Fighting

When someone becomes undisputed champion, they, by necessity, sacrifice autonomy. Four mandatory challengers leave very little time for creative endeavors; maybe the occasional one-off sojourn into a higher or lower weight class, but anything more creates a logjam. Having cleared his immediate IBF obligation by beating Caleb Plant for the belt and with the WBA

During a conversation with Fight Hype, David Benavidez talks about the state of his career, specifically regarding his aspirations to secure a big time boxing fight. Benavidez says after being in the professional ranks for nearly a decade at this point, he’s ready for his opportunity on the big stage and says he’s frustrated that

Canelo Alvarez picked up a clear and unquestioned win over Gennadiy Golovkin on Saturday night, and spoke at his post-fight press conference about the victory, his feelings about GGG, the hand (actually wrist) injury he’d mentioned in the ring after the bout, and more. Notably, he got pretty clearly bothered when asked questions about David

Troy Williams will defend his British junior middleweight title against Josh Kelly in a December fight in Newcastle, Probellum announced on Saturday. Williamson (19-0-1, 14 KO) took the belt from Ted Cheeseman in Oct. 2021, stopping Cheeseman via brutal knockout in the 10th round of a fight in Liverpool, and staking a clear claim as

ESPN+ and Social Media, 11:00 am ET, Stevenson vs Conceicao press conference. ESPN+ and Social Media, 1:00 pm ET, Stevenson vs Conceicao weigh-in. ESPN+ and Social Media, 9:00 am ET, Joyce vs Parker weigh-in. ESPN+, 6:00 pm ET, Stevenson vs Conceicao prelims. This is the listed time right now, sometimes this gets bumped up a

Diego Pacheco stayed unbeaten with a fifth round stoppage of Enrique Collazo, capping an overall entertaining set of prelim fights on the Canelo vs GGG 3 undercard. Our live coverage of Canelo vs GGG 3 continues! Click here!) Pacheco (16-0, 13 KO) and Collazo (16-3-1, 11 KO) had probably the worst of the four fights

Bill Haney takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about Devin Haney’s upcoming rematch with George Kambosos and the ongoing social media beef between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and his son. The elder Haney, who is clearly a man about his business, makes it a point to call out how Tank and Mayweather Promotions have

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will fight for a third time tonight on DAZN PPV from T-Mobile Arena in Los Angeles. We’ll be here starting at 4:45 pm ET with coverage of the preliminary undercard fights, which will go right into the PPV at 8 pm ET. The main event is expected at approximately 11

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin both comfortably made weight today, and Saturday night’s undisputed super middleweight championship fight is set. It will be the third meeting between Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KO), who is the king at 168 lbs, and Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO), who still holds a pair of middleweight titles. Canelo weighed in at

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will hit the scales today and weigh in for Saturday’s undisputed super middleweight championship fight, the third time the two Hall of Fame-bound stars have met in the ring. The event kicks off at 4 pm ET, and live weigh-in results will come in this update stream, if you’re unable

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are set to square off for a third time on Saturday, Sept. 17, in what will likely — but not absolutely certainly — be the final time the two great rivals meet in the ring. Will Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KO) fend off Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO) and retain his undisputed

Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford have agreed to “all material terms” for a Nov. 19 fight, Mike Coppinger reports at ESPN.com, while Coppinger also notes that the deal has not yet been signed, though it’s expected it will be. Many of us expected that this was the last week to get Spence vs Crawford

Robert Helenius refuses for his name to be tossed onto a scrap-heap of faded heavyweights. The Finnish heavyweight has amassed a 31-3 (20 KO) record over 14 years as a professional heavyweight, and tells Bad Left Hook that he has found a new love for boxing ahead of his Oct. 15 fight against a returning

Japan’s best card of the year is less than two months away, and American viewers won’t have to jump through hoops to enjoy it. Top Rank announced today that ESPN+ will carry the November 1st light flyweight unification bout between Kenshiro Teraji and Hiroto Kyoguchi alongside three other great fights. The event airs domestically on

Fight week for Canelo Alvarez vs Gennadiy Golovkin 3 continues to roll on, and with lots of anticipation for this weekend’s clash Canelo sat down with media members to field questions about his expectations for the fight. In particular Canelo touches on some changes he’s made in his training as he back to running after

The bad news: Subriel Matias won’t be fighting Jeremias Ponce for the vacant IBF super lightweight title on the October 15th Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius PPV, as Ponce reportedly failed to acquire a visa within a reasonable time frame. The…other news: the four-fight card will see undefeated Frank Sanchez take on Carlos Negron in

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn chats a bit with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV to talk about the future for Oleksandr Usyk with recent talk of a potential fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua being in the works. Hearn says he’ll make an offer to continue working with Usyk going forward but isn’t sure

With Jake Paul officially on the docket to take on MMA legend Anderson Silva in an Oct. 29 boxing match that will air live on Showtime PPV, both fighters made an appearance for their opening press conference yesterday, talking to the media about their fight. Silva, who will surely be Paul’s toughest test to date