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Midnight Mania! Frank Mir labels boxing crossover vs. Antonio Tarver ‘a win-win’
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As they become more and more common, unexpected crossovers from the cage to the boxing ring should perhaps become a bit less unexpected. Still, I don’t think anyone expected Frank Mir seemingly retired from MMA and signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship to jump into the Triller ring on the undercard of the Ben Askren vs. Jake Paul event.
Just typing that out felt like a strange game of Mad Libs.
All the same, it’s happening, and Mir spoke with MMA Junkie to explain his thoughts on the match up and detail why he’d like to fight a former world champion boxer at the age of 41.
UFC veteran Frank Mir to box Antonio Tarver on undercard of Jake Paul-Ben Askren PPV Feb 25, 2021, 10:00pm EST
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UFC veteran Frank Mir is making a transition to boxing.
The former heavyweight champion announced that he would make his professional boxing debut against former WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO champ Antonio Tarver on the undercard of the upcoming Triller pay-per-view featuring Jake Paul and Ben Askren on April 17 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jake Paul will appear in a main event boxing match against former UFC star
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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president David Feldman has nothing but praise for Paige VanZant.
Earlier this month, VanZant made her BKFC debut and suffered a decision loss to Britain Hart. Although the result was disappointing, Feldman was impressed with her performance and confirms “12 Gauge” will fight again.
“I can confidently say Paige VanZant absolutely will be back with us here in early to mid-summer,” Feldman said to MMAFighting. “100 percent. We are 100 percent in the Paige VanZant business. We like being in that business. She delivered for us on every aspect we needed and finished the fight strong so that was very important for us.