Fighting

Jose Ramirez will not be taking a WBC title shot against Regis Prograis in his next fight, as ESPN.com reports that Ramirez has officially decided to pass on the opportunity, citing the WBC’s 65-35 purse bid split in the titleholder’s favor. Ramirez told Mike Coppinger that he was “disappointed” in the ruling, believing the fight

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya chats with Fight Hype and talks about his impression about Ryan Garcia declaring he wants to go right towards a fight with Gervonta Davis, no longer being interested in an interim tune-up bout first. Check out some of what De La Hoya had to say on the subject

Showtime’s final event of 2022 is also the final major U.S. boxing broadcast of the year, with Michel Rivera and Frank Martin meeting in a battle of unbeaten lightweights on Saturday night. Who wins the fight? Scott Christ (90-39) Love this matchup, love the risk both are taking, love that they’re not farting around with

Vincent Astrolabio promised promoter Manny Pacquiao a knockout as a gift for Pac-Man’s 44th birthday today, and he delivered on that, stopping Nikolai Potapov in the sixth round of a fairly one-sided fight to open tonight’s Showtime Championship Boxing broadcast. We’re still live with Rivera vs Martin coverage, so join us for the rest of

Frank Martin closed out 2022 with a dominant win over Michel Rivera tonight on Showtime, winning a clear decision over 12 rounds in a matchup that was never really in doubt. Martin took the fight on unanimous decision scores of 117-110, 118-109, and 120-107. Bad Left Hook unofficially had it 120-107, as well. The fight

It’s almost as if Paul Butler gave away his game plan during the ring walks on Tuesday. The Briton – who’s assignment was to become the first undisputed bantamweight champion in half a century – strolled out to “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor and, from the opening round inside the Ariake Arena, it was

Michel Rivera and Frank Martin meet tonight on Showtime in what will be the final major U.S. boxing broadcast of 2022. The unbeaten lightweights headline a three-fight main card on Showtime starting at 10 pm ET, with prelims airing free on YouTube and Facebook from 8 pm ET. We’ll be here with live updates, highlights,

Ryan Garcia will not be going ahead with a planned Jan. 28 fight against Mercito Gesta, instead focusing himself on the agreed April 15 mega-fight with Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Garcia vs Gesta was slated to be Garcia’s “tune-up” fight in January, and would have given him an opponent who is a southpaw, like Davis, and

Matchroom founder Barry Hearn is well aware that they need to play their cards right with star fighter Anthony Joshua if they’re going to salvage him as an elite attraction. After all, Joshua has lost three of his last five fights and despite his better showing against Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch, Hearn says Joshua

During today’s final press conference for this weekend’s Showtime main event between Michel Rivera and Frank Martin, Martin spoke to the media about having a stoppage streak he’ll look to keep going should the opportunity present itself. “We definitely believe in ‘Man Down’. Protect yourself at all times. Because I can get you up out

Michel Rivera says he has no doubt in his mind that he’s going to have his hand raised when he takes on Frank Martin this weekend in Showtime’s main event. Rivera says while Martin may be a good fighter, he’s still got the edge between them. “We know that Martin is a good boxer with

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