Highlights: Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jose Pedraza

Last night (Sat. December 8, 2018) Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza met inside the squared circle. Lomachenko was defending his WBA (Super) and The Ring lightweight titles. Pedraza was also defending gold, as he was defending his WBO lightweight strap…

Last night (Sat. December 8, 2018) Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza met inside the squared circle. Lomachenko was defending his WBA (Super) and The Ring lightweight titles. Pedraza was also defending gold, as he was defending his WBO lightweight strap. Lomachenko entered the contest 11-1, having won his last 10 fights in a row. Pedraza […]

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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jose Pedraza Set For MSG Unification Bout

A massive match-up in the world of boxing has finally been announced. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a 135-pound unification bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza is official for December 8th. The fight will go down from Madison Squar…

A massive match-up in the world of boxing has finally been announced. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a 135-pound unification bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza is official for December 8th. The fight will go down from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Lomachenko’s WBA lightweight title will be on the line, […]

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Highlights: Vasyl Lomachenko Stops Jorge Linares With Jaw-Dropping Body Shot

Watch Vasyl Lomachenko pull off an amazing win over Jorge Linares in NYC:

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There were two high-profile title fights in MMA tonight when Amanda Nunes stopped Raquel Pennington in the UFC 224 main event and Ryan Bader ran through King Mo in just 15 seconds at Bellator 199, but WBO featherweight boxing champion Vasyl Lomachenko nearly stole the show himself.

Facing Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lomachenko threw down in a back-and-forth bout with his opponent that was close throughout with each fighter having their moments. In the sixth frame, Linares seemingly turned the tide by dropping Lomachenko with a big right hand. The Ukrainian persevered well, however, fighting through the fight-changing punch to drop Linares with a crushing body shot.

He got back up towards the end of the 10-count but was badly hurt and the referee had seen enough as Lomachenko scored a huge comeback TKO. Watch the body shot that ended it for him here:

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Top 10 MMA vs. Boxing Sparring Videos

Interest in Conor McGregor’s heated sparring wars in the gym with former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi have generated so much interest over the past few weeks that at times, they’ve even threatened to overshadow the Irish superstar’s upcoming mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather this weekend (Sat., August 26, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, […]

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Interest in Conor McGregor’s heated sparring wars in the gym with former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi have generated so much interest over the past few weeks that at times, they’ve even threatened to overshadow the Irish superstar’s upcoming mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather this weekend (Sat., August 26, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

However, over the years, there have been numerous other occasions where stars from the two sports have sparred in the gym together, and With Mayweather vs. McGregor looming large on the horizon, now seems like the perfect time to dig back through the archives and unearth ten of the best examples featuring some of the biggest names in mixed martial artists sparring with top talents in the art of ‘the sweet science’.

10. Anderson Silva vs. Wild Card Gym Fighter

Even during his long reign as the UFC’s middleweight champion, legendary MMA fighter Anderson Silva made it clear that he was interested in competing in the sport of boxing and has stated many times he has the ambition to fight hall-of-famer Roy Jones Jr. in the squared circle.

In 2009, Silva trained for a week at Freddie Roach’s ‘Wild Card’ gym, humbly telling the world renowned boxing coach that “I’m pretty good at MMA, but I’m not too good at boxing.”

Roach decided to find out for himself and watched intently as he put Silva into a sparring session again an unidentified opponent in the gym.

Silva cruised through the rounds that followed, but it wasn’t until Roach later watched the UFC legend competing in the Octagon that he realized just how talented he was.

”I learned that he was just toying with my guys because when I saw him fight for real, he was a whole different guy,” Roach told Sherdog.com in 2012. “When he wants to turn it up, he’s the best.”

Roach has also gone on record stating that Silva had the best boxing of any MMA fighter he’d trained with, beating out the likes of Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn and Nick Diaz.

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Conor McGregor Unimpressed With “Canelo” & Golovkin

Ahead of his boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Aug. 26, Conor McGregor discussed his favorite boxers in the sport at present Unsurprisingly, names such as Muhammad Ali, Prince Naseem Hamed, and Roy Jones Jr. were checked by the UFC lightweight champion. McGregor has never been known to praise opponents in his time fighting […]

Ahead of his boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Aug. 26, Conor McGregor discussed his favorite boxers in the sport at present Unsurprisingly, names such as Muhammad Ali, Prince Naseem Hamed, and Roy Jones Jr. were checked by the UFC lightweight champion. McGregor has never been known to praise opponents in his time fighting […]

TJ Dillashaw and Vasyl Lomachenko: ESPN Releases More Sparring Footage

Short clips of T.J Dillashaw sharing the ring with one of the best boxers in the world in Vasyl Lomachenko emerged online recently. Considering the attention those initial clips received, ESPN made the decision to release more footage of the 4-round sparring session, which you can check out above. “I need to learn what’s up,” said […]

Short clips of T.J Dillashaw sharing the ring with one of the best boxers in the world in Vasyl Lomachenko emerged online recently. Considering the attention those initial clips received, ESPN made the decision to release more footage of the 4-round sparring session, which you can check out above. “I need to learn what’s up,” said […]