During this video interview with Fight Hype, former junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis discusses where he might go next in his fighting career and also give his two cents on the upcoming PPV bout between Gervonta Davis and Mario Barrios. Check out what Prograis had to say on who he could fight next below. “I
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With Mario Barrios set to defend his secondary title against Gervonta Davis this weekend in Atlanta, Barrios joins Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast to discuss the bout and explain why he thinks he’s the one to be feared in his match-up with Davis. Check out some excerpts below with the full video interview above. Barrios
WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka has successfully avoided a purse bid with mandatory challenger Francisco Rodriguez Jr, as ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that the pair are set to duke it out on September 1st in Ioka’s native Japan. He does not name a specific venue. The fight will be Ioka’s (26-2, 15 KO) fifth
Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have decided to fire up the old trash talk, going back-and-forth a bit in the media this week. Wilder, of course, is set to face Tyson Fury for a third time on July 24, while it’s expected that Joshua will face WBO mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk later this summer or
When the International Olympics Committee’s Boxing Task Force (BTF) canceled the Americas qualifier, they turned to their rankings to determine who’d compete at Tokyo 2021. As a result, featherweight Bruce Carrington’s sterling run at the Olympic Trials proved moot, as Duke Ragan’s higher ranking earned him a spot on Team USA despite falling to Carrington
During this video interview with Nonito Donaire, he discusses his upcoming bantamweight title unification against John Riel Casimero in August as he intends to work his way back toward a rematch with Naoya Inoue for all the marbles. Check out some excerpts below. Donaire on his fight against Casimero “I’m just really, really, really focused
ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Jay Harris vs Ricardo Sandoval, Paul Butler vs Joseph Agbeko. This was originally set for May 14, but got postponed. It’s an IBF flyweight eliminator. Harris proved he’s certainly no joke going a solid 12 with Julio Cesar Martinez, and he’ll be the favorite here. Butler-Agbeko is a WBO eliminator at
It was a busy, busy, busy weekend of fights, and one that could have been even more so if Lopez-Kambosos had happened as planned. Lots to talk about, so let’s hop into what could be coming next for the notables in action this weekend. “The Monster” monstered again, roaring through Michael Dasmarinas pretty much like
Jermall Charlo retained his belt and his undefeated record, but had to go the full 12 rounds against Juan Macias Montiel to do it. Fighting in front of an adoring hometown crowd in Houston, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) largely controlled the fight from beginning to end. He waited out a very odd, awkward opening that
Tonight at 9 pm ET on PPV from Guadalajara, it’s quite the event, as Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will face MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr and Hector Camacho Jr will do an exhibition, and, uh, more. We’ll have live coverage for the event, with round-by-round for the Chavez-Silva headline fight,
Today at 3:30 pm ET, Jaime Munguia headlines in El Paso against Kamil Szeremeta in a middleweight main event, streaming live on DAZN. BLH will be here with full coverage for the four-fight main card, including round-by-round for the main event. We’ll have full updates throughout the card in this stream: Munguia was originally supposed
Former UFC light heavyweight (205 lbs) champion “Suga” Rashad Evans is looking to come out of combat retirement, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, and he’s got at least two targets in mind. The names Okamoto reported are Logan Paul and Roy Jones Jr, a pretty wildly different pairing other than they’re two guys happy to
Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas reports that despite enjoying the largest weight allowance of his professional career, Julio Cesar Chavez came in at 184 pounds for his 182-pound match with former UFC champion Anderson Silva tomorrow night. He must now surrender $100,000 to “The Spider,” who fights below 185 for the first time in over 15
Scott Christ (36-10-2) I’d like this fight a whole lot more if Juan Macias Montiel were an actual contender, but what can you do? He was run over in two rounds by Jaime Munguia in 2017 and his 3-0-1 since then, drawing with Hugo Centeno Jr and beating a beyond washed version of James Kirkland.
JOHN HANSEN: It’s tough being the new guy at a site that celebrates its 15th anniversary this month. The readers already know and love the established team. And those guys not only have their own inside jokes, they also have dibs on all the good parking spaces. Luckily for Jonathan Henschel and me, neither of
Oscar De La Hoya’s planned July 3 boxing comeback isn’t happening, but the 48-year-old “Golden Boy” will still be getting into a ring this year, though it’s not quite what he hyped up. Though he said he’d have a real fight — “real” would mean “sanctioned” in actual terms — and it would be against
Ryan Garcia’s leave of absence appears to be wrapping up. News broke yesterday that “Kingry” was set to star in a Gina Rodriguez-directed sports drama that will begin shooting in “summer 2022,” and he revealed today that a fight announcement is “coming soon.” Variety has a synopsis for the movie, which marks Rodriguez’s filmmaking debut
Rankings go up on Mondays at 10 am ET. Ranked fights this week: Heavyweight: (9) Michael Hunter vs Mike Wilson, June 19 Middleweight: (2) Jermall Charlo vs Juan Macias Montiel, June 19 Middleweight: (8) Jaime Munguia vs Kamil Szeremeta, June 19 Lightweight: (1) Teofimo Lopez vs (9) George Kambosos Jr, June 19 Junior Featherweight: (5)