YouTube boxer Jake Paul is set to face former MMA standout Ben Askren in a boxing match on April 17, which will air on pay-per-view and does have some intrigue for what it is, the way a direct to video action movie can be kind of fun even if nobody’s going to confuse it for
Fighting
Boxing used to love its exhibitions. Exhibitions were used widely and smartly back in the day, like when Muhammad Ali was king of the world, the best known person on the planet, with people everywhere craving to see him in person. But he could and would book only so many fights. So to feed the
A week after initial reports that top welterweight prospect Jaron “Boots” Ennis would be facing former 140-pound titleholder Sergey Lipinets, it looks like we have a set date, as Mike Coppinger reports the bout will go ahead April 10 on Showtime. At the moment, there’s nothing otherwise scheduled for U.S. TV on April 10, other
Signs continue to point towards an undisputed heavyweight title fight on the horizon as ESPN reports that perhaps the biggest obstacle — Oleksandr Usyk being Anthony Joshua’s mandatory challenger — won’t be a problem as Usyk has gone forward with entertaining negotiations to face Joe Joyce for the WBO’s interim title. Adam Morallee, who’s part
Signs continue to point towards an undisputed heavyweight title fight on the horizon as ESPN reports that perhaps the biggest obstacle — Oleksandr Usyk being Anthony Joshua’s mandatory challenger — won’t be a problem as Usyk has gone forward with entertaining negotiations to face Joe Joyce for the WBO’s interim title. Adam Morallee, who’s part
After a thoroughly frustrating 2020, flyweight mauler Julio Cesar Martinez will return to action in a major spotlight. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that “Rey” will defend his WBC title against mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo on the February 27th Canelo Alvarez-Avni Yildirim DAZN show. As mentioned when the WBC ordered it last week, Martinez (17-1, 13
There is increasing smoke around the idea of a Manny Pacquiao vs Ryan Garcia fight. Last Tuesday, Garcia was a guest on “Jalen & Jacoby” and the idea was brought up. Garcia didn’t say Pacquiao’s name, but didn’t deny it when asked directly, after he said he might not fight Gervonta Davis next, as he
Friday, Jan. 29 DonKing.com, TBD, “Return to Greatness”. Don King is promoting a card behind a $19.95 PPV paywall, which would be one thing, except (1) it’s totally up in the air whether or not this actually happens right now, and (2) the web site the card is supposed to stream through pings as a
Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez are not sworn enemies, there’s no huge grudge angle to sell their Feb. 20 ESPN main event. It’s just a good fight people want to see, one that could very well be an absolute war. And Berchelt, despite his friendship with his Mexican countryman, says he’s not going to show
We haven’t heard much from the inimitable, indefatigable, indomitable Don King lately, save for a press release sent from his office which had The Don lobbying for votes for his guy Donald Trump on Nov. 3. That push didn’t get Trump over the finish line. We don’t know what King, now 89, thinks of Trump’s
Tonight at 9 pm ET on Showtime, we’ve got a tripleheader led by a 122-pound WBO title fight between Angelo Leo and Stephen Fulton Jr. Bad Left Hook will be here with for round by round updates on each fight, with Wil Esco on the RBR call. Leo and Fulton were originally meant to meet
Former two-division champion and pound-for-pound king and newly-announced Hall of Famer Andre Ward has been out of the ring since 2017, when he retired at the age of 33 with an undefeated record of 32-0 (16 KO). Now a month out from his 37th birthday, Ward has stuck to the decision, working as an analyst
Back with a new year makeover, Mikey Garcia comes out guns blazing when talking about the prospect of him ever working with Bob Arum and his Top Rank promotions company ever again. Check out what he had to say about his former promoter during this live stream with his fans… “Will I ever work with
We’re back! We’ve had no staff picks since the Garcia-Campbell fight that kicked off 2021, which didn’t get the year going well for three of the four of us. The other one, of course, was proven an indisputable genius. Saturday night on Showtime (Jan. 23, 9 pm ET) we’ve got a 122-pound world title main
One of arguably the two best light flyweights in the world, WBA “super” champion Hiroto Kyoguchi, will reportedly make his U.S. debut in two months. Both Fernando Barbosa and Asian Boxing report that Kyoguchi will face 20-year-old former minimumweight title challenger Axel Aragon on March 13th as part of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez 2
Good news: Adrien Broner’s return to the ring won’t conflict with Joe Smith Jr. vs. Maxim Vlasov and Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on February 13th. Bad news: Dan Rafael reports it will now conflict with Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul and Miguel Berchelt vs. Oscar Valdez on February 20th. Broner (33-4-1, 24 KO)
The last time Eddie Hearn tried to finally put Amir Khan vs Kell Brook together, he wound up sorely disappointed. He watched as, after he carefully set up the bout for 2019, Khan instead opted to end a three-fight Matchroom Boxing deal by taking a WBO welterweight title shot against Terence Crawford, leaving Brook sidelined
A new year of Showtime boxing and the 20th anniversary year of ShoBox: The New Generation got going on Wednesday night from Connecticut, with Mykquan Williams taking a solid and clear decision over Yeis Solano in the 140-pound main event. Williams (16-0-1, 7 KO) was the promoted B-side, for what it’s worth — though that