Fighting

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

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

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