Fighting

Boxing’s 2023 calendar continues its promising start, as BOXXER and Wasserman Boxing officially announced a long-expected middleweight fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith for January 21st in Manchester. The fight was previously rumored for December 17th, but that seemed like a tight deadline. Instead, the pair will meet at middleweight a few weeks

With a big fight between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Ryan Garcia seemingly official for what’s being reported as a 136 lb catchweight bout set for April 15 on PPV, Garcia appeared on ESPN to talk to the world about his excitement for delivering a fight that fans can really be excited about. On finally securing

If you were hoping the undercard for Terence Crawford’s fight with David Avanesyan on Dec. 10 would make the show more worth your pay-per-view money than the on-paper mismatch main event, bad news! The event’s undercard is settled, and so is the price point, which will be $39.99. That’s an affordable price compared to most

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is schedule for an end-of-the-year battle with Derek Chisora — one most expect him to win in convincing fashion — so when looking ahead to what’s to come, Fury says he wants a busy year in 2023, expecting to fight three times in the year. Fury says his obvious priority

Super middleweight David Benavidez joins Fight Hype to discuss his upcoming showdown with Caleb Plant. This is a fight that’s long been in the making but the terms have now been agreed, so Benavidez says he’s excited to put the work in training camp to ensure he does maximum damage to Plant on fight night.

Later than normal this week but hey, still same day! Listen, my dedication to you, The Listening Audience, is simply unparalleled! So it’s Tuesday, and you know that means it’s podcast day at Bad Left Hook! Holy crap! John and myself are actually excited about boxing for a minute! Zepeda vs Prograis and more this

Welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford appears on The MMA Hour to follow up on the disappointing fallout of a failed fight with Errol Spence, and what we can expect from the opponent he’ll now be facing in David Avanesyan. Check out some excerpts of what Crawford had to say with the full video interview above. Crawford

Ryan Garcia and Gervonta “Tank” Davis have a deal in place for a fight next spring, supposedly on April 15 in Las Vegas, and Davis is also set to return in a Jan. 7 Showtime PPV main event against Hector Luis Garcia. Garcia now says he’ll also fight in January to stay sharp for what

The expected Dec. 31 fight between Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco is now official, with the two meeting in Tokyo for a pair of junior bantamweight titles. Ioka (29-2, 15 KO) will be defending his WBO belt, while Franco (18-1-2, 8 KO) brings the WBA strap to the matchup. The 33-year-old Ioka, who has somewhat

Former unified lightweight titleholder Teofimo Lopez is making the effort to promote himself, as he’s just released a new video feature entitled ‘Resilient’. In this video Teofimo takes us all behind the curtain to give us a view into what his life is like as he trained for his last fight against Pedro Campa while

George Foreman was one scary behemoth of a man. At 6’4”, 240-plus lb giant, the correctly nicknamed “Big George” came out of Houston, Tex., and won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. As a pro, he instantly became one of the most daunting fighters in the world, and took the heavyweight

DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Whyte vs Franklin press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Whyte vs Franklin weigh-in. Channel 5 (UK), 4:00 pm ET, Liam Williams vs Nizar Trimech. I think we can officially chalk “Wasserman Boxing” up to another venture that came in making promises and just can’t deliver,

Jaime Munguia (41-0, 33 KOs) handled business like most expected tonight in DAZN’s main event, dominating and mismatched Gonzalo Coria (21-6, 8 KOs) before ending things just before the end of the third round. The opening round was rather slow as the noticeably larger Munguia opted to take his time and feel things out, but

Liam Davies won the vacant European junior featherweight (122 lbs) title today in Telford, England, winning a decision over Ionut Baluta in front of a hot crowd. Davies (13-0, 5 KO) took the belt on scores of 116-112, 117-111, and 118-110. Bad Left Hook had it closer but still for Davies on an unofficial score

Liam Davies will take on Ionut Baluta for the vacant European 122 lb title, and Anthony Yarde returns with what’s meant to be a tune-up for a title fight with Artur Beterbiev. The live stream starts at 2 pm ET on ESPN+. We’ll have updates, results, and highlights during the show in this stream: Main

Jaime Munguia returns tonight in Guadalajara, Mexico, facing Gonzalo Coria in the 10-round middleweight main event on DAZN. Live coverage starts earlier than normal at 7 pm ET, with Wil Esco on the call for you. There will be results, highlights, and more updates in this stream: Along with the Munguia vs Coria main event,

One thing missing from yesterday’s big announcement about Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia was the identity of Davis’ January 7th opponent, who would keep him busy ahead of an April clash with “Kingry.” We may now have our answer, as the historically reliable Julius Julianis reports that Davis will meet WBA super featherweight champion Hector

The WBC’s recent spree of eliminator orders included a stipulation that should Teofimo Lopez defeat Jose Pedraza in his December 10th ESPN main event, he must then face Sandor Martin for a spot in line behind Jose Ramirez Jr as super lightweight mandatory challenger. That fight will come earlier than expected, as Mike Coppinger reports