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Unbeaten WBO world minimum champion Oscar Collazo defeated Gerardo Zapata in dominating fashion en route to a twelve-round unanimous decision in which he won nearly all the rounds on the judges’ three scorecards (119-109, 119-109, and 117-110) in this one-sided main event. Collazo controlled the…

Teofimo Lopez, WBO light welterweight champion, believes Frank Martin must not show any respect to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis this Saturday night so that he can have a chance of winning this fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Power of Disrespect…

Adrien Broner shared his battle scars on Instagram today, revealing his missing teeth while at the dentist’s office from his loss to Blair Cobbs last Friday night. The 34-year-old Broner (35-5-1, 24 KOs) had some of his upper front teeth knocked out in the second…

Ryan Garcia was arrested on Saturday for felony vandalism in Beverly Hills for causing approximately $15,000 in damage. According to ESPN, Garcia, 25, wearing a motorcycle helmet, was cuffed up and placed in custody at 5:45 p.m. Based on reports, Ryan caused damage in his…

Unbeaten featherweight prospect Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (12-0, 8 KOs) called out Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue after stopping his substitute opponent Bryan De Gracia (29-4-1, 25 KOs) last Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garcia in New York. During the post-fight interview, the 27-year-old…

Last night in Newcastle, reigning women’s super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall won her MMA debut in what can only be described as thrilling if not too pretty fashion. Facing Brazil’s Mirela Vargas at middleweight, Marshall showed what she has learnt in training for her new…

Some dates, when they roll around, instantly make a fight fan think about a special fight. Today, June 9th, is one such day and date. It was of course June 9th of 1978 when Larry Holmes and Ken Norton rumbled for 15 superb rounds in…

Living legend and all-time great Manny Pacquiao may well fight for another version of a world title later this year; albeit an interim version of a world title. As per Sky Sports, with whom Pac-Man’s guy Sean Gibbons spoke, Pacquiao is looking at fighting Mario…

Saturday night’s fight on ESPN failed to live up to expectations, with Xander Zayas (19-0, 12 KOs) winning a ten-round unanimous decision over former junior middleweight champion Patrick Teixeira (34-5, 25 KOs) in a lackluster contest at Madison Square Garden. The 21-year-old Zayas, promoted by…