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It’s official. Lamont Roach and William Zepeda have officially been scheduled for a vacant WBC lightweight title fight to take place on August 1 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, streaming live on DAZN (the main event will also be available on TNT & truTV). Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) is coming off of […]
Ben Whittaker is currently slated for his next fight against Popeye Rivera on June 27, and looking ahead to the fight Whittaker talks about fighting Stateside, training in Ireland, and shares some thoughts on upcoming fights and opponents he’d like, including Anthony Yarde. Check out some excerpts below. Whittaker on training with Andy Lee in […]
With Kristian Prenga set for the biggest opportunity of his career when he takes on Anthony Joshua on July 26 in Riyadh, he talks to the media after his opening press conference to continue asserting his belief that he’s not coming to just roll over for a payday. So, naturally, Prenga was asked what makes […]
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are on the collision course for late 2026, but Joshua has business to take care of first in what is expected to be, frankly, an easy tune-up fight against Kristian Prenga on July 25. Promoter Eddie Hearn sees the tune-up as necessary, and also remembered Fury saying Joshua didn’t need […]
While news has circulated that Anthony Joshua will finally square off with Tyson Fury later on this year, the fight is dependent on both fighters coming through in interim bouts soon to take place. Joshua will be taking on little-known Kristian Prenga on July 25 while Fury is expected to formally announce his summer opponent […]
With a big super welterweight clash on the schedule for later this month when Xander Zayas defends his world titles against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on June 27, Matchroom Boxing takes fans behind the scenes of Zayas in training camp as he physically and mentally prepares himself for the impending battle. “Same focus, same hunger, same […]
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talked with boxing media members about all kinds of topics around the boxing world, with some things of particular interest with respects to his ongoing feud with Dana White, news that Shakur Stevenson has signed with Zuffa, and a fight between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn which is expected to be […]
As Anthony Joshua prepares to make his ring return on July 25 in what is set up to be a tune-up bout before he takes on Tyson Fury later this year, Joshua appears for his kickoff press conference for the opponent at hand in Krisitian Prenga. While most aren’t expect much of any resistance from […]
Tommy Fury will face Eddie Hall in a super-charged novelty boxing bout on June 13 in the main event of a Misfits Boxing card from Manchester, England, and says that he keeps driving forward because he wants to be a world champion. How we’re supposed to think that spending the last three years fighting Jake […]
Cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki is cleared to take on Chris Billam-Smith this weekend Bournemouth, and while looking forward to the fight Rozicki actually takes a look back in time, drawing inspiration from Jack Dempsey. Rozicki tells Sky Sports he specifically marvels at the brutality on display in an old fight against Jess Willard, which is said […]
O’Shaquie Foster spent some time talking to the media after his successful title defense against Raymond Ford over the weekend in Houston. Here Foster talks a bit about the fight and what transpired, and looks towards a showdown with rival Shakur Stevenson after breaking down the bad blood between them. Here’s some of what he […]
We’re back! Things got muddled for a couple months there so this is our first update since March, and we’re taking into account three full months of boxing’s results and also reshuffling here and there, because I think it’s important to do that, as I’ve said before. Things can change fast, performance matters as much […]
Two years ago today, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn put forth opposing teams of fighters for a “5v5” event in Riyadh. Warren’s Queensberry side swept the day, 5-0, and Queensberry sent a cheeky reminder to Matchroom today on social media. “Happy anniversary, Matchroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn,” the Queensberry account posted, along with photos from […]
Tuesday, June 2 CountryBox247.com, 7:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing From the Plaza Mariachi in Nashville, Tennessee. We got a real fight here! A two-star (per BoxRec) fight for a lesser WBC belt! Undefeated, heavy hitting Argentine Alejandro Silva faces respectable pro Daniel Valdivia, who you may recall from old Top Rank shows […]
Stephanie Han retained her WBA lightweight title with a win over Holly Holm tonight in Han’s hometown of El Paso, Texas, but the rematch victory will come with quite a bit of controversy. Han (13-0, 3 KO) retained on majority decision scores, with two judges scoring the fight for her, both at 96-94. The third […]
O’Shaquie Foster retained his WBC super featherweight title with a pretty clear win that the judges had a majority decision, beating Raymond Ford after a highly contentious start to their fight in Houston. One judge had the fight even, 114-114, while the other two scored it for Foster on tallies of 116-112 and 118-110. Bad […]
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn says the talk of pitting Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez against Naoya Inoue in a huge pound-for-pound showdown is very real, and could even happen this year. Hearn doesn’t want to ignore that Rodriguez is moving up to bantamweight to face WBA titleholder Antonio Vargas first on June 13, which he contends […]
Dmitry Bivol barely broke a sweat in his return to the ring, easily defeating mandatory challenger Michael Eifert to successfully defend the IBF and WBA light heavyweight titles today in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Official scores were 120-107 from all three judges, and that was our unofficial score, as well. It would be hard to have it […]
O’Shaquie Foster defends the WBC super featherweight title against Raymond Ford tonight, May 30, 2026, live from Houston and streaming on DAZN. Bad Left Hook will be here with live results and reactions as the fights finish, with those updates coming in the main post. We’ll also have live discussion down in the comments section, […]
Dmitry Bivol gets back to boxing today, May 30, 2026, as he’ll face Michael Eifert from Yekaterinburg, Russia, defending two light heavyweight titles. Bivol (24-1, 12 KO) hasn’t fought in 15 months, following his rematch victory against Artur Beterbiev, and this will be his first fight in his home country since 2021. Eifert (13-1, 5 […]
O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC super featherweight title against Raymond Ford in a DAZN main event on Saturday, May 30, from Houston, after what quickly became a pretty heated build between the two. So who’s got the edge going into what many feel looks like something of a pick’em on paper? O’Shaquie Foster’s recent […]
Sikho Nqothole put himself in line for an IBF title shot, beating Charlie Edwards in a super flyweight eliminator today at London’s York Hall. Nqothole (22-3, 13 KO) picked up the unanimous decision victory on scores of 116-113, 116-112, and 117-111, all of which were fair and did give Edwards (21-3, 7 KO) about as […]
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom spent some time talking about his feelings about Zuffa Boxing and suggests there will be litigation to follow after he says they’ve just recently taken another fighter from him in Sam Hickey, who he says was under contract. Shalom says he’s not willing to just roll over to Zuffa as he […]
Dmitry Bivol will make his long-awaited return to the ring after 15 months out of action to defend two of his three light heavyweight titles against Michael Eifert on Saturday, May 30, from Yekaterinburg, Russia. To note, the WBO have decided not to sanction it as a title fight, but they also are not stripping […]
Charlie Edwards will return to action today, facing Sikho Nqothole in a 12-round IBF super flyweight eliminator from York Hall in London, England. Edwards (21-2, 7 KO) has dropped back down to 115 lbs after a run at 118 that saw him win the European title, but lose to Andrew Cain in March 2025, as […]