Fighting

The next WBC cruiserweight title fight will be an all-Africa affair. The sanctioning body announced that Don King Promotions and Titov Promotions have come to terms for Ilunga Makabu’s mandatory defense against Thabiso Mchunu, successfully avoiding a purse bid scheduled for tomorrow. The date and location will be announced “shortly,” though it’s best to remember

Back in 2012, Gabriel Rosado was a 26 year old on the verge of a title shot. He didn’t have a spotless record, a prospect pedigree, or even a promoter. What he did have was the fearlessness and tenacity that still define him as a fighter today. Since then, Rosado has survived a lot of

Troubling news out of London, where an apparent surge in property theft crimes against world champion boxers claimed a new victim: Chris Eubank Sr. The Evening Standard reports that the 55 year old former WBO middleweight and super-middleweight champ was mugged yesterday outside of a London bank. The mugger grabbed a Louis Vuitton clutch that

“The more fights, the better for me,” Mairis Briedis told Bad Left Hook this week ahead of his latest IBF cruiserweight title defence. “I am in the best shape of my career right now.” The 36-year-old is bullish in conversation. It’s three and a half years since he suffered the solitary blemish on his resume

After earning the rights to stage the bout during last month’s purse bid, Top Rank has officially announced that Artur Beterbiev will defend his WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles against Marcus Browne on December 17th in Montreal. Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KO), the most cursed man on the face of the Earth, finally got back

The bad news: it looks like we won’t be getting that Lee McGregor vs. Kash Farooq rematch. The good news: it’s because McGregor’s moving on to bigger things. D4G Boxing Promotions secured the rights to another eliminator today by winning the purse bid for McGregor’s IBF-ordered clash with Jason Moloney. D4G has not revealed a

Following his exciting knockout win over Deontay Wilder in this past weekend’s trilogy fight, Tyson Fury sat down to talk to reporters about his thoughts on the fight and explains how Wilder continued to demonstrate poor sportsmanship even after getting beat fairly once again. Check out some excerpts below. Fury on what he was thinking

Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no update on October 4. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Cruiserweight: (1) Mairis Briedis vs Artur Mann, Oct. 16 Middleweight: (6) Chris Eubank Jr vs Wanik Awdijan, Oct. 16 Welterweight: (8) Mikey Garcia vs Sandor Martin, Oct. 16 Featherweight: (2) Emanuel Navarrete vs Joet Gonzalez, Oct.

Dubai-based D4G Boxing Promotions has revealed a remarkably name-dense card for Friday, November 26th on ESPN+. The main event sees Ohara Davies challenge WBA “gold” super lightweight champion Ismael Barroso in a title eliminator, while Badou Jack makes his cruiserweight debut and Rocky Fielding returns to action earlier in the evening. “Two Tanks” Davis (22-2,

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight war for the ages on Saturday night, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum had, of course, one of the best seats in the house. The 89-year-old Arum was as amazed as anyone by what he saw take place in the fight, where Fury climbed off

Deontay Wilder definitely didn’t get the result he wanted on Saturday, as he was stopped in 11 rounds by Tyson Fury, but the epic heavyweight slugfest may have rehabbed his reputation, anyway, and given a new appreciation for the level of toughness and heart he has. Wilder did not take part in the post-fight press

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are done with their trilogy, settling things with an incredible heavyweight war on Saturday night, where Fury stopped Wilder in the 11th round to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight titles. So what’s next for the two heavyweight stars? One may have a pretty clear direction — he at

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight slugfest for the ages tonight in Las Vegas, with Fury coming off the canvas twice himself to stop Wilder in the 11th round. Wilder was down three times total in the fight, once in the third, once in the 10th, and then a final time in

Liam Smith emerged victorious in the Battle of Liverpool, stopping Anthony Fowler in the eighth round of their DAZN main event. Smith (30-3-1, 17 KO) had a tough start in this one, as Fowler (15-2, 12 KO) had pretty much the best round he’s ever had as a pro in the first here, starting sharp,

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are just hours away from their third and likely final fight, as the two heavyweight stars do battle once again tonight on pay-per-view. All updates, including round-by-round from Wil Esco for the four PPV bouts, will come in this stream: Fury and Wilder will of course be the night’s main

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are ready to go on Saturday night as the two meet for a third time in Las Vegas, so while we’ve got just over a full day to go before what both believe will be their final meeting, let’s take a look back on their first two bouts. Dec. 2018:

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will take to the scales today at 5 pm ET, with the event streaming live in the video up top. We’ll also have live updates in the comments section if you can’t stream live. The show will also be airing on ESPN2 and FS1 if you’re more of a traditional

After recently signing a number of noteworthy talents like Eimantas Stanionis and Badou Jack, Richard Schaefer’s new Probellum promotion has won its first purse bid. Their uncontested $105,000 bid has given them control of John Riel Casimero’s mandatory WBO bantamweight title defense against Paul Butler. Purse Bid Bantamweight Casimero/ButlerWinner: Probellum Amount: $105,000.00Fight to be held