Fighting

During a video interview with Fight Hype, welterweight contender Jaron Ennis talks about his upcoming interim title fight with Karen Chukhadzhian before going on to talk about his difficulties in securing the biggest names at welterweight. Ennis admits he may need to be more outspoken in order to force their hand, but believes his talent

Shakur Stevenson’s quest for dance partner for his WBC final eliminator continues. He revealed recently that he had his eyes on no. 5 George Kambosos Jr after no.2 Isaac Cruz and no. 4 William Zepeda turned him down, but took to Twitter last night to announce that Kambosos had also declined the order. Kambosos defended

Regis Prograis talks to Fight Hype about a number of topics, including an announced fight between Adrien Broner and Ivan Redkach. Prograis, who is obviously not blind, says he really has no idea about what weight Broner and Redkach could possibly meet consider the size of Broner at this current time. Prograis on Broner vs

Jermell Charlo is officially set to defend his undisputed 154 lb crown against Tim Tszyu on Saturday, Jan. 28, headlining a Showtime card from Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, and the 32-year-old champ is confident heading into the matchup, as you’d expect. “With every fight I step up to the plate to challenge myself,

Teofimo Lopez might be in his own head even worse than we thought. After Lopez’s split decision win over Sandor Martin over the weekend — a fight many thought he should’ve lost — Lopez doesn’t want anyone to see the chinks in his armor. In particular there was a moment captured by ESPN cameras where

In the aftermath of Teofimo Lopez’s split decision win over Sandor Martin, 140 lb titleholder Regis Prograis explains why he has no doubts that Teofimo Lopez is in over his head at this division, saying that he doesn’t think Lopez can beat any top fighter in the weight class. Check out some excerpts of what

Folks, it’s Tuesday. “Tuesday” means all kinds of things to all kinds of people. You’re past those old Monday blues, but you have not yet hit “hump day,” a very funny thing that people in your office might say. So what is Tuesday? Well for us, it’s podcast day. John and myself have plenty to

Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler meet in Tokyo for the undisputed bantamweight championship of the world, with Inoue putting up his three belts and Butler his one, as all four titles will go home with the winner. This is widely expected to be Inoue’s final fight at 118 lbs, as he struggled a bit to

Shakur Stevenson caught up with Marcos Villegas over the weekend and spoke a bit about what he’s got planned for his move to 135 lbs, mentioning that some of the names he’s been targeting have been flatly turning down offers to fight him. Check out some of what he had to say below. Stevenson on

Naoya Inoue has won world titles in three weight classes already, but he’s never gone undisputed. On Tuesday in Tokyo, he tries to change that, as he faces Paul Butler for all four major world titles in the bantamweight division. Inoue (23-0, 20 KO) is an enormous favorite, but can WBO titlist Butler (34-2, 15

The reported fight between Ryan Garcia and Mercito Gesta, meant as Garcia’s January tune-up for Gervonta Davis in April, is now reportedly signed for Jan. 28 in Phoenix, which could also mean Glendale, Ariz. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reports that both fighters have signed the contracts, and the fight will be at 140 lbs. Garcia plans

ESPN+, 2:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler. For undisputed! at 118 lbs, as Naoya Inoue brings his three belts and Paul Butler his one belt, and they’ll git-r-done, as Laurence Cable says. This doesn’t have quite the undercard of, say, Teraji vs Kyoguchi from earlier this year, but it’s not bad. Yoshiki Taikei

Luis Alberto Lopez took the IBF featherweight title from Josh Warrington, shocking the crowd in Leeds, England, when the majority decision scores were read in his favor. Lopez won the fight on tallies of 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113. Bad Left Hook unofficially scored the fight 114-114, with Warrington rallying down the stretch to even it

Teofimo Lopez is back on Heisman night and back in Madison Square Garden, taking on Sandor Martin in an ESPN and ESPN+ main event this evening. The main card is set to go live as soon as the Heisman Trophy presentation broadcast ends on ESPN, and there will be four fights, including three blue chip

Terence Crawford returns tonight for a hometown bout against David Avanesyan, where Crawford will defend the WBO welterweight title in Omaha, Neb. We’ll be here with LIVE coverage starting from 9 pm ET for the full pay-per-view card, which also includes Cris Cyborg in a definitely sanctioned boxing bout, plus Arnold Khegai vs Eduardo Baez,

Ilunga Junior Makabu will defend his WBC title against Noel Mikaelyan on Saturday, Jan. 21, headlining a Don King-promoted card at Casino Miami Jai-Alai. King has titled the card, “Let Freedom Ring! Clash of the Champions!” because he always has to name it something goofy and couldn’t settle on one thing. Makabu (29-2, 25 KO)

Terence Crawford will defend his WBO welterweight title on Saturday night against David Avanesyan, as the two meet in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, Neb., live on BLK Prime PPV. Bad Left Hook will be here on Saturday with live coverage of the show, so even if you’re not ponying up the $39.99 for the event

We’re coming down to the wire! Three of the four prediction combatants are right in the race to pull this thing out with just a handful of fights left to pick! Who will it be? Not me! But someone! Let’s get to this weekend’s picks. Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez Scott Christ (87-38) As