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Tyson Fury revealed what the hardest fight of his professional boxing career was. Fury is the current WBC heavyweight champion and holds a number of big wins over the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Derek Chisora (x3), Deontay Wilder (x2) and Dillian Whyte to name a few. Most would assume his toughest fight would have been […]

Tyson Fury still has much to accomplish in his heavyweight boxing career. The 34-year-old is the best heavyweight of this generation. He has beaten top opponents, including Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder (twice), and is regarded as a pound-for-pound great. He is currently the WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion and can become the first […]

Two-division boxing champion Teofimo Lopez has officially vacated his WBO junior welterweight title, per ESPN Ringside. Lopez won the belt just last week in a rout of Josh Taylor, and Lopez announced his retirement after the fight. Fans were skeptical of the retirement claim, doubting that Lopez would actually walk away from the sport at […]

Terence Crawford is regarded as a top pound-for-pound boxer by multiple websites. If he defeats Errol Spence Jr. in an undisputed welterweight championship fight July 29, he believes he should be regarded as one of the best of all time. Via Showtime Boxing: "Ya'll are going to mark me as one of the greatest of […]

Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford will face off in an epic welterweight showdown July 29. It is regarded as perhaps the most-anticipated boxing fight in the last few years. Crawford and Spence Jr. are ranked No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings. They are also near or at their primes, which […]

Teofimo Lopez is leaving the sport of boxing on top. He defeated Josh Taylor by unanimous decision Saturday and announced his retirement days later. Lopez is the WBO and The Ring light welterweight champion and may come back if he is offered a nine-figure deal, according to Yahoo! Sports. Lopez was reportedly in contact with […]

Conor McGregor has pledged his allegiance to a side following the chaotic brawl at the John Gotti III vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight on Sunday night. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight in the sixth round due to repeated trash talk and lack of discipline from both fighters. Gotti continued to throw punches at Mayweather […]

It did not seem like the greater majority of boxing fans had any idea that Floyd Mayweather actually had a fight scheduled on Sunday night. Well, even non-boxing supporters are now well aware of the same after a brawl broke out after Floyd’s exhibition fight against John Gotti III was called off. Total chaos would […]

All hell broke loose on Sunday night after the referee called a stoppage to the exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III. The latter was disqualified in the sixth round for excessively holding onto his opponent. Gotti clearly wasn’t done, though, so he decided to attack Mayweather even after the fight had […]

Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition fight with John Gotti III delivered some ugly scenes in the end as both camps got into a massive brawl inside the ring. It happened after referee Kenny Bayless stopped the bout in the sixth round. Prior to the stoppage, the two fighters had engaged in constant holding and clinching, trash talking […]

Teofimo Lopez shocked boxing fans by announcing his retirement following Saturday night’s dominant win over Josh Taylor to claim the junior welterweight title, according to ESPN. “Retirement man, I’m kinda tired,” Lopez said when asked what’s next for him. “I’m not getting paid enough. A million dollars? Get the f— out of here.” 😳WOW!!! “IM […]

Retiring at the top of the mountain, riding off into the sunset, whatever you want to call it… Teofimo Lopez did it, defeating Josh Taylor to become the new WBO junior welterweight champion. However, he had to address comments he made to his opponent along the way, as he promised to kill Taylor in the […]

A superfight between undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and WBC super middleweight titleholder David Benavidez will not happen, according to Benavidez’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz. Lewkowicz said Benavidez, who is 27-0 (23 KOs), will shift his attention to David Morrell, the No. 4 contender at super middleweight by The Ring. Alvarez is looking to fight […]

Jake Paul and Jorge Masvidal ended up being face-to-face in a parking lot in Miami on Wednesday. The interaction — posted by the Betr social media account — occurred outside the “Betr warehouse” with both men surrounded by their personal crew and cameramen. It starts off with Paul telling the camera that “apparently Masvidal showed […]

Teddy Atlas would like to train one fighter in particular should he return to coaching. The 66-year-old is primarily a boxing commentator and analyst today while he also has his own YouTube channel. However, he was also a coach back in the day and trained a number of world champions including Michael Moorer, Timothy Bradley […]

This Saturday night sees a mega clash in the super lightweight division as WBO champion Josh Taylor defends his belt against former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in New York. Taylor is coming off a controversial split decision win over Jack Catterall last year in a fight that many felt the […]

Jon Jones fighting Tyson Fury in the Octagon is a circus — but it’s a circus former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping would gladly watch. Talk of Fury fighting Jones in MMA has intensified, especially after UFC president Dana White himself stated he would be open to promoting it. While it seems extremely unlikely, it […]

Andre Ward believes people are looking at recent footage of Nate Diaz the wrong way. Diaz is currently getting ready to make his professional boxing debut when he faces Jake Paul in an eight-round, 185-pound boxing match on Aug. 5. Unlike previous former UFC fighter opponents of Paul’s, Diaz has a background in boxing and […]

Frank Warren believes if anyone is greedy, it’s Oleksandr Usyk — not Tyson Fury. Usyk and Fury were in negotiations earlier this year over a highly-anticipated heavyweight title unification clash in London. At one point, it seemed extremely close, especially after Usyk agreed to Fury’s demands for a 70/30 purse split. However, negotiations eventually collapsed […]

Oscar De La Hoya gave his prediction for the upcoming welterweight title fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford. After years of waiting, boxing fans will finally get to see the two best welterweights collide in a title unification clash July 29 in Las Vegas. While most observers would have liked to have seen […]

The Dmitry Bivol camp doesn’t appear to be expecting a rematch with Canelo Alvarez this year. Following his super middleweight title defense over John Ryder last month, it was expected that Alvarez would run things back with Bivol in September. However, negotiations haven’t gone smoothly — Alvarez wants the fight at 175 pounds like it […]

Ben Askren expects Jake Paul to come out on top against Nate Diaz. Paul returns to the ring in August when he faces former UFC star Diaz in an eight-round, 185-pound boxing match. It will notably be Diaz’s professional boxing debut. One person who knows a lot about making their boxing debut against Paul is […]

Former Carolina Panthers star defensive end Greg Hardy was a nightmare on the gridiron. One of the most feared defenders in the league, he tallied 11 sacks in 2012 and 15 sacks in 2013. The six-foot-five ex-NFL star has been busy fighting for dollars during his post-NFL career, with mixed results. Hardy’s MMA record currently […]

Boxing champion Gervonta Davis has been taken into custody at Baltimore Central Booking following an impromptu court hearing regarding his hit-and-run case from 2020. He was sentenced to three months of house arrest early in May, but will now serve out the remainder of that time in jail, according to Justin Fenton of the Baltimore […]

Representatives for WBC interim super middleweight champion David Benavidez are prepared to offer undisputed champ Canelo Alvarez a deal that includes close to $50 million in guaranteed money, according to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix. Mannix said the actual purse “would be in the neighborhood of $40 million.” He added splits on gate revenue and PPV […]

Terence Crawford believes there’ll only be one outcome if former UFC star Francis Ngannou boxes with a top heavyweight today. The WBO welterweight champion was asked about the new PFL signing’s chances in boxing the likes of a Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder. It’s something he can actually do thanks to his PFL […]

Devin Haney has his next opponent in mind. Although the scorecards were controversial, Haney remains the undisputed lightweight champion following a razor-thin unanimous decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko last month. He was expected to remain at lightweight to only face either Shakur Stevenson or Gervonta Davis next. However, that no longer seems to be the […]

Terence Crawford believes he would have beaten Floyd Mayweather. “Me,” Crawford said on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast. “Man, me.” Crawford is considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by ESPN. He will have the biggest test of his career July 29, when he faces the fourth-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, Errol Spence Jr., […]

For Errol Spence Jr., fighting Terence Crawford to become the undisputed welterweight champion was the only choice for him in his return to the ring. The 33-year-old southpaw shared as much in his recent appearance on ESPN’s First Take, noting that the Crawford fight is what he wanted all along. Even though he could have […]

A boxing fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua is in talks for September, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. The fight would take place in the United Kingdom, where both fighters are from. Coppinger said talks for a two-fight boxing card that would have Fury face WBO, WBA, IBF […]

The thought that controversial Conor McGregor is going to come out of retirement is exciting news to fight promoters and some fight fans. McGregor has certainly helped fuel the fire with a public announcement that he wants to come back. The  United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) also heard from the fighter that he intends […]

Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford are two of the best boxers in the world — but who carries more one-punch knockout power? Crawford is the WBO welterweight champion with an unbeaten 39-0 record with 30 of those wins coming by way of knockout. Davis — who is also undefeated with his most recent win coming […]

The date is set. The boxing fight is made. Welterweights Terence Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) and Errol Spence Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) will fight in the biggest bout the sport has had in recent years July 29 in Las Vegas. The bout will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and be broadcasted […]

The lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko was one of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the year — but mainly for the hardcore boxing fan. Haney just about edged Lomachenko to come away with the unanimous decision win and defend his lightweight titles. Despite how competitive the fight was, many observers felt […]

The combat sports world was left to speculate whether Tyson Fury really was indeed 6’9” tall after a recent picture. The WBC heavyweight boxing champion was pictured alongside former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira and the first thing people noticed was how close their heights were. While Fury is said to be 6’9”, Pereira’s official […]

Teddy Atlas doesn’t believe Gervonta Davis is the sole face of boxing just yet. With his win over Ryan Garcia in their blockbuster super fight last month, many in the boxing world have now crowned “Tank” as the face of the sport. At the same time, there are some who dispute that claim such as […]

Devin Haney has had enough of Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney defended his lightweight titles against Lomachenko this past weekend in Las Vegas after winning a razor-thin unanimous decision. However, many felt Lomachenko was the deserving winner, including the Ukrainian and his team. “I don’t want to talk about the decision. All [the] people see what happened […]

It’s finally going to happen. A huge fight between welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terrance Crawford now has a date, per Mike Coppinger of ESPN. “Breaking: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have agreed to a deal to fight for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, sources tell […]

Eddie Hearn hopes Nate Diaz beats Jake Paul — but his gut feeling tells him otherwise. Diaz makes his professional boxing debut when he faces Paul in an eight-round 185-pound boxing match taking place Aug. 5 in Dallas, Texas. It will also be his first fight since departing the UFC last year when he submitted […]