Jordan Gill can look ahead to a bright future after stopping Michael Conlan in Belfast on Saturday night. The fight was set up to provide proof that after two unsuccessful challenges for featherweight world titles, Conlan - armed with a new trainer in Pedro Diaz - was recharged and ready for a third assault on the world scene at super ...
Oktagon returns to the Ostravar Arena in Ostrava for Oktagon 50, with two title fights set to top a stacked fight card in the Czech Republic. Headlining the event is a featherweight title clash featuring one of the promotion’s top talents. Losene Keita has looked outstanding in his Oktagon career so far, with only injury halting his rise. Keita captured ...
Brave CF super welterweight champion Marcin Bandel is not one for wasting time, and the Pole is set to meet up with unbeaten Russian Kamal Magomedov to confirm who the king of the division really is. Bandel has wasted no time making an impact in the most global MMA promotion. Since his debut fight, the Pole has fought his way ...
Brooklyn amateur Pryce Taylor (1-0, 1 KO) had an auspicious professional debut this past Friday evening, stopping Mike Diorio in the opening round, on the undercard of a Prime Time Promotions card at Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. The 6’ 4”, 265-pound Taylor was a decorated U.S. amateur boxer, highlighted by his two New York Golden Gloves Champion titles, ...
A mandatory date with Janibek Alimkhanuly was the final straw for Demetrius Andrade. The former Olympian had spent essentially his entire championship career knocking off mandatories and received little to no credit for doing so. Alimkhanuly, at the time, wasn’t a name and brought little to the table. So, instead of taking him on, Andrade decided to vacate his WBO ...
Ryan Garcia has used Lupe Fiasco’s 2007 song Superstar as his entrance music several times in his career, first against Romero Duno, then for his bout against Francisco Fonseca. At the time, his relation to the song may have been more surface-level. Garcia was a fighter whose popularity vastly outpaced his achievement, a highly-touted prospect drawing numbers on television and ...
Former WBC featherweight world champion, Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo (24-2, 16, KOs), returns to the ring on CBN Promotions’ “New Blood” card scheduled for December 9 at Infinite Reality Studios in Long Beach, California, formerly known as Thunder Studios. Magsayo, hailing from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, will face Isacc Avelar (17-6, 10 KOs) form Aguascalientes, Mexico. The scheduled 8-round junior lightweight ...
In a world title clash for the WBC junior welterweight title, Devin Haney will challenge Regis Prograis at Chase Center in San Francisco on December 9, live on DAZN PPV in North America and on DAZN worldwide. (photos by Melina Pizano) Bay Area native Haney fights at home for the first time in his pro career and aims to make ...
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya said it was too early to chart out Ryan Garcia’s next steps after his stoppage win Saturday night over Oscar Duarte. De La Hoya, the head of Golden Boy Promotions, was also quick to praise his high-profile client, with whom he has been on increasingly hostile terms. Their ruptured relationship overshadowed the proceedings leading up ...
French super middleweight Kevin Lele Sadjo (21-0, 19 inside the distance) got a good fight from late sub Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo (12-5) last night in Marseille but upped the pace and stopped his opponent in the fourth. Sadjo, reigning EBU and WBO I-C champ, looks ready for the big fights. On the undercard super welter Milan Prat (21-1) returned after ...