boxing
February 15, 2021
33-year-old Nigerian fighter Kamaru Usman retains his UFC welterweight 256 titles after a third-round knockout win over the challenger, Gilbert Burns, in UFC 258 in Las Vegas. With this latest win, Kamaru Usman has now won his last three-consecutive title defence (defeating Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal in 2019 and 2020 respectively).
February 23, 2020
Tyson Fury just defeated Deontay Wilder through the Seventh-Round Technical Knockout in one of the most anticipated bout rematch in history at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This win by Fury means he is the first boxer in history to claim every major world title in heavyweight division: WBA, WBC, WBO, IBO, IBF, Ring and Lineal. The Gypsy King (30-0-1, 21 KOs) just landed Wilder his first-ever career defeat (42-1-1, 41 KOs).
December 16, 2019
Usman with the nickname “The Nigerian Nightmare” is on 17 winning streaks (adding the two exhibitions he won in between). The last time the 32 years old fighter (Usman Kamaru) tasted defeat was on the 25th of May 2013, against Jose Caceres.
December 8, 2019
Ruiz came to the bout 15 pounds heavier. This one way or the other affected him during the match as he wasn’t quick enough to work pass Joshua’s jab. As for Joshua, he came in 11 pounds lighter than when he lost to Andy Ruiz the last time out – This helped Anthony Joshua to move around the ring better yesterday.