LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kamaru Usman scored a stunning second-round knockout to finish Jorge Masvidal and retain the undisputed UFC welterweight title at UFC 261 in Florida. The bout, which took place in front of 15,000 fans in Jacksonville, was a rematch of their meeting at UFC 251, where Masvidal stepped in on six days’ notice…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury said on Monday he can knock out fellow British world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua inside two rounds due to his recent form. WBC belt holder Fury said following Joshua’s past two bouts — a unanimous points decision over Andy Ruiz Junior in December 2019 and a ninth-round stoppage of Kubrat…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was billed as one of the greatest title bouts in UFC history. It pitted two unbeaten and largely unchallenged middleweight fighters against each other. In the end, though, it was no contest. Israel Adesanya made short work of Paulo Costa, making a superstar turn as he knocked the unbeaten Brazilian out…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-European giants, Juventus have sacked their coach, Maurizio Sarri after being knocked out of the Champions League yesterday. Juventus won their 9th consecutive league title this season with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and other players in the team but were knocked out in the Champions League and also lost…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unbeaten Deontay Wilder landed a devastating right hand to knock out Luis Ortiz in the seventh round and retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Wilder remains on course to achieve his goal of unifying all four heavyweight belts despite being largely outboxed by Ortiz before the explosive one-punch finish…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junior middleweight boxer Patrick Day is reportedly in a coma after being knocked out by Charles Conwell in a fight on Saturday night at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, according to ESPN. Day and Conwell went 10 rounds, but Conwell dominated the fight. He landed significant blows in the fourth and eighth rounds…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Andy Ruiz, the world heavyweight champion of the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO, is convinced that he will win the rematch over British superstar Anthony Joshua. The bout is slated for December 7, possibly in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz wants to win at all costs, but he says the victory will be even…
LAGOS JUNE2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua came to Madison Square Garden to win over U.S boxing fans they way he had mesmerized the entire United Kingdom. Or so he thought. Four knockdowns later, he was an ex-champion and another in a long line of failed British heavyweights, a line only temporarily interrupted by the reign of Lennox Lewis….
