UFC veteran Thiago Alves made his Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut tonight in Daytona Beach, Florida, nicking a tight split decision victory over late replacement opponent Julian Lane in a very close, evenly-fought main event. The 36-year-old Alves, who fought 27 times in UFC and has a career 23-15 record in mixed martial arts overall,
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Tonight at 8 pm ET streaming live on Bare Knuckle TV, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back with BKFC 12, featuring longtime UFC veteran Thiago Alves making his bare knuckle debut against Julian Lane in the 185-pound main event. The 36-year-old Alves (23-15 in MMA) spent 14 years fighting in UFC, and signed a three-fight
IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez made an appearance on ESPN’s First Take to discuss his upcoming undisputed unification match with Vasiliy Lomachenko. Check out what he had to tell Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman about the fight. Lopez on how he matches up with Lomachenko: “Style-wise and everything, I know they call him ‘Hi-Tech’,
With welterweight contender Egidijus Kavaliauskas set to take on Mikael Zewski this weekend, Kavaliauskas tells RingTV that he’s not taking his opponent lightly despite being installed as the betting favorite to win the fight. “We fought on the same Top Rank shows years ago, so I’m very familiar with Mikael,” Kavaliauskas told The Ring this
26-year-old Filipino junior featherweight Albert Pagara has signed a deal with MTK Global, yet another name added to the international firm. Pagara (32-1, 23 KO) turned pro in 2011 and ran up a record of 26-0 before being stopped by Cesar Juarez in 2016. Since then, he’s won six straight fights, all in the Philippines,
After witnessing Dillian Whyte’s latest stoppage loss to Alexander Povetkin, former foe Joseph Parker is even more certain that he could turn the tables on Whyte should he get a chance at a rematch. Parker previously dropped a unanimous decision to Whyte at the end of 2018. “I lost to the better man [in the
With the big lightweight unification between Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko officially set for October 17th on ESPN, Lopez tells RingTV that he’s feeling primed and ready for this showdown, eager to put the world on notice and show the best of himself. By most accounts he’ll need to do exactly that in order to
21-year-old heavyweight Johnny Fisher has signed a multi-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing, and the Mark Tibbs-trained prospect will look to turn pro by the end of 2020. The 6’5” Fisher could turn into a prized prospect for Matchroom, as the heavyweight division always naturally draws more attention than really any other division in all of
During this virtual chat with Brian Kenny for PBC, welterweights Errol Spence and Danny Garcia talk about their November 21st fight and their expectations for the bout. Check out some excerpts below with the video above. Spence on how he thinks the fight with Garcia will play out: “I got so many gears. I can
One of modern boxing’s most cursed matchups may finally be happening. 15 months after their respective semifinal victories, Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos will meet for World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight gold in Munich on September 26th. Plagued by delays due to the WBSS’ ongoing financial issues, the pair didn’t get the green light to
Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez signed the contracts for their October 17th unification bout and the undercard is starting to come together. Along with the crossroads clash between Alex Saucedo and Arnold Barboza Mike Coppinger revealed this past weekend, Steve Kim reports that Clay Collard will serve as the “walk-out bout.” Saucedo (30-1, 19 KO)
Highly-touted welterweight prospect Jaron Ennis (25-0, 23 KOs) will make his way back into the ring next weekend after an 8-month layoff, and expects to put on a show for the fans. Why wouldn’t he, after all, when the 23-year-old is so confident in his skills that he believes he could take on the best
If you were still worrying about things falling apart, you can stop. The Oct. 17 fight between WBA/WBO lightweight titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko and IBF titleholder Teofimo Lopez is set, with an official announcement coming tomorrow. Top Rank posted photos of the fighters signing their contracts: The 32-year-old Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KO) and the 23-year-old Lopez
MTK Global have announced a card for Friday, Oct. 9, which will be headlined by Viktor Kotochigov against Maxi Hughes in a lightweight bout from Caesars Bluewaters in Dubai. The 27-year-old Kotochigov is an unbeaten Kazakh prospect, having run up a record of 12-0 (7 KO) to date. He just fought on Aug. 23 in
This evening starting at 6 pm ET for the prelims and continuing at 8 pm ET for the main card, Premier Boxing Champions is back with five fights from Los Angeles, headlined by Yordenis Ugas taking on Abel Ramos in the main event. Prelims will at at 6 pm ET on FS1, with the main
Saturday, Sept. 12 ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Anthony Yarde vs Dec Spelman, Mark Heffron vs Denzel Bentley. Or at least it should be streaming on ESPN+, though it’s not listed by ESPN yet, and they did miss one recent Warren show, so we’ll see. But I expect it’ll be there. Yarde is looking to tune
Jamel Herring retained his WBO junior lightweight title with a win on Saturday night over Jonathan Oquendo, but it didn’t come how he wanted, and the 34-year-old titleholder says he’s not making any excuses for a disappointing performance or disqualification win, which has been criticized on various fronts: I accept all criticism, I’m not going
Yordenis Ugas will return to action Sunday night on FOX (8 pm ET) as he takes on Abel Ramos in a vacant WBA “world” title fight, looking to grab a claim of the belt that Manny Pacquiao already holds. It is what it is. Can Ramos pull off another piece of exciting surprise as he