Although David Benavidez truly enjoys pummeling his foes on fight night, the former two-time super middleweight titlist dreads making the 168-pound weight limit.
At times, squeezing down his enormous frame has cost him, including against Roamer Alexis Angulo in 2020. After crushing Anthony Dirrell via…
Oleksandr Usyk thinks he got the upper hand—psychologically speaking—during his last face-to-face encounter with boxing’s merry prankster Tyson Fury.
Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion from Ukraine, is in talks to face Manchester’s Fury, the WBC titlist, this spring for the undisputed heavyweight…
Erin Blanchfield has a new opponent for her first UFC main event.
Rather than Taila Santos as originally expected, Blanchfield (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) now faces Jessica Andrade (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) in the five-round UFC Fight Night 219 headliner, the promotion announced Saturday. The…
Jim Miller at UFC 276.
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The UFC has found a short-notice replacement for Jim Miller.
With Gabriel Benítez forced to withdraw from their fight at UFC Vegas 69 due to undisclosed reasons, Miller has agreed to…
Khamzat Chimaev thinks Darren Till should have spent his most recent training camp with him.
Till (18-5-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) was submitted by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 282 in December. It was his fifth loss in six fights. It’s been a rough stretch for…
Quinton Jackson thinks Jon Jones’ style of fighting is dirty.
Jackson challenged Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) for the light heavyweight title at UFC 135 in 2011, but fell short when he was submitted in Round 4. “Rampage” marked Jones’ first title defense, and he…
Anthony Joshua says he never seriously considered quitting the sport after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk last summer.
Joshua had a meltdown in the ring and broke down in tears at the press conference after losing his rematch to Usyk in Jeddah last August.…
LOS ANGELES — Marco Antonio Barrera. Erik Morales. Juan Manuel Marquez. Oscar De La Hoya.
Those were just some of the handful of Hall of Fame fighters that David Benavidez named off the top of his head as his favorite Mexican boxers.
The…
Mario Barrios came away from their 140-pound title fight extremely impressed with Gervonta Davis’ boxing IQ.
The former WBA world super lightweight champion believes Davis’ intelligence in the ring is often overlooked and will be an important component in Davis defeating Ryan Garcia. Barrios expects…