On less than a week’s notice, Bassil Hafez made a splash with fans in his promotional debut at UFC on ESPN 49, despite walking away with a loss on his record and an unexpected hospital visit that followed. Monday evening of fight week, a short-notice…

Frank Warren contends that Francis Ngannou—formerly the UFC heavyweight kingpin but utter boxing newbie—was the best available option for Tyson Fury on the calendar. Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, will be taking on Ngannou Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia in a highly anticipated “crossover” bout…

Plenty of Terence Crawford’s attributes are being praised ahead of his undisputed showdown against Errol Spence Jr. Who could blame them? Whether it’s his ability to snipe his opponents from the outside or the violent KOs he scores against literally all of his welterweight opposition,…

Tim Tszyu explains why he really wants a fight against Jermell Charlo. Junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu is on the outside looking in now that it’s been announced that undisputed champion Jermell Charlo will be moving up to fight Canelo Alvarez at 168.…

Patience is something that Terence Crawford both practices and preaches. Come July 29th, however, stoicism may not be the most pragmatic approach. Errol Spence Jr., the current IBF, WBA, and WBC 147-pound champion, and Crawford’s upcoming dance partner, has been known for getting right to…

Australia superstar Tim Tszyu expects to become the full WBO world champion at 154-pounds. At the moment, Tszyu holds the WBO's interim-world title. The undisputed champion at the weight, Jermell Charlo, will move up by two weight divisions to challenge undisputed super middleweight champion Saul…

The boxing world was minding its business and going about its day as normal as possible. But, seemingly out of nowhere, Canelo Alvarez dropped the sort of news that made everyone stop what they were doing. A few weeks ago, the current super middleweight undisputed…

Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford made fans wait over five years to see them square off. But just because they’ll officially swap fists on July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, that doesn’t mean it’ll be a one-and-done sort of event.…

LAS VEGAS – Chris Curtis doesn’t anticipate a points fight with Alexander Hernandez when they meet at UFC Fight Night on Sept. 16. Curtis (30-10 MMA, 4-2 UFC) will attempt to put a two-fight winless skid behind him when he takes on Hernandez (11-2 MMA,…