Promoter Frank Warren apparently doesn’t buy the logic being peddled by detractors regarding what he is assured will be a landmark financial event in boxing. The veteran British promoter offered an animated defense of the upcoming box office curio between his charge, WBC titlist Tyson Fury, and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The ...
The UFC light heavyweight division has been thrown up in the air with the news that champion Jamahal Hill has been forced to vacate the title. Hill, who was hoping to book his first title defense against former champion Jiri Prochazka – who, ironically also relinquished the title due to injury – revealed in a YouTube video that he has ...
Jose Perez has been working tirelessly to become a champion and wants to show that he’s ready to make the jump to the UFC. But, ahead of his first title defense, the Cage Fury Fighting Championships featherweight champion admits that things feel a little unusual. Perez takes on Chris Vasil in the main event of CFFC 121, which streams live ...
Brazilian bantamweight contender Mayra Bueno Silva is learning and improving her English, and she didn’t mince her words ahead of her UFC Vegas 77 main event bout with Holly Holm. Silva and Holm will face off in the headline bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night with the women’s bantamweight division currently without a champion following ...
Tyson Fury needs to be mindful of where his fortune comes from, says the promoter of unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Alexander Krassyuk was not shy about criticizing Fury earlier this week at a press conference to announce Usyk’s title defense against Daniel Dubois on Aug. 26 in Poland. Usyk was originally in talks for most of the past year ...
Holly Holm would be more than happy to rematch former foes Amanda Nunes or Ronda Rousey, but her main goal is to regain the UFC women’s bantamweight title. Speaking to the press during media day ahead of her upcoming bout, Holm didn’t seem overly excited by the prospect of facing Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC Vegas 77, but the former ...
The KSW heavyweight title will be on the line on Saturday night in Gdynia, Poland, as the most dominant champion in the promotion’s history gets set to put his title on the line again at KSW 84. De Fries will take on Szymon Bajor, who returns to the promotion after seven years away. Most recently, the Pole claimed victory over ...
Lightweight, and increasingly junior welterweight, are about as hot as boxing gets. One of the sport’s biggest draws, Gervonta Davis, calls the division home. So do undisputed champion Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson, and Vasyl Lomachenko while just five pounds north one can find Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Subriel Matias, Jose Ramirez, Regis Prograis, and quality rising contenders like Gary Antuanne ...
Former two-division Cage Warriors champion Mason Jones is back in the famous yellow gloves, and now has a fight confirmed for his promotional return. Jones, who went 1-2 (1 no contest) during a stop-start stint in the UFC, returns to the promotion that saw his best performances as he takes on Alexandre Ribeiro in a lightweight matchup at Cage Warriors ...
Popular UFC featherweight Billy Quarantillo was riding the crest of a wave, but a tough defeat to Edson Barboza derailed his momentum. Now “Billy Q” is back, and ready to get back to winning ways at UFC Nashville. Quarantillo will take on Damon Jackson on August 5 in an important matchup for both men as they look to rebound from ...