Middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez called out Floyd Mayweather while promoting his Saturday fight against Rocky Fielding, saying that Mayweather has been diminishing the credibility of boxing with his recent antics. Alvarez referenced events like Mayweather’s boxing match last year with UFC superstar Conor McGregor, and his upcoming exhibition with Japanese […]
Deontay Wilder will defend his WBC championship Saturday night against England’s Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, in what has become one of the most highly anticipated heavyweight boxing events in years. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) comes into the fight as a slight favorite over Fury (27-0, […]
After the main event of UFC 229 – not to mention the melee that took place afterwards – it is safe to say that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor aren’t exactly on speaking terms. But according to Nurmagomedov, that doesn’t mean their relationship can’t improve in the […]
Kermit Washington’s sucker punch against Rudy Tomjanovich during a bench-clearing brawl between the Houston Rockets and LA Lakers game in 1977 still ranks among the worst all-time cheap shots. Fitchburg State basketball player Kewan Platt got frustrated and lost his cool in a game against Nichols College. Platt elbowed Nate […]
UFC president Dana White has said in the past that he doubts a fight will materialize between boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. But while that assessment hasn’t changed much, White did admit this week that there have at least been talks between him and Mayweather’s team […]
Two-division title holder Daniel Cormier is widely expected to handle Derrick Lewis as the two fight for the heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Cormier (21-1) last fought at UFC 226 in July, when he won the heavyweight title with […]
Conor McGregor provided a full recap of his lightweight championship fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov in a Monday post on Instagram, offering analysis of every round and saying that he was “beaten fair and square” in the end. McGregor lost by submission via rear naked choke in the fourth round of […]
Canelo Alvarez announced Wednesday that he had signed a five-year, 11-fight deal with sports streaming service DAZN that will earn him a minimum of $365 million over the course of the agreement. The contract begins with a Dec. 15 fight at Madison Square Garden, in which Alvarez will take on […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Floyd Mayweather have begun to build momentum for a potential fight between the two champions, suggesting that Nurmagomedov might want to follow in the footsteps of rival Conor McGregor in taking on one of boxing’s greats. Nurmagomedov recently scored a dominating submission victory over McGregor at UFC […]
What do you get when you pair up an undefeated world champion with the biggest draw in mixed martial arts? The answer appears to be a main event for UFC 229 that is set to break revenue and pay-per-view buy records for the company. According to UFC president Dana White, […]
Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz are already on the card for UFC 230, scheduled to take place on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden. But with that card still looking for a main event, Diaz and Poirier want to turn their encounter into the debut of a whole new weight […]
The UFC’s biggest star is sticking around for a while. Conor McGregor has signed a contract with UFC for six fights, beginning with his Oct. 6 bout in the Octagon against Khabib Nurmagomedov, ESPN’s Darren Rovell reported. Without giving details about terms of the deal, UFC president Dana White told […]
If the idea of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao suddenly announcing a rematch to take place before the end of the year sounded too good to be true, then maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that those plans now appear to be changing. In a video posted by TMZ, […]
On the same weekend that one highly anticipated boxing rematch was taking place, it appears that another was inching closer to happening. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are said to be close to finalizing a deal for a rematch of their 2015 welterweight championship fight, a bout that would […]
Canelo Alvarez claimed a razor-thin majority decision victory against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on Saturday night to become the unified middleweight world champion. Alvarez used a surprisingly aggressive approach to take an early lead against Golovkin, then held on in the later rounds in front of a sellout crowd at T-Mobile […]
Oscar De La Hoya is a renowned boxing champion, a successful promoter of the sport, and an Olympic gold medalist. Now, “The Golden Boy” says he’s interested in adding one more title to his collection: President of the United States. De La Hoya made that surprising announcement on Tuesday, telling […]
Apparently the animosity between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wasn’t just pre-fight hype. At least from the McGregor side. The Irish MMA fighter blasted his opponent of a year ago on social media after it appeared the undefeated boxer was offering to help McGregor. The incident began on Monday when […]
Conor McGregor will finally get back in the Octagon on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas, when he takes on UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. UFC President Dana White announced the matchup, which will be the main event for UFC 229, at a press conference on Friday. McGregor Returns after Two-Year […]
Conor McGregor showed Thursday he is better at dodging jail time than Floyd Mayweather punches. McGregor escaped felony charges stemming from the April 5 incident in which he threw a metal dolly at a tour bus carrying rival UFC fighters at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Irishman’s lawyers […]
Manny Pacquiao scored his first knockout win in nine years by stopping Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round on Sunday to win the regular WBA welterweight title. The 39-year-old Pacquiao was impressive in his first fight since his controversial loss by decision to Jeff Horn last July, which cost Pacquiao […]
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