Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor appear to be all systems go for a fight in 2021, but before it’s made official, Pacquiao does have one clear term, which is to be co-promoter for the fight through his new company, and he says he’s not with Paradigm, who manage McGregor and at least briefly had Pacquiao
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Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC and LINEAL!!!!!! heavyweight titles, is still saying he will fight in December of this year, in the U.S. or U.K., with or without Deontay Wilder. Fury seems rather frustrated in a chat with talkSPORT, saying he keeps hearing different things about the contractually obligated trilogy bout with Wilder, which
The big Oct. 17 fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez is one that Top Rank and everyone else wish were going to have a live, rowdy crowd of fight fans, but the “Bubble” at the MGM Grand won’t be quite as empty as recent Top Rank shows have been. With Nevada relaxing restrictions effective
Saturday night’s main event between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk may not be a blockbuster showdown, but the Top Rank bout pits two top five-ish guys at 140 pounds against one another in a WBC eliminator, and is a meaningful matchup worth tuning in to see — and could have some interesting drama and a
Showtime’s October 24th pay-per-view, headlined by Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz, faced two key issues: no live audience at the Mohegan Sun and some stiff competition from UFC 254: Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje. The Athletic reports that PBC has killed two birds with one stone by moving the card to October 31st at San Antonio’s
The trilogy match between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, which we do not need but absolutely deserve, needs a new date. Bob Arum tells ESPN that a whole mess of football conflicts have taken December 19th off the table. “We’re moving off because there’s five conference championship games that day and night, plus two NFL
Tyrone McKenna and Ohara Davies are ready to go in today’s main event from Wakefield, England, with ESPN+ streaming the fights live at 2:00 pm ET, with the fights also airing live on Sky Sports Arena in the United Kingdom. (Note: MTK is saying 3:00 pm ET start time, but both ESPN+ and Sky are
With British junior welterweights Ohara Davies and Tyrone McKenna set to slug it out tomorrow night at the Sky Sports Arena, in what will be the finale of The Golden Contract tournament, Davies insists that he’s coming to win and change the narrative about him. “I’m ready to shut everyone up, to prove everyone wrong.
Golden Boy Promotions have put together a genuinely solid supporting cast for Jaime Munguia’s October 30th bout with Tureano Johnson, including a clash between unbeaten prospects, a flyweight title eliminator, a light flyweight title fight, and some recognizable names on the undercard. The co-feature sees rising welterweights Rashidi Ellis (22-0, 14 KO) and Alexis Rocha
Junior middleweight Erickson Lubin (23-1, 16 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision win over Terrell Gausha last week, and today made an appearance on Brian Custer’s Last Stand podcast to discuss where he wants to go from here. Lubin tells Custer he still believes he’s the best fighter in a hot division, and explains
Following in the footsteps of fellow WBSS competitors Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev, newly crowned champion Mairis Briedis tells Dan Rafael that he’s “considering” a move to heavyweight. “I am considering a move to heavyweight,” Briedis said. “But right now I will rest a bit before I make any decisions.” Unlike the two mentioned above,
During the post-fight press conference following his knockout win to unify titles with Jeison Rosario, Jermell Charlo gives his immediate reaction to the fight and the event as a whole. Check it out… Charlo on how he felt about his performance: “I did good. I utilized my game plan, I listened to my coach, I
Jermell and Jermall Charlo came into Saturday night as world titlists, considered top guys in their divisions, but both still facing some skepticism from fans. Were they really real? Really top guys? Jermell faced less, being a two-time titleholder at 154, with only a controversial decision loss that he’d avenged blemishing his record. But after
Wednesday, Sept. 30 ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Ohara Davies vs Tyrone McKenna, Ryan Walsh vs Jazza Dickens, Liam Conroy vs Serge Michel. There will be other fights, too, but the main fights here are all MTK Golden Contract tournament bouts. Davies-McKenna and Walsh-Dickens are the final bouts at 140 and 126, respectively, while Conroy-Michel is
“I’ve never been scared of monsters, not even as a child,” Jason Moloney (21-1 18KO) told me during a morning walk in Kingscliff, Australia. The 29-year-old is preparing for a defining fight of his career to date, taking on Naoya Inoue (19-0, 17KO) this coming Halloween for two pieces of the bantamweight world title. “I
Jermall Charlo picked up his biggest career win to date, probably, and definitely his best as a middleweight, retaining his WBC title in a stiff test against Sergiy Derevyanchenko tonight on Showtime PPV. Charlo (31-0, 22 KO) pretty well cemented his status as a legitimate top guy at 160 pounds with this win, which was
When Conor McGregor Tweeted yesterday that his next fight will be against Manny Pacquiao in the Middle East, it was worth noting because it’s a big event if it happens, and they’re both genuine stars. But it could’ve easily just been another McGregor Tweet, the guy says a lot of things. It’s not, though. Manny
Today at 3 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament will come to an end, as Mairis Briedis takes on Yuniel Dorticos in a long-delayed bout for Dorticos’ IBF title, the Muhammad Ali Trophy, and the vacant Ring Magazine championship. This is a No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup