The live broadcast of the boxing event, which will take place on June 9 at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas, and in the main event of which undefeated WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KO) of US will face Puerto Rican Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 ...
Former UFC champion Holly Holm will hold her next fight against Irene Aldana. Their fight will headline the UFC Fight Night event, which will take place on August 1. The famous journalist Brett Okamoto wrote about this in his Instagram.
Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) will fight without his head coach Kay Korom during a Top Rank boxing event on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Koroma was expelled from the team because in recent days he had contacts with Mikaela Mayer, whose test for coronavirus was positive.
Amanda Nunez, UFC champion in two weight categories, said that she intends to take a break in her career. This is due to the fact that Amanda and her wife Nina Ansaroff will soon become parents.
UFC promotion plans to hold its 251st tournament on July 11 at the Fight Island. As it became known, this event will be headlined by a rematch of the featherweight champion of the organization Alex Volkanovski and Max Holloway.
UFC President Dana White said that the bantamweight championship fight of Petr Yan and Jose Aldo will be held in July on the Fight Island. White also added that Aljamain Sterling will definitely meet the winner of this fight.
UFC President Dana White said that Jorge Masvidal and Jon Jones will not be able to leave the organization. Both fighters recently signed new deals with the promotion and are expected to fight seven more times.
Bob Arum is considering any options for minimizing the losses from the battle of Vasyl Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) in the lightweight unification. And, perhaps, the American promoter will host a large group of fans in this fight.
Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) reported that her coronavirus test was positive. This means that the American female fighter will not perform at the Top Rank boxing event on Tuesday, where she was about to cross gloves with Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10 KOs).
Frank Warren, promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), cools the hot head of Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs), who, as a mandatory challenger, demands his chance for a champion fight.