The famed UFC commentator and podcast host has given his take on exactly how lucrative a showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Khabib Nurmagomedov would be. Joe Rogan addressed the frankly ridiculous notion that Mayweather would once again leave his state of semi-retirement to face the UFC lightweight champ – predicting that if it were hastily set up for a date …
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Former WBA world super-middleweight champion George Groves has announced his retirement from boxing four months after losing his WBA belt to fellow Briton Callum Smith. Groves, who became world champion at the fourth attempt when he beat Russia’s Fedor Chudinov in Sheffield in 2017, said he wanted to go out at the top. “I don’t want there to be a …
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A rematch between top heavyweight boxers Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is reportedly being looked at for one of two potential dates in the opening half of 2019. According to reports from Boxing Scene, the gargantuan heavyweight rematch will take place in the Barclays Center on either April 27 or May 18 of 2019. The first clash, which, of course ended …
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Ireland’s Michael Conlan will return to the ring on St Patricks Day, facing Ruben-Garcia Hernandez in Madison Square Garden. Sunday the 17th will be the date that Conlan attempts to go 11-0 – this time by taking out the experienced Ruben-Garcia Hernandez in New York. It appears at this point that Conlan will be the headlining attraction this time around …
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The eye injury Manny Pacquiao suffered in a unanimous-decision win over Adrian Broner is a scratched cornea, and the Filipino ring icon is already on the mend, a spokesman for Pacquiao’s camp said Monday. The New York Daily News had reported that some in Pacquiao’s camp feared he had suffered a potentially career-threatening detached retina in beating Broner to retain …
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Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao might have suffered a potentially career-ending detatched retina in his left eye in beating Adrien Broner on Saturday, the New York Daily News reported Monday. Pacquiao was set to fly home to the Philippines on Monday for an exam by an eye specialist, according to the newspaper, which cited two unnamed sources from Pacquiao’s camp …
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Manny Pacquiao put on a masterclass in elite boxing Saturday with a 12-round demolition of Adrien Broner, defending his welterweight title in his first fight on US soil in two years — and his first as a 40-year-old. Pacquiao easily won with an impressive display of superior hand speed and destructive power that landed him a unanimous decision victory over …
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Filipino star Manny Pacquiao tipped the scales half a pound lighter for his WBA welterweight title bout against Adrien Broner. A trim-looking Pacquiao, who faces Broner at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena tonight, weighed in at exactly 146 pounds. Broner, who is determined to wreck what will be Pacquiao’s first fight on US soil since 2016, came in at 146.5 …
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has been confirmed to face Daniel Jacobs in a title-unification bout in Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend. Canelo was last seen in action in October as he battered Rocky Fielding on the way to a third-round TKO victory. The fight stood as the first on his deal with streaming service DAZN and came after his duo …
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‘Iron’ Mike Tyson sits down with UFC colour-commentator Joe Rogan in what should be one of the best sporting interviews of 2019. This should be a phenomenal listen! The youngest heavyweight champion boxer in the history of the sport will sit down with one of the most recognizable men in combat sports for a conversation that should touch on some …
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