At this point it’s clear that there’s no other fight to be made at the top of the welterweight division other than an undisputed unification bout between titleholders Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. Everyone knows it’s pretty much boom or bust on that front, and Spence took some time to stir the pot on
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Jake Paul has announced that he will return to the ring on August 13, the announcement coming fresh off of his co-promoter role for Saturday night’s historic Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano fight. Paul (4-0, 3 KO) last fought in December, taking part in five-plus rounds of a deadly dull rematch with faded former UFC
Terence Crawford continues to push for his next fight to be against Errol Spence Jr, telling ESPN’s Mike Coppinger the bare truth of the matter as it stands now, that there is no longer a single reason they shouldn’t be fighting. Crawford also says that after he beats Spence, he plans a move up to
Shakur Stevenson is pretty clearly a great boxing talent, and he showed that again on Saturday night, dominating Oscar Valdez — even toying with him at times — to unify the WBO and WBC junior lightweight titles in a wide decision win. Even more than just having the talent, Stevenson (18-0, 9 KO) has the
Liam Smith stopped Jessie Vargas in the 10th round of a hard-hitting fight on the Taylor vs Serrano show at Madison Square Garden, capping a very good night of undercard action with a rugged battle. Our Taylor vs Serrano live coverage continues! Click here! Smith (31-3-1, 18 KO) still proved he’s plenty relevant as a
Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano is finally here, with the main event headlining tonight on DAZN from Madison Square Garden, fighting for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship in an historic night for women’s boxing and boxing in general. We’ll have live coverage beginning at 4:30 pm ET for the prelims and then continuing at 7:30 pm
Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson are set to unify a pair of junior lightweight titles tonight, as the two unbeaten titlists headline an ESPN card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We’ll have live updates for all three fights on the main card, which starts at 10 pm ET, and round-by-round for the main
A Federal Circuit Court denied Triller’s motion to dismiss design patent and copyright infringement claims in an ongoing lawsuit over triangle-shaped fighting rings. BYB Extreme Fighting Series and Lights Out Productions filed a civil suit against Triller in November of 2021, claiming that Triller’s Triad Combat concept was an unauthorized and unlawful use of their
During the final press conference for tomorrow’s big women’s fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, their respective promoters Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul fielded some media questions about the fight before some questions were posed about Paul’s future in boxing. Paul, who has cited world title aspirations, was promptly shut down by Hearn who
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The odds were slim to begin with, but we’re definitely not getting a Fighting Congressman this year. Chris Mannix reports that Jessie Vargas, who previously announced his intentions to run for Congress in Nevada’s 4th District, has ended his campaign ahead of Saturday’s bout with Liam Smith. Vargas (29-3-2,
Canelo Alvarez is set to return to action on Saturday, May 7, when he’ll face WBA light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol, looking to add to his collection of belts which currently includes his undisputed championship at super middleweight. Canelo has also been called out in recent months by UFC champion Kamaru Usman, and has engaged
DAZN have been in the boxing business mainly since late 2018, when the company hit the US market and quickly scooped up some major properties when HBO left the scene, and EVP Joe Markowski has had a lot to learn over that time. Markowski spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about DAZN’s strategies,
With David Lemieux set for his May 21 Showtime main event against David Benavidez, he spoke to the media during a virtual press conference about this shot to invigorate his career and get some momentum going. “I’m expecting a great fight. David Benavídez is a very tough fighter,” Lemieux said. “We’ve been watching him for
Super middleweight David Benavidez is set to make his ring return on May 21, when he’ll take on David Lemieux in Glendale, AZ, a fight which will air live on Showtime. And in anticipation of the bout David Benavidez spoke to media members during a virtual press conference, expressing his enthusiasm for this platform. “I’m
Oscar Rivas will return home to Colombia to defend his WBC bridgerweight title on Aug. 13 in Cali, facing unbeaten Polish fighter Lukasz Rozanski. The fight was announced today in Bogota at a press conference. Rivas (28-1, 19 KO) is sort of the ideal of what the “bridgerweight” division is meant to be, a six-foot
Matchroom Boxing announced a pair of June shows this afternoon with serious implications for the lower weight classes. One sees WBA light flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi make a long-delayed title defense against secondary titleholder Esteban Bermudez in Mexico City on June 10. The other, much more stacked show features Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s inaugural super flyweight
It’s Tuesday, so we’re back with the latest edition of Prophets of Goom, our new podcast here at Bad Left Hook featuring John Hansen and myself, Scott Christ, discussing what’s coming up, what just happened, and what’s going on around the boxing world. This week, we’ve got plenty to preview, with Valdez-Stevenson and Taylor-Serrano both
Don King announced today that he intends to stage Trevor Bryan’s WBA “world” heavyweight title defense against Daniel Dubois, which he won the rights to via purse bid last month, on June 11th. The press release does not name a location or broadcast partner, but does claim that the card will feature “six championship bouts
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