ESPN and The Ring Magazine confirm that former Olympian Shakur Stevenson has signed with Zuffa Boxing. Stevenson is the WBO and The Ring Magazine junior welterweight champion. The 29-year-old is coming off of a dominant performance against Teofimo Lopez this past January. ‼️ BREAKING: Shakur Stevenson has signed a promotional deal with Zuffa Boxing. pic.twitter.com/9SNqdDl5hh […]
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Does Conor McGregor still have the aura?
UFC 239 marks the return (we think) of Conor McGregor to the Octagon. It’s been almost 5 years since McGregor stepped into the Octagon. His last fight, he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier followed by one of the worst post-Octagon interview ever. The recovery was documented in a Netflix series looking at his recovery. […]
TKO responds to allegations of missing discovery in Johnson case
TKO filed its opposition to the Plaintiffs claim that there is missing information in discovery in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit. Attached to its brief were declarations (see below) from several “prominent” MMA managers supporting the argument that they had no dealings with Dana White with respect to contract negotiations. They all confirmed that they […]
Plaintiffs in Johnson antitrust lawsuit claim White’s devices “wiped” intentionally
In the latest salvo involving discovery of information from the phones of key TKO members in the Kajan Johnson lawsuit, the Plaintiffs provided a lengthy filing that breaks down the information that they believe is missing and/or wiped from phones intentionally. The filing reflects the electronic information that Plaintiffs believe are missing from several of […]
Boxing promotion in UK files lawsuit against Zuffa Boxing
Yahoo! Sports reports that BOXXER is suing TKO’s Zuffa Boxing over the alleged stealing two of its fighters. Both fighter are scheduled to debut on Saturday in England as Zuffa Boxing makes its debut outside of the Apex and the U.S. BOXXER, owned by Ben Shalom, is a UK promotion that claims that Chris Billlam-Smith […]