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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

As expected, Las Vegas’ Resorts World Event Center will host a May 21st Top Rank doubleheader. Janibek Alimkhanuly faces Danny Dignum for the WBO interim middleweight title in the main event, while former super featherweight champion Jamel Herring returns to lightweight to face unbeaten Jamaine Ortiz. We’ve been over Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7 KO) vs. Dignum

In last week’s rankings, I said we might not do an update for this week if Tyson Fury beat Dillian Whyte, because there wasn’t much to talk about with nothing really changing. But the Fury situation is sort of unique, so here’s an update to talk about that. Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights

During a video interview with Rolando Romero, who is scheduled to take on Gervonta Davis on a May 28th Showtime PPV, Romero doesn’t shy away from he prediction of a swift knockout of Tank, saying he doesn’t expect the fight to go past the opening round. “It’s personal. I want to fuck his face up

DAZN and Social Media, 2:00 pm ET, Taylor vs Serrano press conference. We’ll have a stream and all that. BLH will have live coverage. ESPN+ and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Valdez vs Stevenson press conference. We’ll have a stream and all that. BLH will have live coverage. DAZN and Social Media, 2:00 pm ET,

Following Tyson Fury’s dominant performance over Dillian Whyte, knocking him out in the sixth round of their WBC heavyweight title fight today, Fury spoke to the media afterwards and confirmed that he indeed intends on retiring from boxing and will do other things with his life. “You’re gonna see me in exhibitions, WWE, movies,” Fury

The Fury vs Whyte undercard is in the books, with Nick Ball the show-stealer and the rest definitely happened, including Tommy Fury getting a win that could set him up to face Jake Paul. The two of them talked trash after that one was over. Here’s a rundown of what we saw on a lousy

Paul Butler claimed the interim WBO bantamweight title with a clear decision win over Jonas Sultan tonight in Liverpool, winning on scores of 116-112, 117-111, and 118-110. Bad Left Hook had it even wider for Butler at 119-109 on our unofficial score card. Sultan (18-6, 11 KO) was just never able to capably cut off