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Tyson Fury’s promotional status and the status of his proposed fight with Anthony Joshua is up in the air and the topic of plenty of discussion, but Fury himself says he’s got a clear promoter, and that it’s Turki Alalshikh. “Turki (is) the promoter [sic] of the GK, till I retire,” Fury posted in his […]
Levi Luna announced on last night’s ESPN KnockOut broadcast that WBC bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue will rematch mandatory challenger Tenshin Nasukawa this coming September in Japan. This isn’t the most organic sequel you’ll ever see; Inoue (22-2, 5 KO) comfortably beat Nasukawa (8-1, 2 KO) when they met last November, with the latter seemingly running […]
Multiple outlets report that the IBF has ordered former bantamweight champion Ryosuke Nishida to meet Sam Goodman for their interim super bantamweight title, giving the pair the customary 30 days to negotiate. Nishida (11-1, 2 KO) enjoyed an extremely strong run at 118, racking up wins over the likes of Shohei Omori, Daigo Higa, and […]
Derek Chisora was meant to walk off into the sunset in his 50th pro fight in front of his home fans in London this past April. While the turnout was great, Chisora didn’t get the result he would’ve liked, losing a split decision to Deontay Wilder. With that lingering dissatisfaction and a whole boatload of […]
While Tyson Fury watched his brother Tommy Fury take a win on the latest Misfits card, iFL TV managed to momentarily catch up with Tyson as the official scores were being read to give his reaction to his brother’s performance. Tyson would say there’s nothing left for Tommy to prove on these kind of cards, […]
Tyson Fury was in attendance at Dana White’s latest UFC event and it wasn’t long before all kinds of speculation started swirling about whether Fury has aligned himself with Zuffa Boxing — something White didn’t really try to dispel when directly asked about signing Fury after making suggestions he would be professionally involved with him. […]
Abraham Perez won a close decision over Jonathan Gonzalez to win the interim WBA flyweight title this evening in Grand Rapids, Mich., in a Salita Promotions main event. Perez (15-0, 7 KO) won on split decision scores, with two cards going his way, both at 115-113, and Gonzalez winning the third card, also 115-113. Both […]
Andy Cruz and Albert Bell will meet in an ordered IBF lightweight eliminator on July 18 in California. The fight will be part of Matchroom’s card at Dignity Health Sports Park, streamed live on DAZN. Diego Pacheco will headline against Immanuwel Aleem in a super middleweight clash. The IBF ordered Cruz vs Bell in February, […]
Last night’s MVPW-04 show saw two world title changes in Orlando, Fla., plus two titlists keeping their belts. Here’s a quick rundown of the results. Oshae Jones and Tiara Brown retain titles Oshae Jones (9-0-1, 3 KO) barely kept her IBF super welterweight title, retaining via a 10-round draw with Elia Carranza. It was a […]
Friday, June 19 Ashton “H2o” Sylve vs Joseph “JoJo” Diaz (DAZN, 8:00 pm ET) Bad Left Hook will have live results and updates MF Pro from Thunder Studios in Long Beach, CA, a regular, small boxing venue that has held a lot of shows in recent years. Love a place like that. Sylve (13-1, 10 […]
Bam Rodriguez is now a three-division world champion, stopping Antonio Vargas in the sixth round tonight in Glendale, Ariz., to win the WBA bantamweight title. Rodriguez (24-0, 17 KO) did face a game opponent in Vargas (19-2-1, 11 KO), with Vargas landing some decent early shots and coming to fight and all that. But the […]
Super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco will return to the ring on Saturday, July 18, to face Immanuwel Aleem in a DAZN-streamed main event from Carson, Calif. The fight comes with the announcement that Pacheco has signed a new deal to stay with Matchroom Boxing. On paper, the 25-year-old Pacheco (25-0, 18 KO) is taking a […]
There were no big surprises in the Misfits Boxing main event from Manchester, where Tommy Fury won a majority decision over Eddie Hall. One judge scored the fight even, 57-57, overruled by cards of 58-56 and 59-56 for Fury. The six-round fight didn’t feature much by way of clean punching or ebb and flow, but […]
Matchmaking is something of an art in the boxing world, and always has been. Young fighters need to develop in the ring as well as develop a following in order to make bigger fights commercially viable, which like it or not, is a huge portion of why certain fights happen and others might not. Former […]
Bam Rodriguez will take on Antonio Vargas tonight in Arizona, as Rodriguez looks to become a three-division world champion in the DAZN main event. Bad Left Hook will be here with live results and reactions, fight-by-fight, in this post as the results come in, and we’ll also have live discussion down in the comments section, […]
Tommy Fury and Eddie Hall will meet in a Misfits Boxing main event today from Manchester, England. Bad Left Hook will be here for live discussion and reactions, plus live results, fight-by-fight. Fury is 11-0 (4 KO) as a pro boxer, but today’s fight is not a fully sanctioned pro fight, though it is full […]
Devin Haney’s father and trainer Bill Haney answered some fan and media questions during a live stream on Instagram, and during the segment he said their side is ready and willing to move forward on making a fight with Shakur Stevenson after the pair traded words on social media. Here’s some of what Bill had […]
Super middleweight prospect Wilkens Mathieu stayed undefeated, stopping Esquiva Falcao in the eighth round tonight in Quebec City. The 21-year-old Mathieu (16-0, 11 KO) didn’t have it entirely his way in this one, as the 36-year-old Falcao, a former Olympic silver medalist, came in from Brazil and gave a really honest effort, he was there […]
A June 27th super welterweight title fight is soon approaching as Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis challenges unified champion Xander Zayas for his belts, and in the lead up to the the fight Matchroom takes fans behind the scenes of Boots in camp. “I’m just excited to be fighting a guy that got two belts, a guy […]
Antonio Vargas spent some time talking to Ring Magazine about this weekend’s title fight against Bam Rodriguez. While Vargas will be going in as the WBA champion, he’ll be a huge underdog against one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the entire sport. Here’s how Vargas plans to upset those odds… Vargas on his plans […]
Bam Rodriguez will look to make it a world title in a third weight class on Saturday, June 13, 2026, when he moves up to bantamweight to face WBA titleholder Antonio Vargas in a DAZN main event. Rodriguez looks the clear favorite in this one, and is seen that way by pretty much everyone, but […]
While Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya has maintained that he’d be willing to work with rival Dana White and Zuffa Boxing to make a fight between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn, De La Hoya says Zuffa has been going about things all the wrong way by trying to circumvent him. ESPN now reports […]
Super middleweight prospect Wilkens Mathieu returns to action tonight in Quebec City, facing veteran Esquiva Falcao in a 10-round main event, making back-to-back weeks for Eye of the Tiger in Quebec. Bad Left Hook will be here with live results and reactions in this post, plus discussion down in the comments section. The 21-year-old Mathieu […]
Bam Rodriguez is moving to bantamweight on Saturday, and he’s leaving no pull back to the super flyweight division. Rodriguez has officially vacated his WBC, WBA, and WBO super flyweight titles for the move to 118 lbs, meaning that if he loses Saturday to Antonio Vargas, he won’t have the title-holding leverage for a potential […]
Floyd Mayweather will return, kinda, in an exhibition matchup on June 27 against kickboxer Mike Zambidis, and DAZN have picked up the event, meaning you can watch through the service you almost certainly already have as a boxing fan in 2026. The exhibition will take place in Athens, Greece, giving Zambidis home advantage for something […]