The Best in Global Boxing News and Commentary
During a press conference held by Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino legend spoke about continuing his fighting career and how he’s currently in the midst of negotiating his next outing. While most of us have already heard that Pacquiao is hoping to secure a rematch against Floyd Mayweather, he also says he’s in talks for a […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Earlier today, Lance Pugmire reported that IBF super welterweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev and mandatory challenger Josh Kelly had finally come to terms for their long-brewing title bout and would meet this coming January in Newcastle, England. Dan Rafael now confirms that the pair narrowly avoided a scheduled purse bid and will fight on January 31st. […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Multiple outlets report that Fresh Promotions will stage Subriel Matias’ mandatory super lightweight title defense against Dalton Smith on January 10th at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, scheduling a November 10th press conference to confirm the news. Mike Coppinger first reported the date last month and noted that Emmanuel Rodriguez, Jeyvier Cintron, and Alfredo Santiago would appear […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
A big fight between O’Shaquie Foster and Stephen Fulton, who would be moving up in weight for a shot at another belt, was most recently scheduled to take place on a Oct. 25 card headlined by Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman. However, with Fundora sustaining an injury that nixed that headlining fight for the time […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Ben Whittaker has some profile over in the U.K. as having future star potential for his flashy and flamboyant style inside the ring. In certain respects he has a bit of a Prince Naseem quality even if not held in quite the same regard, but he’s certainly got enough that has had major British promoters […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Thursday night’s main event between Mary Spencer and Mikaela Mayer will now have three world titles on the line. Spencer (10-2, 6 KO) was already set to defend her WBA super welterweight title against Mayer (21-2, 5 KO), and the WBC and WBO have both added their vacant 154 lb belts to the fight. Those […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
With Fabio Wardley coming off of the biggest win of his career this past Saturday over Joseph Parker, a shot at undisputed world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk could loom for 2026. Wardley told Sky Sports that he hopes the fight will happen, and believes that Usyk will stand as a man of his word. “It’s […]
4 months ago | 1 read
A rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao — which is an even more expired idea than their long-delayed first fight from 2015, at least in a sporting sense — is “being explored” for 2026, according to Mike Coppinger. Mayweather will turn 49 in February and hasn’t had a sanctioned bout since his 2017 win […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Anson Wainwright, confirming an earlier report from Brunch Boxing, brings word that Nonito Donaire will challenge Seiya Tsutsumi for the WBA bantamweight title in the main event of a December 17th Teiken Promotions title tripleheader in Tokyo. A bit of backstory on this one: Tsutsumi (12-0-3, 8 KO), who took the belt from Takuma Inoue […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Wednesday, October 29th iMe PPV (?), 5:00 am ET, Thrilla in Manila 2: 50th Anniversary. A Manny Pacquiao promotion featuring Melvin Jerusalem defending his WBC minimumweight title against Siyakholwa Kuse. Marlon Tapales is on the undercard, as is none other than the one and only MUHAMMAD ALI…’s grandson, Nico Ali Walsh. This streams on a […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
With Hamzah Sheeraz most recently coming off of a big win over Edgar Berlanga over the summer he’s looking towards the next big fight to come his way. In this video interview with Fight Hub TV, Sheeraz discusses what fights he’s been looking at and what could be potentially on the table for him Sheeraz […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Joseph Parker took to the podium following his TKO loss to Fabio Wardley over the weekend and faced the media to give his take on what transpired. Parker was good enough to give credit to Wardley on his performance in the fight and although he felt like the stoppage came premature, he takes the loss […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Fresh off of his big stoppage win over Joseph Parker over the weekend Fabio Wardley is flying high, now having his name mentioned as a potential opponent for reigning champion Oleksandr Usyk. Wardley would not have been thought to be proper opponent for the Ukranian given the perceived skill disparity and obvious experience differential — […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Promoter Frank Warren has told The Ring that a third bout between heavyweights Derek Chisora and Dillian Whyte will happen on December 13, and that Moses Itauma won’t return in 2025. Itauma was expected to fight again in the main event that night in Manchester. Chisora (36-13, 23 KO) and Whyte (31-4, 21 KO) took […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Floyd Schofield will not be fighting on November 8. The young lightweight contender suffered a Grade 2 sprain to his right wrist, with Golden Boy Promotions saying there was also minor ligament damage, and that Schofield was advised to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Joseph Diaz Jr, which was to feature on the Vergil […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Koki Kameda’s weekend doubleheader in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan produced an upset, an anticlimax, and an entirely expected result in its biggest bouts. The first evening saw former three-division titlist John Riel Casimero (34-5-1, 23 KO) complete his lengthy fall from grace with an upset decision loss to Kyonosuke Kameda (16-5-2, 9 KO) at featherweight. Kameda, whose […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
With Fabio Wardley coming off of the new best win of his career on Saturday, where he stopped Joseph Parker in the 11th round, there is of course plenty of talk about Wardley facing undisputed world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in 2026. Wardley (20-0-1, 19 KO) may be the exact sort of challenge that could […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Fabio Wardley and Joseph Parker put on a tremendous show at the O2 Arena in London, with Wardley scoring another career-best victory by stopping the former heavyweight titlist in the 11th round of their excellent main event fight. But since this is boxing, there’s no lack of argument about an outcome. Referee Howard Foster should […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Results Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley will meet in a high-stakes heavyweight main event today from London’s O2 Arena, and Bad Left Hook is the place to be for live results, plus updates and discussion during the fights down in the comments section. The show will air live on DAZN PPV ($59.99) starting from 1:30 […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley are set to collide tomorrow in London and in anticipation of the match both fighters sat down for an in person interview with Max Kellerman on behalf of Ring TV. Parker and Wardley both insist they aren’t taking one another lightly considering that the winner will likely have options for […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Ahead of their Nov. 8 showdown in Fort Worth, Texas, both Vergil Ortiz and Erickson Lubin sat down for a face to face interview where they discussed their fight and its implications as both look to move on from here to bigger and better opportunities. Lubin on why he wanted to fight Ortiz “I feel […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
The stop-and-start saga of Raymond Muratalla’s mandatory IBF lightweight title defense against Andy Cruz may finally be reaching a conclusion, as Matchroom Boxing successfully defeated Top Rank at today’s purse bid. Per Jake Donovan, Matchroom’s $888,888 bid soundly trounced Top Rank’s $550,000, a rare victory for Eddie Hearn in this arena. This still leaves them […]
4 months ago | 1 read
As is becoming tradition, Most Valuable Promotions will host a November 11th show at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino as part of their Jake Paul vs Gervonta “Tank” Davis fight week programming. The card airs on Netflix and is “free and open to the public.” The featured attraction sees former WBA super bantamweight titlist […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
There’s been plenty of speculation as to whether or not Tyson Fury will return to the ring again after announcing his most recent retirement, especially considering his history, but in this video interview Fury claims he’s at peace with his life exactly how it is, and has no motivation to come back to the sport […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
Heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel will have a homecoming fight on January 10, as he returns to Oberhausen, Germany, for a bout against an opponent to be named. The 33-year-old Kabayel hasn’t fought in his home country since his 2023 win over Agron Smakici, with his last three bouts all coming in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as […]
4 months ago | 0 reads