Boxing News

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2017

Jeff Mayweather spoke to Helen Yee of Eyes On The Game and gave his opinion about Ronda Rousey’s return and 48-second loss to the current UFC bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes, this past weekend at UFC 207.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2017

Floyd Mayweather Sr. spoke to Helen Yee of Eyes On The Game. He gave his thoughts regarding the UFC women’s bantamweight title fight between champion, Amanda Nunes (14-4), and former champion, Ronda Rousey (12-2), this past weekend at UFC 207.

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 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.

bjpenndotcom - December 21, 2016

While Conor McGregor may have been denied a boxing license in Nevada, he was granted a boxing license in California. This once again reignited talks of a potential Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match. While both men have verbally agreed to the fight, there has been no official word on if the fight will ever take place. Despite that, combat sports fans have continued to discuss the potential fight, with the combat sports community torn on who they think will win the fight. While many argue that in a boxing match, Mayweather would pick Conor McGregor apart and continue his undefeated streak, others believe that McGregor’s precision and power would result in him handing Mayweather the first loss of his career.

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 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’.

Russell Ess - December 14, 2016

The thought of a Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor boxing match has been talked about for some time now. The undefeated and retired boxing superstar claims to have even started the rumor of arranging a fight with McGregor and the talk will surely not stop as long as Mayweather and McGregor keep talking about each other.

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 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.

bjpenndotcom - December 3, 2016

While Conor McGregor is undoubtably one of the most dominant UFC champions in the sport right now, the possibility of the Irish superstar making the jump to boxing has fight fans split down the middle in regards to how they feel the two-weight champ would fair in the boxing ring. While some believe that McGregor’s precision striking, combined with the power in his left hand, would make for a successful transition to the boxing ring, others believe that regardless of his boxing abilities in MMA, McGregor doesn’t stand a chance against top ranked boxers, especially Floyd Mayweather.

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 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.

Russell Ess - November 21, 2016

Andre Ward is now being argued as the number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world after defeating Sergey Kovalev over the weekend. Ward won a unanimous decision over Kovalev in Las Vegas, Nevada to take three light heavyweight world title belts from the Russian boxer. However, there has been a bit of controversy in the extremely close fight as the 114-113 score from all three judges in favor of Ward could be argued to go the other way.