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By Geno McGahee This Saturday, one of the best fights of the year takes place on DAZN, bringing the, arguably, best pound for pound fighter in the world, Canelo Alvarez, 51-1-2, 35 KO’s, brings his WBC and WBA middleweight titles against Danny Jacobs, 35-2, 29 KO’s, the IBF champion. This […]

Combate Americas today announced that it will head to South America for the first time ever with the largest-scale Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) live television event in Peru history at Coliseo Manuel Bonilla in the capital city of Lima on Friday, May 31 The flagship show will mark Combate Americas’ […]

On Friday night, Roc Nation Sports heavyweight boxer Darmani Rock (15-0, 10 KOs) earned his second win of 2019, dominating Mike Bissett (15-12, 9 KOs) of Tampa, Fla. by second-round technical knockout. Rock remains undefeated with a perfect record of 15-0 with 10 KOs. The bout, which was promoted by […]

Main Card: Rory MacDonald (20-5-1) and Jon Fitch (32-7-2, 1 NC) fought to a majority draw (48-46, 47-47, 47-47) – MacDonald retains the welterweight title and advances in the Welterweight World Grand Prix Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (10-0) defeated Veta Arteaga (5-3) via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 1:50 of round three to […]

Last night, Irish middleweight prospect Connor “The Kid” Coyle (10-0, 3 KOs) turned in an impressive Las Vegas debut, winning an eight-round unanimous decision over Robert Burwell in the main event, at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. The fifth installment of RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT […]

Unbeaten super lightweight contender Mario Barrios will return to action and look to further solidify his spot amongst the 140-pound elite when he takes on Argentina’s Juan Jose Velasco in a 10-round showdown as part of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday, May 11 from EagleBank Arena […]

Combate Americas hosted its history-making “Cricket Wireless Presents Combate Americas: Reinas,” the first all-women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) lineup broadcast live on network television, Friday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. In the night’s main event, Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez out-fought Caroline “Taz” Gallardo to come out […]

“The Trigon” cage debut more than lived up to its advance billing during the April 5 th “BYB Brawl 1: Brawl For It ALL” pay-per-view card, promoted by BYB Extreme Series, at the Cheyenne Ice & Event Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Bare-knuckles fighting has now been revolutionized by BYB’s unique […]

Over the weekend, featherweight boxer and New Haven-native Tramaine Williams hosted youth from Connecting Through Literacy: Incarcerated Parents, Their Children, and Caregivers (CLICC) at Frank Pepe Pizzeria in New Haven for a pizza making community event. During the event, pizza making lessons were taught by Gary Bimonte, grandson of Frank […]

All 18 bouts for the highly anticipated Bellator 220: MacDonald vs. Fitch event, streamed exclusively on DAZN, have been announced when Bellator returns home to the SAP Center at San Jose on Saturday, April 27. Two title fights sit atop the card, as Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald (20-5) defends […]

All three of Salita Promotions’ Russian contenders emerged with important victories last Thursday, April 18. Fighting in the “Time of Legends” event at the Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny City, and live on Russian public sports channel Match TV and Klowd TV in the USA, undefeated heavyweight Apti Davtaev, light […]

Canastota, New York welterweight Dick DiVeronica embodies the true spirit of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame: New Yorkers honoring New Yorkers for their accomplishments and achievements in boxing. DiVeronica will be part of a 24-member Class of 2019 inducted at the eighth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner this […]