Fighting

Rankings go up on Mondays at 10 am ET. This week I’m late (and barely even on Monday!) because I spent a wonderful Sunday evening into early Monday morning in the hospital, and spent most of Monday just kind of recovering and shaking things off for the time being. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (7)

News broke earlier this month that Cleveland natives Charles Conwell and Montana Love would join Jake Paul vs. Charles Woodley at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on August 29th. Now, Coppinger reports that Love will face former IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk. Belarus’ Baranchyk (20-2, 13 KO) hasn’t seen action since October of last year, when he and

During the post-fight interview following the split decision draw between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, Charlo took to the dais to discuss his thoughts on the fight, saying that he believes he did enough to take the win over Brian Castano. Check out some of what Charlo has to say to media reporters below. Charlo

Following his stoppage win last night over Anthony Yigit on Showtime, lightweight prospect Rolando Romero came to a conclusion: It’s time for him to go up to the 140 lb division. “I need to go to 140. It’s my natural weight class. I feel I’ll be a lot stronger,” Romero said after all was said

PPV, 9:00 pm ET, BKFC 19: VanZant vs Ostovich. Usually we’d be all over BKFC, but the Olympics only come around once every four years (five in this case, three in the next case), and we’re going to present full Olympics coverage. Britain Hart also faces Jenny Savage on this card, plus more. SHO, 9:00

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano set out to become the first-ever undisputed male champion at 154 lbs in the four-belt era on Saturday night. Neither man did it, as the judges saw a split draw — with one obscenely bad score card — and the matter was left unsettled.

Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano fought to crown an undisputed 154 lb champion, but went to a controversial split draw instead, highlighted (so to speak) by judge Nelson Vazquez’s awful 117-111 Charlo card. That was a particular highlight of the boxing Twitter reaction to the fight, which largely saw both fighters praised, and they should

Undisputed 140 lb champion Josh Taylor is expected to return in November against a mandatory challenger, Jack Catterall, but there’s been some talk around Taylor possibly fighting Gervonta “Tank” Davis at some point, too. Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) is fully confident not only that he’d beat Davis (25-0, 24 KO), but that he would do

Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions is emptying the stables for its August 28th “Night of Champions” in Birmingham, including light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde and a trio of British title fights. Yarde (20-2, 19 KO) fights TBA in what the press release explicitly calls “a warm-up” before a planned rematch with Lyndon Arthur. He’s twice been

No matter what happens on Showtime tomorrow night, Rolando Romero is leaving the ring with the WBA interim lightweight title around his waist. Late replacement Anthony Yigit came in two divisions heavy for their 135-pound co-main event, crushing the scales at 140.2. That late notice isn’t quite as exonerating as you might think. Per Dan

Scott Christ (42-13-2) Jermell Charlo’s going to lose rounds in this fight. He loses rounds in a lot of fights. Go back deep, go back years. He lost rounds against Vanes Martirosyan, lost rounds against John Jackson, lost rounds against Austin Trout and Tony Harrison (twice) and Jeison Rosario. He lost rounds to Jorge Cota,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz With Guillermo Rigondeaux back in line to take on John Riel Casimero in an August 14 Showtime main event airing live from Carson, CA, Rigondeaux spoke to the media about his high expectations to put on a show on the evening. In particular, Rigondeaux says he’s been working on

Showtime’s August 29th Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley PPV revealed its date, location, and part of the main card earlier this week, and now the rest is coming together. Jake Donovan reports that local favorite Charles Conwell’s clash with Mark DeLuca, previously slated to take place on Triller’s erstwhile Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr.

During a media interview captured by Fight Hype, Gabe Rosado shares his thoughts on the pending rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, as well as giving a quick insight into who he’s looking to face next. Check out some of what Rosado had to say below. Rosado on how he views Fury-Wilder 3 “Well,

Fox Deportes’ Héctor Cantú brought us the latest on former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. yesterday. “The Destroyer,” who acknowledges that he was “a little rusty” against Chris Arreola this past May, is reportedly in talks with both Luis Ortiz and Dillian Whyte for a potential fight in September. Cantú stresses that nothing’s finalized

With Tyrone Woodley set to collide with Jake Paul in boxing’s next sideshow, both fighters made an appearance yesterday for an official press conference leading into the Aug. 29th bout taking place in Cleveland, OH. And while some might think of this as a one-off opportunity for Woodley to make some cash in the squared-circle,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz After fighting all across North America for the last six years, former WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez will return to his native Phoenix to face fellow former titlist Jose Uzcategui atop an August 28th Showtime card. Showtime officially announced the venue today; while they made no mention of

We’ve already seen at least one big unification bout crumble before our very eyes this year between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, and we just might see another disappear as RingTV reports that talks to stage a 168-pound fight between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant have hit a snag. According to their sources and