Fighting

Tyson Fury had to take up talking for two at today’s press conference to officially announce, as Deontay Wilder sat silent in a chair on stage after making a brief opening comment, refusing to take questions from the media or expand on anything else. “Enough said. Time to cut off his head,” Wilder said. “Come

Today, starting at 4pm ET, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former titleholder Deontay Wilder make their impending rematch official, formally announcing their July 24 PPV fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After much talk about a potential undisputed heavyweight title unification between Fury and Anthony Joshua, Wilder ultimately won his arbitration case,

In what The Guardian calls “part of a range of measures being undertaken…in an attempt to return to the international sport fold,” the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has enlisted Professor Richard McLaren to investigate potential corruption during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. “Boxing has a long history of questionable activities,” said McLaren. “There have

Top Rank has revealed the ESPN+ undercard for this Saturday’s Naoya Inoue-Michael Dasmarinas tripleheader, which features two Olympic veterans and a pair of young prospects. Top billing goes to 2016 Mexican Olympian Lindolfo Delgado (11-0, 11 KO), who signed with Top Rank this past March. The 26-year-old super lightweight fights for the first time since

Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe isn’t taking too kindly to online jokes regarding the recent Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul exhibition bout — particularly if they’re coming from other platforms. Last week Triller posted a meme about the unseemly matchup which has clearly gotten under the skin of the promoter. That post would trigger a

Alexander Povetkin has announced his retirement from boxing at age 41, ending a 16-year pro career that saw him considered a serious contender most of the way, though he never was recognized by the majority as a world champion. The veteran fighter announced the retirement on his Instagram account, leaving the sport with a 36-3-1

Shakur Stevenson’s fight on Saturday night stunk. Even he knows it. His shutout win over Jeremiah Nakathila was easy work for him, really, and the most positive spin you can put on it as watchable television is that Stevenson seemed to respect Nakathila’s power. Maybe he knew Nakathila had nothing but power, but then we

Shakur Stevenson got the win tonight over Jeremiah Nakathila, but those talking about the fight have been pretty harshly critical of the bout as entertainment. Stevenson admitted post-fight on ESPN+ that he wasn’t happy with his own performance, and took to Twitter quickly after that to send an apology to fans: I apologize to all

Tonight on ESPN+ and ESPN, Shakur Stevenson returns to action fighting for the interim WBO junior lightweight title, taking on Jeremiah Nakathila in Top Rank’s main event. BLH will be here with live coverage starting at 6:30 pm ET for the prelims, with the main card starting at 10 pm ET. We’ll have round-by-round coverage

With Showtime’s June 26 PPV approaching, headlined by Gervonta Davis jumping up to 140 to face secondary titleholder Mario Barrios, the network releases their first installment of All Access, going behind the scenes with both fighters as they prepare for the bout. The opening episode begins with Tank and his team discussing their aspirations behind

Wizened promoter Bob Arum, the oft-irascible mogul, took some time to clue in Bad Left Hook on some of the upcoming Top Rank fare, including the event topped by Shakur Stevenson, which goes down Saturday night. Does Arum see Jeremiah Nakathila having a chance in hell to take down Stevenson, who is still looking to

After nearly 18 months out of the ring, former Olympian Karlos Balderas is making moves to get his comeback started. Kevin Iole revealed yesterday that the 24-year-old joined forces with Top Rank ahead of a planned August return. Balderas (9-1, 8 KO) looked to be coming along nicely when he stepped up to face Rene

Let’s get right to the point: If you’re reading results and highlights here on Bad Left Hook to find out how Claressa Shields did in her mixed martial arts debut? You’re probably not expecting in-depth tactical analysis of her performance. You just want to know how the two-time Olympic gold medalist and two division undisputed

Tonight in Atlantic City, boxing star Claressa Shields will make her mixed martial arts debut with PFL, facing Brittney Elkin in the main event of PFL 4 for the 2021 regular season. Explaining seasons and whatnot would be kind of a pointless bunch of word-padding here, as we’re here for the curious boxing fan wanting

According to Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, most points have been agreed in order to stage Anthony Joshua’s WBO mandatory title defense. Usyk had originally planned to step aside for what would’ve been an undisputed heavyweight title unification between Joshua and Tyson Fury, but once that fight fell apart Usyk wasted no time in demanding

Jermall Charlo is set to defend his WBC middleweight title against underdog Juan Macias Montiel in a Showtime main event on Saturday, June 19. Charlo (31-0, 22 KO) will be a heavy favorite in the fight, and says he’s feeling loose and ready in the lead-up. “There’s no pressure for me. I’m a fighter and

Egis Klimas, manager of former welterweight title challenger Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, tells Steve Kim that a fight between his charge and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is “finalized” for August 14th, though they’ve yet to secure a venue. The pair are respectively ranked #5 and #1 by the WBO at 147 pounds, meaning the winner could

According to a report from Mike Coppinger, Top Rank has just finalized a four-year deal with Sky Sports to have their cards aired live on Sky in the United Kingdom, starting with Shakur Stevenson’s upcoming fight against Jeremiah Nakathila on June 12. Most of you will remember that Sky Sports have been longtime partners with