Fighting

Hard-hitting super middleweight Edgar Berlanga will be out of action for the foreseeable future as the prospect just underwent surgery to repair a torn biceps in his left arm, which is expected to keep him sidelined for at least the next three months as his manager, Keith Connolly, tells ESPN. Berlanga injured his arm during

Canelo Alvarez is just a couple of weeks and change away from his return, as he faces Caleb Plant to crown the first-ever four-belt undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history. Alvarez, 31, is a heavy betting favorite, and believes as many do that his experience in fights of this level will be a big

Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz announced in May that one of his top prospects, Sebastian Fundora, had signed to face former European champion Sergio Garcia in what was likely a WBC super welterweight eliminator. Two months later, various sources claimed the fight would take place August 21st as part of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugas undercard.

Word dropped this morning that heavyweight Dillian Whyte is out of his scheduled bout against Otto Wallin on Oct. 30, just as Wallin was set to fly to England to get acclimated for the clash. Wallin promoter Dmitry Salita spoke to Bad Left Hook this morning about the development. “Sounds like Whyte is injured,” he

Otto Wallin is in a big club of fighters who thought they’d booked fights, only to see the matchup fizzle out. Heavyweight Wallin (22-1, 14 KO) said he’s stayed true to his personality and didn’t allow any frustration to boil over. So he stayed close to ready when a battle against Luis Ortiz didn’t materialize,

We knew it was coming, but now we have the deets. WBA “world” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is officially set to defend his title against former interim champion Rolando Romero atop a December 5th Showtime PPV at Staples Center. Tickets go on sale this coming Thursday (Oct. 21st). This digital-turned-analog grudge match came about thanks

Ryan Garcia underwent surgery on his hand today, and called it a “massive success.” The hand injury scrapped plans for the 23-year-old Garcia to face Joseph Diaz Jr on Nov. 27 on DAZN, a date the streaming service is now expected to fill with Matchroom’s Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos Jr event. Meanwhile, Diaz (32-1-1,

David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui will headline on Showtime on November 13, one week after the Showtime pay-per-view return for Canelo Alvarez, who faces Caleb Plant for the undisputed super middleweight championship. Both Benavidez and Uzcategui want the Canelo-Plant winner, of course, and more than that, they feel the winner of their fight deserves the

Alen Babic (8-0, 8 KO) will remain on the undercard of the heavyweight showdown between Dillian Whyte and Otto Wallin after his previously scheduled opponent, Lucas Browne, was forced to withdraw due to travel restrictions. He is now set to square off veteran Texan Eric Molina (28-7, 20 KO). Molina has fought and been stopped

ESPN+, 8:00 pm ET, Oscar Rivas vs Ryan Rozicki. History will be mad, folks! The WBC’s “bridgerweight” championship is on the line between a veteran second-tier heavyweight and the man deemed by BoxRec to currently be the world’s 43rd best cruiserweight. Nobody other than the WBC are taking “bridgerweight” seriously, and with Oleksandr Usyk so

Mairis Briedis made short work of Artur Mann on Saturday, as expected, and the IBF cruiserweight titleholder says he’s ready to unify with WBO titleholder Lawrence Okolie. Briedis (28-1, 20 KO) is still largely considered the top cruiserweight in the sport at 36, and for good reason. He remains the fighter who gave the toughest

Boxing had a mildly quiet but really quite eventful weekend, with a couple of notable upsets, a world title changing hands, and some fights being set up that could be of real interest. Emanuel Navarrete Navarrete’s win over Joet Gonzalez was a gritty one, a solid WBO featherweight title defense, and though ESPN’s Mark Kriegel

Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney combined hold all of the belts at lightweight — however you choose to look at the WBC situation — and the two were both in Fresno tonight at Matchroom’s Mikey Garcia-Sandor Martin event. Earlier in the evening, Haney and promoter Eddie Hearn made a bold challenge for Joseph Diaz Jr

During an interview captured by Fight Hype, boxing analyst Timothy Bradley shares his thoughts on the welterweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. Bradley explains here why he thinks this fight is a 50/50 matchup that could go either way despite most of the public expecting Crawford to come out on top. Check

Emanuel Navarrete had to work damn hard to do it, but he retained his WBO featherweight title with a decision win over Joet Gonzalez in tonight’s ESPN+ main event from San Diego. Navarrete won on scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 118-110. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 116-112 for Navarrete, and while some of the

Emanuel Navarrete returns to the ring tonight to defend his WBO featherweight title against Joet Gonzalez, and Bad Left Hook will be here with full coverage starting at 8:30 pm ET. You can watch along on ESPN+. All live updates including round-by-round for the main event will come in this stream: Navarrete, a two-division world

Let’s give Rolando Romero some credit here, he’s making the most of this upcoming opportunity against Gervonta Davis to have lots of fun in the build-up, let’s just hope he’s putting in just as much work inside the gym as well. Here we’ve got a clip of Romero putting on a show for the cameras,

During today’s press conference for this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Sandor Martin card, Eddie Hearn revealed that he’s signed unbeaten super lightweight prospect Montana Love, who will make his Matchroom debut in December on either a Devin Haney or Teofimo Lopez card. “I’m very excited, definitely happy to be part of the team,” said Love.