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Jarrett Hurd v Jeison Rosario: A ‘Make Or Break’ Fight Between Former Champions
On Wednesday night at ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida, two former world champions, Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario, will fight for their careers. Hurd (25-3-0 17 KO) and Rosario (24-4-1 18 KO) both held the IBF’s super-welterweight world title but have since stepped up to middleweight, where mixed records in recent years […]
Edgar Berlanga Believes Lack Of Fear Will Carry Him To Victory Against Canelo Alvarez
Super-middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga believes the lack of fear he is feeling towards fighting unified champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will be a major factor that will help guide him to victory. Berlanga (22-0-0 17 KO) will contest his first world title fight on September 14 when he takes on unified super-middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2 39 […]
Shakur Stevenson Claims ‘Young Black' Fighters Are Judged Differently
Shakur Stevenson has said that young black fighters are held to a different standard than other boxers. His comments were made about the criticism he has received towards his boxing style. Shakur’s last two performances have come under heavy criticism. While Stevenson secured the win in those bouts, his style was criticized. Shakur faced Edwin […]
Roy Jones Says Bivol Has The Edge Over Beterbiev
Roy Jones Jr. has made Dmitry Bivol the favorite in his fight against Artur Beterbiev. Both boxers face off for the Undisputed Light Heavyweight Championship on October 12. Bivol is the WBA champion who enters the bout with a sixth-round stoppage win over Malik Zinad in June. Beterbiev was meant to be the opponent on […]
Daniel Dubois: Beating Anthony Joshua ‘Will Make Me A Legit Champion’
IBF heavyweight title holder Daniel Dubois admits he will be the “underdog” when he fights Anthony Joshua next month and believes victory will legitimize his status as a world champion. Dubois (21-2-0 20 KO) will make the first defense of the IBF title against Joshua (28-3-0 25 KO) in the headline bout of Riyadh Season’s […]
Gadzhi Rabadanov Steals Show at PFL 8 With Vicious Knockout to Earn Spot in Lightweight Season Final
Gadzhi Rabadanov isn’t a fighter known for laying waste to his opponents with devastating punches. But fighting in Hollywood, Florida, seemed to have energized the Russian lightweight. Rabadanov left the largest impression of the four playoff fights Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. In the second round, Rabadanov landed a […]
Paul Hughes Ready to Jump Into Deep End of Pool for PFL PPV Event
Dakota Ditcheva has set the standard for what other PFL prospects should try to live up to. Ditcheva fought her way into the organization by winning the PFL Europe crowd and is in position to win $1 million with a win in the PFL flyweight tournament championship this November. Paul Hughes would like to follow […]
New Featherweight Champion Angelo Leo ‘Would Love A Crack’ At Naoya Inoue
New IBF featherweight world champion Angelo Leo has said he would “love a crack at” Naoya Inoue when the Japanese superstar moves up to the 126lbs division. Leo (25-1-0 12 KO) became a two-weight world champion earlier this month when he defeated IBF title holder Luis Alberto Lopez in a 10th-round stoppage in front of […]
Dana White's Contender Series Starts Off With a Bang
Ever since the UFC switched gloves at UFC 302 in Newark, New Jersey, there has been a noticeable decline in fights being finished. While it hasn’t been proven that the decline in knockouts has anything to do with equipment, the fighters who fought in the first week of Dana White’s Contender Series showed it’s still […]
‘Africa Would Have Won Either Way’: DDP and Adesanya Bury Hatchet After UFC 305
Dricus du Plessis looked miserable. Fatigued, tired, and forced to deal with being walked down by former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya Sunday in Perth, Australia, during UFC 305. But looking pretty doesn’t win out fights. Toughness does. Following a long buildup and a sometimes ugly war of words, du Plessis backed up his talk […]
Ankalaev Calls Pereira A Chicken – ‘Mention My Name, I’m Gonna KO'
Magomed Ankalaev has labelled Alex Pereira a chicken as the light heavyweight continues to make noise in the division. Pereira is the current champion after knocking out Jiri Prochazka in his last fight at UFC 303 to retain his lightweight heavyweight belt. It was the second time Alex had stopped him following his win at […]
Crawford May Not Chase Undisputed At 154 – ‘These Top Guys Are No Joke'
Terence Crawford is unlikely to chase undisputed at 154 pounds. That is according to Paulie Malignaggi. Those comments came after Crawford’s win over Israil Madrimov in his first fight at junior middleweight. Crawford won a unanimous decision to pick up Madrimov’s WBA belt. However, there were suggestions that the fight was much closer than that. […]
Adesanya Won't Retire Following The Du Plessis Loss – ‘I'm Not Leaving'
Israel Adesanya says he will not retire after losing to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305. Izzy was a massive favorite heading into the fight as he sought to recapture his lost belt against Sean Strickland. The build-up was marred by accusations that Du Plessis made it personal after he stated he would be the […]
Pereira Tells Du Plessis – ‘I'm Coming Down To 185'
Alex Pereira says he will return to middleweight following Dricus Du Plessis’ win over Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis secured a fourth-round submission win following a series of right hands to get Adesanya on the floor. Prior to that, it appeared Adesanya found his momentum as Du Plessis was second best. The win meant Du Plessis […]
Mike Tyson Puts His Hands On Jake Paul – ‘He Seems More Murderous'
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson held a presser in New York City ahead of their fight on November 15. The fight was initially set for July 20, but Tyson withdrew with an inflamed ulcer. Mike Perry stepped in as Paul knocked him out in the sixth round. After the fight, Paul indicated his desire to […]
Kompet Fairtex Executes Game Plan, Wins Fifth Straight at ONE Friday Night Fights 75
Kompet Fairtex wakes up every day with the painful memory of losing his debut in ONE. Over the past year-and-a-half, Kompet has been piling up victories over any man attempting to hand him a second defeat. During a 127-point Muay Thai catchweight bout with Omar El Halabi, Kompet fired off a high volume of strikes […]
Jake Lindsey Improves Stock With Unanimous Decision Win over Former Champion in Kansas City
Elvin Brito was supposed to be on a punishment tour on his way back to winning the BKFC Welterweight championship. However, online boxing news shows that Brito’s path back to reclaiming the belt took another detour Friday night at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Brito handed no punishment to Jake Lindsey. Instead, Lindsey was […]
Guido Vianello Appears From Nowhere To Add A New Contender To The Heavyweight Division
Guido Vianello delivered the biggest victory of his career on Saturday by stopping Arslanbek Makhmudov in the eighth round of their heavyweight bout. Vianello (13-2-1 11 KO) was regarded as the underdog at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada but soon dispelled those odds, breaking down the fearsome Makhmudov (19-2-0 18 KO) and busting up […]
Christian Mbilli Extends Win Streak But Did He Do Enough To Earn A Shot At Canelo?
Super-middleweight contender Christian Mbilli extended his unbeaten record with a unanimous decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko on Saturday to boost his claims of earning a world title shot. Mbilli (28-0-0 23 KO) secured a wide points victory over Derevyanchenko (15-6-0 10 KO) in the headline bout at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada. Judge Efrain […]
Drake Losses $450,000 After Du Plessis Beats Adesanya
Drake bet $450,000 on Israel Adesanya to beat Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 and lost his money. Du Plessis defended his UFC Middleweight Title for the first time and submitted Adesanya in the fourth round. He won the belt after beating Sean Strickland in a controversial split decision. Meanwhile, Izzy had been absent […]