At the age of 32 and coupled with 14 years as a professional boxer, natural growth has forced former world super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) to move up in weight to the cruiserweight division from light heavyweight. “Zurdo” will make his…

Alexa Grasso Getty Valentina Shevchenko was such a dominant UFC champion, the flyweight division once felt as if it lacked contenders. But the timing of Alexa Grasso’s championship upset coincided with a sudden burst of new challengers at 125 pounds. Grasso and Shevchenko…

LAS VEGAS – Eighteen-year-old UFC bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr.’s confidence remains high after experiencing the first loss of his professional MMA career. After becoming the youngest fighter to earn a UFC contract at 17 through the Dana White’s Contender Series pipeline, Rosas (7-1 MMA, 1-1…

Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is trading the seaside for a small mountain town ahead of his matchup against Jermell Charlo in Las Vegas on Sept. 30. Citing the desire to train in a high-altitude location, Alvarez has moved from his longtime training camp…

Jermell Charlo has a gigantic task in front of him. Canelo Alvarez, the reigning super middleweight kingpin, has decided to face him in an undisputed vs. undisputed showdown. Moving up in weight to take on the Mexican star may not come across as sagacious but…

As much as Terence Crawford wants to take on Jermell Charlo, the undisputed welterweight champion believes that fight is mostly contingent on whether or not Charlo is able to take care of business against Canelo Alvarez. If Houston’s Charlo, the undisputed 154-pound champion, fails in…

Jesus Ramos Jr hopes beating Erickson Lubin will quiet any remaining skeptics Esther Lin/SHOWTIME Jesus Ramos Jr will take another step up on Sept. 30, when he faces Erickson Lubin in the chief support on the Canelo vs Charlo PPV undercard in Las…

Yordenis Ugas says he’s still got motivation, and that he’s ready for Mario Barrios Esther Lin/SHOWTIME Yordenis Ugas will look to get back into welterweight contention when he faces Mario Barrios on Sept. 30, part of the Canelo vs Charlo PPV undercard. Ugas,…

Mario Barrios says he doesn’t duck challenges, and expects the best Yordenis Ugas Esther Lin/SHOWTIME Mario Barrios will face Yordenis Ugas on the Canelo vs Charlo undercard on Sept. 30, with the WBC’s “interim” welterweight title at stake. While many have an understandable…