Francis Ngannou gave a peculiar reason to explain his clinical second-round knockout defeat to former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25KOs). The Cameroonian MMA star posted a video on his Instagram account, explaining that he felt fatigued on the day of the fight against Joshua but refused to take any credit away from Joshua for his victory over ...
Maxi Hughes’ former trainer Gary Lockett believes Hughes will prove a tougher challenge for William Zepeda off the back of his fight with George Kambosos Jr. The 34 year old on Saturday fights Zepeda at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, and largely because of the extent to which his reputation was enhanced when he fought Kambosos Jr in July. Kambosos ...
Gabriel Flores is no stranger to loss. He returns Saturday, March 16 against Julian Rodarte in a 10-round main event from the Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California and Flores’ story has been one of pain and struggle and one that exemplifies the city he comes from, Stockton, California. It is no wonder in a world in which a loss ...
If World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has his way, there will be six judges scoring the May 18 undisputed heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. “What we saw last week in Saudi Arabia was another example of how fragile officiating worldwide continues to be,” Sulaiman told BoxingScene Thursday. Sulaiman was referring mostly to his organization’s featherweight ...
Undefeated super middleweight prospect Tommy “The Governor” Hyde (7-0, 4 KOs) will be fighting for his first title as a professional boxer this Saturday on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, outside of San Francisco at Fox Theater in Redwood City, California. The 24-year-old Hyde, fighting out of Cork, will challenge fellow Irishman, Craig “BTL” McCarthy (10-1-1, 2 KOs), the defending Boxing ...
British and European super bantamweight champion Liam Davies (15-0, 7 KOs) has got comfortable being uncomfortable during preparations for his fight with Mexico’s Erik Robles (15-1, 9 KOs). The fight will have serious repercussions on the 122lbs division. The winner will collect the IBO title but – more importantly – they will also put themselves in prime position for a ...
Joe Joyce takes the first step on the long road back to a heavyweight title shot this on Saturday. After suffering back to back defeats by Zhilei Zhang, Joyce (15-2, 14 KOs) fights his former sparring partner Kash Ali (21-2, 12 KOs), 32, on Saturday’s "Magnificent Seven” in Birmingham, and knows that every fight has become a must-win. “I’ve shared ...
The preeminent heavyweight prospect for Team USA now has a professional home. Ali Feliz, a Dominican-American dynamo from Danbury, Connecticut, who won gold at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in December, has signed a multi-year promotional pact with Top Rank. Feliz, who is managed by James Prince and co-promoted by Antonio Leonard, will make his pro debut in a four-round ...
The rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall has reportedly been postponed. Taylor, 33, and his long-term rival were scheduled to fight on April 27 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, but according to ESPN, an injury suffered by Taylor means that the rematch that has been on course for over two years will be delayed again. It was ...
Conor Benn and Manny Pacquiao met face-to-face in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week, with initial reports that the pair and their representatives were in talks for a proposed fight. Despite the 45-year-old Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) not having fought since August 2021, the possibility of a fight with Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) gained traction on social media. In an interview ...