Fighting

It’s Tuesday, and it’s time for another podcast here at Bad Left Hook, as myself and John Hansen return with the latest Prophets of Goom! THIS WEEK! We go over Gervonta “Tank” Davis’ win over Hector Luis Garcia plus thoughts on the performances of Jaron Ennis and Demetrius Andrade, and the Ellis vs Villa show-stealer,

Roiman Villa scored an upset over Rashidi Ellis this past Saturday on the Davis vs Garcia card, but it hardly came without any controversy, with debated majority decision cards going the underdog’s way after 12 rounds. That’s not to say Villa (26-1, 24 KO) didn’t do everything he could, or leave fans with a totally

One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury has been cleared. The IBF has rescinded its order for Usyk to face mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic, acknowledging that WBA “world” champion Daniel Dubois is next in line. Per Dan Rafael, Dubois “won’t be next,” and knowing the WBA’s historical

Rankings go up on Mondays. No update next week, the next one comes on Jan. 23. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Heavyweight: (8) Joseph Parker vs Jack Massey, Jan. 21 Cruiserweight: (6) Krzysztof Glowacki vs Richard Riakporhe, Jan. 21 Middleweight: (4) Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith, Jan. 21 Junior Middleweight: (5) Liam Smith

ESPN+, 7:00 pm ET, Kim Clavel vs Jessica Nery. This was originally going to be available as a FITE PPV in the U.S., but ESPN+ have picked it up. Clavel has the WBC belt at 108, and Nery has the WBA, so this is a unification in Laval, Quebec. 140 lb prospect Mazlum Akdeniz is

Ryan Garcia is expected to face Gervonta “Tank” Davis on April 15 in Las Vegas, following Davis’ win over Hector Luis Garcia on Saturday night, but the social media celebrity/boxing star has another beef building, too, with 140 lb titlist Regis Prograis. Prograis and Garcia got into it on Twitter over the last couple of

Gervonta “Tank” Davis got through tonight’s bout with Hector Luis Garcia, stopping the Dominican after eight rounds, and has likely set up an April 15 showdown with Ryan Garcia. That’s not officially official just yet, but has been the expected date, and terms have been agreed for the bout. Davis (28-0, 26 KO) had a

Eimantas Stanionis had to undergo an emergency appendectomy, according to ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger, and as such, his scheduled March 18 bout with Vergil Ortiz Jr will be postponed, but it’s not off the table. Richard Schaefer, who is Stanionis’ promoter, told Coppinger that Stanionis (14-0, 9 KO) had been training, felt some pain, and then

Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to the ring tonight, facing Hector Luis Garcia in a 12-round lightweight main event on Showtime PPV. Bad Left Hook will be here with live coverage, starting with the prelims on YouTube at 6:45 pm ET, then continuing with the PPV main card at 9 pm ET. Wil Esco will be

It’s a New Year! We keep saying that! This’ll be the last time, because it’s the last thing to bring into THE NEW YEAR! HEY! Thanks to the Ioka vs Franco draw on New Year’s Eve in Japan, last year’s staff predictions also wound up a draw in the final standings, with Wil and Patrick

During the final press conference for this weekend’s Showtime PPV card, headlined by Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia, a couple of notable undercard fighters in Jaron Ennis and Rashidi Ellis were on hand, taking questions from Brian Custer. At one point Custer asked if both fighters if they’d be willing to face one another,

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Hector Luis Garcia will weigh in today for Saturday night’s Showtime pay-per-view, and we’ll be here with live updates if you can’t tune in. If you can tune in, the live stream starts at 4 pm ET: [embedded content] Davis (27-0, 25 KO) and Garcia (16-0, 10 KO) are meeting in

Ahead of this weekend’s Showtime PPV fight headlined by Gervonta Davis and Hector Garcia, Davis takes some time to chat with media reporters about his feelings heading into this fight. Check out some of what Davis had to say below. Gervonta Davis on his face off with Hector Garcia and pushing him “It was cool.

Jaron “Boots” Ennis has emerged as a top welterweight contender, and looks to take possibly a final step toward a major world title shot this Saturday when he faces Karen Chukhadzhian for the interim IBF belt. Ennis (29-0, 27 KO) has already said he believes Spence — who has the IBF belt as well as

The January 21st Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith undercard continued to come together today with the addition of Ekow Essuman vs Chris Kongo and the latest from Olympic bronze medalist Frazer Clarke. Essuman (18-0, 7 KO) will be making his third defense as British and Commonwealth welterweight champion, having lifted the belts from Chris

In a move that will or at least should surprise nobody who pays attention to any of this stuff, Dillon Danis has withdrawn from his scheduled Jan. 14 exhibition bout with KSI, and will be replaced by FaZe Temper. Perhaps this will finally convince the DAZN social media team to stop spending so much time

Julio Cesar Chavez commenced his career in illustrious winning fashion, building the fourth-greatest undefeated win streak in the history of professional boxing at 68-0 leading up to his 1990 clash against Meldrick Taylor. Of those 68 unblemished wins, 16 of them came in championship fights, and 11 of those 16 came by way of knockout.

Former heavyweight titleholder Joseph Parker is keen on working himself back into the big-time heavyweight picture following his stoppage loss to Joe Joyce last September. And in order to do so, Parker knows that he’s going to have to make a dramatic statement and is looking to do exactly that when he takes on Jack