Fighting

Top Rank’s Bob Arum has plans for Vasiliy Lomachenko, who will soon be making his return to the ring to face Jamaine Ortiz in New York according to the longtime promoter. First, Arum will have Lomachenko come back against Ortiz in order for him to get back in the groove of things after taking some

Jake Paul recently stated he’d be back in October, and now says he has an opponent signed for the fight. He’d previously guaranteed it would be a professional boxer with a winning record, which could mean a million people you’ve never heard of before in your life. Paul was meant to fight on Aug. 6,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Promoters Bob Arum and Frank Warren are both confident that an undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will happen, following Usyk’s rematch win over Anthony Joshua this past Saturday. Fury (32-0-1, 23 KO) still holds the WBC title despite being officially retired, a position he’s

Hughie Fury and Michael Hunter were slated to square off earlier this summer in a WBA eliminator, only for the former to withdraw due to unspecified illness. Now, Fury tells Sky Sports that the pair will meet on October 29th. That timeslot is presently unoccupied; the biggest shows that day, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Jamaine Ortiz

It’s Tuesday and that is podcast day here at Bad Left Hook! This week John and myself break down Oleksandr Usyk’s second win over Anthony Joshua, whether or not we’ll see Fury vs Usyk, AJ’s future, Deontay Wilder’s impending return, and much, much more! As always, thank you for listening! A quick rundown of the

Devin Haney and George Kambosos Jr are officially locked in for their mandatory rematch, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15 U.S. time from Melbourne, Australia. To not be confusing, if you are in Australia, it will be on Sunday, Oct. 16. Haney (28-0, 15 KO) handily beat Kambosos (20-1, 10 KO) in June

Not long after Oleksandr Usyk bested Anthony Joshua for a second time, former champion-turned-analyst Timothy Bradley breaks down his thoughts on what we saw over the weekend, and his early impressions on a potential undisputed heavyweight title fight between Usyk and Tyson Fury. Check out some excerpts from Bradley below. Timothy Bradley on his reaction

Oleksandr Usyk didn’t protest; what was left in the gas tank was used to force a confused smile as his latest victim grabbed what was left of the spotlight. An untimely, impassioned soliloquy gave the unified heavyweight champion time to take stock; time to catch his breath and attempt to unpick what he just achieved

Dmitry Bivol and mandatory challenger Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez are set to square off in less than three months, after the WBA recently ordered the fight has to be next, and turned down Bivol’s request to face Joshua Buatsi instead. Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn says the fight is “done for November 5th,” with full details to come

ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Pedraza vs Commey press conference. FITE PPV, 10:00 pm ET, Fight Club OC. Ernesto “Tito” Mercado, who is a legit prospect, is scheduled for the card against veteran Alfredo Blanco. There’s also an MMA fight on here, but just one, and a bunch of boxing otherwise. $14.99 is a steep price

Sergey Lipinets was a late replacement for Adrien Broner, but fought like the star attraction in a brutal TKO victory over Omar Figueroa Jr. It’s a dominant showing for Lipinets in his return to 140 pounds, and possibly the end of the line for Figueroa after a terrible beating led to his father and cornerman

Results Callum Smith KO-4 Mathieu Bauderlique (1:53) Badou Jack SD-10 Richard Rivera (94-96, 96-94, 96-94) Ziyad Almaayouf TKO-1 Jose Alatorre (2:55) Ramla Ali TKO-1 Crystal Garcia Nova (1:05) Andrew Tabiti RTD-5 James Wilson (3:00) Ben Whittaker UD-6 Petar Nosic (59-55, 59-55, 60-54) Daniel Lapin UD-8 Jozef Jurko (80-72, 80-72, 80-72) Traycho Georgiev SD-4 Rashed “Money

Showtime Championship Boxing is back tonight with a rare four-fight bill, headlined by a makeshift main event between Omar Figueroa Jr and Sergey Lipinets. Figueroa, a former lightweight titlist, was originally meant to face Adrien Broner, but when Broner pulled out citing mental health issues, he was replaced by former 140 lb titleholder Lipinets, who

Just one day after joining forces with Golden Boy, unbeaten lightweight prospect Floyd Schofield has his first assignment: a Thursday, October 20th main event slot in Indio, California. Schofield (11-0, 9 KO) debuted less than two years ago, but has already emerged as a super-promising talent at age 19. He’s already fought three times in

Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are fully official for Saturday’s rematch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and for all the talk about his size and weight, Usyk came in at basically the exact same weight he did last year. WBA/IBF/WBO titleholder Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) weighed in at 221½. A year ago, he weighed 221¼. His

Robert Garcia is well known around the boxing world for not only being a really good fighter in his time, but also becoming one of the top trainers in the entire sport. That said, Garcia hasn’t been known for his work with heavyweights, and while some question whether or not he’ll be able to mesh

iFL TV released a lengthy interview with Frank Warren earlier today, and among the topics discuessed was Artur Beterbiev’s WBO mandatory title defense against Anthony Yarde. Though the bout was targeted for this coming October, Warren claimed he’d been “hearing” that the unified champion could be injured. Jake Donovan later confirmed the news, with Warren

As had been rumored and reported, Deontay Wilder is now officially set to face Robert Helenius in the main event of a PBC on FOX pay-per-view on Saturday, Oct. 15, live from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KO) has not fought since his Oct. 2021 trilogy bout loss to Tyson Fury, an instant heavyweight