Boxing News

Russell Ess - December 29, 2016

The talk of a dream match between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather still has fans arguing about the outcome of a competition between the two icons. With Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal’s background doing some training with Floyd Mayweather’s The Money Team, “King Mo” was recently asked by BJPenn.com Radio host “Kinch” what his thoughts were on the much talked about matchup between Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - December 24, 2016

While UFC President Dana White maintains that a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Maywather will never happen, that hasn’t stopped both men from taking shots at one another in interviews in the media. Following Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 win over Eddie Alvarez that saw the Irish superstar claim the lightweight championship, McGregor and Mayweather began to send shots at one another in the media. This led to McGregor even going as far as to get his boxing license in California, stating in interviews that he was looking into taking other boxing fights in the meantime to prepare himself for a match with Mayweather.

Russell Ess - December 23, 2016

The media battle between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has been going on for quite some time now.

Russell Ess - December 21, 2016

The media battle between current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has been going on for some time now ever since the rumor came up about a potential fight, which Mayweather claims to have started himself.

Tom Taylor - December 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/thesportsjunky1/status/810357025372860416 Urijah Faber wasn’t the only combat sports legend to retire this weekend. On Saturday night, 51-year-old boxing legend Bernard Hopkins also competed in the final fight of his career. He did so in his first fight in 15 months, against a hand-picked opponent in the 27-year-old Joe Smith.

Russell Ess - December 16, 2016

Famed boxing coach and trainer Freddie Roach has worked with some big names in mixed martial arts. From Georges St-Pierre to Anderson Silva, Roach is familiar with talent in both MMA and of course, boxing.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

While many combat sports fans believe that talks of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match are nothing more than talks to stir up the combat sports community, Mayweather has continued to indicate that he has every intention of fighting Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - December 15, 2016

Talks of a potential Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match have the combat sports community going back & forth in arguments regarding who would win the potential matchup. While some believe that Conor McGregor’s reach advantage, combined with his precision and power, would result in the lightweight champion handing Mayweather his first loss, others believe that in a boxing match, McGregor would have no chance against the self-proclaimed ‘Best Ever’.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2016

The war of words between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, and undefeated prize fighter Floyd Mayweather continued this week when Mayweather took verbal blows at McGregor during a live video streaming. Earlier this year, after McGregor was pulled from his UFC 200 headlining scrap against Nate Diaz, there were rumors of McGregor making the move to boxing for a boxing match with the legend Floyd Mayweather. While the talks began as hypotheticals, things progressed to the point of Fox Sports 1 host Colin Cowherd even going as far as to announce the date of the potential boxing match. Ultimately of course, McGregor and the UFC worked things out, and the Irish superstar returned to the Octagon to face Nate Diaz at UFC 202, where he avenged his loss at UFC 196.

Russell Ess - December 8, 2016

All the talk about a potential boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather has been simply talk at this point.

Tom Taylor - December 7, 2016

https://youtu.be/5McRtt8Dvg8?t=3m21s Every time Conor McGregor accomplishes a new and massive feat, it leaves fans eager to see him try to one-up that feat. When he knocked out Jose Aldo to win the featherweight title, fans immediately wanted to see him challenge for lightweight gold. When he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to win that lightweight gold, buzz about a potential welterweight title fight with Tyron Woodley quickly began to resurface. And then, of course, there’s the ever-present discourse about McGregor testing himself in a boxing match with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.

Tom Taylor - December 6, 2016

  Add former three-weight boxing champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley to the long list of boxers confident they’d dominate UFC star Conor McGregor in the boxing ring.

Russell Ess - December 2, 2016

With the news of Conor McGregor recently getting a boxing license, many are speculating on what it all means.

Tom Taylor - December 2, 2016

David Feldman Promotions will announce that former four-division champ and Boxing Legend Roy Jones, Jr will square off against former Cruiserweight champ and Bare-Knuckle Legend Bobby Gunn on Friday, February 17th 2017 for the Vacant WBF World Cruiserweight Championship at the official press conference on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 2 PM at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, 815 Justison St, Wilmington, DE 19801. In attendance will be Roy Jones, Jr., Bobby Gunn, Promoter David Feldman, WBF Representative James Gibbs, undercard fighters Joe Tiberi, Henry Stewart, and more.

Russell Ess - November 24, 2016

One of the original bad boys of the UFC is none other than Nick Diaz. The brash scrapper from Stockton, California has always said exactly what was on his mind and never was one to pull back any punches.

Russell Ess - November 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/1YXYwVP-qvA Conor McGregor made history at UFC 205 by becoming the first fighter to be a concurrent champion of two UFC weight division’s.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

Earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 205, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor cemented his place in the UFC history books when he TKOd Eddie Alvarez in the second round to claim the UFC lightweight strap, becoming the first man to simultaneously hold two championship belts in two weight classes. Several weeks prior to the fight, McGregor appeared at the UFC 205 pre-fight press conference, where he was asked who he would like to fight next if he defeated Alvarez. McGregor of course stirred up quite a bit of controversy when he stated that he was considering making the jump to boxing for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

bjpenndotcom - November 18, 2016

Top ranked UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov is doing everything in his power to secure a lightweight title fight with newly crowned lightweight champion Conor McGregor. This past weekend on the UFC 205 fight card, Nurmagomedov picked up a spectacular 3rd round submission win over Michael Johnson, which not only included some horrific ground and pound, but also some mid-fight trash talk from Nurmagomedov, in which he told his opponent that he must give up. The win not only moved Nurmagomedov’s UFC record to 8-0, but also advanced his professional record to 24-0, earning him the #1 spot on the UFC’s official lightweight rankings.