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Naoya Inoue Vs Luis Nery: ‘The Monster’ Set For His Biggest Test So Far
Naoya Inoue will make the first defense of his undisputed super-bantamweight world titles against Luis Nery on May 8 in Tokyo, it was announced on Wednesday. With his 10th-round knockout victory over then IBF and WBA champion Marlon Tapales in December, Inoue became just the second male fighter, after Terence Crawford, to become an undisputed […]
Conor McGregor Slams The UFC For His Absence – ‘I Need A Decision Soon'
Conor McGregor has blamed the UFC for his continued absence. The Notorious has not fought since losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. That was his third defeat in his last four UFC bouts. A broken leg also accompanied the loss. Since then, McGregor has been aiming to fight in 2024. He entered the USADA […]
Sean Strickland Admits He Is Mentally Unstable – ‘I’ll Wake Up Some Days Wanting To Strangle A Puppy'
Sean Strickland, the former Former UFC Middleweight Champion, has acknowledged that he has mental health issues. Strickland has been vocal about his upbringing after being brought up in an abusive environment at the hands of his father. “My dad gets on top of my mom and I remember he said ‘I’m going to f*****g kill […]
Canelo vs Munguia Allegedly Agreed For May 4
Canelo Alvarez has reportedly agreed a deal to face Jaime Munguia on May 4. That is according to ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez. The news is subject to an official announcement as speculation increases over Canelo’s next move. He left PBC after reports that the promotional outfit only wanted to pay the Mexican’s $35 million guarantee if he fought Munguia, […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov Still Plans On Coaching
Khabib Nurmagomedov still likes to coach despite putting his fighting days behind him. The Eagle retired from MMA with an undefeated record of 29-0. He secured big wins against Conor McGregor, Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier. Since he retired, he set up his Eagle Fighting Championship. He has also coached but revealed that he was […]
Naoya Inoue Will Face Luis Nery On May 6
Naoya Inoue will defend his Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title against Luis Nery on May 6 at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Inoue will make the first defense of his Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title after beating Marlon Tapales. The victory made him undisputed in a second weight class in the four-belt era alongside Terence Crawford. The Japanese made […]
Zhilei Zhang Trained ‘Like Muhammad Ali’ For Joseph Parker Fight
There aren’t too many similarities between the fighting styles of Zhilei Zhang and Muhammad Ali, but the Chinese heavyweight said he incorporated some of The Greatest’s training techniques into his camp for his fight with Joseph Parker. Zhang (26-1-1 21 KO) makes the second defense of his WBO interim heavyweight world title against Parker (34-3-0 […]
Nick Ball Keen To Steal The Show Against Rey Vargas on Joshua Vs Ngannou Undercard
Nick Ball may be surrounded by massive heavyweights in Saudi Arabia this week, but the featherweight contender is determined to steal the show on Friday. Ball (19-0-0 11 KO) takes on WBC featherweight world champion Rey Vargas (36-1-0 22 KO) on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s headline fight with Francis Ngannou at the ‘Knockout Chaos’ […]
Chito Vera Wants Sean O’Malley to Regret Asking for UFC 299 Rematch
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley believes there are likely fighters more deserving of a shot at his title. But O’Malley asked the promotion for a chance to fight Marlon “Chito” Vera in a title defense. O’Malley had his wish granted after Vera showed enough during his win over Pedro Munhoz last time out to warrant […]
Sean Strickland Slams Ryan Garcia's Mental Health Struggles – ‘It's Boxing's Britney Spears'
Sean Strickland, the former UFC middleweight champion, has bashed Ryan Garcia over his alleged mental health struggles. Garcia has been exhibiting behaviour that has concerned his fans in the run-up to his fight with Devin Haney on April 20. The fight gives Garcia the chance to secure his first-ever world title by getting Haney’s WBC […]
Joshua Says He Would KO Fury – ‘I Wouldn't Let Him Get Up'
Anthony Joshua has hit out at Tyson Fury, stating he would knock him out. The Brits have been linked with a fight for some time, but talks over a fight broke down. A 60-40 offer was made for Joshua to fight Fury before the Gypsy King’s bout with Derek Chisora. But Joshua’s team claimed that […]
ONE Champions Female Fighters on International Women’s Day
Women fight. Women fight for equality. Women fight for themselves and each other and for causes exterior to what a person has between their legs. ONE Championship supports the cause by hosting a female fight card on International Women’s Day. Todd Wants to Upset the Locals Anyone who follows women’s kickboxing will appreciate that this […]
Jake Paul Announces An Event For April
Jake Paul has already announced his next event, stating it will be on April 24. The Problem Child is coming off a first-round knockout win over Ryan Bourland, a former Golden Gloves Champion. That was his second consecutive first-round KO against a professional boxer after doing the same against Andre August. The wins justify Paul’s decision […]
Vince McMahon Sells $400M TKO Group Stock Amid Sex Trafficking Investigation
Vince McMahon is getting rid of over $400 million of stock he holds in TKO Group Holdings. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, McMahon has made a filing to sell 5.35 million shares. That is a total of $411.95 million, equivalent to almost 25 percent of his earnings left in the company. This arrives […]
Mayweather Urges Crawford And Benavidez To Face Off For A Chance To Fight Canelo
Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to see Terence Crawford fight David Benavidez, with the winner facing Canelo Alvarez. Crawford and Benavidez have been chasing Canelo, but that looks far away from being made. Alvarez ruled out a fight with Crawford after claiming he would get no recognition for beating a 147 fighter. That ended Bud’s hopes […]
Eddie Hearn Targets Unified Fight For New Featherweight Champion Raymond Ford
Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn has laid out a hopeful plan to secure new WBA featherweight world champion Raymond Ford an immediate shot at a unification title fight. Ford (15-0-1 8 KO) captured his first world title in spectacular style last Saturday at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. The American […]
Rozenstruik Still Has It as Gaziev Retires
Jairzinho Rozenstruik proved that he still has an active part to play in the UFC heavyweight division as he defeated Shamil Gaziev, handing the Bahraini representative his first-ever MMA loss. What happens next for the fighters, and what other results transpired on the card? Heavyweight Top 10 Put on Notice The heavyweight division in the […]
What's Next For Dillian Whyte After Failed Drug Test Clearance?
British heavyweight Dillian Whyte was cleared to resume his career on Sunday after an investigation into a positive drug test confirmed that it had been caused by a contaminated supplement. Whyte was scheduled for a rematch with Anthony Joshua last August but returned “adverse analytical findings” in a drug test from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association […]
O’Malley Could Trade with Inoue
Sean O’Malley has accomplished a lot in his MMA career. Signing up to the UFC in 2018, he’s now the bantamweight champion, building his success on fierce strikes. He’s even fought one professional boxing fight and won it. Could he transition to boxing and succeed against fellow bantamweight champ Takuma Inoue? Champion Looking for Closure […]
Anatoly Malykhin becomes MMA’s first Champ-Champ-Champ
Anatoly Malykhin should now be considered the undisputed king of ONE Championship’s MMA divisions. The Russian fighter did worse than knock out Reinier de Ridder during their middleweight title fight this weekend. Malykhin pummeled de Ridder so thoroughly that de Ridder decided to stop fighting after being taken down and kneed in the third round. […]