{
  "id": 14460769,
  "title": "Neeraj Goyat To Face Former UFC Champion Anthony Pettis In India On January 23, 3 Cities In Race To Host Bout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/neeraj-goyat-to-face-former-ufc-champion-anthony-pettis-in-india-on",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T13:04:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/neeraj-goyat-to-face-former-ufc-champion-anthony-pettis-in-india-on-january-23-3-cities-in-race-to-host-bout"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyat will take on former UFC lightweight world champion Anthony Pettis in a six-round super welterweight contest on January 23, 2027. The bout will be held in one of three Indian cities and is presented by the Indian Pro Boxing League (IPBL), with sanction from the Indian Boxing Council. Pettis, who has primarily been a mixed martial arts fighter, has not competed in boxing since 2024. Goyat, with a 21-4-2 record including 9 knockouts, is on a four-fight winning streak and recently defeated Whindersson Nunes on the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Netflix card. The city and venue for the fight will be announced in November, with Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, and Chennai in contention. Goyat expressed excitement about the opportunity to put on a show for his home crowd and thanked MVP and Nakisa Bidarian for their support.",
  "summary": "New Delhi, Oct 14: Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyat will face former UFC lightweight world champion Anthony Pettis in a six-round super welterweight (69.9kg) contest on January 23 next year, and three cities in the country are in contention to host the bout. Pettis has primarily been a mixed martial arts fighter, and his most recent boxing bout was in 2024, when he ended up on the losing…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}