
Zuffa Boxing’s lightweights are shining, but title still on hold
Given the number of fighters at 135lbs in Zuffa's stable, the company could let action play out before jumping into a title match.

Given the number of fighters at 135lbs in Zuffa's stable, the company could let action play out before jumping into a title match.

All six fighters from the main card of Zuffa Boxing 05 successfully made weight.

Andres Cortes, a former world titleholder, wll feature on Zuffa Boxing’s Easter evening card, which will launch the promotion’s UK broadcast deal with Sky Sports.

Lightweights Andres Cortes and Eridson Garcia will meet in the main event of Zuffa Boxing 5 April 5 at the UFC Apex, the promotion announced Sunday.

Erdison Garcia scored an upset in an intriguing bout against the previously-unbeaten Taiga Imanaga in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Eridson Garcia is hoping to parlay his knockout win this past weekend into a world title opportunity at 130lbs.

Junior lightweight contender Eridson Garcia returns to the ring on Saturday at the BiYu Brawl in Houston.

Abdullah Mason notched a third-round TKO victory against veteran Luis Lebron in their lightweight contest Saturday on the Shakur Stevenson-Artem Harutyunyan undercard at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Kazakhstan’s middleweight king, Janibek Alimkhanuly, will put his WBO and IBF world titles on the line against New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich on July 13 at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Some people can’t take being around their family for 28 minutes. Maliek Montgomery has had his around him for 28 years and he wouldn’t have it any other way. “Now that I'm older, everything I do now revolves around my family in the sense of making a better life for them and us being able to do things and experience things that the average person doesn't get to do in his day-to-day grind. And they are my main motivation behind getting in the ring and being able to train and push through.” For Montgomery, boxing is a family affair, with his dad Michael Sr. and his two brothers (and fellow boxers) Mikhail and Michael Jr. all being entrenched in the sweet science. It’s earned Montgomery two National Golden Gloves titles, a spot as an alternate on the 2016 U.S. Olympic team, and a perfect 17-0 (16 KOs) record as a professional that he’ll put on the line tonight against Eridson Garcia at the Red Owl Boxing Arena in Houston.