The first event of Cage Warriors’ 2023 schedule is upon us, and the promotion has confirmed its six-fight bout order for San Diego on March 3. The promotion, which has made San Diego its second home since the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, will kick off its calendar of events with the first of four planned shows at the ...
Jake Paul is kicking himself for losing against someone he does not believe even represented the toughest fight of his career. Paul, the Youtuber-turned-boxer, suffered his first professional loss last weekend to Tommy Fury in an eight-round cruiserweight bout in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The highly hyped fight was notable because it featured Paul in his first fight against a so-called ...
It’s been a long time in the making, but Jon Jones’ heavyweight debut is finally upon us, and the biggest prize in the sport is up for grabs at UFC 285. It’s just one of a number of fascinating narratives that are set to play out inside the T-Mobile Arena on March 4 and, ahead of fight night in Las ...
Deontay Wilder is in a mood to wheel and deal. The former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recently told an outlet that he is now in talks with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou about making a “two-fight deal.” Last month, Wilder expressed his enthusiasm for a couple of crossover fights—one using boxing rules, the other mixed martial arts—with Ngannou, ...
We all knew it was coming, right? Outside of delusional sycophants who’d convinced themselves Jake Paul would actually become a world champion – and with all due respect to the seriousness he displayed in fight preparation – the rest of us pretty much conceded he’d eventually bite off more than he could chew. Or he’d slap around a few more ...
Wilder Embraces Middle East As ‘Hotbed’ For Boxing: ‘You Can Look Forward to Seeing Me Here As Well’
The latest boxing hootenanny in the Middle East apparently left a marked impression on Deontay Wilder. Wilder, the former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was in attendance this past weekend, in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, for the ballyhooed Jake Paul-Tommy Fury eight-round cruiserweight bout, which saw Fury, brother of Tyson, eke out a points win over Paul. The fight, which was ...
Jake Paul has loftier goals in mind beyond this weekend. The content creator-turned-cruiserweight prospect does not believe the same to be the case for England’s Tommy Fury, whom he finally faces on the third try. The two will meet in a scheduled eight-round bout at a maximum contracted limit of 185 pounds atop an ESPN+ Pay-Per-View this Sunday from Diriyah, ...
Brendan Allen was thrust into the main event spotlight on just a few hours’ notice, and he produced a performance worthy of the headline slot to defeat Andre Muniz at UFC Vegas 70 and gatecrash the UFC’s middleweight rankings. The bout was originally slated to take place as the co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, but after ...
Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (6-0, 4 KOs), is already mentally set on his next opponent. On Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Paul will finally collide with Tommy Fury (8-0, 4 KOs), who is the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Should Paul overcome Fury, then he intends to pursue a fight with MMA superstar Nate Diaz. Paul and ...
Phil De Fries extended his remarkable run as KSW heavyweight champion by registering his eighth straight championship defense with victory over Todd Duffee at KSW 79 in Liberec, Czech Republic. De Fries was finished by Duffee at UFC 155 way back in 2012, but in the rematch more than a decade later, it was the Englishman who dished out the ...