to fight a third time this year when he takes on Sweden’s Wallin in the ...
The UFC’s final pay-per-view event of the year sees the promotion return home to Las Vegas for UFC 296, where they have stacked the deck for the final showpiece event of 2023. Headlining the event is a battle for the undisputed welterweight championship of the world, as England’s Leon Edwards looks to complete the second defense of his title when ...
Dalton Smith is in America for this weekend’s flyweight unification fight between Sunny Edwards and Bam Rodriguez but took a brief busman’s holiday from his gym-mate’s training camp and flew out to San Francisco to watch Devin Haney paint a twelve round masterpiece against Regis Prograis on Saturday night. Smith probably paid just as close attention to Liam Paro’s sixth ...
As 2024 approaches, super middleweight Michael Oliveira is poised to become a player in the division. The 33-year-old has a record of 22-2 with 16 knockouts and is ready to show the world that he is the fighter that won his first 16 fights and was looked at as a world title contender. Oliveira, who now resides in Denver after ...
SAN FRANCISCO – There were times Saturday night when Devin Haney was sure that if he pushed the issue he could’ve stopped Regis Prograis. The new WBC super lightweight champion dropped Prograis with a right hand that landed in the third round. He also affected Prograis with punches later during a 12-round fight he completely controlled. Bill Haney, Devin’s father ...
This past Saturday, CBN Promotions held its third edition of its “New Blood” boxing series at the Thunder Studios in Long Beach, CA. In the 8-round featherweight main event, Brandon Benitez (21-2, 9 KOs) of Queretaro, MX, defeated Rigoberto Hermosillo (14-5-1, 9 KOs) of Los Angeles, CA by knockout at the 1:41 mark of the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round ...