Stephen Thompson knows there’s only one way for him to get to the top in the UFC. At UFC 296, “Wonderboy” is scheduled to fight the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov (17-0), an opponent he admits he knew little about until recently. Since making his UFC debut…

Brendan Schaub doesn’t understand some of the backlash seen online about Tony Ferguson’s next UFC fight. The former UFC interim lightweight champion returns on the final pay-per-view of 2023, where he takes on British star Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296 in Las Vegas. Many didn’t…

Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos set for Nov. 16 with Navarrete-Conceição in co-main event 27 Sep by Ring TV | Shakur Stevenson will attempt to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight…

Former world champion Yordenis Ugas has not lost the hunger of the early days. The Cuban veteran – with head trainer Ismael Salas at his side – is determined to topple his upcoming opponent Mario “El Azteca'' Barrios – when they collide for the interim-welterweight…

Twenty seven year old super welterweight contender Erickson Lubin has been in the limelight ever since he signed a promotional pact with Mike Tyson in 2013. By 2017, Lubin was already challenging Jermell Charlo for a 154-pound title and promptly got punished and put…

LAS VEGAS – UFC CEO Dana White sees Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett as even matchmaking, but knows one side has significantly more at stake. The polarizing reaction to the lightweight booking between Ferguson (25-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) and Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at…

LAS VEGAS – This week will be less taxing physically for Jermell Charlo than most fight weeks for the undisputed 154-pound champion. Charlo can keep as much as 14 additional pounds on his 6-foot frame than usual because the Houston native has moved up two…

Australian junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu is firmly backing Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to defeat Jermell Charlo on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Charlo, the undisputed world champion at junior middleweight, is moving up by two full weight divisions to challenge Canelo…

Forgive me for not digging into oddsmakers’ betting files, but I think I’m safe in assuming that Jermell Charlo hasn’t been an underdog in a boxing ring for a long time; certainly not as a professional. Yet as the undisputed junior middleweight champion prepares to…