Floyd Mayweather claims that Conor McGregor has a £12 million offer on the table to fight him in a boxing ring. Mayweather, whose current record stands at 49 wins and no defeats, hasn’t fought since his victory over Andre Berto in September 2015. McGregor, meanwhile, beat Eddie Alvarez in November to win the UFC...
UFC champion Conor McGregor would have virtually no chance of defeating Floyd Mayweather Jr. should the pair finally face each other in a cross-codes contest in the future. The outspoken Irishman has long been looking to challenge boxing’s best fighter of a generation in a bid to take Mayweather's undefeated record,...
Boxer Amir Khan is planning to launch a team-based mixed martial arts league in Britain in 2017. The Super Fight League will see eight teams from different parts of Britain competing in a league format. "MMA is big and getting bigger," Khan, a financial stakeholder in Indian MMA promotion Super Fight League, told BBC...
Former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight Brian Stann recently discussed the controversy surrounding Yoel Romero’s bouts inside of the Octagon, with the Cuban coming off of a third round knockout win over former 185-pound champ Chris Weidman at UFC 205 this past weekend. Stann passionately discussed Romero’s...
Rumors of a potential boxing match between retired boxing star Floyd Mayweather and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor have grown some legs recently, but the possibility of this happening seems remote. However, talks about the fight, and its possible result, have boxing and MMA fans more intrigued than ever. EDITOR'S...
US President Barack Obama and boxing great George Foreman have led worldwide tributes to Muhammad Ali, who has died at the age of 74. "Ali shook up the world — and the world is better for it," Obama said. Foreman, who was beaten by Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, said: "Muhammad Ali made you love...
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali died of "septic shock due to unspecified natural causes", his family has said. The three-time world heavyweight champion — one of the world's greatest sporting figures — died on Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. The 74-year-old had been suffering from a...
Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state after being admitted on Thursday. He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was...