Fighting

Canelo Alvarez appears set to take a two-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing and DAZN, which will bring pay-per-view to the streaming service for the first time. Mike Coppinger told ESPN’s State of Boxing that Canelo has agreed to the deal and Dmitry Bivol has signed a contract for a May 7 light heavyweight title bout,

The Canelo Sweepstakes is heating up. Dan Rafael reports that Premier Boxing Champions, which initially offered the Mexican superstar a one-fight deal to face Jermall Charlo in May, has now added a September clash with David Benavidez with an overall payout that “approaches nine figures.” News broke last week that Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KO) was

Gennadiy Golovkin is back in training camp, and is promising “BIG things” for 2022, starting with a rescheduled middleweight title unification with Ryota Murata likely for April. Golovkin Tweeted that he’s hoping to have a date for that fight soon. Golovkin vs Murata was meant to happen on New Year’s Eve in Japan but was

Still a thing, unfortunately. Yvon Michel revealed yesterday that WBC bridgerweight champion Oscar Rivas’ inaugural title defense against mandatory challenger Evgeny Romanov will take place this coming June in either Montreal or Colombia. DERNIÈRE HEURE: GYM obtient les droits d’organisation du combat Rivas-Romanov Le tout premier champion @WBCBoxing Bridgerweight Oscar Rivas (28-1, 19 KO) affrontera

Richard Riakporhe and Fabio Turchi will look to take a big step toward a possible world title fight when the cruiserweights meet in a Sky Sports main event on March 26 in London. Riakporhe (13-0, 9 KO) and Turchi (20-1, 14 KO) can get into good position with the WBC with a win in the

George Kambosos Jr.’s inaugural title defense as undisputed-ish lightweight champion will come slightly later than expected. Mike Coppinger reports that the bout will take place on June 5th at Melbourne, Australia’s Marvel Stadium. Coppinger names Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney as potential foes, but notes that Lomachenko is “the clear front-runner.” Considering what we’ve heard

One month after ordering #3 welterweight Jaron Ennis to face #6 Custio Clayton in a final eliminator, the IBF has scheduled a March 1st purse bid. Per its regulations, Ennis will be the beneficiary of a 60/40 split. “Boots” (28-0, 26 KO) further proved his bona fides in 2021 with crushing knockouts of Sergey Lipinets

Various Aussie sources revealed this past weekend that former Olympian Jai Opetaia will challenge IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis on April 6th, potentially in Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, [or] Newcastle.” The 37-year-old Briedis (28-1, 20 KO), the consensus #1 cruiser in the game, ended a 13-month layoff last October by mauling Artur Mann in three.

Chris Colbert will have to fight one more WBA eliminator, as he’ll face Hector Luis Garcia in a Feb. 26 Showtime main event. Colbert was originally slated to face WBA 130 lb titleholder Roger Gutierrez on that date, but Gutierrez recently withdrew due to COVID. Colbert (16-0, 6 KO) is a rising contender in the

As undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor gets ready to make a title defense against Jack Catterall in his next outing, Taylor catches up with Max Kellerman to discuss the fight and where he sees his career going from there. Check out what Taylor had to say on these topics below. Taylor on what he

George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney seem like natural opponents at this stage of their careers, with whatever dispute there is in anyone’s undisputed claim easily put to bed if the two simply fight one another and find out who wins. But Kambosos has said DAZN don’t believe in the fight, which Matchroom Boxing promoter

ESPN+, 8:00 am ET, Khan vs Brook press conference. The words will be harsh, one figures! Maybe some shoving or the like! Bad Left Hook will have live coverage. ESPN+, 8:00 am ET, Khan vs Brook weigh-in. I assume there will be some bogus scuffling here if there wasn’t Thursday, or maybe both! So we’ll

Middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo was taken into custody yesterday by local police in Texas after being charged with assaulting a family/household member after already having a previous conviction. Charlo was arrested around 1:30 p.m. by Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and was being held on $10,000 bail. TMZ reports that Charlo allegedly punched or grabbed

John Ryder’s win over Daniel Jacobs won’t go down without any controversy or debate, but in the end, he got the split decision in their WBA super middleweight eliminator in a strangely compelling fight that looked one-sided early but became a lot more interesting in the middle rounds. Ryder (31-5, 17 KO) won two cards

Lightweight Ryan Garcia has make a sudden but perhaps not-all-so surprising change in his team as he’s announced that he’ll be parting ways with lead trainer Eddy Reynoso and enlisting Joe Goosen in his place as he’ll move his training camp to his own gym in San Diego. Garcia is scheduled to make his return

Our live coverage will begin at 2 pm ET. We’ll have fight-by-fight updates, results, and highlights, including round-by-round for the main event: Along with Jacobs vs Ryder, the main card features returns for Matchroom prospects Johnny Fisher, Ellie Scotney, and Austin Williams, plus middleweight contender Felix Cash coming back and looking to move toward a

After recent reports surfaced indicating that Canelo Alvarez may be nearing a fight against Dmitry Bivol for his next outing, David Benavidez took a moment to give his take on that potential fight. When the fight was first seriously mentioned there weren’t many who appreciated my appraisal of Bivol’s style going against someone like Canelo,

The last time Bad Left Hook caught up with Vergil Ortiz Jr, he said he doesn’t want to waste any time. The 23 year old welterweight is at or near the top of the rankings for every major sanctioning body after piling up knockouts in every one of his 18 professional fights. Next month, he’ll