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Otto Wallin is in a big club of fighters who thought they’d booked fights, only to see the matchup fizzle out. Heavyweight Wallin (22-1, 14 KO) said he’s stayed true to his personality and didn’t allow any frustration to boil over. So he stayed close to ready when a battle against Luis Ortiz didn’t materialize,

We knew it was coming, but now we have the deets. WBA “world” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is officially set to defend his title against former interim champion Rolando Romero atop a December 5th Showtime PPV at Staples Center. Tickets go on sale this coming Thursday (Oct. 21st). This digital-turned-analog grudge match came about thanks

It’s with regret that inform you all that former titleholder Moises Fuentes (25-7-1, 14 KOs) was forced to undergo emergency brain surgery stemming from his knockout loss to David Cuellar over the weekend in Mexico. ESPN cites Fuentes’ promoter, Oswaldo Kuchle, who says that Fuentes was discovered to have a blood clot in his brain

David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui will headline on Showtime on November 13, one week after the Showtime pay-per-view return for Canelo Alvarez, who faces Caleb Plant for the undisputed super middleweight championship. Both Benavidez and Uzcategui want the Canelo-Plant winner, of course, and more than that, they feel the winner of their fight deserves the

Premier Boxing Champions have announced the pay-per-view undercard for the Nov. 6 Canelo-Plant Showtime pay-per-view from Las Vegas. If you’re hoping for something big, prepare to be disappointed. In the co-feature, former super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell (33-2-2, 24 KO) will look to get his career back on track at age 37, as he faces

During this video interview with our friend Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, former welterweight champion Keith Thurman gives his analysis of the big upcoming welterweight fight between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. Being that Thurman has experience in facing Porter as an opponent, Thurman tries to put the fight in perspective. Check out what

ESPN+, 8:00 pm ET, Oscar Rivas vs Ryan Rozicki. History will be mad, folks! The WBC’s “bridgerweight” championship is on the line between a veteran second-tier heavyweight and the man deemed by BoxRec to currently be the world’s 43rd best cruiserweight. Nobody other than the WBC are taking “bridgerweight” seriously, and with Oleksandr Usyk so

Mairis Briedis made short work of Artur Mann on Saturday, as expected, and the IBF cruiserweight titleholder says he’s ready to unify with WBO titleholder Lawrence Okolie. Briedis (28-1, 20 KO) is still largely considered the top cruiserweight in the sport at 36, and for good reason. He remains the fighter who gave the toughest

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Boxing had a mildly quiet but really quite eventful weekend, with a couple of notable upsets, a world title changing hands, and some fights being set up that could be of real interest. Emanuel Navarrete Navarrete’s win over Joet Gonzalez was a gritty one, a solid WBO featherweight title

Mikey Garcia returns to action tonight in a welterweight main event on DAZN, facing Sandor Martin in a 10-round matchup. Bad Left Hook will be here for live coverage of the main card starting at 7:30 pm ET. All updates, including round-by-round for the main event, will be in this stream: The 33-year-old Garcia hasn’t

During an interview captured by Fight Hype, boxing analyst Timothy Bradley shares his thoughts on the welterweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. Bradley explains here why he thinks this fight is a 50/50 matchup that could go either way despite most of the public expecting Crawford to come out on top. Check

Emanuel Navarrete had to work damn hard to do it, but he retained his WBO featherweight title with a decision win over Joet Gonzalez in tonight’s ESPN+ main event from San Diego. Navarrete won on scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 118-110. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 116-112 for Navarrete, and while some of the

While we’ve yet to get any info on the November 20th Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter PPV main card, the prelims are coming together nicely. Mike Coppinger reports that former champion Isaac Dogboe and recent title challenger Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz will duke it out on the ESPN+/ESPN2 undercard, presumably joining Jared Anderson vs Oleksandr Teslenko.

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Emanuel Navarrete returns to the ring tonight to defend his WBO featherweight title against Joet Gonzalez, and Bad Left Hook will be here with full coverage starting at 8:30 pm ET. You can watch along on ESPN+. All live updates including round-by-round for the main event will come in

During today’s press conference for this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Sandor Martin card, Eddie Hearn revealed that he’s signed unbeaten super lightweight prospect Montana Love, who will make his Matchroom debut in December on either a Devin Haney or Teofimo Lopez card. “I’m very excited, definitely happy to be part of the team,” said Love.

Jared “Big Baby” Anderson took zero damage in last weekend’s beatdown of Vladimir Tereshkin, and as a result, he’s set for a quick turnaround. Dan Rafael reports that he’ll face Ukraine’s Oleksandr Teslenko on the November 20th Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter card. Despite weighing around 220 pounds, well-traveled amateur Teslenko (17-1, 13 KO) enjoyed

Troubling news out of London, where an apparent surge in property theft crimes against world champion boxers claimed a new victim: Chris Eubank Sr. The Evening Standard reports that the 55 year old former WBO middleweight and super-middleweight champ was mugged yesterday outside of a London bank. The mugger grabbed a Louis Vuitton clutch that

Back in 2012, Gabriel Rosado was a 26 year old on the verge of a title shot. He didn’t have a spotless record, a prospect pedigree, or even a promoter. What he did have was the fearlessness and tenacity that still define him as a fighter today. Since then, Rosado has survived a lot of