By Carlos Costa Two-division world champion “Fearless” Gerry Peñalosa, fast becoming one of the most successful boxing promoters in his native Philippines, launches his new project in search of the next generation of Filipino boxing stars, Ultimate Boxing Series UBS. In partnership with ESPN5 Philippines, the former super […]
Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa targeted for UFC 241
By Guilherme Cruz and Shaun Al-Shatti MMAfighting.com Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa are set to fight inside the Octagon — again. Contracts have yet to be signed, but “Soldier of God” and “Borrachinha” have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 241 in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 17, multiple sources told MMA Fighting. ESPN first reported the news. Romero […]
Crawford calls out Spence, Thurman & Porter
By Chris William Boxingnews24.com WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford took to social media on Monday to call out 147-pound champions Errol Spence, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter for a unification fight. An increasingly frustrating sounding Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs) is hoping that one of those champions will agree to fight him. […]
Bethe Correia says fans were ‘begging’ her to come back: ‘The division needs me’
By Guilherme Cruz@guicruzzz MMAfighting.com RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — It’s been a while since Bethe Correia entered the Octagon. The bantamweight, who once challenged Ronda Rousey for the UFC championship, is set make her return at Saturday night’s UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, against Irene Aldana — and that match-up alone has been in the making for […]
Leigh Wood looking to follow in Carl Froch’s footsteps
By Scott Christ@scblh1 Badlefthook.com Commonwealth featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood returns to action in the JDNXTGEN main event on Friday from his hometown of Nottingham, where he’ll defend his belt against Ryan Doyle, streaming live on DAZN in the United States and airing on Sky Sports in the UK. Wood, 30, says […]
UFC 237 video: Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade full Countdown show
By Tim Burke@TB_Money Bloodyelbow.com UFC 237 is almost upon us. The event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will see Rose Namajunas go into hostile territory as she defends her women’s strawweight title against Jessica Andrade. Of course the rest of the card will have a strong Brazilian flavor to it as […]