In the fast-growing global business of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Mark Hunt remains New Zealand's most recognisable homegrown talent.

Digital disruption has been the talk of sports media for a while, the problem for a long time was nobody could figure out how to make any money from it.

Mixed martial arts, spearheaded by UFC, has moved out of the background to become a money-making machine.

Professional sports are largely star-driven enterprises. Single athletes can make millions of dollars difference to the resulting bottom line.

The Joseph Parker v Carlos Takam heavyweight title elimination bout is heading for a purse bid.

Kiwi heavyweight to fight elimination bout against Carlos Takam in May.

One of the toughest men in UFC is planning to make a serious change to his lifestyle once he quits fighting.

Manny Pacquiao has repeated his opposition to homosexuality, after earlier apologising for saying gay people were "worse than animals".

The promoters of Joseph Parker turned down an offer to host a title fight against the American IBF champion due to the expense involved.

For a man with multiple world titles across five weight divisions, it just does not get more embarrassing than this.

Sports entertainment is returning to New Zealand for the first time in five years with a live show in Auckland.

Joseph Parker's handlers are working overtime to get their New Zealand heavyweight into a position where he is the mandatory contender for a world title.

There was no fairy tale finish for American Jason Bergman last night, but he proved a durable opponent for Kiwi heavyweight Joseph Parker.

Live blog of tonight's heavyweight boxing bout between Joseph Parker and Jason Bergman in Samoa.

Samoa's police are having a busy time directing traffic as supporters flock to the undercard of Joseph Parker's heavyweight clash.

Parker's promoters Duco Events acknowledge taking their heavyweight fighter to Samoa for tonight's bout was a financial risk.