Canelo Alvarez has long been one of the most effective body punchers in boxing. Jermell Charlo’s former trainer thinks that the undisputed junior middleweight champion must make Alvarez pay to the body, though, to give himself the best chance of pulling off an upset September…

Just a few weeks after he snapped a two-fight skid, Terrance McKinney has his next assignment. The lightweight posted on Instagram late Monday to say he has booked a fight for the UFC’s Oct. 14 Fight Night card. McKinney (14-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) said he’ll…

Alexa Grasso knew she would have to beat Valentina Shevchenko twice if she wanted to be UFC champion. Given Shevchenko’s dominance in the women’s flyweight division, Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) expected Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) to get an immediate rematch if she took…

Canelo says he wasn’t previously in prime physical condition, but he’s feeling good heading into this fight with Jermell Charlo. As Canelo Alvarez gears up for his 168 lb title defense against Jermell Charlo, he talks to Brian Custer on The Last Stand Podcast…

Ten months after accepting a World Boxing Association (WBA) offer to fight in a title eliminator, super flyweight contender John “Scrappy” Ramirez (12-0, 9 KOs) will finally get his opportunity October 7th in Las Vegas against Panamanian boxer Ronal Batista (15-3, 9 KOs). The winner…

Robert Garcia has seen the brief clips Canelo Alvarez’s team has released recently on social media. The Mexican legend looks sharp during those impressive vignettes, as if he remains boxing’s pound-for-pound king. Garcia will still need to see much more than those promotional packages to…

Erickson Lubin’s slugfest against Sebastian Fundora last year was on the fight-of-the-year contender shortlist. Lubin was ahead on two of the scorecards by one point and even on a third after nine rounds, but he was fading and his face was starting to reconform…

A fun welterweight matchup between Joaquin Buckley and Alex Morono is heading to a UFC Fight Night event next month. On Oct. 7 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Buckley (16-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Morono (23-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) are set to meet…

A women’s strawweight matchup between Diana Belbita and former title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz is heading to a UFC Fight Night in October. On Oct. 7 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Belbita (15-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC) faces Kowalkiewicz (15-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) in what…