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At last month’s Absolute War, former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tzu suffered a serious head injury and lost a split decision to substitute Sebastian Fundora. The loss also cost Tszyu his first career WBO title and the vacant WBC title.There was a rematch clause in the contract, but the WBO has now canceled that contract and announced that fans will face the interim champion, who will be the winner of the Terrence Crawford-Israel Madrimov bout on August 3 in Los Angeles. Dora obliged. Additionally, they have requested that Fandora defend his title by December 31st at the latest, and…
Have you ever noticed the man in a fighting stance in the Art of Maniness logo? It’s more than just a random symbol. That’s a real man. John L. Sullivan, the greatest bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century.Although most people think that bare-knuckle boxing ended during the Sullivan era, it actually never completely disappeared. In his new book, Bare Knuckle: Bobby Gunn, 73-0 Undefeated. father. dream. “The Fight You’ve Never Seen” Staton Bonner tells the unlikely story of bare-knuckle boxing’s rise, fall, and resurgence, and the modern branch’s most winning champion. On today’s show, Staton talks about how bare-knuckle boxing…
Tubi, Fox’s free ad-supported streamer, has partnered with British streaming service DAZN to add new channels featuring live and recorded women’s football (soccer), as it is known in the US, as well as boxing and mixed martial arts . The licensing agreement will see the launch of DAZN Ringside, a channel featuring matchroom boxing, Golden Boy, Wasserman and MF&DAZN:X series boxing and mixed martial arts, in the United States. This includes weigh-ins, archival matches, documentaries and DAZN boxing shows. The complete runback of the world title fight will be available on this channel after the embargo period. The DAZN Women’s…
The 2024 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday in Detroit, and so in the spirit of the festivities, like we did last year and the year before, the MMA Fighting Crew is back to divvy up the best fighters and biggest stars in the world among the top promotions in combat sports. If you don’t remember what happened last year, it’s simple: Alexander K. Lee, Damon Martin, Jed Meshew, Mike Heck, and Shaun Al-Shatti all take the reins of one of the top-five promotions in the world, and then draft their choice of fighters to build their franchises around. Once it’s…
New Delhi, April 24: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has selected 50 athletes, including Olympic hopeful Preity Sai Pawar (54kg), to represent India in the Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championship 2024 to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. I selected a human boxer. From April 27th to May 7th.Preity, who won the bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games and secured a spot at the Paris Olympics, will represent India in the U-22 category along with former youth world champion and 2022 Asian Elite Boxing Championship gold medalist Alfiya Pathan (81kg). He will lead the representative.Current youth world champions…
Israel Adesanya is one of the greatest UFC fighters of this generation. Meanwhile, Bradley Martin has also managed to make a name for himself in MMA, especially as he claims to be able to defeat professional fighters. The middleweight champion, who is on a 12-fight winning streak, recently revealed that a social media personality wanted to face him at a house party.”The Last Stylebender” made the revelation on the “Mighty Cast” podcast with Demetrius Johnson. But Bradley Martin wasn’t quiet either. He recently posted some evidence on his X account that makes the story look a little different.Bradley Martin’s reaction…
Callum Smith is preparing to watch Artur Beterbiev-Dmitri Bivol’s wedding reception on June 1, and the outcome could even decide his future. The 34-year-old was stopped by IBF, WBO and WBC light heavyweight champion Beterbiev in January, but he will be on the undercard of Beterbiev’s undisputed title fight against fellow Russian WBA champion Bivol. Despite speculation that he might, his date was set. In Spain, it meant that such things were not considered at all. Smith previously fought in Saudi Arabia in 2018, stopping George Groves in the super middleweight final of the World Boxing Super Series. A fight…
Expansion in Latin America and growing the PFL’s Hispanic audience will be a specific part of Revelo’s remit. (PFL imagery) The Professional Fighters League (PFL) US-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion has hired experienced industry executive Emilio Revelo as senior vice president of media strategy and distribution. He joins the MMA organization from the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion, where he started in 2006. For the last 14 months there, he served as senior vice president and head of international. Revelo will be tasked with global media deal expansion for the Bellator promotion which PFL acquired in November, and overseeing Canadian and Latin American distribution…
Ryan Garcia shocked many with his actions leading up to his fight with Devin Haney, but now he claims it was all a ruse.Garcia was acting very strange before the match, leading many to think he had lost his mind, but it turned out it was all an act. Ryan Garcia unleashes his hatred on Jake Paul in latest unfiltered rantHe appeared to be fooling the media and fans, but most importantly, he was fooling WBC light welterweight champion Haney and her father. Ryan’s actions led Haney to remark the week of the game that “there was something wrong with…
Matt Christie, Boxing News Editor Whether you’re sitting ringside at a world heavyweight title fight, lost in a musty archive, interviewing a real-life superhero, or arguing with a promoter, check out Boxing News. Working there was a great privilege. It is with great sadness that I write today that this is my last issue as editor. And the process of writing this last column for my beloved girlfriend BN has been incredibly difficult. Even with the benefit of consideration, it’s still akin to suddenly being handed a microphone in front of a full, expectant room. I just can’t find the…