Emanuel Navarrete and Ruben Villa are set for action tonight on ESPN, with the vacant WBO featherweight title at stake in their 12-round main event. Coverage will start at 7:30 pm ET with prelims streaming on ESPN+, and move to ESPN at 10:00 pm ET. We’ll be here with updates and results for all of
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With Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz set to duke it out on Halloween night, Showtime Sports will be leading into the event a two-episode series of its All Access programming focused on the fight, kicking off on Friday, October 16th at 8:30pm ET. Episode 1 will delve behind the scenes of both fighters’ training
The much-discussed WBC lightweight eliminator between Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell is now official, as the fight was announced today, and is good to go on DAZN on Saturday, Dec. 5. If you’ve followed the news today, you know that PBC and FOX have moved the Errol Spence Jr vs Danny Garcia PPV to Dec.
The official announcement that Devin Haney would defend his WBC lightweight title on Nov. 7 against Yuriorkis Gamboa has not been met with much anticipation or excitement from anyone who doesn’t run social media accounts for Matchroom Boxing or DAZN, and frankly, it seems like Haney has heard and read the criticism, from fans and
Leo Santa Cruz knows he’s in for a tough fight when he faces off with Gervonta Davis on October 31st but says he’s had tremendous preparation for this fight and expects to wear Davis down over the distance, saying that ‘Tank’ is mostly just strong for the first five rounds. With a win in this
Tonight at 9 pm ET live on Showtime, ShoBox: The New Generation returns with a tripleheader from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., headlined by a 10-round junior middleweight bout between unbeaten prospects Charles Conwell and Wendy Toussaint. Conwell, 22, was a U.S. Olympian in 2016, and is the more highly-regarded of the two prospects,
It’s frustrating whenever the narrative of boxing swings too far over to the business side. I mean, I get it. Ultimately, in a sport that has no fixed schedule or planned season of fixtures, the announcement of dates, times, venues and purses will always strike a chord with the fans – albeit a somewhat tedious
It won’t come quite as cheap as in the States, where viewers can watch it on ESPN for free, but UK fans now have a legal means by which to watch Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez on October 17th. Top Rank announced today that FITE “have acquired the exclusive rights in the UK” and will
Young lightweight starts Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are at it again on social media, trading words if nothing else, possibly, maybe setting a fight between the two, you know, someday. The 25-year-old Davis (23-0, 22 KO) is set to face Leo Santa Cruz on Oct. 31 in a Showtime PPV main event, with belts
Shakur Stevenson joined Brian Custer’s The Last Stand Podcast and discussed a number of topics, including looking to get the next shot at Jamel Herring’s 130lb title to believing he’s the next big star in boxing. Check out some excerpts below with the full podcast episode above. Stevenson on being the mandatory challenger for WBO
Despite its participants’ apparent best efforts, it looks as though we’ll actually see former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker face rival countryman Junior Fa this year. Parker’s manager, Joseph Higgins, tells Newshub that the pair have “agreed terms” and will meet December 11th in Auckland, NZ’s Spark Arena. An official announcement is expected tomorrow (Tuesday,
Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan have quite a lot of history for two guys who haven’t actually fought. The welterweights were first set to meet in Dec. 2018, but Kelly fell ill and pulled out of the fight on truly last-minute notice, meaning Avanesyan didn’t fight at all as scheduled. Then, after Avanesyan bashed his
Saturday night’s battle between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk was one for the ages, prompting adoration and great respect from fans, media, fellow fighters — basically anyone who watched the fight. But there were also some scary moments when it was over, as Zepeda’s fifth round knockout of Baranchyk was vicious, and left Baranchyk truly
SHO, 9:00 pm ET, Charles Conwell vs Wendy Toussaint, Isaiah Steen vs Kalvin Henderson, Janelson Bocachica vs Nicklaus Flaz, Brandun Lee vs Jimmy Williams. A four-fight ShoBox, which, knock on wood, because these always wind up losing a fight, it seems. It’s also an unusual day for ShoBox, which usually runs on Fridays, and an
Saturday night’s Top Rank Boxing main event between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk was expected to be a good fight, two real contenders at 140 pounds in a well-matched bout, but nobody expected what we got. Zepeda (33-2, 26 KO) and Baranchyk (20-2, 13 KO) traded knockdown after knockdown — eight in all, should’ve been
Boxer Sergey Kovalev pled guilty Friday in a criminal case arising from a 2018 incident with a woman in California, according to TMZ. That has to be considered grounds for sighs of relief, probably, for the 37-year-old boxer from Russia. At the start of the proceedings made public, Kovalev faced felony charges. The prosecution originally
Tonight at 7:30 pm ET streaming live on ESPN+, Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk meet in a WBC eliminator at 140 pounds, a main event that pits two strong contenders, a former titleholder in Baranchyk and a former title challenger in Zepeda. Bad Left Hook will be here for the full card with fight-by-fight updates
Word has come through that Deontay Wilder has split with longtime co-trainer Mark Breland, and while Jay Deas is still in the Wilder camp, there’s some thought about where Wilder might turn for some fresh eyes, if not as a new lead trainer, then at least someone to work with in camp or before camp