Fighting

ESPN+, 5:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2. The first Inoue vs Donaire fight was an instant classic, the 2019 Fight of the Year in Saitama, and they go back to the same venue to do it again. This could be the last great shot Donaire gets, not because he’s any worse than

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz George Kambosos Jr lost his world title belts to Devin Haney in Melbourne, making Haney the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. You might reasonably expect the often brash Kambosos (20-1, 8 KO) to take a loss and have a lot of heat behind his words, but Kambosos’ post-fight

Stephen Fulton Jr is set to defend two 122 lb titles tonight against Danny Roman, headlining a Showtime doubleheader that kicks off at 9 pm ET. Wil Esco will be on the full call for us tonight, with updates and scoring and discussion coming in the comments section of the post. Fulton unified the WBC

Devin Haney remains a slight favorite going into tonight’s fight with George Kambosos Jr, even though Haney is the road fighter in Melbourne, Australia, and even though Kambosos has earned the right to be called the division’s top dog. Lines have narrowed just a bit over the last week or so, but really not by

George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney will settle any disputes in the lightweight division tonight, squaring off for all four major world titles and crowning an undisputed champion in Melbourne, Australia. John Hansen will be on the round-by-round call tonight, with updates coming in this stream starting from 9 pm ET: The fight, which already

Stephen Fulton Jr and Danny Roman are officially set for Saturday night’s Showtime main event, where Fulton will defend the WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles in a 12-round bout from Minneapolis. Fulton (20-0, 8 KO) and Roman (29-3-1, 10 KO) both weighed in at 121½ lbs, so just under the 122 lb limit for

During this video interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum answers some questions as to what big fights he’s looking to make around the lightweight division, including potential matchups with Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson, Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez — who is targeting a late summer return. Check out

George Kambosos Jr takes on Devin Haney in an undisputed lightweight championship clash on Saturday night (U.S. time), plus Stephen Fulton Jr faces Danny Roman for two junior featherweight titles, and Kenichi Ogawa defends his 130 lb belt against Joe Cordina. In other words, it’s a busy Saturday, and there are some good fights coming

Even though Rolando Romero was knocked out in the sixth round by Gervonta Davis last Saturday, Rolly was his usual, brash self in the immediate post-fight aftermath, demanding a rematch and claiming he exposed Davis and won every round of the fight. Given some time to reflect, Romero (14-1, 12 KO) is taking an approach

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney just had a press conference a few days ago, which resulted in Kambosos going mildly viral due to calling Haney a “rat” and Haney not getting as much attention for calling Kambosos an “actor,” and now the two are set to meet up

You may have seen Ryan Garcia and Errol Spence Jr seated near one another ringside at last weekend’s Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero fight, with Danny Garcia also next to Spence. You may have heard that Garcia put $20,000 on the line against Spence and said that Romero would win the fight. Obviously, Romero did

Triller is supposed to have a Triad Combat show in Costa Mesa, CA eleven days from now. But, you can’t buy tickets. If you try, you get a message that tells you: “Tickets for this event are not on sale.” Englebrecht Promotions and Events have also removed the show from their events calendar. If you’d

Some will believe it’s unfair at this point to ask, “How good is George Kambosos Jr, really?” After all, Kambosos holds three recognized lightweight world titles, winning them from Teofimo Lopez in a shock upset last November at New York’s Hulu Theater. So why is it still a question? Well, let’s take one part of

It’s official: Ryan Garcia will return on Saturday, July 16, and he will face Javier Fortuna in a DAZN main event from a venue still to be announced. Garcia (22-0, 18 KO) broke a 15-month layoff on Apr. 9, defeating Emmanuel Tagoe easily via 12-round decision in San Antonio. It was the 23-year-old Garcia’s first

Tuesday is podcast day here at Bad Left Hook, and it’s Tuesday, so it’s podcast day! John and myself go over Gervonta Davis’ knockout win over Rolando Romero, take a look ahead to George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney fully unifying the lightweight division no matter how you slice it, insist you not overlook Stephen

Anthony Joshua has ended months of speculation about getting a new lead trainer, it seems, as ESPN are reporting that Robert Garcia will be the new chief second for AJ ahead of his planned July rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. The report also says that Rob McCracken, Joshua’s longtime lead trainer, is “no longer part of

Devin Haney has the biggest fight of his career coming on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia (which is actually Sunday in Australia), when he fights abroad to face George Kambosos Jr for the undisputed lightweight championship. Kambosos was up to the same tricks we saw last year ahead of his fight with Teofimo Lopez — which

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz If you were someone hoping for Rolando Romero to be humbled after his TKO loss to Gervonta Davis, tough luck, because “Rolly” is as confident as ever coming off of his first professional defeat. Romero (14-1, 12 KO) said in his post-fight press conference that he felt he won