Virtually everyone saw Oscar Valdez’s gritty, back-and-forth title defense against Robson Conceicao last Friday as an extremely close bout that could have gone either away. Judge Stephen Blea disagreed, scoring the fight 117-110 for the champion where his compatriots turned in scores of 115-112. In an extremely rare move, Blea has released a statement apologizing
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Here’s an interesting bit of matchmaking. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez announced on Twitter that he’s set to face unbeaten Puerto Rican prospect Orlando Gonzalez on the October 9th pre-PPV portion of Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3. Listo para enfrentar al puertorriqueño Orlando González y a quien me pongan de frente en mi
Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no update on September 20 because this is a garbage month. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Heavyweight: (2) Anthony Joshua vs (6) Oleksandr Usyk, Sept. 25 Cruiserweight: (2) Lawrence Okolie vs Dilan Prasovic, Sept. 25 Super Middleweight: (5) Callum Smith vs Lenin Castillo [light heavyweight], Sept.
A day after his points win over Robson Conceicao, WBC titleholder Oscar Valdez takes some questions from Fight Hub TV about how he’s feeling now that he’s got this win under his belt and he looks towards bigger bouts. Check out some excerpts of what Valdez had to say below. Oscar Valdez on if he
In one of the saddest, most disgraceful displays of pessimistic nonsense the sport of boxing, which is largely built on pessimistic nonsense, will ever see, Vitor Belfort stopped 58-year-old Evander Holyfield in the first round of tonight’s Triller Fight Club main event. The fight was technically an exhibition in that it’s not going to count
Tonight’s Triller Fight Club main event saw a 58-year-old boxing legend look like a shell of a shell of a shell of the fighter people want to remember, and even a shell of the fighter he was when he was hopelessly still fighting a decade ago. Vitor Belfort stopped Evander Holyfield in the first round,
As had been rumored and expected, the Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos Jr fight is now officially set (again) for Monday, Oct. 4 on Triller PPV. The fight was announced officially via a quick commercial spot on tonight’s Triller Fight Club event. The fight — which has also had dates both official and tentative on
It’s been anything but smooth sailing in the past week or so for Oscar Valdez. First, he tested positive for phentermine, which meant he’d failed a VADA drug test, but the fight was allowed to go on anyway, sanctioned not only by the commission but also the WBC. The WBC allowed Valdez to keep their
Once Oscar Valdez failed a pre-fight VADA drug test for phentermine and was allowed to fight — and defend his WBC title — anyway, Friday’s ESPN+ main event with Robson Conceicao was always going to be shrouded in controversy. Fight night itself left us with some more, as there is plenty of debate as to
PED extraordinaire Victor Conte takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about the whole debacle surrounding this weekend’s fight including Oscar Valdez, who recently tested positive for banned substance phentermine. During this lengthy breakdown by the scientist, Conte goes into detail about what the drug exactly is, how it works, and why he 100%
Tonight starting at 5:45 pm ET on ESPN+ for the prelims, and continuing at 10 pm ET also on ESPN+ for the “main card,” Top Rank are back with two world title fights and a bunch of their notable prospects in action from Tucson, Arizona. Note: Top Rank’s Twitter said 6:15 pm ET on Thursday
During an interview with Fight Hype, trainer John David Jackson talks about his work with Evander Holyfield as he prepares him for his September 11 fight against Vitor Belfort. Jackson says that while Belfort may pack some power, he doesn’t have the real boxing prowess to cause much concern for Holyfield. Check out some of
With former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield set to make his ring return on September 11, taking on Vitor Belfort, both fighters held their open media workout which can be viewed in full above. I’m not going to lie to you good folks of BLH, Holyfield looks to be in good physical shape for a man
Saturday night’s Triller Fight Club main event between 58-year-old Evander Holyfield and 44-year-old Vitor Belfort will be licensed, as the Florida Athletic Commission have sanctioned the fight. This was expected, as BoxRec had been listing the fight proper — which they have not been doing for exhibitions such as, for instance, Mike Tyson vs Roy
At the risk of losing what little cred I possess on this website, I didn’t actually get into MMA until after Tito Ortiz’s glory years. The first event I ever watched, as a 17-year-old dweebus on Christmas break who asked my dad to buy the PPV, was UFC 108 on January 1st, 2010; at the
Amidst the fallout of Oscar Valdez testing positive for banned substance phentermine, despite him still being allowed to defend his WBC world title against Robson Conceicao, Valdez talks with ESPN’s Mark Kriegel about how he tested dirty and why he still considers himself a clean fighter. Valdez on how he tested positive for banned diuretic
By now the world has heard the news that Oscar De La Hoya’s comeback fight (set to take place against Vitor Belfort) will not be happening as scheduled after De La Hoya reportedly caught COVID and couldn’t continue with the fight. And while it appears that Evander Holyfield will be taking De La Hoya’s place
This week lost one of its best fights when WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji tested positive for COVID, scrapping a September 10th defense against dangerous puncher Masamichi Yabuki. Luckily, it seems the case was mild, as BoxingNews.jp reports that the bout is back on for September 22nd after Teraji “went through detailed examinations” and