Lawyers for Jai Opetaia filed an opposition to the International Boxing Federation’s Motion to Dismiss. The boxer, who has two fights under his belt with Zuffa Boxing, protests the IBF for stripping him of his title. Opetaia filed the lawsuit in July claiming that the IBF unfairly stripped him of his title this past March […]
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Fury-Joshua fight in question with White involvement
The Tyson Fury Anthony Joshua fight in Cardiff is in question after several tweets on Friday from Mike Coppinger. Then, on Saturday at a post-Zuffa Boxing event press conference Dana White said he had “no idea” whether Wednesday’s press conference with Fury-Joshua would be going forward. Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua could be called off due to […]
UFC Fight Night 284 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 284 took place at The Apex last night in Las Vegas. The promotion gave out 4 $100K bonuses. The main event featuring Paul Rojas, Jr. and Raoni Barcelos drew the Fight of the Night with each earning $100K. Rojas earned the stoppage victory in the 5th round in a somewhat scary situation […]
UFC 331 Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 331 at the Crypto.com in Los Angeles. Van wins rematch Joshua Van retained his UFC flyweight title by defeating former champion Alexandre Pantoja via unanimous decision. While their first fight ended early due to injury, this fight went the distance. […]
WWE pulls back Trick Williams’ shirt
WWE responded to a social media backlash that it should have identified before they were made. A new shirt for WWE superstar Trick Williams included images of chicken wings in homage to Williams’ “Lemon Pepper Stepper” gimmick. However, the tone deaf nature of the depictions have undertones of racism. The shirt depicted fried chicken surrounded […]