Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo will play host to a trio of world title showdowns on Saturday, Feb. 24, with Alexandro Santiago defending his WBC bantamweight world title against Japan’s pound-for-pound star Junto Nakatani in the main event. Santiago (28-3-5, 14 KOs) won the vacant WBC world title in July with a unanimous decision over future…
UFC 300 finally has a main event. Dana White took to social media immediately following UFC 298 to announce a big UFC 300 main event and it’ll be for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. UFC 300 Main Event: Pereira vs Hill The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira is back and he will be headlining…
UFC 298 went down from Anaheim, California and was headlined by two undefeated featherweights for the championship gold in Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski vs Topuria In the main event, both fighters came out calm, the champion was very kick heavy out of the gate as the challenger used his hands and was clearly…
Dmitry Salita’s Salita Promotions has teamed up with streaming service DAZN to launch a “Big Time Boxing USA” series. The deal between Salita and DAZN promises to present ‘a combination of talent development and championship cards’. The inaugural edition is this Tuesday, February 20 at the Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit and is headlined by a 10-round all-Michigan showdown between Flint’s Ardreal…
Edgar Berlanga will kick off the new year slate stateside for Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The undefeated super middleweight headlines a DAZN show at the Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, February 24. Berlanga (21-0, 16 KOs) is a big draw in New York but Matchroom will instead pocket a six-digit site fee from the venue which hosted…
Sugar Nunez is the mandatory challenger for Joe Cordina. The Mexican scored the biggest win of his career in Tajikistan as the bookie’s underdog stopped the former world champion, Shavkat Rakhimov, in the eleventh round of their IBF final eliminator contest. Rakhimov vs Nunez Result And Recap Rakhimov (17-2-1, 14 KOs) started the fight well…
WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 takes place on Saturday, February 24. Here is the information, match card and start time for the event.
TNA No Surrender 2024 takes place on Friday, February 23. Here is the information for the event.
NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 takes place on February 23 and February 24. Here is the information for the event.
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will finally end their bitter feud which was ignited by Taylor’s controversial split decision win over Catterall in their first encounter in Feb 2022. The pair will reportedly meet at a 140-pound in a clash that will take place on Saturday, April 27 in Leeds, England, per ESPN. NoSmokeSport.com understands…
Richardson Hitchins is one win away from a shot at Subriel Matias’ world title but he might not be taking it. With a victory over the dangerous, undefeated Argentine Gustavo Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs) in their IBF final eliminator, Hitchins would be Matias’s mandatory challenger. Puerto Rico’s 140-pound champion is in advanced talks with Eddie…
Shields vs Marshall 2 looks destined to happen BUT in an entirely different sport. 2x undisputed champion Claressa Shields will return to MMA on February, 24 on the PFL vs Bellator champions card. Shields, who is 1-1, faces Kelsey Desatnis (1-2) on the DAZN prelims. The American has struggled to land meaningful fights in boxing…
Former champion Shavkat Rakhimov (17-1-1, 14 KOs) battles Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez (26-1, 26 KOs) in a final eliminator for Joe Cordina’s IBF super featherweight title. Rakhimov hasn’t fought since a split decision loss to Cordina in April which won NoSmokeSport’s fight of the year. In a brutal war, Rakhimov was dropped early but pushed Cordina…
WBC junior lightweight world champion O’Shaquie Foster will make his second world title defence against Abraham Nova on Friday, Feb. 16 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Foster (21-2, 10 KOs) won the WBC title in February of last year with a one-sided decision over Rey Vargas. Eight months later, he salvaged his title…
