Thompson Boxing returns Friday, March 10, with "Path to Glory," as Corona, CA native Louis Lopez (13-1-1, 4 KOs) takes on Angel Beltran (15-1, 9 KOs) of Mexicali, Mexico, in an 8-round welterweight main event clash. The headlining bout and its supporting matches will mark the one-month anniversary of the passing of promoter Ken Thompson, who will be memorialized with ...
There were no issues on the scale for the two title fighters in Dublin as welterweight champ Yaroslav Amosov and interim champ Logan Storley both made weight for their unification battle at Bellator 291. The fighters took to the scale on Friday ahead of fight night at the 3Arena, with both Amosov and Storley registering the same weight, each man ...
The father-and-son tandem of knockout artist David Benavidez and trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. have long been pounding the table for a shot to fight undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) has mostly appeared disinterested in accepting a challenge from Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs), going as far as saying his preference is to not face fellow Mexican ...
KSW’s first “Colosseum” event smashed records and delivered an unforgettable spectacle. Now the Polish promotion is all set to do it again. KSW 39 took place in May 2017 at Stadion PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland, with the stadium transformed from the home of the Polish national team to a spectacular venue for the biggest mixed martial arts event on ...
Ukraine’s Yaroslav Amosov has spent the last year fighting to defend his country. Now he’s stepping back into the Bellator cage to defend his title. The undefeated Amosov will face old adversary Logan Storley, who captured the interim welterweight title while the Ukrainian was back in his native country, battling against the invading Russian forces. Now Amosov is back in ...
In November 2020, Logan Storley came closer to defeating Yaroslav Amosov than any fighter before or since. Now he’s back with a title of his own, and ready to show that he’s leveled up. Storley pushed Amosov to the limit at Bellator 252 as he lost an agonizing split-decision verdict to the Ukrainian over three rounds in Uncasville, but since ...
Vasiliy Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis have spent the better part of the past half-decade throwing verbal jabs at one another. The genesis of their overarching feud stems from the two campaigning near or around the same weight class, jockeying for the division's top spot. Well before the Ukrainian would go on to before a unified champion at 135 pounds in ...
Pedro Carvalho may be Portuguese, but Dublin has become his second home, and he plans on making home advantage count when he takes on Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator 291. Featherweight contender Carvalho leapt up to the number-three spot in Bellator’s official 145-pound rankings after his hard-earned unanimous decision victory over Mads Burnell at Bellator 285 in September 2022, and, as ...
Conor McGregor predicts he’ll “slice through” Michael Chandler when they eventually meet inside the Octagon later this year. McGregor is back in Las Vegas coaching the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, and will take on rival TUF coach Chandler in his comeback fight at the conclusion of the season. For McGregor, it’s a chance to get back in the ...
A English championship bout, two Olympians and the promotional debut of an exciting super middleweight prospect have today been announced for the undercard of the BOXXER Fight Night: Manchester event taking place Saturday March 25 at the AO Arena. Headlined by Lawrence Okolie (18-0, 14 KO’s) defending his WBO World Cruiserweight Championship against undefeated, 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist David ...