Happy New Year, boxing fans. It’s the first day of 2021, and many of you have probably spent the day staring up at a screen, figuring out what food to order that will be best at quelling the rumbling in your stomach, which is there to tell you to next time not have that seventh
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Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell are set for Saturday’s main event on DAZN (Jan. 2, 3 pm ET), and most of tomorrow’s card from Dallas is also good to go after today’s weigh-in event. Garcia (20-0, 17 KO) and Campbell (20-3, 16 KO) both came in at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds, and both
Today at 2 pm ET from Texas, Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell will hit the scales for their Saturday DAZN (3 pm ET) main event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, and we’ll be here with a live stream (video up top) and results from the weigh-in show. Garcia (20-0, 17 KO) is taking
Sorry, Eddie. It’s looking increasingly likely that Gennadiy Golovkin’s next title defense will see him take on former super welterweight champ Jaime Munguia. Zanfer’s Fernando Beltran told ESPN yesterday that the fight, which is currently in the negotiation stage, was “very possible,” while Oscar De La Hoya calls the talks “promising.” I’m just going to
The strong tradition of New Year’s Eve boxing in Japan continued in 2020, with a fantastic main event that saw Kazuto Ioka stop Kosei Tanaka in the eighth round to retain the WBO 115-pound title. Ioka (26-2, 15 KO) became Japan’s first-ever four-division titlist when he won the then-vacant WBO junior bantamweight belt in 2019,
Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka are set to clash in a big fight in New Year’s Eve tradition from Tokyo this morning, with the full card set to begin at 3 am ET, and the main event slated to begin around 4 am ET. Bad Left Hook will be here with fight results as they
Having thoroughly destroyed mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta earlier this month, IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin has some freedom when it comes to choosing his next opponent. Eddie Hearn shared a proposal with Sirius XM’s Ak & Barak: WBO champion Demetrius Andrade. “Boo Boo,” who hasn’t fought since January thanks to COVID scrapping a November clash
During this conversation with Fight Hype, Ryan Garcia talks about his January 2nd fight against Luke Campbell, clearly confident that he’s going to win as he sets his sights on a Gervonta Davis fight, which he says he wants next. “Lookout for the call out after I beat Luke Campbell,” Garcia said. “Fuck Devin Haney,
Thursday, Dec. 31 TBS (Japan), 3:00 am ET, Kazuto Ioka vs Kosei Tanaka. There are various ways to see this, and Patrick set up a handy guide for Americans in particular to watch the fight. If you’re in the UK, BoxNation have you covered. If you’re in Latin America, the fight will be on ESPN
One of England’s best amateur heavyweights has joined forces with one of the country’s top promoters ahead of his planned professional career. Matchroom Boxing today announced the acquisition of 2017 national champion and World Series of Boxing veteran Solomon Dacres. “I turned over with my management team S-JAM Boxing and we were looking at getting
Pray you never have reason to hate something as ferociously as the universe hates Artur Beterbiev. The unified light heavyweight champ’s January 30th title defense against Adam Deines is off after Beterbiev tested positive for COVID. Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KO), whose career has been thoroughly plagued with inactivity, hasn’t seen action since overpowering Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Pray you never have reason to hate something as ferociously as the universe hates Artur Beterbiev. The unified light heavyweight champ’s January 30th title defense against Adam Deines is off after Beterbiev tested positive for COVID. Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KO), whose career has been thoroughly plagued with inactivity, hasn’t seen action since overpowering Oleksandr Gvozdyk
When Joe Joyce knocked out Daniel Dubois on Nov. 28 in London, the WBO heavyweight rankings shifted, with Joyce vaulting up from No. 11 to replace Dubois at No. 2, just behind No. 1 man Oleksandr Usyk, who is the official mandatory challenger. But the WBO heavyweight title is of greater than normal interest at
Saturday, Jan. 2 DAZN, 3:00 pm ET, Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell, Rene Alvarado vs Roger Gutierrez, Felix Alvarado vs DeeJay Kriel. The one and only televised card for the week in the U.S., and the last we’ll have until Jan. 20 unless someone swoops in picking something up before then. This is traditionally a
During this interview with Fight Hype, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn shares his thoughts on YouTube and exhibition fights taking center stage as of late with some of boxing’s best fight yet to be made. Check out what he had to say on the topic below… Hearn on Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul: “I think (these
Fresh off of his Dec. 19 win over Callum Smith, Canelo Alvarez doesn’t appear to be looking to waste much time, as he’s reportedly planning a Feb. 27 return in Guadalajara, Mexico, against WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim. Canelo (54-1-2, 36 KO) dominated Smith and took little punishment last weekend. That came after he sat
PBC delivered another predictable mismatch in a FOX main event tonight, wrapping up a 2020 filled with them on what is the sport’s biggest platform, as David Morrell Jr thrashed Mike Gavronski en route to a third round stoppage. Morrell (4-0, 3 KO) missed the 168-pound limit at Friday’s weigh-in so this was changed to
This evening beginning at 6 pm ET with prelims on FS1 and continuing at 8 pm ET with the main card on FOX, Premier Boxing Champions wrap up their 2020 and the major U.S. boxing schedule of 2020 with fights from Los Angeles, headlined by David O. Morrell Jr against Mike Gavronski in the main