Fighting

Eimantas Stanionis has emerged as a legitimate welterweight contender following his April 16 win over Radzhab Butaev, and his name is bouncing around for some possible noteworthy fights. One is Matchroom Boxing rising star Conor Benn. When asked about the fight, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn sort of downplayed it, giving Stanionis respect as a “really

With junior middleweight champions Brian Castano and Jermall Charlo set to duke it out once again in a May 14 Showtime main event, Castano held a media workout today and spoke about what it’s going to take to make a clear and decisive win following their split draw last summer. “I’m very happy to be

As revealed about a month back, newly crowned IBF junior lightweight champion Kenichi Ogawa will make his inaugural defense on June 4th when he faces Joe Cordina in Cardiff. Ogawa’s (26-1-1, 18 KO) first title reign was both brief and controversial, as he won the belt via questionable decision over Tevin Farmer and lost it

It’s Tuesday, so the latest episode of Prophets of Goom has arrived for its incredible fourth week here at Bad Left Hook, featuring John Hansen and myself, Scott Christ, looking back on a busy weekend in boxing, ahead to what’s coming, and more from the boxing world. This week, we’ll take that look forward to

Filip Hrgovic might just be the unluckiest man in boxing. After a lengthy effort to find a foe for an IBF final eliminator produced a clash with Zhang Zhilei on this Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol card, Keith Idec and Dan Rafael report that he’s withdrawn from the bout after losing his father. The

At this point it’s clear that there’s no other fight to be made at the top of the welterweight division other than an undisputed unification bout between titleholders Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. Everyone knows it’s pretty much boom or bust on that front, and Spence took some time to stir the pot on

Terence Crawford continues to push for his next fight to be against Errol Spence Jr, telling ESPN’s Mike Coppinger the bare truth of the matter as it stands now, that there is no longer a single reason they shouldn’t be fighting. Crawford also says that after he beats Spence, he plans a move up to

Jake Paul has announced that he will return to the ring on August 13, the announcement coming fresh off of his co-promoter role for Saturday night’s historic Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano fight. Paul (4-0, 3 KO) last fought in December, taking part in five-plus rounds of a deadly dull rematch with faded former UFC

Shakur Stevenson is pretty clearly a great boxing talent, and he showed that again on Saturday night, dominating Oscar Valdez — even toying with him at times — to unify the WBO and WBC junior lightweight titles in a wide decision win. Even more than just having the talent, Stevenson (18-0, 9 KO) has the

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano put on not just a fight, but a big boxing event for the ages tonight, with Taylor beating Serrano by split decision over 10 rounds in an instant Madison Square Garden classic. Taylor won on two cards of 96-93 and 97-93, with the third judge seeing it 96-94 for Serrano.

Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano is finally here, with the main event headlining tonight on DAZN from Madison Square Garden, fighting for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship in an historic night for women’s boxing and boxing in general. We’ll have live coverage beginning at 4:30 pm ET for the prelims and then continuing at 7:30 pm

Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson are set to unify a pair of junior lightweight titles tonight, as the two unbeaten titlists headline an ESPN card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We’ll have live updates for all three fights on the main card, which starts at 10 pm ET, and round-by-round for the main

A Federal Circuit Court denied Triller’s motion to dismiss design patent and copyright infringement claims in an ongoing lawsuit over triangle-shaped fighting rings. BYB Extreme Fighting Series and Lights Out Productions filed a civil suit against Triller in November of 2021, claiming that Triller’s Triad Combat concept was an unauthorized and unlawful use of their

During the final press conference for tomorrow’s big women’s fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, their respective promoters Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul fielded some media questions about the fight before some questions were posed about Paul’s future in boxing. Paul, who has cited world title aspirations, was promptly shut down by Hearn who

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will take to the scales today, one day out from their undisputed lightweight championship fight in the main event at Madison Square Garden. We’ll be here with the streaming video at 1 pm ET, plus updates as soon as the weights come in, live in this stream: Taylor (20-0, 6

Canelo Alvarez is set to return to action on Saturday, May 7, when he’ll face WBA light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol, looking to add to his collection of belts which currently includes his undisputed championship at super middleweight. Canelo has also been called out in recent months by UFC champion Kamaru Usman, and has engaged

DAZN have been in the boxing business mainly since late 2018, when the company hit the US market and quickly scooped up some major properties when HBO left the scene, and EVP Joe Markowski has had a lot to learn over that time. Markowski spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about DAZN’s strategies,

With David Lemieux set for his May 21 Showtime main event against David Benavidez, he spoke to the media during a virtual press conference about this shot to invigorate his career and get some momentum going. “I’m expecting a great fight. David Benavídez is a very tough fighter,” Lemieux said. “We’ve been watching him for