While all the attention is on Loma-Lopez this Saturday (Oct. 17, ESPN, 10 pm ET), there is a pretty decent undercard, too, with a solid co-feature fight at 140 pounds that deserves a little attention of its own. Arnold Barboza Jr (24-0, 10 KO) and Alex Saucedo (30-1, 19 KO) will meet in a 10-round
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As Vasiliy Lomachenko nears his Oct. 17 date to unify lightweight titles against Teofimo Lopez, Lomachenko explains to RingTV just how badly he wants to shut up the rising star in the sport. “I want to beat him very badly, very, very badly. I want to really beat him badly,” Lomachenko told The Ring in
No. 1 and No. 2 in the historic 135-pound division face-off this weekend in a welcomed return to what boxing does best. A dream match-up riddled with emotion, skill and desire accompanied by a mouth-watering side dish of paternal instruction. Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez signifies much more than the trinkets at stake. Alphabet titles
Terence Crawford’s November 14th clash with Kell Brook will have some strong support, as ESPN reports that Joshua Franco’s contractually mandated rematch with Andrew Moloney will serve as the co-feature. “There wasn’t any other thought in his head,” said Tony Tolj, who manages both Andrew and his brother, bantamweight title contender Jason Moloney. “He just
Murat Gassiev’s eternally cursed heavyweight debut has received another blow. Instead of facing durable veteran Kevin Johnson, he’ll instead take on Sefer Seferi on October 31st in Sochi. You may recall Albania’s Seferi (24-3-1, 22 KO) as the career cruiserweight who welcomed Tyson Fury back to the ring in 2018 and bowed out after four
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay WIlder III is reportedly dead in the water, and that means some lucky heavyweight will get to challenge “The Gypsy King” for the WBC heavyweight title on December 5th. Former foe Otto Wallin has tossed his hat in the ring, with promoter Dmitriy Salita hyping the pair’s first meeting as the
With Regis Prograis set to appear on the Gervonta Davis-Leo Santa Cruz undercard later this month against Juan Heraldez, the junior welterweight fighter talked a lot about what he hopes to prove in this fight and going forward as he still has aspirations to lead the pack at 140lbs. Check out what Prograis had to
Welterweight prospect Conor Benn finally has his next fight set, as the 24-year-old second generation British fighter will face Sebastian Formella on the Povetkin-Whyte 2 undercard on Nov. 21. Benn (16-0, 11 KO) had been hoping to land a British title fight against Chris Jenkins, but the fight didn’t come together, and it was time
Scottish veteran Hannah Rankin is set to face England’s Savannah Marshall this Saturday (DAZN, 1:30 pm ET) with the vacant WBO middleweight title at stake, and like Marshall, Rankin has experience against the woman who ruled the division before moving down in weight, Claressa Shields. Rankin fought Shields for the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles
As Liam Williams (23-2-1, 18KO) and Andrew Robinson embraced centre ring following Saturday night’s main event, blood trickled down the cheeks and torso of both men, indicating the heat of battle they’d just endured. A cut to the head of the victor and one to the left eye of the beaten challenger; war wounds in
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (1) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs (2) Teofimo Lopez, Oct. 17 Just one, but a big one. Upcoming Fights: (10) Oleksandr Usyk vs Derek Chisora, Oct. 31 … (6) Luis Ortiz vs Alexander Flores, Nov. 7 … (5) Alexander Povetkin vs (8) Dillian Whyte,
Liam Williams took an easy if not entirely painless first round stoppage win today in London over Andrew Robinson, keeping himself in the hunt for a possible middleweight title shot. The 28-year-old Williams (23-2-1, 18 KO) and the 36-year-old veteran Robinson (24-5-1, 7 KO) were both cut on a clash of heads in that first
Friday, Oct. 16 BKTV, 8:00 pm ET, Toe the Line Fight Series 2: O’Bannon vs Kyle. This is sort of BKFC’s feeder system, where they kind of audition fighters, so to speak. “Sort of kind of so to speak,” this is very authoritative. Listen, I’m learning about BKFC along with everyone else. Mike Kyle is
Joey Beltran became the first man to successfully defend the BKFC heavyweight title, knocking out Marcel Stamps in the fourth round of their BKFC 13 main event tonight in Kansas. Beltran, 38, is now 4-1-1 (3 KO) in bare knuckle, and had to dig down to get this one. Stamps, a 35-year-old former University of
According to Tyson Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren, his fighter actually might not be going up against Deontay Wilder in his next outing despite it being contractually obligated since their last meeting. As has been the case with a lot of potential top-tier fights this year, without a live gate to support the event, the finances
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back tonight at 9 pm ET with BKFC 13, which will stream live on BKTV from Salina, Kansas. The main event will be a BKFC heavyweight championship fight between Joey Beltran and Marcel Stamps, while the co-feature will see former U.S. Olympian boxer Nico Hernandez make his bare knuckle debut
For six rounds, it looked like Emanuel Navarrete was just too strong and even too good for Ruben Villa, but Villa hung around and made a fight of things. In the end, two knockdowns made the difference, and Navarrete became a two-division titleholder, winning the vacant WBO featherweight title. Navarrete (32-1, 27 KO) dropped Villa
British heavyweight Dave Allen will be back in action on October 31st, taking on Christian Hammer in what will be a crossroads fight for him. Allen, 28, is most recently coming off a decision win over Dorian Darch in February, one fight removed from a knockout loss to David Price last year. Should Allen beat