As expected, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will defend his title against Dan Henderson on September 1, 2012, in the main event of UFC 151. The championship match-up, which will be Jones' first title defense in Las Vegas, was announced by UFC President Dana White via Twitter late ... Read More
The International Boxing Federation will speak to Lamont Peterson about his failed drugs test before deciding whether to strip him of their light-welterweight title and potentially return it to Amir Khan. Khan called for the return of his WBA and IBF titles after it emerged earlier this week that ... Read More
Floyd Mayweather Jnr has always walked arm in arm with belligerence, but on Saturday in Las Vegas he will make a significant concession to opponent Miguel Cotto, the WBA light-middleweight champion. Unlike Manny Pacquiao, who met Cotto at 145 lbs, Mayweather will do battle at the Puerto Rican's ... Read More
by James Slater - With IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko opting to go ahead and fight the unbeaten Ruslan Chagaev on the June 20th date that was originally set for his voluntary defence against David Haye, the plans Haye had of "becoming a legend" have been severely ... Read More
UFC 99: JUNE 13, 2009venue: Lanxess Arena in Cologne, GermanyMain Card Bouts:-Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1; #8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Rich Franklin (24-4)-Cain Velasquez (5-0) vs. Cheick Kongo (14-4-1)-Spencer Fisher (22-4) vs. Caol Uno (25-11-4)-Mike Swick (13-3) vs. Ben Saunders ... Read More
Worlds No. 1 heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will head back to Russia this weekend to begin training for his showdown with Josh Barnett at Affliction: “Trilogy” on Aug. 1 in Anaheim, Calif. The two have shared a friendship that’s spanned over several years and work in ... Read More
The Ultimate Fghting Championship (UFC) will be putting on a very interesting mma card at the UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida event. The vent will be held Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday May 23, 2009.The main card will feature the current Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Evans who will be defending ... Read More
Amir Khan has embarked on what he is calling "the toughest training camp of my career" but insists the hard work will pay off with victory on June 27 when he fights Andreas Kotelnik at the O2 Arena, London for the WBA light-welterweight title Khan, who will be based at the Wild ... Read More
It seems everyone is calling out Floyd Mayweather these days. Even before he emerged from a 16-month retirement recently, the former six-time world champion boxer and Grand Rapids native had been challenged to step into the ring against Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosely, Juan Manuel Marquez and other ... Read More
By Chris Williams: Earlier today, former Olympic Gold medalist heavyweight Audley Harrison (23-4, 17 KOs) called out David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) for a fight, telling him “I’m sure the British public would love to see you send me into retirement,” referring to Haye’s need for an ... Read More
A long-rumored bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and former UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira appears set to take place. According to multiple sources from Couture’s camp, he has agreed to face Nogueira at the yet-unannounced UFC 101 sometime in ... Read More
Main event: Diego Sanchez defeats Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision Main card: Dan Hardy defeats Rory Markham via knockout in round one Nate Marquardt defeats Wilson Gouveia via technical knockout (strikes) in round three Demian Maia defeats Chael Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) in round ... Read More
After months of speculation, the UFC officially announced that UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will be defending his title at UFC94 against UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn. The event will be taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on January ... Read More
JOE Calzaghe was back on home soil today, admitting that he has “fallen out of love” with boxing. Speculation is expected to continue for the next few months over whether Saturday night’s demolition of Roy Jones Junior at Madison Square Garden will actually be the Newbridge ... Read More
The whole scene is very Rocky IV, minus Russian Ivan Drago.Former NCAA wrestling champion Brock Lesnar travels to chilly northern Minnesota, hours away from the outside world, to train for a fight anticipated to be the biggest pay-per-view event in UFC history. In place of Drago posters, Lesnar ... Read More
Khan - set to spar with Pacquiao. Amir Khan has revealed that he will become a new sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao as he prepares to get his career back on track under new coach Freddie Roach. A staggering 54-second knockout defeat by Breidis Prescott in Manchester last month rocked ... Read More
Rashad Evans’ boxing coach, Mike Winkeljohn, helped Evans come up with the gameplan that put Chuck Liddell face first into the mat. With the Evans getting a title shot against UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin, Winkeljohn feels that Evans will be too much for Griffin. “If ... Read More
By Jason Kim: Without having fought any heavyweights other than Tomasz Bonin a year and half ago, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) must feel that he’s the luckiest fighter on Earth. The reason is simple. Haye, 27, only has to face one fighter, who at the ... Read More
The UK based newspaper, The Sun is reporting that the UFC will be making their return to the O2 Arena in London England on February 21st following the success of UFC 85 in June. The paper is also reporting that UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva has been asked to appear on the card with a ... Read More
It was more of a sledgehammer to the jaw than a wake-up call as Amir Khan's undefeated professional record was wrecked by the little-known Colombian Breidis Prescott in just 54 seconds in front of a stunned 10,000 crowd in Manchester in what was supposed to have been Khan's showpiece debut as a ... Read More
LATEST BOXING NEWS -- Manny Pacquiao turned boxing's "dream fight" into a nightmare for Oscar De La Hoya. Pacquiao dominated a slow De La Hoya with speed and accuracy from beginning to end, scoring an eighth-round technical knockout victory at the MGM Grand on Saturday. Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 ... Read More
Bond is back.. and he’s more brutal and buff than ever. Daniel Craig made his début appearance as James Bond in the movie Casino Royale and wowed audiences with his new muscular physique. The Bond star, 40, has been given his own personal gym on the set of the next 007 movie ... Read More
By Andrew Latimore: We have Kelly Pavlik a young, strong, raw champion, up against an old cagey, highly experienced Bernard Hopkins. Kelly Pavlik, a young, primed, heavy-hitting superstar who has legitimately beaten Jermain Taylor, twice, the guy who beat Hopkins twice. Hopkins ... Read More
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Life as a mixed martial artist will never be the same for Seth Petruzelli. What he accomplished last night at BankAtlantic Center will be remembered for many years. Petruzelli became the first man to defeat Kimbo Slice in a sanctioned bout. A clipping right hand did the ... Read More
Scientists are moving closer to developing a pill which could deliver some of the benefits of exercise - even for those who do not move a muscle. The journal Cell reports US researchers now have two possible pills which appear able to build muscle, increase stamina and even burn fat. In tests, ... Read More
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