Fighting

The surest path to contempt from boxing fans is a job connected to the sport that involves speaking into a microphone. If you’re a boxing broadcaster or a podcaster, you’d better have thick skin. And you’d better not need praise or anything more than grudging acceptance from your audience to sustain your self esteem. The

As Jake Paul continues his boxing campaign there have been more and more calls for him to box an actual boxer, as opposed to the fellow YouTubers, and athletes from other sports. Recently there’s been talk of a proposed fight between Paul and former middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Paul doesn’t deny that

It hasn’t exactly been a fruitful start of the year for heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs), who’s team has been trying to go down the list of available IBF ranked contenders to work their fighter towards a world title fight. Earlier this week it was reported that Hrgovic’s promoter Kalle Sauerland was eager to

IBF featherweight titleholder Kiko Martinez (43-10-2, 30 KOs) has reportedly agreed to terms with Josh Warrington (30-1-1, 7 KOs) to stage a March 26th title defense airing on DAZN, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. Martinez and Warrington will once again collide in rematch of their 2017 fight which saw Warrington take a majority decision. Martinez,

Just this week alone we’ve seen two top IBF heavyweight contenders pass on a final eliminator bout against Filip Hrgovic. First it was Luis Ortiz, who cited a hand injury as being the reason why he passed on the fight, and then it was Joseph Parker’s team who promptly opted out of that proposed fight.

2022’s first undisputed title fight has been pushed back a bit. Keith Idec reports that the rematch between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, previously scheduled for February 26th, will now take place on either March 12th or March 19th at Houston’s Toyota Center. It would run unopposed on the 12th, though it could square off

Those of you who picked “random jabroni,” collect your winnings up front. Keith Idec reports and Dan Rafael confirms that with Callum Johnson sidelined by COVID, Joe Smith Jr. will defend his WBO light heavyweight title on January 15th against unranked Steve Geffrard. Per DAZN News, Smith’s (27-3, 21 KO) promoters “reached out to numerous

DAZN subscribers won’t be starved for content these next two months. The network has officially revealed the octet of events set to grace every weekend in February and March, including some previously revealed main events, some that didn’t previously have dates, and a couple of new reveals. Chronologically: February 5th: Liam Smith vs. Jessie Vargas

After several stretches of radio silence and a false start or two, it’s finally happening. Mike Coppinger reports that Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez have signed contracts to meet in a rubber match on March 5th in San Diego’s Pechanga Arena. The fight will, unsurprisingly, headline on DAZN. Estrada (42-3, 28 KO) and

2022 officially has its first COVID-canceled title fight, and I’m actually a bit surprised it took this long. Top Rank and Frank Warren have revealed that Callum Johnson is out of his January 15th ESPN headliner against Joe Smith Jr. after testing positive. Smith’s (27-3, 21 KO) promoters are reportedly already “finalizing” a replacement. It’s

We’re still in a bit of the lull period for boxing following the holiday season, and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is clearly in good spirits. Fury is most recently coming off a conclusive stoppage win over Deontay Wilder last October to finalize their epic trilogy, and while Fury has been linked to potential fights

Top Rank’s January 29th Robson Conceicao vs. Xavier Martinez show has acquired a very interesting co-main event, which sees rising young lightweights Rene Tellez Giron and Luis Melendez collide in a Mexico vs. Puerto Rico showdown. Nico Ali Walsh and Jermiah Milton will be in action as well. The 22-year-old Giron (16-1, 10 KO), whose

After watching Triller completely beef its attempts to get them into a ring together, unified super middleweight champions Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Elin Cederroos have signed with Matchroom Boxing, which will stage the undisputed title clash this coming spring. The date and location “will be announced soon.” Crews-Dezurn (7-1, 2 KO), unbeaten since a debut loss

Luis Ortiz had to climb off the deck twice this past weekend before he was able to put Charles Martin away, and fresh off of that win promoter Kalle Sauerland is already looking to set up a bout against his man, Filip Hrgovic, telling Sky Sports that he’s just waiting for the IBF to start

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a day after revealing that the IBF had sent out letters ordering a heavyweight final eliminator between Luis Ortiz and Filip Hrgovic, the Sauerlands report that “King Kong” has turned down the opportunity. IBF #3 Joseph Parker now gets the call and “has until Friday” to decide whether

And so this stupid saga comes to an end. The WBA’s latest attempt to pit “world” champion Trevor Bryan against “champion in recess” Mahmoud Charr has predictably flamed out, prompting the sanctioning body to strip Charr while Bryan faces Jonathan Guidry on Don King’s January 29th Makabu-Mchunu 2 show. The interesting part here is the

Claressa Shields announced today that her fight against Ema Kozin, the co-feature alongside the twice-delayed main event in Wales between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Williams, is now scheduled for February 5th. It’s an encouraging sign that the UK’s suspension of all January boxing events likely won’t extend past the end of this month. My

Despite losing two title fights in his last three appearances, Joet Gonzalez still has his eyes on the prize. Top Rank announced today that they’d signed Gonzalez to a “multi-year promotional contract” that kicks off on the February 5th Jose Ramirez vs. Jose Pedraza show. The card will also see Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Richard