Fighting

Bernard Hopkins is no longer involved in promoting Canelo Alvarez, but he’s still clearly a big fan of the Mexican superstar, and is picking Canelo to stop Gennadiy Golovkin when those two rivals meet for a third time on Sept. 17. “I think there’s going to be more blows coming from both sides. I’m picking

Vergil Ortiz Jr kept his unbeaten record and stoppage streak intact, putting a game but over-matched Michael McKinson away early in the ninth round tonight in Fort Worth, Tex. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KO) just had too much for McKinson (22-1, 2 KO), whose total lack of power pretty well doomed him, even though he showed

ESPN+ and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Lopez vs Campa press conference. ESPN2, 3:30 pm ET, Lopez vs Campa weigh-in. They’re doing a “Max on Boxing” live special for the weigh-in. They’re treating Teofimo Lopez’s return as a big deal. There’s also an ESPN+ stream starting at 4 ET for the undercard weigh-ins. ESPN+, 6:30

VERGIL ORTIZ JR Opening remarks: First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone for being here. I didn’t like my performance. I’m not going to lie, I was not pleased with it at all. It’s probably the worst one I’ve had so far. But, we only get better. It’s just a

Floyd Schofield TKO-6 Rodrigo Guerrero Floyd Schofield put on a dominant performance against Rodriguo Guerrero, knocking him down twice and pummeling him with vicious combinations in every round on his way to a 6th round stoppage. Schofield (11-0, 9 KO) is young, only 19 years old, but ran through his first 10 pro fights in

Tonight was supposed to be the return of Jake Paul to a boxing ring, but his fight with Hasim Rahman Jr was canceled, wrapping up the dumbest couple months of absolute nonsense you’ll ever see in boxing, a sport that specializes in dumb nonsense. But Paul’s team say that he will “directly” pay 50 percent

Michael Conlan will make his return today in Belfast, returning home as he looks to rebound from his scary knockout loss to Leigh Wood in March. Live coverage will start at 2 pm ET on ESPN+ in the United States. FITE TV will have coverage in the United Kingdom and other territories, and you can

Vergil Ortiz Jr and Michael McKinson are officially set for Saturday night’s DAZN main event, a 12 round WBA eliminator from Fort Worth, Texas. Ortiz (18-0, 18 KO), came in at 146.6, while McKinson (22-0, 2 KO) was slightly heavier at 146.8. Ortiz didn’t look fatigued or drained, which may quiet concerns over his ability

Nonito Donaire has been pretty quiet since his June loss to Naoya Inoue, where he got caught and stopped in the second round of a three-belt bantamweight unification in Japan, but the 40-year-old Filipino legend is now speaking up again. And no, he doesn’t plan to retire. Instead, he’s yet again looking to do something

ShoBox is back once again to offer some Friday night violence. The next broadcast, a tripleheader from Atlantic City, airs on September 9th and features a super lightweight main event pitting Shinard Bunch against unbeaten Hugo Alberto Roldan. Trenton’s Bunch (19-1-1, 15 KO), unbeaten since falling to Paul Kroll in his third pro fight, fought

PBC announced a pair of solid matchups yesterday that will lead into their September 4th Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz show. Joey Spencer faces Kevin Salgado on FOX, while Ra’eese Aleem meets Mike Plania immediately beforehand on FS1. Spencer (15-0, 10 KO) vs Salgado (14-0-1, 9 KO) is a really nice clash of young,

The ongoing Leo Santa Cruz vs Leigh Wood saga looks to have a firm deadline, as the WBA has scheduled a purse bid for August 12th with a $150,000 minimum. There is, however, a major hurdle: the 75/25 split in Santa Cruz’s (38-2-1, 19 KO) favor, which he gets by virtue of being the “super”

Ahead of their scheduled September 10 clash at London’s O2 arena, Claressa Shields talks to Sky Sports about her impending matchup against a rival who beat her in the in amateurs. This, however, is the professional ranks, and Shields says that difference in mentality gives her the edge over Marshall. “Her first weakness is underestimating

During a video interview with Lance Pugmire, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum chats about whether or not Tyson Fury is truly retired, with Arum saying he’s confident Fury is just waiting on the outcome of Oleksandr Usyk’s upcoming rematch with Anthony Joshua. Once that business is taken care of, Arum says he’ll have a serious

Today welterweights Vergil Ortiz and Michael McKinson held a virtual press conference to talk about this weekend’s main event fight. Here, Ortiz will be coming off a full year layoff as one of boxing’s most hyped prospects and talks about his expectations for the bout and the things he’s trying to keep in perspective. Check

Regis Prograis has an order to face Jose Zepeda for the vacant WBC junior welterweight title, and the 33-year-old “Rougarou” is happy to be back in a position he believes he deserves, fighting at top level. The deal isn’t done yet, with the sides having until Aug. 30 to make one before it goes to

It’s Tuesday, so it’s podcast day with a new episode of Prophets of Goom here at Bad Left Hook! TALKING POINTS: Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr both look bad right now, Danny Garcia’s 154 lb debut and what comes next, Vergil Ortiz Jr and Michael Conlan set to return, more! A quick rundown of

The big reveals in Eddie Hearn’s 30-minute Instagram Q&A this morning tended towards the “more info very soon” side of things, but a handful of concrete details snuck through, namely his confirmation that Joe Cordina and Josh Warrington would face their IBF mandatory challengers in “October/November” of this year. IBF mandatories can charitably be described