Fighting

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Timothy Bradley Jr are both in the news this week, with Davis having a press conference for his Jan. 7 Showtime PPV main event against Hector Luis Garcia, and Bradley being elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley, who won world titles at 140 and 147 and had a

Hey, it’s December! Actually, it has been for a week, so this is a bit later than it’ll normally be, but the holidays are quite a time, folks, I tell you what. Anyway, on with the show! The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson. The total results for Dec.

Terence Crawford returns to action this Saturday night on pay-per-view, facing David Avanesyan in another defense of his WBO welterweight title. Crawford will be back home in Omaha, Neb., for this fight, which is a gamble on the side of BLK Prime, the company putting major money behind this independent pay-per-view effort. There’s also no

The Reno Gazette Journal reports that Mills Lane, one of boxing’s most legendary third men, died earlier this morning at the age of 85. Per son Tommy, Lane “was comfortable and he was surrounded by his family” in hospice care. He had previously suffered a stroke in 2022. Lane, who went 10-1 (6 KO) as

Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza took some time to chat with our friends at Fight Hub TV following the official press conference for Gervonta Davis vs Hector Garcia. Espinoza would discuss his feelings about Davis’ upcoming match with a much bigger one against Ryan Garcia to come, and expresses his enthusiasm for putting together what he

Boxing fans concerned that BLK Prime spent their entire budget on Terence Crawford’s $10 Million guaranteed purse need not worry any longer. There’s still enough money in the budget for name-brand microphone stands. Specifically, boxing broadcast veterans Todd Grisham, Paulie Malignaggi, Antonio Tarver, and Zab Judah. Grisham will handle play-by-play, a job he’s very familiar

Showtime officially confirmed its Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Hector Garcia-led pay-per-view on January 7th earlier today, and details of the undercard have also leaked ahead of today’s press conference. Jaron Ennis battles Karen Chukhadzhian for the interim IBF welterweight title in the co-feature, while Rashidi Ellis battles Roiman Villa and Demetrius Andrade returns against Demond

Mike Tyson was an enigma that could snatch another man’s confidence through a television screen. “The Baddest Man on the Planet” was mean. When you saw “Iron Mike” in the ring, as the announcers introduced him, you knew he was a gladiator who was not headhunting, but hearthunting. A product of famed trainer Cus D’Amato,

Ryan Garcia has responded to Gervonta “Tank” Davis saying that Garcia is “definitely on something” after seeing a recent photo, and also Davis’ claim that Garcia’s team turned down early VADA testing for their planned April 2023 fight. As you’d expect, Garcia denies being “on something,” and also says Davis’ team in fact never asked

DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Warrington vs Lopez press conference. ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Lopez vs Martin press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Warrington vs Lopez weigh-in. ESPN+ and Social Media, 12:00 pm ET, Lopez vs Martin weigh-in. They’ll also have “Max on Boxing” weigh-in specials on

Juan Francisco Estrada and Chocolatito Gonzalez lived up to their rivalry’s legend in tonight’s rubber match, with Estrada nicking a majority decision win to take the vacant WBC junior bantamweight title. Estrada won on two cards of 115-113 and 116-112, with the third even at 114-114. Bad Left Hook’s two unofficial cards were 114-114 and

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis wasn’t kidding when he says he’s got smoke for everybody. Tank openly lashed out on Twitter today, in a series of since-deleted posts where he basically accused Ryan Garcia of doping before going off on DAZN and Eddie Hearn for sweeping these sort of issues under the rug. As mentioned, Tank would

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez meet for a third time tonight in Arizona, with the vacant WBC junior bantamweight title on the line between the great rivals. The main card will kick off at 8 pm ET on DAZN, with prelims starting at 5 pm ET. You can scroll down a bit to

Jaime Munguia’s freefall into irrelevance looks to continue apace, as he tells ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez that he’s turned down the WBO’s recent order to challenge Janibek Alimkhanuly for their middleweight title. The sanctioning body has yet to reveal who will get the call in his stead. Chris Eubank Jr sits at no. 2 in their

Derek Chisora is known for his brash persona, but had a much more humble presence during the final press conference for this weekend’s fight with Tyson Fury. Chisora plainly tells the public that he doesn’t have it in him to try to bash Tyson Fury with mean words in the build up to this fight

We’ve got TWO (2) trilogy (3) fights this weekend, with Juan Francisco Estrada facing Chocolatito Gonzalez in a highly-anticipated third bout, and also Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora. Who wins? Juan Francisco Estrada vs Chocolatito Gonzalez Scott Christ (84-37) I think Ol’ Choc will be the hot pick for most here, largely on two factors:

Regis Prograis says things are “squared away” after Tweeting yesterday that his fight purse check bounced following last Saturday’s win over Jose Zepeda, thanking the promoters of the fight for getting things figured out in quick fashion: “I know there’s been a lot of talk over the payday and all that stuff. I just want

A light flyweight unification bout between WBC champ Kim Clavel and WBA champ Jessica Nery Plata in Laval, Canada, originally scheduled for tomorrow, fell through at the eleventh hour yesterday when Clavel caught the flu. The combatants won’t have to wait long, though, as Yvon Michel announced today that they’ll now square off on January