Fighting

Tonight in Atlantic City, boxing star Claressa Shields will make her mixed martial arts debut with PFL, facing Brittney Elkin in the main event of PFL 4 for the 2021 regular season. Explaining seasons and whatnot would be kind of a pointless bunch of word-padding here, as we’re here for the curious boxing fan wanting
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According to Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, most points have been agreed in order to stage Anthony Joshua’s WBO mandatory title defense. Usyk had originally planned to step aside for what would’ve been an undisputed heavyweight title unification between Joshua and Tyson Fury, but once that fight fell apart Usyk wasted no time in demanding
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Egis Klimas, manager of former welterweight title challenger Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, tells Steve Kim that a fight between his charge and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is “finalized” for August 14th, though they’ve yet to secure a venue. The pair are respectively ranked #5 and #1 by the WBO at 147 pounds, meaning the winner could
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According to a report from Mike Coppinger, Top Rank has just finalized a four-year deal with Sky Sports to have their cards aired live on Sky in the United Kingdom, starting with Shakur Stevenson’s upcoming fight against Jeremiah Nakathila on June 12. Most of you will remember that Sky Sports have been longtime partners with
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The legendary Roy Jones Jr. may have a cruiserweight comeback in mind, but he reportedly isn’t done with the exhibition circuit. Nottinghamshire Live claims that “a deal could be finalised this week” for an exhibition match between Jones and former super middleweight champion Carl Froch. According to the Mirror,
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The boxing world basically revolved around Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul last weekend, allowing some interesting news to slip through the cracks. For instance, Julius Julianis reported on Saturday that former middleweight title challenger Kamil Szeremeta is set to replace countryman Maciej Sulecki against Jaime Munguia on June 19th. Fightnews’ and Polsat Sport’s Przemek Garczarczyk
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Tonight at 8 pm ET on pay-per-view, Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul will take to the ring in Miami for an eight-round exhibition bout between a boxing legend and a social media celebrity. BLH will have full updates and highlights from the card, and round-by-round coverage for the Mayweather-Paul main event, whatever it winds up
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ESPN+, 6:30 pm ET, PFL 4 Prelims. No, it’s not boxing. Yes, it’s MMA. MMA sites scoop boxing coverage all the time, here’s me firing a peashooter back for once. Anyway, the prelim portion does have Clay Collard fighting Joilton Lutterbach, so if you’re a real Collardhead might be worth tuning in early. I will
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Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul are set for Sunday night’s exhibition on Showtime pay-per-view, as the two made weight, or they were announced as having made weight, or whatever. It doesn’t really matter. Mayweather, 44, came in at 155 lbs even, with the 26-year-old Paul at a fairly predictable 189½, with his upper limit announced
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