Fighting

Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (10) Tony Yoka vs Martin Bakole, May 14 Junior Middleweight: (1) Jermell Charlo vs (1) Brian Castano, May 14 Welterweight: (5) Jaron Ennis vs Custio Clayton, May 14 Flyweight: (8) Angel Acosta vs Janiel Rivera, May 12 Women’s P4P: (6) Delfine Persoon vs Elhem Mekhaled,

Before Dmitry Bivol beat Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night, the last fighter to score a win over the Mexican superstar was Floyd Mayweather, way back in 2013, when a 22-year-old Canelo was beaten by Mayweather, then the reigning pound-for-pound king. And it looks like Mayweather cashed in a little bit on Canelo’s latest setback, posting

DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Zurdo vs Boesel press conference. DAZN and YouTube, 8:00 pm ET, Angel Acosta vs Janiel Rivera. Golden Boy Thursdays are back quickly! Figure on one a month, but we’ll see how long they last this time around. Acosta-Rivera isn’t as good a matchup on paper as Diaz-Gesta was,

Canelo Alvarez suffered his first loss since 2013 on Saturday night, with Dmitry Bivol winning a clear decision over him in their Las Vegas main event on DAZN pay-per-view. Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KO) spoke at his post-fight press conference, and wasn’t quite so congratulatory as he was in the ring immediately after the fight, questioning

The Canelo vs Bivol card is underway in Las Vegas, with the early prelim undercard bouts having wrapped up. We’ve seen some stoppages, an “0” that had to go, and some really good prospects in action already. Our live coverage for Canelo vs Bivol continues, click here! Here’s a look at the action we’ve seen

Canelo Alvarez returns tonight, challenging Dmitry Bivol for the WBA 175 lb title in the main event of a DAZN pay-per-view from Las Vegas, NV. Main card coverage will start at 8 pm ET, with main event ring walks expected around 11 pm ET, so earlier than most cards of this stature. There will also

You might be about to feel a little old, but here we go. 17 years ago today, Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo fought for the first time, putting on one of the greatest battles in boxing history. Here’s the epic 10th round, if you’ve never seen it before or have watched it a thousand

Ernesto “Tito” Mercado isn’t wasting any time. The 20 year old lightweight prospect turned pro 10 months ago under the tutelage of his father and trainer, Neto Mercado. He’s fought five times, and won all five by knockout. Only one of those made it to a second round, and Tito is still a little frustrated

Ryan Garcia ended a 15-month layoff with a decision win over Emmanuel Tagoe on April 9, and is already putting a little early hype behind his next fight, though no opponent has yet been named. “Don’t worry, when I have concrete information on my next opponent, I’ll make sure I let everyone who follows me

Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol both sounded supremely confident in themselves ahead of Saturday night’s fight on DAZN PPV from Las Vegas, with the pair meeting up for their final press conference this afternoon. Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KO) will be challenging for the WBA light heavyweight title held by Bivol (19-0, 11 KO), who will

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn took some time to chat with Fight Hub TV and touched on a few topic in the boxing world, including the news that Canelo had been offered big money to face Errol Spence at a catchweight before instead opting to move up to take on Dmitry Bivol. Hearn also says if

The Jermall Charlo vs Maciej Sulecki event on June 18 in Houston now has a two-fight undercard set for the Showtime broadcast, featuring bouts at 122 and 135 lbs. In the main event, of course, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) will defend his WBC middleweight title against Sulecki (30-2, 11 KO) in the sort of matchup

Freshly unveiled subscription service ProBox TV, which kicks off with Jean Pascal vs. Meng Fanlong on May 20th, has its first title fight. WBO light flyweight champion Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez will make his inaugural defense against #9 Mark Anthony Barriga on June 24th in Kissimee, Florida. Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez (25-3-1, 14 KO) has found his

Eimantas Stanionis has emerged as a legitimate welterweight contender following his April 16 win over Radzhab Butaev, and his name is bouncing around for some possible noteworthy fights. One is Matchroom Boxing rising star Conor Benn. When asked about the fight, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn sort of downplayed it, giving Stanionis respect as a “really

With junior middleweight champions Brian Castano and Jermall Charlo set to duke it out once again in a May 14 Showtime main event, Castano held a media workout today and spoke about what it’s going to take to make a clear and decisive win following their split draw last summer. “I’m very happy to be

As revealed about a month back, newly crowned IBF junior lightweight champion Kenichi Ogawa will make his inaugural defense on June 4th when he faces Joe Cordina in Cardiff. Ogawa’s (26-1-1, 18 KO) first title reign was both brief and controversial, as he won the belt via questionable decision over Tevin Farmer and lost it

It’s Tuesday, so the latest episode of Prophets of Goom has arrived for its incredible fourth week here at Bad Left Hook, featuring John Hansen and myself, Scott Christ, looking back on a busy weekend in boxing, ahead to what’s coming, and more from the boxing world. This week, we’ll take that look forward to

Filip Hrgovic might just be the unluckiest man in boxing. After a lengthy effort to find a foe for an IBF final eliminator produced a clash with Zhang Zhilei on this Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol card, Keith Idec and Dan Rafael report that he’s withdrawn from the bout after losing his father. The