Fighting

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

Junior welterweight contender Jose Zepeda (35-2, 27 KOs) is on the verge of a Nov. 26 WBC title shot as he’s scheduled to face Regis Prograis, but has run into a minor issue as Zepeda was accused of punching a 40-year-old man at a California boxing gym yesterday. While formal charges have not yet been

We’ve already brought you word of some of the WBC’s myriad eliminator and title orders, and while my colleagues took care of the big ones, there’s still quite a few we haven’t covered. Thanks to ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez, though, I can now do so. Piggybacking off of others’ hard work is the best way to

WBO cruiserweight titleholder Lawrence Okolie spent some time working out with Jake Paul in Dubai, and shared a shot of the two of them on Instagram: “Pleasure sharing the ring with Jake Paul today,” he added, which of course led to a lot of moaning in the comments. How could Lawrence Okolie possibly do this,

Some more news out of the WBC Convention, this one a bit more tragically humorous than the other stuff: McWilliams Arroyo has withdrawn from his scheduled December 3rd rematch with Julio Cesar Martinez with what Miguel Cotto Promotions confirms is a neck injury. For those keeping track at home, this marks the fourth time this

Sky Sports and BOXXER have high hopes for 20-year-old super lightweight prospect Adam Azim, whom they’ve signed to what “The Assassin” calls a “lucrative” four-year deal. Azim (6-0, 5 KO), who hasn’t seen the judges since his December 2020 pro debut, has rattled off three consecutive first-round knockouts since a three-round mauling of tough journeyman