During today’s official press conference announcing the June 26 Showtime PPV between Gervonta Davis and Mario Barrios, Davis talks about his preparation for the 140lb fight as he goes up against a noticeably bigger opponent. Check out some excerpts of what Davis had to say on the bout below. Gervonta Davis ESTHER LIN/SHOWTIME “Camp has
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During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, Mayweather Promotions’ Leonard Ellerbe talk about Gervonta Davis’ next planned fight against Mario Barrios at junior welterweight and says Davis is proving to the world his ability to compete in multiple divisions. Ellerbe also says a potential fight between Davis and Teofimo Lopez could be tough to
As a recent ruling by an arbitration judge — ordering an immediate third fight between Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury — continues to make shock waves throughout the sport, the next domino to fall has been the WBO giving Anthony Joshua a 48 hour window to ‘show cause’ as to why they should immediately order
Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger,
As of Tuesday afternoon, the WBA’s rankings listed four names laying claim to a WBA heavyweight title or status. Anthony Joshua is their “super” champion, Trevor Bryan the “world champion,” Robert Helenius is the “gold” champion, and Mahmoud Charr is termed “champion in recess.” There is nobody holding the “interim WBA world heavyweight championship,” and
With an arbitrator ruling that Tyson Fury must face Deontay Wilder for a third time, and Wilder not wanting to take “step-aside” money for Fury to face Anthony Joshua in August — nor does anyone want to give it to him — Fury’s co-promoters at Top Rank are making a move. Bob Arum has told
Everyone was pretty sure that Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua was happening on Aug. 14. It’s not, though, barring some crazy turn of events. With a judge ruling in arbitration that Fury must face Deontay Wilder a third time by Sept. 15, Fury-Josha is kaput for the time being, and that doesn’t just change things
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has clearly been floored by recent news of an arbitration judge ordering Tyson Fury to face Deontay Wilder next, especially after spending so much time and effort over the past few months to put together a deal for the undisputed heavyweight title with Anthony Joshua. Not to be, it would appear.
Former IBF junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer says he’s a free agent, and now will look to get his career moving again after a long spell of inactivity. “It’s been a long journey. This past year for me in boxing has been the most difficult, even though I never showed it,” he wrote on Instagram.
A new venture connected to Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming exhibition fight may put the fighter at risk of violating a settlement agreement with the US government. Earlier this week, a team including Mayweather announced a non-fungible token (NFT) offering connected to his June 6th exhibition against Logan Paul. Bad Left Hook recently covered the announcement and
Ahead of their June 6 exhibition matchup which won’t count on anyone’s record and isn’t sanctioned, Logan Paul says Floyd Mayweather has “everything to lose,” a concept that works along the same lines as The Rock having “everything to lose” when he faced John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII. “I have nothing to lose. Literally, I
Former 140lb champion turned ESPN analyst Tim Bradley is excited for this weekend’s undisputed junior welterweight title unification between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez, and looking ahead to the fight Bradley gives his breakdown on the style matchup in play and how he thinks the fight will develop. Check it out… “I’m calling it right
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Junior Welterweight: (1) Josh Taylor vs (2) Jose Ramirez, May 22 Junior Welterweight: (4) Jose Zepeda vs Hank Lundy, May 22 Junior Flyweight: (7) Jonathan Gonzalez vs Armando Torres, May 21 Minimumweight: (9) Ginjiro Shigeoka vs Toshiki Kawamitsu, May 23 Upcoming Fights: (1)
Showtime’s May 29th tripleheader is official. As previously established, Nordine Oubaali will defend his WBC bantamweight title against Nonito Donaire in the main event, while Subriel Matias and Batyr Jukembayev duke it out in an IBF eliminator one fight prior. “I’m very excited that this fight is finally here,” said Oubaali. “I know that fans
Former WBC heavyweight champion and self-destructive cosplay enthusiast Deontay Wilder has declared Malik Scott his new trainer. The move comes 6 months after Wilder accused his former trainer Mark Breland of plotting against him, drugging his water, and scheming with nefarious accomplices in the United Kingdom. Over the past few weeks, Wilder has shared multiple
An excellent super welterweight battle is on the horizon, as promoter Sampson Lewkowicz revealed that unbeaten contenders Sebastian Fundora and Sergio Garcia have signed to square off on FOX later this year. The date and location will “be announced shortly.” The announcement doesn’t say whether it’s an eliminator of any kind, but considering the pair
Former world titleholder Danny Roman (28-3-1, 10 KOs) is set to take on Ricardo Espinoza Franco (25-3, 21 KOs) in tomorrow evening’s Showtime co-main event and during yesterday’s final press conference Roman shared his final thoughts about fight before the two square off in the ring. “I’m a former unified champion and I’m still overlooked,”
Saturday night on Showtime (10 pm ET), we’ll see Luis Nery defend the WBC junior featherweight title against Brandon Figueroa, who holds the WBA’s secondary belt at the weight, but whatever — the point is, this is a good fight. How will it play out? We’ve got our picks in. Scott Christ (34-8-2) I like