UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley will look to avenge the lone loss of his MMA career when he takes on Marlon Vera in a rematch to headline UFC 299. As O'Malley prepares to enter the cage, he’s still entertaining the idea of crossing over into the boxing ring. In recent months the 29-year-old slugger nicknamed “Suga” has traded barbs with ...
Nina Meinke challenges the iconic Amanda Serrano for the IBF, WBA and WBO featherweight world titles tomorrow night in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, the bout signifies a change in women’s boxing. The contest, live on DAZN, sees the two women collide over 12-three minute rounds instead of the traditional 10-two minute rounds. Serrano is in a scheduled 12-round bout ...
From the peaks of standing as the Boxing Writers Assn. of America trainer of the year in 2022, Derrick James has traveled a turbulent path since. Following the losses of his top fighters, Errol Spence Jr., and Jermell Charlo, within a three-month period last year, James is poised to return to elite events with his fighters Ryan Garcia and unbeaten ...
Heavyweight Matty Harris returns on March 1 in Telford and begins rebuilding his career following his first defeat last July in Edinburgh. Harris (5-1, 4KOs) suffered a surprise upset against Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko, losing via a fifth-round loss despite dropping his Ukrainian opponent in the second round. Harris has made changes to his set-up, hiring Peter Fury to lead his return ...
Ryan Garcia is a boxing innovator – online, if not yet in the ring. Garcia’s proficiency in leveraging Instagram and other social media platforms to build a following has led to his drawing huge crowds to his fights, without yet having won a world title. Garcia will have a chance to address the latter on April 20 when he challenges ...
Heavyweight Matty Harris has been buoyed by a message of support from Anthony Joshua as he sets out on the road to redemption this week. Harris returns to the ring on Friday night, on the Wasserman Boxing show at the Telford International Centre, following a shock first defeat of his career last summer. The 24-year-old, from Leamington Spa, was stopped by Kostiantyn ...
Amir Khan has backed former UFC world heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to have more success against Anthony Joshua than he did against Tyson Fury. Ngannou made his professional debut in boxing against WBC heavyweight champion Fury on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and dropped to a controversial and narrow split decision defeat to the Morecambe-based Fury. However, Ngannou shocked ...
Trainer Robert Garcia has tipped Anthony Joshua to defeat Francis Ngannou when they fight in Saudi Arabia in less than two weeks. Garcia worked with Joshua for one fight, the rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, before he was replaced by Texan Derrick James who, in turn, has made way for Ben Davison in the Joshua corner. But despite the changes ...
Former unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has urged up-and-coming British heavyweight Matty Harris to keep faith in his ability and to return strongly following his defeat last July to the hardened Ukrainian Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko. Harris, a decorated amateur, had quickly taken to the professional game with five successive wins [four by knockout] following his debut in November 2011. Promoted ...
Cain Sandoval and Javier Molina is an interesting fight and the co-feature of Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions on Friday (February 23) at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Sandoval has been a tour-de-force as a pro. The 21-year-old from Sacramento, California is 11-0 with 11 knockouts in the junior welterweight division. Added to that, he has only gone 28 rounds. Yet Molina was a ...