Fighting

The father and trainer of undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney just recently attempted to dial up Teofimo Lopez Sr in an effort to get him to agree for his son to fight them next. Unfortunately, Bill Haney was met by voicemail, where he would go on to tell Teofimo Sr that he intended to come

Immediately following his unanimous decision loss to Dillian Whyte over the weekend, heavyweight Jermaine Franklin spoke to iFL TV about his impressions about the decision, believing he didn’t get favorable scores, and believing he’s deserving of another bite at the apple. Check out some of what Franklin had to say below. Franklin on his feelings

Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (1) Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora, Dec. 3 Junior Bantamweight: (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs (3) Chocolatito Gonzalez, Dec. 3 Flyweight: (2) Julio Cesar Martinez vs Samuel Carmona, Dec. 3 Notes: Dillian Whyte got the W over Jermaine Franklin last week, but more than Whyte

Derek Chisora is heading into a third fight with Tyson Fury on Saturday, Dec. 3, and as part of the lead-up to the fight, he’s joined OnlyFans! Chisora — who spells his name Derek in most places and yet signed up for OF with “Dereck” as the spelling to further confuse that thing — knows

Channel 5 (UK), 4:00 pm ET, Troy Williamson vs Josh Kelly. Good fight, should sell tickets, for Williamson’s 154 lb British title. If there winds up being some way to watch this in the U.S., I’ll do coverage, because I like the matchup and think it should be a fun fight. If not, then we

Regis Prograis won another world title tonight, mostly dominating Jose Zepeda en route to an 11th round stoppage win in Carson, Calif. It wasn’t the truly exciting fight some of us expected, though it also wasn’t boring. What we really saw is just how good Prograis (28-1, 24 KO) can be when he’s fully dialed

Gervonta Davis has his next two fights lined up at the moment, with a January outing scheduled before a highly anticipated showdown with Ryan Garcia. But during an appearance on The Rize podcast Davis snapped back when a guest suggested Devin Haney could beat him in a fight. “How you gonna keep me off of

Jose Zepeda and Regis Prograis are set to do battle tonight for the vacant WBC title at 140 lbs, meeting in a pay-per-view main event from the “Punch Bowl,” known outside of boxing as Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. We’ll be here from 9 pm ET with live coverage. Updates, including round by

Bill Haney, the father and trainer of undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney, took a moment to call up Teofimo Lopez Sr in an effort to push towards a meeting of their sons. Haney, however, didn’t get a pick up on the other line, and seemed a little bit thrown off by the voicemail message

After a couple of weeks where there was really nothing worth predicting, we’re back! We’ve got Jose Zepeda vs Regis Prograis for the vacant WBC title at 140! We’ve got Dillian Whyte coming back against Jermaine Franklin! We’ve got some other stuff! Jose Zepeda vs Regis Prograis Scott Christ (82-35) This is a great matchup

Former pro boxer and 2008 Olympian Azea Augustama is in jail on $3 Million bond after threatening to commit a mass shooting at his Miami gym. Augustama was arrested while attempting to purchase an AK-47 at a pawn shop. He faces two felony counts of issuing written threats to commit a mass shooting, and one

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