Former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, has claimed his first-ever MMA Junkie Knockout of the Year Award for his second-round KO of Alex Pereira in April 2023. Adesanya has previously won multiple awards, including Newcomer of The Year, Fight of The Year, and Male Fighter of The Year in mixed martial arts, but despite his impressive knockouts record in UFC …

Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus (well known as Portable), on Wednesday, was declared winner of the celebrity boxing fight against Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha. The contest last four round. The fight, which was sanctioned by Heritage Boxing Entertainment, held at Landmark Beach in Victoria Island, Lagos State. It started after 1 am and lasted about 40 minutes. The pair had …

Anthony Joshua has won his third fight of 2023 with a TKO victory over Otto Wallin in the main event of the “Day of Reckoning” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After securing consecutive victories over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round knockout in August, Joshua cruised to a fifth-round technical knockout win over Wallin, who had …

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, believes that the Biritish-Nigerian will have his first bout of 2024 against Deontay Wilder as long as they both win their respective fights on 23 December. Joshua will headline against Otto Wallin two days before Christmas in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Wilder will take on Joseph Parker on the same card. Should both Joshua and …

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has tried to convince Israel Adesanya to make an early return from his UFC break when both athletes met in Saudi. The former two-time middleweight champion confirmed plans for a lengthy break from active competition until potentially 2027 at the earliest following his September title loss. On Saturday, Adesanya appeared to have his interested piqued …

WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury beat former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou on a split decision in a non-title fight in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. It was, indeed, a fight that almost delivered one of boxing’s biggest upsets. Fury, an unbeaten holder of one of the sport’s most prestigious belts, narrowly avoided a first defeat at the hands of a …

Anthony Joshua despite the fact boxing fans are longing for an all-British bout between the two heavyweights may not fight Tyson Fury. Fury described Joshua as a ‘big bum-dosser’ who was beaten by a ‘fat man’ and stated their bout was ‘dead’ in the water following AJ’s second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. The Gypsy King – who is taking on …

Three Nigerian boxers have booked their spots at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after winning their bouts in the final of the Africa Olympic Boxing qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal on Friday. Nine boxers travelled to Dakar to represent Nigeria at the qualifiers, eight advanced to the quarter-finals, and six made it to the semi-final of the competition while three qualified …

Eight Nigerian boxers have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Africa Olympic Boxing qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, as they aim to secure spots at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Nine boxers travelled to Dakar to represent Nigeria at the qualifiers and only Fatai Moshood (71kg) failed to advance, falling to DR Congo’s Steve Kulenguluka in the round of 32 on …

Sean Strickland defeated Isreal Adeanya to become the new middleweight champion of the world with all judges scoring the fight in this favour. A first-round knockdown by the American was the highlight of the fight that went the whole five rounds. It is back to the drawing board for the Nigerian-born fighter Adesanya as he was on the back foot …