Fighting

Chris Billam-Smith will be back in Bournemouth on Saturday, Dec. 17, headlining a Boxxer card on Sky Sports against Armend Xhoxhaj, with Dan Azeez taking on Rocky Fielding and more on the undercard. Billam-Smith (16-1, 11 KO) went back home to Bournemouth for his last bout on July 30, a 12-round decision win over Isaac

We recently learned that Chris Billam-Smith, Britain’s top cruiserweight behind Lawrence Okolie, will return to action in just over a month against Armend Xhoxhaj. We now know what his chief rival’s plans are, as Ben Shalom tells Sky Sports that Richard Riakporhe will meet former champion Krzysztof Glowacki, “likely” this coming January. Riakporhe (15-0, 11

It’s evening in Johannesburg and Kevin Lerena sits in darkness. “It’s called ‘load shedding’,” he explains to Bad Left Hook, rolling his eyes. “Every night there are planned power outages across South Africa to save on energy. It’s annoying, but we are pretty used to it now.” “I guess it’s similar to my career,” he

After last Sunday’s goofy brouhaha in Dubai, Jake Paul and Tommy Fury may be back on track to potentially fight, possibly, maybe. Fury’s father, John, who was a shirtless rabble-rouser in the verbal confrontation at the Mayweather vs Deji show, has said that Paul’s manager told them he’ll take the fight for February. Responding to

Two weeks ago, the WBA revealed that it had the power to compel undisputed title fights when it ordered featherweight titlist Erika Cruz to face IBF/WBC/WBO champion Amanda Serrano for all the marbles. They’ve now done so once again, giving super featherweight champ Hyun Mi Choi 30 days to come to terms with unified champ

It’s Tuesday! That means it’s podcast day here at Bad Left Hook! Listen, folks, I’m not gonna B.S. ya! Not gonna yank yer chain here — this is not a good little couple weeks for boxing. We were supposed to have Spence vs Crawford coming on Saturday. We don’t. So that means a mediocre week

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn hasn’t exactly endeared himself to fans with some of his recent takes, but I think he gives a reasonable and honest assessment on both the business and politics of the boxing world, and why those factors have been a impediment to making fights like Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford and Gervonta

“I’ve done a lot of good things in boxing, my win over Kostya Tszyu, my fights in Las Vegas, but this is up there with one of the best,” admitted Ricky Hatton on Saturday night. The 44-year-old had just completed eight exhibition rounds against Marco Antonio Barrera, closing the show inside the Manchester Arena following

It was another week in boxing, and damn, kind of an odd one out there! Let’s get into what we saw. The basics: Janibek retained his WBO middleweight title, but didn’t score the crushing knockout many expected. The over/under line for this fight was 4.5 rounds, and we went all 12, with the Kazakh winning

Rarely do we see such a physical specimen that defies the logic of physical composition and raw talent. Boxing fans were blessed with such an anomaly in Lennox Lewis, who dominated the heavyweight division for his career. He was blessed when he came in, defeating Al Malcolm via knockout on June 27, 1989, at 23

DAZN and Social Media, 11:00 am ET, Rahman vs Belfort weigh-in. DAZN and Social Media, 3:00 pm ET, Munguia vs Coria weigh-in. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Liam Davies vs Ionut Baluta. Not a bad fight, Davies is borderline top 10 at 122, in part because it’s not a very deep division for quality at the

Sunny Edwards retained his IBF flyweight title today in Sheffield, England, beating challenger Felix Alvarado by unanimous decision on scores of 115-113, 115-113, and 116-112. Bad Left Hook’s unofficial card was slightly wider to Edwards at 117-111, but the judges’ cards were fair, and the right man won the fight. Edwards (19-0, 4 KO) once

Montana Love returns tonight in a DAZN main event, facing Australia’s Stevie Spark in a 12-round bout at 140 lbs, live from Love’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. The main card will kick off at 7:30 pm ET, and Wil Esco will be on the call this evening, with live results and highlights, plus round-by-round for

Janibek Alimkhanuly and Seniesa Estrada will defend their world titles tonight in an ESPN+ exclusive card from Top Rank, live from Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort. The card will kick off in full at 7:15 pm ET with seven undercard fights before the main two, but the full card is expected to end around Midnight

A number of fights were ordered by the WBC during their annual convention this past week, including one lightweight title eliminator between Shakur Stevenon and Isaac Cruz. Both Stevenson and Cruz are under different promotional umbrellas, which we would hope doesn’t stand in the way of marquee fights, but this is boxing and we know

MarvNation has put together a pretty much industry-standard pay-per-view undercard for their Nov. 26 event, which will be headlined by the vacant WBC 140 lb title fight Jose Zepeda and Regis Prograis. For much of the target audience here, Zepeda vs Prograis alone will be reason enough to watch the show, but a $60 price

Sunny Edwards will defend the IBF flyweight title today in Sheffield, England, facing dangerous former junior flyweight titlist Felix Alvarado in the Probellum main event. The fights will stream live and free (actually free!) on FITE TV, no pay-per-view, no FITE+ subscription required. If you can’t watch, we’ll also be here with updates and results,

Nearly 12 years after his professional debut, beleaguered light heavyweight contender Callum Johnson is hanging up the gloves. The 37-year-old broke the news on his personal Facebook page, citing “lack of self discipline” and issues with “mental struggles & demons.” Johnson has long dealt with inactivity, managing just five fights in the last six years