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Joseph Parker out to spoil the party for Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua

Joseph Parker out to spoil the party for Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua

What Joseph Parker intends to do on December 23rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the definition of spoiling the party. While the Saudi megashow may be a feast for boxing fans, the hopes of two…

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Alex Pereira wins second UFC belt with TKO of Jiri Prochazka

Alex Pereira wins second UFC belt with TKO of Jiri Prochazka

Alex Pereira has been in the UFC for just two years. And now he has collected championships in two weight classes. Pereira stopped Jiri Prochazka via TKO at 4:08 of the second round Saturday night in the main…

Sports
Dmitry Bivol not eligible for belt due to Russia sanctions, WBC says

Dmitry Bivol not eligible for belt due to Russia sanctions, WBC says

Light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is not eligible to fight for the WBC title because of ongoing sanctions for Russian and Belarusian fighters, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Monday. The WBC, like other…

Sports
Dmitry Bivol retains WBA title with unanimous decision win vs. Gilberto Ramirez

Dmitry Bivol retains WBA title with unanimous decision win vs. Gilberto Ramirez

Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light heavyweight title in lopsided fashion with a unanimous decision over Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The victory — via scores of 118-110, 117-111…

Sports
Jiri Prochazka submits Glover Teixeira late to win UFC light heavyweight title

Jiri Prochazka submits Glover Teixeira late to win UFC light heavyweight title

Jiri Prochazka hit Glover Teixeira with everything he had — hard jabs, uppercuts, knees up the middle and combinations to the body. Teixeira gave it all back and then some. He landed huge overhand rights and left hooks,…

Sports
UFC 275: Teixeira-Prochazka, Shevchenko-Santos and Weili-Jedrzejczyk 2

UFC 275: Teixeira-Prochazka, Shevchenko-Santos and Weili-Jedrzejczyk 2

Two championship belts will be on the line during Saturday’s UFC 275 (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, in one of the most action-packed PPV cards of the year.…

Sports
Jon Jones willing to wait until September for potential Stipe Miocic fight

Jon Jones willing to wait until September for potential Stipe Miocic fight

The UFC has been looking to put together a highly anticipated interim heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in a blockbuster pay-per-view main event that would match the best light heavyweight and the best heavyweight in…

Sports
Joe Smith Jr., Callum Johnson agree to Jan. 15 light heavyweight bout on ESPN

Joe Smith Jr., Callum Johnson agree to Jan. 15 light heavyweight bout on ESPN

Joe Smith Jr. and Callum Johnson have agreed to terms for a light heavyweight title fight that will headline an ESPN show on Jan. 15 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, sources…

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Jan Blachowicz wins, halts Israel Adesanya’s bid to become 2-division champion

Jan Blachowicz wins, halts Israel Adesanya’s bid to become 2-division champion

Israel Adesanya’s meteoric rise to UFC superstardom hit a rather large barrier Saturday night. Jan Blachowicz beat the previously undefeated Adesanya by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 49-45) to keep his light heavyweight title in the main…

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Israel Adesanya won’t bulk up for UFC 259 light heavyweight title shot

Israel Adesanya won’t bulk up for UFC 259 light heavyweight title shot

Israel Adesanya was always going to be the smaller man moving up a division to fight Jan Blachowicz. But the UFC middleweight champion might be even lighter than many expected. Adesanya told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an…

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