Fighting

If you were looking for last-minute betting advice from Claressa Shields for tonight’s Super Bowl matchup between the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, great news! “The Chiefs are the reigning champs and Patrick Mahomes has been amazing, but there is only one GOAT,” said Shields. “Tom Brady has a history of

Paige VanZant and Britain Hart left last night’s BKFC KnuckleMania event at very different positions than they had entering their main event fight, and both are setting goals going forward. Hart scored a minor upset over VanZant, the former UFC star who was making her bare knuckle boxing debut, and now says she’s going to

As disappointing as it is that the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano showdown never came off as expected, Serrano (39-1-1, 29 KO) will be back in the ring next month as she’s scheduled to face Daniela Bermudez (29-3-3, 10 KO) in a scheduled 10-rounder from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The fight will air on NBCSN’s “Ring City

For the fourth time, MTK Global have scheduled Karim Guerfi vs Lee McGregor for Guerfi’s European bantamweight title, with the bout now set for Friday, Mar. 19. ESPN+ will stream the event. Guerfi-McGregor was first set for Nov. 11 of last year, but McGregor tested positive for COVID. The fight was moved to Jan. 22,

Following her minor upset loss to Britain Hart at BKFC KnuckleMania, Paige VanZant took to social media after skipping any post-fight interview in the ring. VanZant, 26, lost a decision on clear scores of 49-46 from all three judges. It was the former UFC fighter’s first bout in bare knuckle boxing, and was heavily promoted

Which fight is closer to being made: the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua heavyweight super-fight, or the mandated Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos Jr lightweight title bout? That was my query for Bob Arum, the Top Rank promoter behind Fury and Lopez. “For the Teofimo fight, we’re going to purse bid,” Arum told Bad Left

Boxing is starting to pick up the pace again, and with that, everyone in the game is getting busier, Eddie Hearn no exception. After boxing was shut down again in the United Kingdom for January, Matchroom will get their first 2021 show out on Saturday, Feb. 13, with Josh Warrington headlining against Mauricio Lara on

The sport of boxing just might avoid shooting itself in the foot for once as some good news means we won’t have two of the most significant fights going head-to-head on the same night. An undisputed junior welterweight title unification between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez had been penned for May 8th, but that’s also

With Josh Warrington recently vacating the IBF featherweight title, the 126-pound division has a world title vacancy, and it will be filled — as originally expected — by a fight between top-rated contenders Kid Galahad and Jazza Dickens. It figured to be an easy enough fight to make, and it seems it will be. Dan

Some of Japan’s finest current and former fighters will lace up the gloves to raise money for the country’s medical workers on February 11th. Earlier today, a press conference revealed the exhibition lineup for LEGEND, which features a number of major figures in Japanese combat sports. The six fight roster: Reigning WBA “super” light flyweight

Top tier boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made his usual weekly drop-in on the Ak and Barak program on SiriusXM, and as he’s currently working with superstar Canelo Alvarez on a two-fight deal — Feb. 27 against Avni Yildirim and a May 8 target date for Billy Joe Saunders — he had some thoughts on Canelo’s

The always outspoken Jermell Charlo just recently took to Instagram Live to voice his opinion on a number of topics — most notably about Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather, and the IBF never sending him his world title belt. During this rant Charlo claims he’s KO both Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather (if they fought him

Well, it seems like things are snowballing at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. After canceling the 2020 induction ceremony due to COVID, they’ve now done the same this year. The Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 will be inducted over the span of four days in June of 2022. The International Boxing Hall of

Well, it looks like we might be getting the worst-case scenario. Mike Coppinger reports that Canelo Alvarez’s planned unification clash with Billy Joe Saunders, previously targeted for either May 1st or May 8th due to Cinco de Mayo landing on a Wednesday, is “slated” to land on the 8th, seemingly putting it in direct conflict

Caleb Plant retained his IBF super middleweight title Saturday against Caleb Truax, and now has a potential fight with WBC/WBA titleholder Canelo Alvarez — who would, in the scenario, also have the WBO title by then, making it an undisputed title fight at 168 pounds — in his sights for later this year. Plant (21-0,

Marc Castro won’t be the only elite amateur on the February 27th Canelo Alvarez-Avni Yildirim undercard. Matchroom announced today that Keyshawn Davis, previously considered one of America’s best hopes for gold at the Tokyo Games, will make his professional debut that evening. The 21-year-old Davis, ranked as BoxRec’s #2 amateur super lightweight behind longtime rival

David Avanesyan and Josh Kelly have had over two years of some back-and-forth talk, ever since a scheduled Dec. 2018 fight between the two was scrapped at the last minute when Kelly pulled out, claiming illness the day of the fight. Now, the two are finally scheduled to meet again on Saturday, Feb. 20, headlining

Friday, Feb. 5 FITE PPV, 9:00 pm ET, BKFC KnuckleMania. BKFC are back with a card they are really banking on kicking up some interest, featuring the bare knuckle debut of former UFC darling Paige VanZant in the main event against Britain Hart, plus what could be a fantastic action fight between lightweight champ Johnny