Fighting

Veteran Hekkie Budler scored an upset over Elwin Soto tonight in Mexicali, Mexico, winning by unanimous decision on scores of 114-113 from all three judges, meaning that a 12th round knockdown gave Budler the fight. In all reality, Budler (34-4, 10 KO) simply won the bout, but the South African was the road fighter in

Prospects Nikita Ababiy and Jesus “Panterita” Martinez both got decent tests this evening in San Antonio, but won their fights on the Rodriguez vs Rungvisai prelims to stay unbeaten. Live coverage for Rodriguez vs Rungvisai continues! Click here! A quick rundown of what we saw early: Nikita Ababiy UD-8 Noe Larios Jr Ababiy (12-0, 6

Jonathan Gonzalez made a successful first defense of his WBO junior flyweight title tonight, winning a decision over Mark Anthony Barriga in a tactical, cagey ProBox TV main event from Kissimmee, Fla. Gonzalez (26-3-1, 14 KO) took the fight on scores of 115-113, 117-111, and 117-111. Bad Left Hook’s unofficial card was 115-113 for Gonzalez,

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez takes on Srisaket Sor Rungvisai for Rodriguez’s WBC 115 lb title tonight on DAZN, the main event of a card that still features three world title bouts even after a fourth fell apart. Live coverage will start at 6:15 pm ET with the prelims (just two fights!), and then continues at 8

Shakur Stevenson’s next opponent is “close” to being finalized, according to ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger, who reports that a deal between Stevenson and Robson Conceicao would see them land on Friday, Sept. 23, in Shakur’s hometown of Newark, N.J. Stevenson (18-0, 9 KO) has the WBC and WBO titles at 130 lbs, winning the WBO from

We all know the promoter wars between Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn and Mayweather Promotion’s Leonard Ellerbe has been heating up lately. In this video interview with our friends at Fight Hub TV, Hearn dishes more on the origin of his static with Ellerbe and how there’s been a concerted effort by the American boxing industry to

Brace yourselves, boxing world. Rumors are beginning to swirl that we may be in line for another clash of the titans as former MMA champion Conor McGregor put up a curious post on his Instagram page, suggesting that he ‘accepts’ a rematch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. This iteration of talks involving Mayweather and McGregor is

Golden Boy have finally finalized and announced the undercard for Ryan Garcia’s return against Javier Fortuna on July 16 in Los Angeles, with the card also streaming live on DAZN. On the main card: Alexis Rocha (19-1, 13 KO) vs Samuel Kotey (23-3, 16 KO) in a 10-round welterweight bout. Rocha, 24, is coming off

Bob Arum, or at least someone Tweeting on behalf of Bob Arum (which seems way more likely), says that Artur Beterbiev will indeed travel to London to face Anthony Yarde next, and they do hope after that to put together an undisputed title fight at 175 lbs “early next year.” The working date floating around

Junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson chats it up with the boxing media and fields some questions on what we hope will be an undisputed welterweight title unification between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, and why he’s looking forward to a mega showdown with Gervonta Davis down the line as they both continue their respective careers.

Women’s WBA strawweight titleholder Seniesa Estrada is ready to get back in action as ESPN reports she’s now been scheduled to face Anabel Ortiz on August 6, appearing on the undercard of Vergil Ortiz-Michael McKinson in Texas. If this fight sounds at all familiar, it’s because Estrada had fought Ortiz previously in March 2021, in

Light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, and reasons that if Joshua fights to his advantage he likes his chances to stop Usyk this time around. That’s heavily dependent on the game plan Joshua adopts, says Yarde, but he

The reported fight between Andy Ruiz Jr and Luis Ortiz is now official, and will indeed headline a PBC on FOX pay-per-view on Sunday, Sept. 4, which is Labor Day Weekend. Tickets for the fight will go on sale on Thursday, June 23, with the event being held at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, the former

Tuesday is podcast day here at Bad Left Hook, and John and Scott are back with the latest episode of Prophets of Goom! This week we discuss Artur Beterbiev’s violent triumph over Joe Smith Jr, Matchroom’s upcoming card on Saturday with four (4) world title fights on DAZN, and some actual big news over the

American viewers who watched the ESPN show for George Kambosos vs Devin Haney earlier this month saw a statement win that made Haney an undisputed lightweight champion. Earlier on that card, Marcus Browne shocked Junior Fa, and Jason Moloney notched an early stoppage of his own. But what ESPN viewers didn’t see in between, unless

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Timothy Bradley spent some time breaking down his analysis of Artur Beterbiev’s knockout win over Joe Smith Jr. over the weekend, sharing his perspective on some things Beterbiev does really well that often goes overlooked. Bradley also breaks down a prospective match between Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, and even

Joe Joyce and Anthony Joshua are both set to return to the ring pretty soon, with Joyce coming back from an injury to face Christian Hammer in a stay-busy fight (to be kind) on July 2, and Joshua set for his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk on Aug. 20 in Saudi Arabia, which is now official,

It was expected, and now it’s officially official. Oleksandr Usyk will defend the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles against Anthony Joshua in an Aug. 20 rematch from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The official announcement did not include broadcast details, but with Joshua recently signing a major partnership deal with DAZN, the expectation for now is