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 […]
Fury-Joshua officially announced
After months of speculation on a location and date, the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight will take place December 11th at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The fight will air on Netflix. The heavyweight tilt was going back and forth between a U.S. and U.K. location with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, Turki Alashikh’s Ring Magazine and […]
After markup session, Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act moves to Senate floor vote
Wednesday was the day that the Senate Committee dealing with the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (“Ali Act”) earmarked for any revisions on changes to the current version of the Ali Act in the Senate. But, there were no changes made to the one presented at a hearing this past July. The one notable […]
Zuffa Boxing attendance, gate and bonuses
The Conor Benn-Ryan Garcia event took place Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dana White announced the attendance of 18,855 (sell out) for a gate of $8M. As with the UFC events, Zuffa Boxing issued $100K bonuses. The Fight of the Night went to Abel Gonzales and Raul Solomon. The Performance Bonuses went […]