It’s Tuesday, so it’s podcast day with a new episode of Prophets of Goom here at Bad Left Hook! TALKING POINTS: Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr both look bad right now, Danny Garcia’s 154 lb debut and what comes next, Vergil Ortiz Jr and Michael Conlan set to return, more! A quick rundown of
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News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The decision to fight noted puncher Miguel Marriaga this Saturday speaks to Michael Conlan’s confidence, writes Elliot Worsell IT is customary following any big knockout loss for us to look for weaknesses or evidence of reticence in the knocked-out boxer as they attempt to resume his or her career. Often, their
Vergil Ortiz Jr. isn’t consumed with having to silence the naysayers over claims of his struggling to remain at welterweight. How long he will have to wait for his first major title, however, could ultimately dictate how long—or soon—the time will come to move on to junior middleweight and beyond. “I guess it depends on
Two-division world champion Danny “Swift Garcia dominated in his super welterweight debut Saturday night, cruising to a majority decision victory over exciting contender Jose Benavidez Jr. in the SHOWTIME main event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. He saved perhaps his most expressive moment post-fight when he broke down in
Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Michael Conlan could have taken a much less risky fight for his return to the ring at the SSE Arena on Saturday night,” writes former titlist Carl Frampton for the Belfast Telegraph, “but to his credit he is jumping in with Miguel Marriaga who is a major threat despite
The big reveals in Eddie Hearn’s 30-minute Instagram Q&A this morning tended towards the “more info very soon” side of things, but a handful of concrete details snuck through, namely his confirmation that Joe Cordina and Josh Warrington would face their IBF mandatory challengers in “October/November” of this year. IBF mandatories can charitably be described
EBU cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith is hunting for the right path to secure a world title. Last Saturday night in Bournemouth, Billam-Smith punched his way to a twelve round unanimous decision over Isaac Chamberlain in an action-fight. One fighter Billam-Smith will not target – is WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie. The two boxers are stablemates and
11:42 AM ET The most anticipated return of Jake Paul against Hasim Rahman Jr., the son of former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, was canceled on Saturday due to Rahman’s inability to make the 200-pound weight limit agreed for the fight. Rahman (12-1, 6 KOs) has competed at heavyweight throughout his professional career and last fought
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Canelo Alvarez is set to face Gennadiy Golovkin for a third time on Saturday, Sept. 17, with Canelo’s undisputed super middleweight championship on the line this time around. Here’s a rundown on the undercard, which is now full and official, and how you can watch when the time comes, no matter where you are. Well,
Jaron “Boots” Ennis apparently hopes his next fight will offer the stiffest test of his burgeoning career. The rising, 25-year-old welterweight contender from Philadelphia was recently asked about whom he plans to fight for his next ring outing in the fall, and two names popped up. One is former titlist 33-year-old Keith Thurman, a longtime
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing On the day he turns 34, featherweight Leigh Wood reflects on his role in arguably the best fight of 2022 and discusses the possibility of a sequel ONE of British boxing’s great late bloomers, Nottingham featherweight Leigh Wood turns 34 years of age today, yet, 28 fights into his professional career,
Jake Paul’s next fight is officially off, with his team sending out a press release this evening announcing the cancellation of their planned Aug. 6 Showtime pay-per-view bout with Hasim Rahman Jr. The issue came down to Rahman’s weight, according to Paul’s team. They had agreed to bump the limit for the weigh-in from 200
When it comes to in-ring activity, Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s ascent from prospect to contender has gone about as well as any fighter’s over the last several years. Ortiz is a rare case in which the oversized hype that is assigned to every accomplished amateur who signs with a major promoter actually sustains itself into the
Danny Garcia opens up about his struggles with anxiety and depression with Jim Gray in his post fight interview after defeating Jose Benavidez Saturday, July 30, at the Barclays Center. “The pressure of life. The pressure of boxing, of being a good dad… It’s been weighing on me for a year and a half and
Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Things just haven’t been working out for Jake Paul lately. After Tommy Fury was unable to come to America to face the fiery cruiserweight on August 6th, Hasim Rahman Jr, son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, agreed to take Fury’s place. It certainly looked like it could be
11:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Ramirez will wait a little bit longer for the opportunity to regain his WBC junior welterweight title. He scrapped plans for a vacant title fight against Jose Zepeda that was ordered by the WBC because of a conflict with his wedding in October, a spokesperson for Ramirez said in