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Results Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Lamont Roach headline the final Premier Boxing Champions card of 2025, with the two meeting in a super lightweight main event tonight from Texas. The show is available through PPV.com and Amazon’s Prime Video PPV at a cost of $74.95. Our live coverage will start at 8 pm ET, with […]
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Results Matchroom Boxing returns to Monaco today, with Shabaz Masoud facing Peter McGrail in a main event from Monte Carlo. The show will stream live on DAZN from 1 pm ET, and we’ll be here with live results, updates, and discussion in the comments section. Along with the main event, we’ll also see Beatriz Ferreira […]
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Results Jai Opetaia returns to action to defend his IBF cruiserweight title in Australia, taking on mandatory challenger Huseyin Cinkara in the main event, and we’ll be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section. For those in the U.S. and elsewhere outside of Australia and New Zealand, the fights will […]
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Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs Lamont Roach I think this is a pretty good fight. I don’t know how many people are going to be interested in paying $75 for it, 19 days away from Christmas, but PBC doesn’t really have many options anymore and haven’t since Showtime Boxing was killed, as PBC had, like many […]
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Update: In a pretty embarrassing turn of events, the WBC have now sanctioned Foster vs Fulton as an interim lightweight title fight, “sanctioning” a new “version” of this fight instead of having to deal with the reality that Fulton simply missed weight. — Scott Christ The hits just keep coming for tomorrow’s PBC PPV, as […]
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In light of the latest drama surrounding the WBC stripping Terence Crawford due to him opting not to pay his sanctioning fees, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn tries to give his impartial take on what’s transpired from an insider’s perspective. Hearn says that while he doesn’t always agree with how much sanction fees are, he feels […]
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With Teofimo Lopez officially set to defend his 140 lb world title against Shakur Stevenson on January 31, 2026, he joins Ring Magazine’s group to talk about the fight he’s currently the betting underdog in, why he’s confident he’ll prevail, and more. Check out some of what he had to say below. Teofimo on why […]
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The father/trainer/promoter of Devin Haney, Bill, just recently joined Ariel Helwani to discuss his son’s recent title win over Brian Norman Jr, why it was such an impressive performance, and a lot more during this segment. If I’m being honest, Bill rambled a lot more nonsense than I’m accustomed to hearing from him so I’ve […]
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In his first year of eligibility, long-reigning middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin leads the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s class of 2026. In addition to “GGG,” the latest batch of inductees include: Golovkin, Fujioka, and Nava were in their first year of eligibility. All new inductees will be honored in a ceremony this coming June.
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One of the dumber title reigns in recent memory will finally come to an end later this week, as Carlos Linares reports that the WBA will strip Lamont Roach Jr of his 130-pound title upon entering the ring to face Isaac Cruz for the interim 140-pound title this Saturday. Interim champ Jazza Dickens, who blew […]
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Jai Opeteia’s long tenure with DAZN may be at an end, as his upcoming title defense against Huseyin Cinkara will air on UFC Fight Pass outside of Australia. Tasman Fighters’ Mick Francis tells BoxingScene that he just recently signed the broadcast deal. Opetaia (28-0, 22 KO) is still under a co-promotional deal with Matchroom, which […]
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After the news broke of the WBC stripping Terence Crawford of his super middleweight title for not paying their proposed sanctioning fees, Crawford took to social media to let his thoughts be known on the situation. Here, Crawford makes it exactly clear what he thinks of the WBC’s green belt and where their president, Mauricio […]
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22-year-old super welterweight contender Bakary Samake, who currently sits at the top of the WBC rankings, has joined forces with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions ahead of a final eliminator. Samake (18-0, 11 KO) is coming off of three consecutive knockouts, dispatching Aussie journeyman Wade Ryan, South African kinda-sorta-not-really contender Roarke Knapp, and most recently Venezuelan […]
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Following yesterday’s news that heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk was targeting an unexpected fight against Deontay Wilder going forward, the WBC has paved way for this to take place with the organization formally granting him permission to make a voluntary title defense against Wilder after bumping him up into their top 10 in the division. “Deontay […]
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Terence Crawford is at least one belt lighter this morning as ESPN reports that the WBC have stripped him of his super middleweight world title for failing to pay their sanctioning fees. Crawford won the title by beating Canelo Alvarez this past September as he went undisputed in his third weight class. As the WBC […]
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Janibek Alimkhanuly’s long-desired unification bout with Erislandy Lara is off after “Qazaq Style” tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. Per Andreas Hale and Dan Rafael, Lara will instead defend his WBA middleweight title against Johan Gonzalez, who got smashed by Yoenis Tellez last year but bounced back with a split decision over the incredibly […]
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During a video interview with Oleksandr Usyk as he’s in Thailand for this year’s annual WBC convention, he talks about where he’s currently at in his career, giving up his undisputed hold at heavyweight, and makes a rather surprising announcement that in the coming year he personally would like to make a fight against Deontay […]
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Justis Huni’s trip down the comeback trail will have to wait until 2026, as Tasman Boxing’s Mick Francis tells BoxingScene that his Saturday rematch with Kiki Toa Leutele is off. “He just had the death of his coach three weeks ago; Kiki was struggling with a bit of an injury from training,” Francis told BoxingScene. […]
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Lance Pugmire reports that Katie Taylor could end her self-imposed hiatus this coming summer against former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Rousey, at the time the most decorated female judoka America had ever seen, became the UFC’s first female champion and its first true female superstar with a lengthy string of one-sided demolitions. Only Miesha […]
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Jermall Charlo just appeared for a video interview with Brian Custer and discusses his upcoming career plans and how he’s honing-in on an overdue fight against Caleb Plant, with the pair having a history of turmoil outside of the ring. You can catch a few quotes from Charlo here with the full video interview in […]
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Heavyweight (Limit: None) Last Rank Name Record 1 1 Oleksandr Usyk 24-0-0 (15) 2 2 Fabio Wardley 20-0-1 (19) 3 3 Agit Kabayel 26-0-0 (18) 4 4 Joseph Parker 36-3-0 (24) 5 5 Daniel Dubois 22-3-0 (21) 6 6 Derek Chisora 36-13-0 (23) 7 7 Filip Hrgovic 19-1-0 (14) 8 8 Moses Itauma 13-0-0 (11) […]
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After a lot of talk and negotiations, it appears that a highly anticipated showdown between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson has finally gotten over the line. The bout has been set for January 31 in New York, headlining The Ring 6 event. The show will be promoted by Matchroom Boxing and broadcast live on DAZN. […]
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Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has a chat with boxing media members about his recent back-and-forth comments with Devin Haney, who he used to promote, and his feelings that Haney’s performances aren’t moving the needle for audiences despite the fact that he’s been winning. After Haney essentially called Hearn a ‘hater’, Hearn himself gives his response […]
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With David Benavidez lined up to take on Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez for a cruiserweight title in the coming year, one of Benavidez’s longtime promoters in Sampson Lewkowicz explains in a press release that Benavidez is thrilled for the opportunity and says he’s not going to sit around and wait for an opportunity against Canelo Alvarez. […]
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Tuesday, December 2nd TrillerTV+, 7:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. From the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee, not that any regular Bad Left Hook reader needs to be reminded. Main event is Maidel Sando vs Zachary Randolph, with Evan Holyfield on the undercard. The music is Presley Aaron. Thursday, December 4th DAZN, […]
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