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Gennadiy Golovkin will be paid handsomely if he and Canelo Alvarez handle their business in upcoming bouts and finally fight again September 17. Meanwhile, the longtime middleweight champion understandably still wants what he and his team contend he is owed from their second fight in September 2018. BoxingScene.com has learned that attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday on Golovkin’s behalf against ...

For the last few months, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has been trying to chase down a crossover boxing match with four division world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Usman believes the fight will be bigger than the 2017 showdown between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and five division champion Floyd Mayweather. In that matchup, Mayweather broke down and stopped McGregor in ...

It’s not your father’s boxing schedule. While stars like Canelo Alvarez are still preeminent in the ways they've been for several years, much of the chatter around the sport these days is generated by the prospect of fighters from other combative strains making a crossover to the ring, or in the case of Jake Paul, from the world of social ...

It won’t be long before Jake Paul dons a pair of boxing gloves again. The controversial content creator-boxer explicitly stated that he would not be fighting in the first half of the year in order to focus on promoting the upcoming women’s undisputed lightweight title bout between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, whom Paul manages. The fight is scheduled to ...

Magomed Ankalaev extended his winning streak with a unanimous decision victory over Thiago Santos as he continued his rise up the UFC’s light heavyweight division. In a tight, cagey main event affair, Ankalaev claimed the judges’ verdict after five competitive but controlled, rounds, with scores of 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 giving the Russian contender the 17th win of his career, and ...

Michael Conlan has drawn inspiration from combat sports’ most famous Irish fighter during his trip into hostile territory. “As Conor McGregor famously says, the Irish are not here to take part – we’re here to take over,” Conlan told BoxingScene.com. “And that’s what this is.” The “this” to which Conlan referred is the undefeated featherweight contender’s shot at WBA world ...

The last time I met Vanessa Campos, we were at Bellator London in 2019. Back then she was a budding young interviewer hoping to catch a break in the MMA media. Three years, and one global pandemic, later, Campos is now a credited actor with a notable role in a martial arts movie and big dreams for the future. “To ...

Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Thiago Santos is looking forward to facing Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night 203, and is relishing the challenge that lies ahead as he attempts to move back toward title contention at 205 pounds. “I think it’s gonna be a very interesting fight,” Santos told reporters during media day in Las Vegas. “He’s sort ...

Magomed Ankalaev is a man of relatively few words, but that won’t get in the way of him making a statement on Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 203. No. 6-ranked Ankalaev faces off against No. 5-ranked former title challenger Thiago Santos, and said he’s ready to shine in the main event spotlight after being booked as a UFC headliner ...

Danish featherweight contender Mads Burnell is all set for the biggest bout of his career at Bellator 276, and the entertaining 28-year-old said he’s ready to continue his rise up the promotion’s featherweight division. “I’ve been feeling the same as any other fight,” he said during a pre-fight media session. “They always say the next fight is your most important ...