MATCHROOM returns to Florida as World-rated Super-Lightweight Richardson Hitchins takes on Jose Zepeda for the WBC Silver and IBF North American Super-Lightweight titles. Hitchins (16-0 7 KOs) shone in his last outing in his home city, putting New Jersey’s John Bauza on the canvas during a shut-out win at Madison Square Garden, and the Brooklyn ace now lurks with intent at #6…
Angel Fierro continues to hammer on the door for a World title shot, and he’ll look to add more weight to those claims when he defends his WBO NABO Lightweight title against Brayan Zammaripa. Fierro (21-1-2 17 KOs) is sitting pretty at #4 with the WBO, and the 25-year-old gets a hometown outing as he looks to build on…
UFC Dana White’s Contender Series week five is here. Last week, only three contracts were awarded out of five winners. Now ten more fighters are looking to impress Dana White and possibly get a contract. It was another great night of fights that saw some dominating wins and some surprising contract results by Dana White,…
Earlier this month, Richard Riakporhe withdrew from the purse bids for his mandated fight with Ring Magazine and IBF Cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia. Riakporhe gave his mandatory position and is now understood to be targeting a clash with the WBA champion, France’s Arsen Goulamirian. Eddie Hearn, co-promoter of Opetaia, claimed that BOXXER emailed Opetaia’s other…
World-renowned boxing trainer and Cutman, Russ Anber, voiced his frustration about the current state of the heavyweight boxing scene in a recent interview with Seconds Out. Anber took issue with Tyson Fury’s decision to take on UFC fighter Francis Ngannou instead of facing fellow Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to unify the belts. Russ Anber Slams…
UFC Fight Night Singapore Main Card Results #1 Max Holloway Def. #8 “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung Via Round 3 KO (Punch) – Featherweight Fight Notes: Two absolute legends of MMA put on a show for UFC Fight Night Singapore and everyone watching at home. Early in the fight, TKZ was finding his moments…
Overtime has made significant progress in Basketball and American Football developing young talent into the highest levels of the sport and Friday saw them take their first venture into the world of boxing. The sports giant’s target audience is ‘Gen Z’ sports fans which means the large majority of their promotional work is done on…
Terence Crawford dominated and knocked out Errol Spence in round nine of their super-fight this Saturday in Las Vegas. Crawford dropped Spence three times, once in round two and twice in round seven before the referee Harvey Dock decided he’d seen enough in the ninth. WBO champion Crawford became the first male fighter to win undisputed titles in…
Dana White’s Contender Series Season 7 returns tonight, August 8, 2023. The fan favorite show will air live on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+ at 7PM EST. DWCS consists of weekly episodes with five fights, where the winners could be offered spots on the UFC roster. The unsigned MMA talent are looking to put on…
The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Matchroom Boxing on Saturday, August 5 that Dillian Whyte returned adverse analytical findings as part of a random anti-doping protocol. As a result, his long-awaited DAZN pay-per-view rematch with Anthony Joshua at London’s O2 was cancelled with Robert Helenius stepping in at the 11h-hour to face AJ instead. NoSmokeSport.com has…
Ebanie Bridges and Conor McGregor went viral over the weekend after the pair arrived together at London’s O2 to watch Anthony Joshua’s 7th-round KO of Robert Helenius. Bridges, the IBF world Bantamweight champion from Australia, was helping UFC star McGregor promote his ‘Forged Irish Stout’ drink which was sponsoring the event. Joshua famously drank the…
Jai Opetaia-Richard Riakporhe was a fight that boxing fans wanted to see. So it came with much disappointment when we found out yesterday afternoon that this fight would not be taking place. READ: Eddie Hearn FUMES At Richard Riakporhe For Pulling Out Of Opetaia Purse Bids, “You Don’t Get Talked Into Turning Down The Opportunity…
At the time of writing this, probably nobody knows how many pay-per-view buys Saturday’s super fight between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford has done. This article will attempt to predict the Spence vs Crawford PPV Buys by comparing numbers on different metrics to other PPV fights in the US and the buys they have achieved….
Samuel Antwi and Mason Cartwright collide in a mouth-watering battle for the vacant British super welterweight title on September 1, live and free-to-air on Channel 5. The pair meet at the University of Bolton Stadium, on the undercard of Lyndon Arthur’s IBO world light heavyweight title showdown with the big-punching Braian Suarez. Wasserman Boxing, in association…
