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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 […]
O’Shaquie Foster and Raymond Ford will meet in a super featherweight title fight on Saturday, May 30, 2026, with Foster defending his WBC 130 lb title in the main event from Texas. Bad Left Hook will have live results, reactions, and discussion during the show, and here’s how you can tune in and join us […]
Dmitry Bivol will make a long-awaited return to the ring on Saturday, May 30, 2026, returning home to Russia to defend a pair of light heavyweight titles against Michael Eifert of Germany. Bad Left Hook will have live results, reactions, and discussion for Bivol vs Eifert, and here’s how you can tune in and join […]
As we inch closer towards the June 27 super welterweight title fight between Xander Zayas vs Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, both fighters sit down with Chris Mannix on behalf of DAZN to discuss their impending battle. Both fighters present extreme confidence leading into the bout and neither were willing to get caught up in the assessments […]
Rico Verhoeven spent some time giving his own personal reaction to his loss to Oleksandr Usyk, which ended in controversial style with a referee stoppage at the end of the 11th round. Here in this conversation with Ring Magazine, and given some time to reflect, Verhoeven shares his perspective on what took place. Verhoeven on […]
22-year-old world champion Abdullah Mason joins Ring Magainze today to discuss his rapid ascension to the top of his division, how he plans to stay there, and where he sees he future in the sport. Mason is currently slated to defend his WBO title against Joe Cordina on July 4, and talks a bit about […]
Jake Paul is still physically recovering from getting his jaw smashed by Anthony Joshua last December, but his fighting days don’t appear to be finished just yet. With MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian talking to Sky Sports, he says Paul intends to make an eventual return to the ring and likes the idea of taking on […]
WBC super featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster puts his belt on the line this weekend when he takes on Raymond Ford, and ahead of the fight Foster speaks to Fight Hype about how this fight came to be when he was previously targeting a showdown with Shakur Stevenson. Here’s some of what he had to say. […]
Hamzah Sheeraz spent some time talking to Ring Magazine and after touching base on a but of recent events around the sport, Sheeraz was asked about whether he’d entertain the idea of a rematch with Carlos Adames, whom he drew with back in 2025. So when asked about his future plans at super middleweight and […]
Stephanie Han and Holly Holm will headline Most Valuable Promotions’ MVPW-03 on Saturday, May 30, 2026, with Han and Holm meeting in a rematch for Han’s lightweight title. The show will also feature Amanda Serrano defending a pair of featherweight titles, plus two more world title bouts. Bad Left Hook will have live results, reactions, […]
With O’Shaquie Foster set to defend his WBC super featherweight title against Raymond Ford this weekend in Houston, Matchroom boxing take fans behind the scenes with both fighters in their respective training camps leading into the bout. This segment starts with a quick glimpse into Foster’s camp where he’s working on his conditioning while his […]
Following Jack Catterall scoring a wide decision win over Shakhram Giyasov over the weekend, he’s now turning his attention to what’s to come as he looks for his next shot. 140 lb champion Rolly Romero was previously ordered to defend his title against the winner, and with Catterall now looking in his direction Catterall shares […]
Promoter Frank Warren says that Tyson Fury has his next opponent set, and that the “warm-up” before facing Anthony Joshua will be announced this week. From Sky Sports: “It’ll be a good opponent – it’ll be good for him. He can’t afford to slip up, because obviously AJ’s got his fight in a few weeks’ […]
Oleksandr Usyk averted what might’ve otherwise been a serious disaster over the weekend but coming back to stop Rico Verhoeven at the end of 11 rounds, and after the fight his former promoter Alex Krassyuk says the signs of age are starting to show for Usyk and he thinks it might be time to wrap […]
Oleksandr Usyk had a lot more trouble with Rico Verhoeven than anyone expected on Saturday in Egypt. Or did he? On social media, Usyk said, “They say it was tense watching my fight with Rico,” and included a laughing emoji, adding, “Guys, I just didn’t want you to be bored, come on.” Usyk stopped Verhoeven, […]
Promoter Frank Warren says he won’t allow a potential rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven to go ahead of Agit Kabayel finally getting his shot at Usyk. Usyk beat Verhoeven by controversial stoppage in the 11th round on Saturday, after struggling far more with the kickboxing champion than anyone expected. “Whatever happens, they’re talking […]
Rico Verhoeven is at least considering an appeal of yesterday’s controversial TKO loss to Oleksandr Usyk, telling Boxing News that after reviewing footage, he believes referee Mark Lyson stopped the fight after the bell to end the 11th round. If you look at the video, he’s got a good argument. “I just saw the end, […]
Like many, Eddie Hearn believes that Rico Verhoeven should have gotten the chance to continue in yesterday’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk. Verhoeven was stopped right at the end of the 11th round after a knockdown and a further flurry from Usyk. Verhoeven has said he wishes he’d had the chance to either recover in the […]
Friday May 29th Charlie Edwards vs Sikho Nqothole (DAZN, 2:00 pm ET) BLH will have live results and updates From York Hall in London, England. This is another Misfits “MF Pro” show, where the emphasis is on people who have some level of primary identification in combat sports, rather than YouTube pranksters or OnlyFans models. […]
Immediately following Oleksandr Usyk’s 11 round stoppage of kickboxer Rico Verhoeven last night, trainer Peter Fury gave his immediate reaction to what transpired in the ring, particularly with Rico performing much better against Usyk than anyone anticipated. “I’m very proud of him,” Fury said. “It was nice what Turki Alalshikh said about it. As soon […]
Rico Verhoeven led on one score card at the time of today’s controversial stoppage loss to Oleksandr Usyk, though he wouldn’t have had the fight gone into the 12th round. At the end of 10 rounds, two judges (Manuel Oliver Palomo and Fabian Guggenheim) had the fight scored even, 95-95, with judge Pasquale Procopio scoring […]
Rico Verhoeven wishes he’d gotten the chance to go into the 12th round or “go out on his shield,” but his tone after his controversial stoppage loss to Oleksandr Usyk was one of thanks, not anger. Rico told DAZN that he did feel he could have continued, and wanted to do so. “Yeah, of course […]
Turki Alalshikh took over after the post-fight comments from Oleksandr Usyk today in Egypt, seemingly stating that Agit Kabayel will be next for Usyk, and then, potentially, a rematch with Rico Verhoeven. Kabayel (27-0, 19 KO) is next in line for the WBC, whose belt Usyk defended today in a controversial and far tougher than […]
Oleksandr Usyk got the win over Rico Verhoeven, but it did not happen the way almost anyone thought it would, and it certainly wasn’t expected to have this much controversy. Usyk (25-0, 16 KO) stopped Verhoeven (1-1, 1 KO) at 2:59 of the 11th round when referee Mark Lyson made the decision to step in […]
Frank Sanchez and Richard Torrez Jr came into today’s IBF eliminator with more questions than clear answers about where they really stood in boxing right now, and we got one or two answers via Sanchez blowing up Torrez via second round knockout. Torrez (14-1, 12 KO) won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo, but has […]