Tyson Fury has claimed his mega-fight with Anthony Joshua "doesn't look like it's going to happen" - as boxing finds new ways to torment its fans and test their patience over and over again.
The two defining fighters of a generation in British boxing were expected to finally meet in November but the two sides have so far failed to agree on where the bout would take place.
Despite both Joshua and Fury building their legacies in the UK, the most powerful figures at the fight's broadcasting partner Netflix appear to be adamant that the fight is staged in the US.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn appears resigned to this eventuality, despite reiterating his desire for it to take place in the UK, with Fury responding by calling both men "money-thirsty".
"Doesn't look like they're going to sign the fight and it doesn't look like it's going to happen all because Eddie Hearn and that want more money," Fury said in a video on Instagram on Friday.

#fury #going #joshua #hearn

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 11: Tyson Fury exchanges words with Anthony Joshua after his fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Robinson/Getty Images)
Where and when are Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua going to fight? It seems the fight is destined to be next for both men, but no one is publicly saying where or when the fight will take place. Recent news suggested the fight was headed for Madison Square Garden in New York, but that's not sitting well with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. We may have a long way to go with this one. Let's talk boxing.
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#london #anthony

Dana White and Eddie Hearn continue to be at odds with one another.
For much of 2026, White and Hearn have been engaged in a public feud, with the two even briefly discussing boxing each other. The primary friction between the two stems from White's move into boxing promotion with Zuffa Boxing — taking some of Hearn's fighters — and Hearn's move to take on a few high-profile MMA fighters to manage. But lately, their biggest issue has been the planned heavyweight superfight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Fury and Joshua are supposed to fight in their long-awaited matchup before the end of the year, and earlier this year, White claimed to be the promoter of the fight. Hearn disputes this claim, and when rumors began circulating on Tuesday that an announcement was imminent for the fight to take place in November at Madison Square Garden, Hearn shot that down.
"Actually, I should be suing Dana White, because what he's doing is, he's actually purporting to have the ability to stage the fight there, and he's using my client to do a venue deal that he has no rights to," Hearn told About Boxing. …
"The reality is, now, TKO are coming on, asking me if they can be involved. So Dana White's gone from being the promoter of the event to asking if he can be involved. And rather than going, 'Fuck off!' I'm saying, why? Why should I let you be involved in this event? Break it down for me. Tell me how it benefits Anthony Joshua. Tell me how it benefits Matchroom. Tell me how it benefits my fighters. What do you want to do? Do you want to do Matchroom vs. Zuffa 5 v. 5 on the undercard? OK, if it gives my fighters an opportunity.

#fighters #joshua #fight #tell

By Robin Respaut
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that he backs top Washington, D.C., prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, ‌who was criticized by President Donald Trump for the way she handled ‌a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump," Blanche said on NBC's "Meet the Press" program.
The Trump administration fast-tracked a renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation's Fourth of July celebrations, at a cost of about $14.7 million. Within weeks an algae bloom developed and material at ‌the bottom of the pool ⁠started peeling off. Federal authorities subsequently charged former U.S. Olympian David Hearn and others with vandalism.
In a court filing asking for the ⁠case against Hearn to be dismissed, Pirro blamed the Reflecting Pool's peeling issues on "flawed" work by a contractor and accused the Interior Department of providing incomplete information at first. Trump subsequently posted that Pirro should revisit her "hastily made decision" to drop the case.

#reflecting #pool #lincoln

The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the middle of a catastrophic late season collapse that has seen them drop to the bottom of the National League Central and 5.5 games back from a Wild Card spot, with five other teams ahead of them. The question now of course is does management need to be held accountable if the Pirates once again miss the postseason?
We asked yinz to vote on this matter and whether or not General Manager Ben Cherington will be fired if the Pirates miss the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The results are officially in, and 43% of the voters believe that Cherington will be fired if the Pirates miss the postseason.
The facts surrounding Cherington's time in Pittsburgh are not pretty. As the GM of the Pirates Cherington has a record of 425-569 over the course of seven seasons. His lowly .427 winning percentage has resulted in zero playoff berths, zero division ****** les and zero winning records. He's also been at the helm for back to back 100 loss seasons.
Despite his lack of success, most that voted believe Cherington will not receive his pink slip from the Pirates if they miss the postseason. In defense of Cherington, the team did go out and make big moves this past offseason. They signed Ryan O'Hearn to a multi-year contract, while also trading for Brandon Lowe, Jake Mangum and Mason Montgomery. Lowe currently leads all second basemen in home runs this season, and has the most homers by a Pirates' second baseman in a single season. Jake Mangum was named the Pirates' Heart and Hustle award winner, while Ryan O'Hearn was enjoying great success with the team before being put on the injured list with a quad injury. Needless to say that those moves have largely paid off in the Pirates' favor.
Those were great signings, but Cherington also signed Marcell Ozuna to be the team's designated hitter. Ozuna's time in Pittsburgh saw him serve more as the designated strikeout before he was finally released after the trade deadline. Cherington also parted ways with pitching coach Oscar Marin. What has resulted is a rotation with all the talent in the world and nothing to show for it. It's a group that has completely fell apart this season under Bill Murphy and is not performing nearly as good as they should be. The bullpen has also been a disaster all season, and despite the moves that were made at the deadline the Pirates are further from a postseason berth than they have been all season.

#moves

President Donald Trump escalated his criticism Sunday over the dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case, pointing to a National Park Service employee's account that former Olympian David Hearn "violently" ripped and tugged at the pool's coating before authorities arrived.
Trump shared a screenshot from court documents on Truth Social that detailed interviews with two National Park Service employees who were cleaning the interior of the Reflecting Pool when Hearn approached the area.
According to the document, one employee, identified as W-1, said Hearn initially used his cellphone to take what the employee believed were photos or video of damage to the pool.
White House Condemns 'Targeted Sabotage' Of Reflecting Pool As Repairs Pushed Past July 4 Celebration
The employee then alleged Hearn "knelt, placed both hands into the reflecting pool, below the surface of the water, and started to 'violently' rip and tug at a large portion of the blue pool coating," according to the document Trump posted.

#reflecting #park #violently

Promoter Frank Warren has refused to say if the 'Battle of Britain' between former world heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will take place in the United Kingdom or the United States.
Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, insisted last month the bout must take place in the UK under the terms of the fight deal signed by both camps, with London's Wembley Stadium seemingly the most likely venue.
But Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh reportedly wants to stage the contest at a time that would attract the largest global audience.
But were the fight to be held at Wembley, any plans to stage the bout with a 2:00 am (0200 GMT) start would require an exemption to the stadium's curfew restrictions.
There would be no such issues should the long-awaited contest be held instead at New York's Madison Square Garden.

#bout #contest

Joe Rogan believes RicoVerhoeven will financially benefit more from boxing than fromjoining the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Verhoeven recently asked for Rogan's suggestion about competinginside the Octagon during an appearance on the UFC commentator'spodcast.
The former Glory Kickboxing champion noted that ConorMcGregor had reportedly earned a massive payday for his returnfight last month, which lasted 69 seconds. However, Rogan advisedthe 37-year-old against signing with the UFC at this point in hiscareer.

Rogan believes Verhoeven can earn more money in boxing. He alsoclaimed that Verhoeven's friend and training partner TomAspinall could have a career in boxing in the future and thatthe Brit will benefit from working with Eddie Hearn.

"For you, boxing makes the most sense, especially at this point inyour life, financially," Rogan told Verhoeven. "For Tom, he has apotential career in boxing as well. And now that Eddie Hearn ismanaging him, which is very exciting because Matchroom being behindhim is gonna have a gigantic hype machine, gigantic promotion. Theyare at odds with the UFC. For me, I care about the fighters makingthe most money possible, and that's how [Tom] is gonna make themost money possible."

Verhoeven vacated his Glory heavyweight **** le last year afterdefending it against ArtemVakhitov, the last man to beat AlexPereira in kickboxing. The Dutchman then challenged formerchamp Oleksandr Usyk this past May. While Verhoeven was a massiveunderdog, he led the dance for the most part before slowing down inthe later rounds.

Seemingly en route to a potentially monumental upset win, he wasknocked down late in the 11th round. While Verhoeven returned tohis feet, Usyk followed up and the referee bizarrely stopped thefight with a second left in the stanza.

#boxing #last #glory #kickboxing

Jimmy Fallon spent a portion of Monday's Tonight Show celebrating Trump's defeat in the ongoing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool saga.
The shallow pool was recently refurbished with a shade of dark blue and outfitted with "advanced nanobubbler technology" to tackle algae blooms that have long plagued the landmark — but algae returned shortly after the multi-million-dollar renovations were complete, and the new sealant started to peel off in chunks that bubbled to the surface.
Late last week, Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss criminal charges against former Olympian David Hearn — one of several people arrested on suspicion of vandalizing the monument — after the Trump administration admitted that the damage to the recently installed blue liner was "the result of flawed installation by the contractor."
Fallon, 51, weighed in on the president's defeat, saying, "Trump is upset because his own Justice Department admitted the reflecting pool damage wasn't caused by vandalism, like he said. It was just a result of shoddy construction work.
"Trump claimed someone used a knife to quickly cut the pool liner the length of three football fields. I can barely use a knife to cut open my Amazon box," the late night host quipped.

#Trump #defeat #algae

The Pittsburgh Pirates were dealt a hard blow when one of their cornerstone players left the field on Friday night with an injury.
Ryan O'Hearn was placed on the IL on Saturday after suffering a left quad injury while running to first base in the Pirates' loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. O'Hearn was unable to leave the field under his own power, and was ***** isted off by manager Don Kelly and one of the team's trainers, before being seen using a crutch to walk in the clubhouse post game.
This left quad strain is the second injury of this variety that O'Hearn has experienced this year. The 33-year-old first baseman/outfielder had a right quad strain earlier this season that saw him spend a stint on the IL for that injury as well.
Although clearly frustrated, O'Hearn was encouraged by the results of the exam on his left quad.
"No surgery or anything like that, and a chance to return for playoffs at the end of the year," O'Hearn said. "That is what I am holding on to."

#o 'hearn #quad #pirates #Friday

Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Sunday he is unsure whether President Trump truly believes his claims that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"I don't know whether he really believes that, or it's part of his political messaging, or he's just thinking out loud," Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC News's "Meet the Press."
"You and I both know the president well," the Louisiana Republican added. "He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I'm not saying he doesn't really believe it, I just don't know."
The Justice Department moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn over allegations he damaged the Reflecting Pool
In a 20-page filing, the Justice Department pinned the damage to the site on a "rushed and botched installation" Atlantic Industrial Coatings carried out this spring and summer to repaint the bottom of the pool. The department also faulted the Interior Department for a "barebones" report about the incident involving Hearn.

#kennedy #reflecting #president #whether

The Pirates will be without Ryan O'Hearn for 6-8 weeks, manager Don Kelly informed Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and others in Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon. O'Hearn, who was placed on the 10-day IL with a left quad strain, was injured in the ninth inning of Friday night's loss to the Reds while running to first base on a groundout.
In his first season with the Pirates after signing as a free agent in the winter, O'Hearn carries a .270/.334/.454 batting line with 15 doubles, 17 home runs and 69 RBI. Defensively, the 33-year-old has split his time between right field and first base.
O'Hearn previously missed two weeks in May due to a right quad strain. His current quad strain is more severe, and it will keep him off the field until the middle of September at the earliest.
While O'Hearn lands on the IL, the Pirates are getting another player off it. Pittsburgh reinstated catcher/first baseman Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion list.
Flores, who last played on June 22, has appeared in eight games for the Pirates this season and is batting .267/.421/.533 with a double, a home run and two RBI.

#strain #weeks #season

The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn, who was alleged to have vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool, acknowledging the damage to the pool "was the result of flawed installation by the contractor."
Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony destruction of property charge earlier this month after the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro accused him of allegedly "forcefully and violently" ripping up parts of the pool floor.
Pirro's office said in a filing Friday seeking to drop the case that it only learned of evidence pointing to "a rushed and flawed installation process" after Hearn had been indicted by a grand jury.
Finn Gomez/Getty Images - PHOTO: The drained Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial are seen on the National Mall on July 22, 2026, in Washington, DC.
The filing stated Pirro herself visited the Reflecting Pool on July 17 after it had been fully drained and became aware of significant damage throughout the pool area, which spurred the DOJ to request all documents from the U.S. Interior Department about how the pool was lined.

#pool #lincoln #july #case

This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
For the Pirates, Friday night's game at Great American Ballpark was a nightmare.
Starter Paul Skenes struggled, the bullpen blew its 20th save, a costly miscue in the eighth gave the Reds the lead, and Ryan O'Hearn had to be carried off the field in the ninth inning of an 8-7 loss to the Reds. Their losing streak is now at four games.
Top 1st, 2-0 PIT: The Pirates (55-56) took advantage of a couple defensive miscues and scored a pair of runs on a Nick Gonzales two-out single up the middle off Hunter Greene with the bases loaded.
Bottom 1st, 2-2: Paul Skenes labored through a 36-pitch inning and the Reds (52-57) quickly struck back to tie the game. Tyler Stephenson ripped an RBI double down the left field line and Nathaniel Lowe plated a run with a base hit to right.

#skenes #field #inning #pghbaseballnow

Sky Sports's new documentary is stacked with sobering soundbites. In one scene, boxing coach Joe Gallagher recalls hearing a mother ask her son: "Are all the lows worth that one high?" The answer, of course, was "yes". As Gallagher puts it: "Everyone wants their own Rocky story."
But as Sky explores, that doesn't always mean a rousing underdog story. Rocky's sequels showed Sylvester Stallone's character struggling with retirement, and this is the premise of The Final Round.
Releasing on Friday, the film features interviews with former world champions like Johnny Nelson and Josh Warrington, while Gallagher and Dominic Ingle are among the coaches to speak, promoter Eddie Hearn features, and commentator Andy Clarke weaves together themes of "addiction", sacrifice, and ego.
Former world champion Johnny Nelson (Getty)
The documentary even includes one of the final interviews with the late, great Ricky Hatton, whose internal fights after retiring matched any that he had in the ring.

#johnny #nelson #story #interviews

PITTSBURGH (AP) — James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night despite blowing a six-run lead.
Brandon Lowe and Bryan Reynolds hit back-to-back home runs for the Pirates to spark a three-run rally against closer Paul Sewald in the ninth to tie the game at 6-all and force extra innings. Lowe's two-run shot was his team-leading 22nd of the season.
It was Sewald's third blown save in 27 opportunities.
The Pirates also had a three-run eighth to make it 6-3 on RBI singles by Ryan O'Hearn, Endy Rodríguez and Marcell Ozuna.
Both teams scored runs in the 10th on errors.

#runs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all of the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment, pointing to "irregularities" in those grand jury proceedings.
In a court filing Monday, David Hearn's attorneys requested an order for the government to turn over a complete transcript of all grand jury proceedings. They also want prosecutors to disclose the legal instructions they gave to grand jurors about the elements of Hearn's alleged crime.
Hearn pleaded not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of property destruction and has a trial scheduled to start Sept. 28 in D.C. Superior Court. The charge, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years upon conviction, accuses Hearn of causing at least $1,000 in damage to the pool.
But his lawyers question whether prosecutors properly presented the grand jury with adequate evidence to support the amount of damage alleged in Hearn's indictment. A National Park Service official testified that the pool already was damaged before Hearn allegedly touched it, couldn't quantify any damage attributable to Hearn and said the same repairs would have been required regardless of his conduct, defense attorneys said.
"The witness's testimony established that the pool had substantial preexisting damage requiring repair before any alleged conduct by Mr. Hearn," his lawyers wrote. "According to the witness, the pool was leaking more than one million gallons of water per week; its expansion joints had exceeded their service life; and the liner already contained a rip."

#pool #jury #court #service

This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
A day after putting pen to paper and officially signing with the Pirates, Derek Curiel took batting practice on the field at PNC Park ahead of Monday night's game against the Diamondbacks.
The on-field batting practice capped off a six-day stay in Pittsburgh for Curiel, who was selected by the Pirates with the fifth pick in this year's draft. He joined a hitting group of Bryan Reynolds, Ryan O'Hearn and Jacob Gonzalez for his first swings at his future home.
"It felt good," Curiel said after his round. "The stadium is beautiful. Nice backdrop, beautiful batter's eye. Couldn't ask for a better field to hit at."
Curiel said he hadn't swung a bat since arriving in Pittsburgh, but he didn't waste much time before taking some impressive cuts. With third base coach Tony Beasley throwing to him, Curiel hit a couple ****** over the wall and into the seats. One deep drive to right drew some aahs from several current Pirates.

#curiel #pittsburgh #beautiful #park

Ryan Garcia won’t be bound by guidelines if he ever signs with Zuffa Boxing.

Garcia is scheduled to put his WBC welterweight ***** le on the line against Zuffa Boxing’s Conor Benn on Sept. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. While the particulars of the bout are unknown to Garcia, he believes it will be co-promoted. Furthermore, Garcia is certain that he will not be wearing Zuffa fight gear and claims he will never wear a Zuffa uniform even if he signs with the promotion.
Garcia explains that he likes to express himself by designing his own outfit and walkout music. He vows to never sign with Zuffa Boxing if they don’t allow him to express himself the way he wants. However, Garcia complimented Dana White for the way he is building up Zuffa Boxing.

“Even if I ever signed with Zuffa, I will make sure that I never wear a Zuffa outfit,” Garcia told Ariel Helwani. “I'm wearing my own outfits, doing my own thing. If you don't like it, then I'll never sign with you. At the end of the day, I love the whole ‘design your outfit, design your walkout.’ I'm not about to be a robot. I don't care how much money you offer me. I just love the whole show of it and I feel like they should let certain fighters do that. I would like to express myself… I think Dana White's doing an amazing job with Zuffa so far... I like how they run the press conferences... I think it's better.”

Zuffa Boxing is White’s venture into the world of pugilism. The Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO wants to bring boxing under a centralized UFC-style model, but is facing fierce competition from traditional boxing promoters like Eddie Hearn.
"If I ever signed with Zuffa, I will make sure that I never wear a Zuffa outfit. I'm wearing my own outfits, doing my own thing.

If you don't like it, then I'll never sign with you... I'm not about to be a robot, I don't care how much money you offer me."

"I think Dana White's… pic.twitter.com/QOh7pIS3h0— Ariel Helwani (arielhelwani) July 22, 2026

#like #OUTFIT #don 't #wearing

The Yankees came oh so close to completing another late comeback, only to stall out after Ben Rice’s game-tying three-run homer and eventually lose in extras. They still have a chance to split the doubleheader and win the series as they take the field less than three hours after the final out of Game 1, and they’ll do so as Max Fried makes his long-awaited return from injury.
Max Fried last pitched on May 13th against the Orioles, and had to depart after three innings with noticeably lowered velocity on all his pitches. It was later revealed that he had suffered a bone bruise in his left elbow and was shut down for over a month. He made just one rehab **** ignment start last Friday for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, allowing two runs on three hits with three strikeouts and no walks on 52 pitches. Rather than make a final rehab start, the doubleheader convinced the Yankees to activate Fried off the IL to start the nightcap, where he will be on a pitch count of around 60. At the time of his injury, Fried was 4-3 in ten starts, with a 3.21 ERA (132 ERA+), 2.71 FIP, and 50 strikeouts in 61.2 innings.
Fried will face off against Pirates rookie Bubba Chandler. The 23-year-old righty isn’t very subtle, mainly trying to blow you away with a four-seamer that averages 99 mph. He backs up that heater with a slider and a changeup. Expect the Yankees to have a patient approach against the pitcher with the highest walk rate (13.1-percent) of any starter in baseball. In 18 starts, Chandler is 3-8 with a 4.77 ERA (92 ERA+), 4.59 FIP, and 85 strikeouts in 94.1 innings.
The Yankees make three changes to the line from the day game. Anthony Volpe replaces José Caballero at shortstop which should ease tensions with this umpiring crew after the incident involving his pitch clock manipulation earlier today. Paul Goldschmidt gets the start at first moving Ben Rice to DH and Spencer Jones to the bench. Ali Sánchez replaces Austin Wells behind the plate.
The Pirates also make three changes to their lineup with the lefty Fried on the mound. Marcell Ozuna comes in to DH, moving Ryan O’Hearn to first and Tyler Callihan to the bench. Jared Triolo replaces Jacob Gonzalez at shortstop despite the latter homering off Gerrit Cole while Rafael Flores Jr. subs in for Henry Davis at catcher.

#rice

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in the nation's capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled the Sept. 28 trial date for David Hearn during a hearing on Monday. It was Hearn's second court appearance since a grand jury indicted him on a felony count of property destruction.
Hearn, who pleaded not guilty to the charge on July 9, has asked the court to dismiss the case. In a court filing, his attorneys argued the government has failed to properly preserve important physical evidence from the Reflecting Pool.
At least three other people have been charged in the same court with misdemeanors for allegedly removing pieces of paint from the Reflecting Pool. The felony charge against Hearn, which accuses him of causing at least $1,000 in damage to the pool, carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years upon conviction.
Trump ordered the pool's renovation work ahead of the country's 250th independence celebrations, but the project has been plagued by problems. Trump initially suggested that pool renovations would cost $1.5 million, but the cost of the project has exceeded $16 million.

Conor Benn will fight Ryan Garcia on 12 September, it has been announced, as the British star seemingly challenges the American for the WBC welterweight ******* le.
The two stars have been linked for some time, but they will officially square off at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Mexican Independence Weekend.
The bout was announced on Wednesday by Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White, best known as the president and CEO of mixed-martial-arts behemoth the UFC.
Britain's Benn split from his longtime promoter Eddie Hearn to join White and Zuffa in February, in one of the most-shocking developments in boxing's recent history.
Hearn and his company Matchroom had promoted the welterweight for his entire career, and had stuck by him during a two-year saga that began when Benn failed two drug tests. Benn in fact signed with Zuffa just days after another verbal attack on Hearn, 47, by White, 56.

Johnny Fisher has become the latest fighter to join Zuffa Boxing, splitting from Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom to sign with the rival promotion.
Fisher has a cult following in London and Essex, and he had become one of Hearn’s biggest stars over the last three years, helped in part by the reach of his father “Big John”, a social-media sensation.
Fisher’s popularity has come in spit of his patchy recent form, however. The 27-year-old won a controversial decision over Dave Allen in late 2024, before suffering a fifth-round stoppage in their rematch last May, and even his comeback win – a fourth-round TKO of Ivan Balaz in December – saw Fisher hurt in the first round.
Perhaps Zuffa is trying to capitalise on Fisher’s popularity, in any case, or maybe this signing is another attempt to get one up on Matchroom.
After Zuffa launched in January, it signed Matchroom’s longtime fighter Conor Benn in February, with the British welterweight leaving Hearn despite the promoter’s support over a two-year saga that stemmed from Benn failing two drug tests.

LAS VEGAS — Oh yes, the art of the buzzkill.
For a minute there, when the lights went down in Las Vegas, and the fascia ring lit up with the familiar Irish colors at the T-Mobile Arena, everyone stood on their feet to catch a glimpse of Conor McGregor making his way to the Octagon. You can say what you want about McGregor's many inconvenient truths, the hysteria of his fight nights is next to a religious experience in the game.
If there was a snake, it would've been passed around.
In a conversation with Marc Ratner, the UFC's Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, he mentioned being there for Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns back in the 1980s when he headed up the Nevada Athletic Commission. He understood a big-fight feel, is what he was saying, looking around at the atmosphere Saturday at UFC 329.
One group of fans, while walking from New York, New York Hotel to the arena, were singing Bowie's "Five Years" because, well, that's how long it had been. Five years. A lot has happened. Lifetimes. Wars. Twitter's conversion into X. Everyone from Justin Jefferson to Tucker Carlson to Anthony Kiedis was there, along with the full galaxy of Vons, from Theo to Vince Vaughn to Erich von Stroheim — or at least that's who the UFC might've misidentified Justin Gaethje as when showing him on the celebrity cam.

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A pair of All-Star pitchers will face off when the Pirates host the Brewers on Sunday afternoon.
Paul Skenes will take the mound for the Pirates after delivering a solid performance against the Braves on Tuesday. He allowed just two earned runs across six innings with four strikeouts in a 12-4 win and received a major boost from Ryan O'Hearn, who set a new franchise record with 10 RBIs.
Jacob Misiorowski, the league leader in strikeouts (167), will pitch for the Brewers. The 24-year-old flamethrower has a 10-4 record with a 1.62 ERA in 18 starts this season.
(UPDATE: Misiorowski has been scratched from his start because of arm fatigue.)

It wouldn't be a day ending in "y" without a Braves roster move:
Hurston Waldrep's ongoing recovery has had quite a few twists and turns. Following a pseudo-breakout late last year, after the Braves were out of it and had little to play for other than trying to garner the kind of major league development that Waldrep largely showed (a 68 ERA-, 79 FIP-, and 89 xFIP- in 56 1/3 innings, good for 1.2 fWAR), the right-hander hit the shelf with recovery from an elbow cleanup, and made just a handful of rehab-ish outings in the minors before the Braves promoted him.
His first outing of 2026 was rough with a 3/4 K/BB ratio in two innings of relief, but he and the defense somehow kept the runs off the board. Waldrep then had his first start back, which had a fine enough 4/1 K/BB ratio in five innings… except that it involved a hit-by-pitch and a three-run homer, putting the Braves in a 3-0 hole early. And then, there was his disaster in Pittsburgh, where he hung multiple breaking pitches to Ryan O'Hearn in a blowout loss.
So, the Braves will welcome back Tyler Kinley from his time actively playing papa and go with a somewhat bulkier bullpen for a while.
Mark Bowman reports that the Braves plan to have JR Ritchie start on Sunday. Ritchie's rookie season is not going particularly well (108/130/116) and he's been used as a multi-inning-ish reliever fill-in so far in July, but he'll get another shot to improve this weekend. Personally, I'm not really sure that "Waldrep being really bad on balance after three outings" is markedly worse for the team's immediate-term outlook than "Ritchie being sub-replacement on balance after ten outings," but my hope is that the Braves can go Johnny Wholestaff in that game anyway and not have to worry about which of their young arms potentially implodes either way.

Former US Olympian David 'Davey' Hearn has pleaded not guilty to vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at a court appearance in Washington DC.
Hearn is accused of causing $1,000 (£750) of damages to the pool. He faces a felony charge of destruction of property.
President Donald Trump has blamed vandals for damage to newly applied coating on the bottom of the pool. Hearn was detained last month after touching some of the material, and told BBC News at the time it had already "delaminated".
"If Mr Hearn can be charged with a felony for touching the Reflecting Pool, every American is at risk", said Norm Eisen, one of Hearn's attorneys, speaking outside the courthouse on Thursday.
"It is not a crime to touch the Reflecting Pool, to touch water, in the United States of America," he said.

Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony destruction of property charge for damaging the sealant installed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a charge his attorneys said was "based on a false and politicized narrative."
Hearn was charged with destruction of property for allegedly pulling up sealant installed at the Reflecting Pool, prosecutors said last week.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com

PITTSBURGH (AP) — ittsburgh Pirates first baseman Ryan O’Hearn made history on Tuesday night, setting a club record by driving in 10 runs on three homers in a 12-4 win over Atlanta.
O’Hearn hit a grand slam off Atlanta starter Hurston Waldrep in the first, added a three-run shot off Waldrep in the third and took Braves reliever Connor Thomas deep with another three-run shot in the sixth.
O’Hearn’s big night broke the franchise record of nine RBIs set by Johnny Rizzo against St. Louis on May 30, 1939. The 10 RBIs by O’Hearn — who signed a multi-year free agent deal to join the Pirates in the offseason — also marked the most in the majors by a player this year.
O’Hearn missed a chance to join the exclusive four-homer club when he singled in the ninth.
An All-Star last season while splitting time between Baltimore and San Diego, O’Hearn also became the 16th player in Pittsburgh’s 145-year history to hit three homers in a game.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are celebrating Ryan O’Hearn’s record-setting game with a flash sale.
During the Buccos’ win over the Atlanta Braves, O’Hearn became the first Pittsburgh Pirate to record 10 RBI in a single game.
The Pirates said they will offer a $10 discount on all single-game tickets purchased on their website for the remainder of the homestand to mark the occasion. The deal will run now through midnight on Wednesday.
Click here if you would like to purchase a ticket.
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