Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be retired from boxing, but he hasn’t lost his taste for exhibition matches. The 45-year-old Hall of Fame boxer is set to engage in another unconventional combat sports venture when he faces Japanese mixed-martial-artist Mikuru Asakura on Sept. 25 in the headline event of a RIZIN card in Japan. The match
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10:43 AM ET Jessica McCaskill, the undisputed welterweight champion, is dropping down in weight for at least one fight to try to win titles in another weight class when she faces WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron on Nov. 5 in Abu Dhabi. Matchroom Boxing announced the fight Wednesday. The fight, which will
A week after receiving a stateside broadcast, Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker got some extra stakes last night when the WBO officially sanctioned it as an interim title fight, citing the ongoing negotiations for Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and the Joes’ status as the top two heavyweight contenders. Nothing technically changes about the fight
Andy Ruiz Jr. is well aware of the fight that might await him if Ruiz can beat Luis Ortiz on September 4. Matching Ruiz against Deontay Wilder in what would be a battle between former heavyweight champions makes perfect sense. Ruiz and Wilder will headline FOX Sports Pay-Per-View shows a little less than six weeks
Posted on 08/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Speaking with ES News, returning former heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder weighed in on the recent high profile matchup between his divisional peers, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk (a fight Usyk won via decision). “Joshua did exactly what we expected him to do,” the hard hitting Wilder said, “to be
2:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The vacant WBC junior welterweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda was won by upstart promotional company MarvNation on Tuesday with a commitment of $2.4 million. TGB Promotions on behalf of PBC was the other bidder at $1.2 million. The fighters will split the $2.4 million evenly. “We
Letters • Premium Duke McKenzie was last week honoured with a plaque outside the house in which he grew up, courtesy of Ringside Charitable Trust and the British Boxing Hall of Fame IT was about a week ago I found out that I was being honoured with a plaque outside the house I grew up
#KSI #ksiswarmz #boxing To watch the fight subscribe to www.DAZN.com/secondsout Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV YouTube MCN – http://goo.gl/t77GMc
#WilderHelenius Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-101522 Former WBC Heavyweight World Champion and boxing superstar Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will preview his much-anticipated ring return at a press conference before taking on top-rated Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius—who will appear at the press conference via satellite from his training camp in Finland—in a WBC Heavyweight Title
News Gilberto Ramirez (Golden Boy) Dmitry Bivol’s reward for beating Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in May will be a November 5 fight against 44-0 Gilberto Ramirez in Abu Dhabi, writes Elliot Worsell FOR a while now we have been wondering what the reward for beating Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez looks like in real, tangible terms and now,
Bunce Diaries • Premium Christy Martin salutes the crowd before her fight against Laila Ali on August 23, 2003 at Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) There was a time not long ago when women’s boxing was in the wilderness, writes Steve Bunce LUCIA RIJKER was lost in boxing’s wilderness years at
Things have not been going well for Eddie Hearn of late vis-à-vis light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi. First, the WBA smacked down Hearn’s attempt to have Buatsi leapfrog Zurdo Ramirez for a crack at Dmitry Bivol, forcing Matchroom to focus instead on an ordered IBF eliminator against Jean Pascal. Then, earlier today, DiBella Entertainment outbid
Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker were already prepared to fight for the sake of proving who is the better man in the ring. The stakes are now raised for their forthcoming clash. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Joyce-Parker will now come with the interim WBO heavyweight title on the line in their September 24 BT Sport
Posted on 08/30/2022 By: Sean Crose It appears Jake Paul has found his next opponent. After having his scheduled August pay per view card collapse because two opponents, Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman Jr, weren’t able to fulfill pre fight requirements – such as making weight and being able to actually show up – it
3:02 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Demetrius Andrade vacated his WBO middleweight title and in his place, interim titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly was elevated to champion, Top Rank announced Tuesday. Alimkhanuly’s first title defense is slated for a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN show in November against an opponent to be determined, a source told ESPN. Andrade
Niko Omilana tells Joe Leigh his thoughts on KSI fighting two people in one night. He also speaks to Fousey, Deji, and Slim about their respective fights. KSI interview: https://youtu.be/2RFDMrTC74I Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of
Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs) was officially named WBO middleweight world champion after the organization’s previous champion, Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade, elected to move in weight instead of making a mandatory defense against Janibek. A 2016 Olympian from Zhilandy, Kazakhstan, Janibek will make the first defense of his world title later this year
Posted on 08/30/2022 By: Sean Crose WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol is riding high after besting the one and only Canelo Alvarez last spring. Yet his next bout won’t be a rematch with boxing’s biggest star. Rather, it will be against undefeated former super middleweight titlist Gilberto Ramirez, a man widely known around the
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