Amanda Nunes dominates Felicia Spencer for 25 minutes Amanda Nunes has long been referred to as the greatest female fighter of all time for a reason. “Lioness” put in a near-flawless performance against Canada’s durable Felicia Spencer in the main event of UFC 250, dominating her way to a comprehensive unanimous decision win over five rounds. In the opening two ...
UFC superstar Conor McGregor has once again announced his retirement from combat sports - making it at least the third time that he vowed to retire. McGregor made the announcement on Twitter following the UFC 250 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas on Saturday. Early last year, McGregor said he was retiring after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in ...
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Anthony Joshua will be fully on board to face his man. But, Warren is not convinced that Joshua's handlers, like promoter Eddie Hearn, are in favor of doing the fight. He's also not convinced of DAZN's willingness to aggressively push for that fight to come around. Fury will first have to contend with ...
Renowned Mexican coach Alfredo Caballero, who trains WBC super flyweight world champion Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada, believes his boxer would get revenge over Roman "Chocolatito" González, who now holds the WBA's version of the title. Estrada lost a twelve round decision to Gonzalez when they collided at junior flyweight in 2012. Caballero did not rule out the possibility that his boxer ...
There hasn’t been much footage of Felix Caraballo available for Shakur Stevenson to study since he learned last month that he’ll box Caraballo on Tuesday night. All Stevenson needed was one round, though, to determine that his unknown opponent won’t pose much of a threat to his unblemished record. Those three minutes convinced Stevenson that numerous online sports books have ...
Jose Ramirez didn’t hesitate when he was asked to identify his worst professional performance. “Against Jose Zepeda, I would say,” Ramirez told host Dan Rafael as part of and episode of “Stars And Champions,” which aired on Impact Network. Rafael, a BoxingScene.com contributor and former ESPN.com writer, then asked Ramirez if he would give Zepeda a rematch. “I definitely would,” Ramirez ...
Sergiy Derevyanchenko is confident that he’ll eventually get a shot at Jermall Charlo. Ukraine’s Derevyanchenko is the WBC’s number one challenger for Charlo’s 160-pound championship. Mauricio Sulaiman, the WBC’s president, informed BoxingScene.com recently that Derevyanchenko still hasn’t been declared Charlo’s mandatory challenger, which means Charlo isn’t obligated to face Derevyanchenko next. Nevertheless, Derevyanchenko explained during the newest episode of “The ...
Ivan Golub comes from a school of boxing unlike many can imagine. The now Brooklyn based welterweight, who's career is guided by managerial company Split-T management and promoter Lou DiBella, is a product of the famed Ukrainian amateur setup that includes world champions Vasyl Lomachenko, Oleksandr Usyk, Oleksander Gvozdyk, and stablemate Sergiy Dereyvanchenko. Golub opened up about training with Lomachenko prior ...
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum indicates that it's a very realistic possibility to see the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder trilogy end up in an overseas location. Back in February, Fury dropped and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC's heavyweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The first bout, which took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, ...
Alfredo Caballero, trainer of WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel Berchelt, says his boxer is very interested in facing Vasiliy Lomachenko - at 130 or 135-pounds. At the moment Lomachenko is the WBA, WBO, WBC Diamond champion at lightweight. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who works with Lomachenko and Berchelt, has mentioned the possibility of matching them against each other. First up ...