Fighting

It’s Tuesday, and that means we’ve got a boxing podcast for you, and your ears! This week, John and myself take a look forward to Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr this coming Saturday on ESPN; a bit on Jake Paul that you can skip over but I promise you is not the usual Jake

They really had us going for a second. The WBA, whom I’d considered the second-most-vile sanctioning body due to the fact that the WBC does most of the stuff they do but with an added air of intolerable smugness, seemed to be turning things around after last year’s Mykal Fox vs. Gabriel Maestre debacle had

It was a big weekend for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, which formally inducted three classes of fighters (2020, 2021, and 2022) during the celebration event. And perhaps none of those fighters were bigger than Floyd Mayweather, who gave his Hall of Fame induction speech which can be viewed in full above thanks to

Jaime Munguia (40-0, 32 KOs) overcame adversity where it wasn’t expect during tonight’s DAZN main event with Jimmy Kelly (26-3, 10 KO). While Munguia was largely expected to just blitz through Kelly, he encountered real difficulty dealing with Kelly’s boxing tactics and movement. Kelly was successful in the opening rounds with luring Munguia into traps

Edgar Berlanga picked up a win on Saturday night, in what was meant to be a big and positive night for his career, defeating Roamer Alexis Angulo by unanimous decision. Whether you agreed with the scoring — many believe the cards were too wide even if he deserved the win — Berlanga doesn’t seem to

Thursday, June 16 ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Beterbiev vs Smith press conference. Friday, June 17 ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Beterbiev vs Smith weigh-in. Channel 5 (UK), 4:00 pm ET, Nathan Gorman vs Tomas Salek. This card also features Marcel Braithwaite vs Thomas Essomba at 115 lbs, and a tentative

Edgar Berlanga stayed unbeaten but may have been give a questionable amount of credit by the judges, beating Roamer Alexis Angulo on very wide scores in New York. Berlanga won on tallies of 98-92, 99-91, and 99-91 in a fight where he spent more time moving and boxing than we’ve ever seen, while Angulo applied

Trevor Bryan will face Daniel Dubois in the main event of a Don King-promoted PPV today from Miami, a heavyweight bout set for 12 rounds because it’s for a WBA “world” title nobody takes very seriously. King also promised a bunch of other “championship” action so there are some NABA title fights on the card

Boxing has become a staple of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations in New York City, and this year will be no different, as Edgar Berlanga will headline a card on ESPN this evening, facing Roamer Alexis Angulo at the Hulu Theater. Madison Square Garden — the proper, big room — has been host to many

Jake Paul’s return date is now official, as the internet celebrity turned incredibly famous novice boxer will headline a Showtime pay-per-view on Saturday, Aug. 6, from Madison Square Garden. Featherweight titleholder Amanda Serrano will also be on the card. They’re sort of billing it as a double main event, but Paul’s fight will definitely go

Cards on the table: I’m no boxing historian, but I am fairly certain you’ll be hard-pushed to name too many contests in our sport between two four-weight world champions. And even if you can, fights involving Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao will be doing most of your heavy lifting. Sure, recognising a “champion” in

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez will square off in a DAZN main event tonight from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in what you might call a “title consolidation” at 108 lbs. Kyoguchi currently holds the WBA “super world” bantamweight title, which is the one people pay attention to, while Bermudez holds the WBA “world” title, aka the

Shakur Stevenson won’t be chasing further unification quite yet, but that delay is for a good cause. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez revealed today that he’s in talks to defend his super featherweight belts against WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete, “tentatively in August or September.” Not that clashes with fellow titlists Joe Cordina and the winner of

In this video interview with Fight Hype, Ryan Garcia chats a little bit about his good ol’ friend Canelo Alvarez who is most recently coming off a clear decision loss to Dmitry Bivol in another light heavyweight world title bid. Here Garcia gives Canelo credit for having the gumption to make the attempt, but believes

Trevor Bryan is a massive underdog against Daniel Dubois for this coming Saturday’s fight in Miami, where Bryan will defend his secondary WBA heavyweight belt against the British prospect, but has warned Dubois not to look past him. The generally soft-spoken Dubois (17-1, 16 KO) didn’t say much at Wednesday’s press conference, noting that he’s

A bout in South Africa between local lightweights Simiso Buthelezi and Siphesihle Mntungwa produced one of the most bizarre endings in recent memory this past Sunday when Buthelezi, after eating a counter jab while pressuring Mntungwa into the ropes, suddenly turned and began swinging at air during the referee’s reset. He was subsequently placed into

For Garcia (22-0, 18 KO), it will be his first time fighting at the former Staples Center, home to currently mediocre basketball loaded up with star names, and he’s excited to make his debut at Los Angeles’ No. 1 arena. “I grew up here, I have seen games here, this is Kobe’s house,” he said.

Adrien Broner is reportedly set to return to the ring on July 23 in Chicago, facing Omar Figueroa Jr in a Showtime main event, and Broner insists he’s taking the return seriously and aiming to become a champion again. Broner vs Figueroa was originally meant to happen in 2018, didn’t, and we’re getting it now,