VeShawn Owens produced the biggest victory of his seven-year pro career Saturday night. Owens pressured welterweight contender Kudratillo Abdukakhorov for most of their 10-round, 147-pound, regularly landed the flusher punches and defeated the Uzbekistan native comfortably on all three scorecards at The Armory in Owens’ hometown of Minneapolis. Judges Scott Erickson (98-92), Jon Schorle (99-91) and Kyle Shiely (97-93) all ...
Ukraine’s Yaroslav Amosov returned from defending his country, then defended his Bellator welterweight title with a remarkable performance to shut out interim champion Logan Storley at Bellator 291 in Dublin. Amosov returned to the Bellator cage after a 20-month absence, with the last year spent on the front line defending Ukraine from invading Russian forces. And, in a remarkable performance, ...
Phil De Fries extended his remarkable run as KSW heavyweight champion by registering his eighth straight championship defense with victory over Todd Duffee at KSW 79 in Liberec, Czech Republic. De Fries was finished by Duffee at UFC 155 way back in 2012, but in the rematch more than a decade later, it was the Englishman who dished out the ...
Mickel Spencer was too active, too accurate and too strong for Margarito Hernandez in Spencer’s third professional fight Saturday night. The 20-year-old Spencer dropped Hernandez with a right hand and beat him by technical knockout late in the first round of their junior welterweight fight at The Armory in Minneapolis. Spencer, of Linden, Michigan, improved to 3-0 and produced his ...
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Erickson Lubin was so close to earning his second shot at a world title, he could essentially taste it. After having a disastrous showing against Jermell Charlo in 2017, the Florida native dusted himself off and began to wreak havoc on the rest of the junior middleweight division. Ostensibly, six consecutive victories were enough to push Lubin past a long ...
At the Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jake “The Problem Child” Paul will, at long last, face undefeated pro boxer Tommy “TNT” Fury, younger brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury. Paul (6-0, 4 KOs) and Fury were originally slated to face off in December 2021, but Fury withdrew from the bout because of a medical issue. A date in ...
The reigning Trainer of the Year is up to the task of reshaping the career of Anthony Joshua. Derrick James is confident there is still work to be done with the former two-time unified heavyweight titlist, whom he has welcomed to his intimate training stable. The union was confirmed by England’s Joshua just prior to confirmation of his upcoming April ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Mauricio Lara's stoppage win over Leigh Wood, Miguel Cotto's career, Chris Colbert vs. Jose Valenzuela, claims of Roy Jones' involvement in Adrien Broner vs. Michael Williams fallout, Tony Harrison vs. Tim Tszyu, Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, and more. I hated the stoppage in the Leigh Woods-Mauricio ...
Tommy Fury won’t even give himself a proverbial pat on the back “when” he knocks out Jake Paul on Sunday. From Fury’s perspective, he is supposed to pummel Paul, who has just six professional fights, all against non-boxers, and no amateur background. Fury, the younger half-brother of WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury, doesn’t have an extensive amateur background, either, but ...
The fifth week of the PFL’s Challenger Series featured the women’s flyweight division, with Desiree Yanez awarded a PFL contract after producing the standout performance of the night at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Fighting in the second bout of the night, Yanez defeated Brazil’s Maira Mazar after three action-packed rounds to claim a unanimous decision with scores of 29-28, ...