Fighting

ESPN’s Mike Coppinger revealed last month that interim WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez was “finalizing a deal” to face former IBF champion Jose Uzcategui in January. Reception was predictably poor, and Coppinger now reports that fight has been “scrapped” due to “public backlash” over the failed drug test that tanked the matchup the first

In a conversation with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol talks about his fight this weekend against Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, and what he might want to do afterwards. Bivol, who admits there’s a possibility of a rematch against Canelo Alvarez, says he would prefer a fight for another world title,

Terence Crawford announced yesterday that he would be hold an Instagram Live stream to tell everyone ‘the truth’ on what happened as lengthy negotiations to stage an undisputed welterweight title unification with Errol Spence ultimately went nowhere. True to his word, Crawford popped up just after 10 pm ET to share with his fans why

“There were times when I thought I could be staring at the end, but now, I’m back, and I couldn’t be happier,” Kiko Martinez tells Bad Left Hook from his home in Alicante, Spain. The Spaniard (44-11-2, 31 KO) upset the odds of +250 (5/2) to stop prospect Jordan Gill inside four emphatic rounds on

Former heavyweight title contender Jarrell Miller — or would-be contender if he actually made it to the fight — seems to be headed back towards a fighting career in the big boxing state of Nevada as he’s just been granted a provisional boxing license by the local commission, as reported by Sky Sports. Miller had

Kenshiro Teraji stopped Hiroto Kyoguchi in the seventh round to unify the WBC and WBA junior flyweight titles in their main event from Saitama, Japan. Teraji (20-1, 12 KO) dominated a good bit of the fight, starting strong through four rounds and then dropping Kyoguchi (16-1, 12 KO) in the fifth. But in that same

Kenshiro Teraji and Hiroto Kyoguchi will meet in a huge 108 lb world title unification in Saitama, Japan, headlining a loaded card that will feature another world title fight and one of boxing’s best young fighters in action. The show and our coverage will start at 4:30 am ET, which is 5:30 pm in Japan,

Former unified lightweight titleholder Teofimo Lopez was on hand for Vasiliy Lomachenko’s fight over the weekend against Jamaine Ortiz. Lomachenko would wind up winning the main event in a fight where Ortiz gave him more trouble than most expected, and Lopez gives his immediate reaction to what he saw in the ring. “I was impressed

Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Light Heavyweight: (1) Dmitry Bivol vs (3) Zurdo Ramirez, Nov. 5 Super Middleweight: (4) David Morrell Jr vs Aidos Yerbossynuly, Nov. 5 Junior Lightweight: (3) Shavkat Rakhimov vs (7) Zelfa Barrett, Nov. 5 Junior Bantamweight: (7) Francisco Rodriguez Jr vs Junto Nakatani, Nov. 1 Junior Flyweight:

Floyd Patterson was a force to be reckoned with in the heavyweight division. Fighting from the ripe age of 17 in 1952, up until the seasoned age of 37 in 1972, “The Gentleman of Boxing” was anything but that once the bell sounded. Patterson was first adorned with the then-NBA (now WBA), NYSAC, and The

ESPN+, 4:30 am ET, Kenshiro Teraji vs Hiroto Kyoguchi. A fight years in the making, finally getting done, a two-belt unification at 108 lbs and simply a great fight, the two best in the world at the weight. This is also simply a great card; there will be another 108 lb title on the line

It was a busy weekend in boxing, from the spectacle event that saw Jake Paul beat Anderson Silva, to victorious returns for living legends Vasiliy Lomachenko and Katie Taylor, a breakout for William Zepeda, and the train still a-rollin’ for Kiko Martinez. So what all did we see this weekend, and what might come next

Results: Hector Valdez Jr SD-10 Max Ornelas (97-93 x2, 93-97) JoJo Diaz will face William Zepeda in tonight’s 12-round main event on DAZN, live from San Diego, Calif. Our live coverage will kick off at 8 pm ET with the four-fight main card, and John Hansen will be here giving you updates, highlights, results, and

Vasiliy Lomachenko will return to action tonight, facing Jamaine Ortiz in a Top Rank Boxing main event live and exclusive on ESPN+. The card starts at 6:15 pm ET, but that’s for the deep undercard. The weigh-in stream from Top Rank seemed to indicate the main event (or main portion of the card) will go

The Jake Paul boxing carnival continues tonight, with the social media superstar taking on his stiffest in-ring test to date on paper in the form of MMA legend Anderson Silva. The PPV card will start at 9 pm ET, as will our live coverage, with highlights, updates, and results through the undercard, and then round-by-round

How to watch Paul vs Silva The fight is available on pay-per-view for $59.99. You can order through FITE TV, through traditional cable and satellite pay-per-view, and from Showtime directly. We will have live coverage! If you can’t watch or want somewhere to chat with fight fans during the show, Bad Left Hook will have

Scott Christ (74-33) This is a weird one — I mean, obviously, it’s the “content influencer” against the 47-year-old MMA legend, but as far as trying to earnestly analyze the style matchup, it’s a weird one. Silva, I think, has the skills to beat Paul on points, and rather comfortably so, but he’ll have to

The Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission has cleared Anderson Silva to fight Jake Paul on Saturday night, following the decision to hold a meeting this evening after media people and fans on social media made a big deal about an interview where Silva said he’d been knocked out twice in training camp. The outcome of