In one of the biggest upsets in the sport this century, the American lost his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles to Australian underdog George Kambosos Jr. by split decision at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden last weekend. The fight was put off several times due to a dispute …
Read More »Boxer Lopez branded ‘sore loser’ in online roasting after humbling Kambosos loss
Lopez, 24, was expected to make light work of his mandatory challenger on Saturday in New York but soon became aware he was in a fight when he was knocked down in the first after Kambosos landed an crushing overhand right. The champion, who defeated Vasily Lomachenko in his last …
Read More »Out on her feet: Female boxer knocked out standing up in shuddering title KO (VIDEO)
On a bad night for South Yorkshire fighters in Sheffield, where Kid Galahad also surrendered his IBF featherweight crown to veteran Kiko Martinez, Harper was upset by Alycia Baumgardner and relieved of her WBC and IBO super-featherweight belts. Off-key from the outset following a year’s absence from the ring, Harper was hurt in round two …
Read More »‘I’m devastated’: Brit boxer Courtenay points to menstrual cycle causing weight miss as she is stripped of title (VIDEO)
Courtenay, 28, came in at 120.5lbs in Liverpool on Friday – missing the limit by 2.5lbs – although the contest will still go ahead on the card headed by local rivals Anthony Fowler and Liam Smith at the M&S Bank Arena. “Thank you to everyone that’s been messaging to check …
Read More »Italian boxer with Nazi & white supremacist tattoos causes outrage after fight is livestreamed by major sports outlet
Michele Broili, 28, lost on Sunday night against Hassan Nourdine, 34, in their bout in the northeastern port city of Trieste. In the aftermath, sports authorities are now examining how a pugilist with tattoos which include a flag with an SS inscription was allowed to become a member of the Italian …
Read More »‘I had one arm’: ‘Blonde Bomber’ boxer wins latest fight on razor-thin decision despite breaking her hand in second round (VIDEO)
The ‘Bronze Bomber’, who is known for stripping to her lingerie at weigh-ins, slugged it out with tough French opponent Mailys Gangloff at a stadium in Leeds as she edged a 77-76 points card to make it seven wins out of eight in her professional career. Australian Bridges had support …
Read More »18yo female boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata ‘fighting for her life’ as she collapses shortly after getting knocked out (VIDEO)
Zapata was stopped after taking a barrage of unanswered strikes in the corner during last weekend’s fight against Marie-Pier Houle in Montreal, with video footage of the jarring incident having been posted online. The Mexican boxer was fighting in her sixth professional bout at the GYM Gala Boxing event where she …
Read More »Boxer Brodnicka battered in MMA brawl by Polish rival ‘Lil Masti’ after shoving SEX TOY in opponent’s face at weigh-in (VIDEO)
Tensions had run high between Bogusz – a social media influencer-turned-pop star – and Brodnicka as they prepared for their High League showdown at Ergo Arena in Gdansk-Sopot on Saturday. Boxing queen Brodnicka, who boasts a 20-1 record in the ring as a former European and WBO super featherweight champ, was …
Read More »Split the difference: Russian champion boxer Svetlana Soluyanova edged out by US star Virginia Fuchs in Tokyo Olympics scrap
European flyweight champion in 2018, Soluyanova faced Fuchs, a former USA Boxing Nationals champion who took bronze at the World Championships in 2018, in the round of 32. Fuchs had battled OCD to travel to the spectacle, and she won on three of the five cards, with the other two giving Dimitrovgrad-born Soluyanova …
Read More »KO part two? MMA brawler-turned-boxer Datsik growls and performs slit-throat gesture ahead of latest post-prison punch-up (VIDEO)
Turning his hand to boxing, the notorious former member of a banned nationalist party exacted a pulverizing finish on MMA fighter Tyson Dijon in February, sending the Cameroonian crashing through the ropes in the fourth round of their contest at the end of a shuddering series of shots. Visa problems for his …
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