Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant are set for Saturday night’s undisputed super middleweight title fight, both making weight today in Las Vegas. Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KO) came in at 168 lbs, right on the limit, with Plant (21-0, 12 KO) just under at 167. The two were kept separate as everyone wanted to avoid another
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Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche headline in a big 130 lb unification tonight, with live coverage for all the fights beginning at 8:25 pm ET, streaming exclusively on ESPN+. Mayer will defend her WBO title and Hamadouche her IBF belt, as the two fighters look to take the big next step toward a possible undisputed
Eddie Hearn has been trying to pit Liam Smith against Jessie Vargas for a few years now, but it looks like the latest attempt may actually come to fruition. Dan Rafael reports that a deal is in the works for the pair to fight in Las Vegas this coming January. Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KO) hasn’t
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury are set to face one another on December 18 in a Showtime pay-per-view main event, and like all mega-important, big-time boxing fights, they’re popping their heads up during another mega-important, big-time fight weekend. With Canelo-Plant coming to us tonight, also a Showtime pay-per-view, Paul and Fury are in Las Vegas
Mikaela Mayer unified the WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles tonight, beating Maiva Hamadouche in an outstanding, thrilling fight in Las Vegas. The lone concern in the fight comes from — guess who! — the judges, who scored the bout 98-92, 99-91, and 100-90 for Mayer, with the latter two in particular seeming like ridiculous
Canelo Alvarez is a heavier favorite against Caleb Plant than he has been against most of his recent opponents, with oddsmakers simply not liking Plant’s chances to pull the upset at all. DraftKings have Canelo sitting at -1000, which has been consistent all week, as has the line for Plant, +600. On the one hand,
Rolando Romero has broken his silence on losing his December 5 fight against Gervonta “Tank” Davis, which will now see Isaac Cruz face Davis in the Showtime pay-per-view main event. Romero, 26, did not address the numerous allegations of sexual assault that led Showtime and Premier Boxing Champions to pulling him from the event. A
Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant are set to fight for the undisputed super middleweight championship tonight on Showtime pay-per-view, and Bad Left Hook will be here with full live coverage beginning at 9 pm ET. All updates, including round-by-round for every fight from Wil Esco, will come in this stream: Canelo will defending the WBC,
Caleb Plant knows that anything short of a complete performance leaves him vulnerable in his upcoming quest for super middleweight supremacy. The unbeaten IBF titlist expects the same from Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, which leaves him a little surprised over his opponent’s suggestion of only having to ride out the first few rounds to find his
Juan Pablo Romero had made the most of every opportunity presented to him thus far in his pro career. He hopes to continue that trend tonight against an explosive and dangerous puncher. Romero will face once-beaten Elvis Rodriguez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 10-round bout will precede the bout for the
LAS VEGAS – Justin Gamber is long past the time he was concerned about the “glorified scrape” beneath Caleb Plant’s right eye. Plant’s trainer was worried in the immediate aftermath of his press conference brawl with Canelo Alvarez that the wound would cause a postponement of their fight. Gamber couldn’t help but be concerned when
LAS VEGAS – Even though they exchanged insults and punches at their press conference to announce their November 6th showdown, Canelo Alvarez insists that he doesn’t have any real animosity or even an opinion on what type of person Caleb Plant is. Several reporters posed the question during fight week along with his recollection of
Zach Parker may move in different worlds to Canelo Alvarez, but if Parker keeps winning, he could well bump into the Mexican in the ring one day, courtesy of his No 1 WBO ranking at super-middleweight. Parker scored a third quick win in a row as he demolished Marcus Morrison in the fourth round, having
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez chuckled when a reporter reminded him that Andre Ward predicted that Caleb Plant would knock him out Saturday night. “Wow! But we’ll see,” a smiling Alvarez said. “It’s gonna be a knockout, for sure.” The heavily favored Alvarez has promised a knockout of his own, at some point between the
Erika Cruz Hernandez will defend her WBA World Featherweight title against Melissa Esquivel at the International Convention Center in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Friday November 26, live worldwide on DAZN, the latest in the run of Matchroom and DAZN’s new series of fight nights in Mexico with Canelo Promotions and Clase y Talento. Cruz (13-1
LAS VEGAS – Testing for performance-enhancing drugs was one of the primary reasons Caleb Plant didn’t fight Canelo Alvarez on September 18. As negotiations dragged on for their super middleweight title unification fight, Plant and Alvarez ran out of time over the summer to undergo two full months of testing administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping
LAS VEGAS – Fernando Diaz drilled Jan Salvaterria with a brutal left hook that abruptly ended their competitive super flyweight fight Saturday night. Salvaterria attempted to get up after Diaz dropped him with that stunning shot, but he stumbled across the ring, into the ropes and went down again. That’s when referee Mike Ortega waved
Cori Gibbs entered the BOXXER Series Liverpool: Super-Lightweight Tournament as the only undefeated fighter in the line-up. Three fights and three wins later, he retained that undefeated status and left the ring with an enhanced reputation and a large winner’s cheque after besting Tom Farrell (20-5, 5 KO’s), Lee Appleyard (18-7-1, 5 KO’s) and Sean