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This past Friday, Dan Rafael reported that cruiserweight contender Robin Safar’s planned January 16th bout against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez was off, with Ramirez potentially skipping the date entirely in favor of going right into his blockbuster showdown with David Benavidez on May 2nd. The following day, FightsATW caught up with Safar and his manager at […]
Shakur Stevenson just recently joined Ariel Helwani’s show to talk about his upcoming title fight against Teofimo Lopez, their history, and how he’s looking to handle his career going forward. Check out some excerpts from Shakur below with the full video interview in the link at the top. Shakur on his relationship with Teofimo growing […]
Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder say down for an interview and gave his thoughts on Oleksandr Usyk calling him out for a fight, saying that his promoter has been contacted and he believes there’s genuine interest from Usyk’s camp. Wilder also mentioned that now might be the right time for him to finally face Derek […]
Bill Haney just recently took to social media to gloat about a newly acquired vehicle as well as take some shots at Gervonta “Tank” Davis, with Haney saying that Tank is on their list of fighters they want to take on the in the coming year. “Coach Calvin, Coach Kenny, Team Tank Davis — I […]
Over the weekend boxing media were able to catch former unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and asked him numerous questions, including his thoughts on Dmitry Bivol supposedly turning down a big money offer for a rubber match in Russia. Here’s some of what Beterbiev had to say below. Beterbiev on Bivol turning down a […]
In a pair of main events that slipped under the radar last night, thanks in no small part to awkward broadcasting arrangements, Noel Mikaelian and Jose “Chapulin” Salas Reyes turned in strong performances to claim world titles. Mikaelian (28-3, 12 KO) spent 18 months on the sidelines after his title-winning whupping of Ilunga Makabu in […]
Wednesday, December 17th FOX Australia/Kayo Sports, 3:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Anthony Velasquez. From Sydney, Australia. Also, Sam Goodman vs Tyler Blizzard, and Callum Peters vs Cody Beekin for a vacant Australian middleweight title. No TV option outside of Australia at this point, which isn’t unusual for this level of get-well activity. Given that […]
Pacheco vs Sadjo Scorecards Judges officially turned in a unanimous decision win for Diego Pacheco, 117-110, 116-111, 115-112. Unofficial Pacheco vs Sadjo scorecard BLH scored the fight for Diego Pacheco, 116-111, more or less on par with how the official judges had it. Pacheco vs Sadjo post-fight analysis and comments Diego Pacheco may have won […]
Super middleweights Diego Pacheco and Kevin Lele Sadjo meet in a 12-round main event tonight, headlining a Matchroom Boxing card from Stockton, CA. Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section of this post, with Wil Esco on the call for us this evening. The show […]
The WBC’s behavior over the past few weeks has been execrable even by their benthic standards, but while the whole bespoke interim title garbage dominated the headlines, their treatment of their welterweight title deserves similar censure. Despite titlist Mario Barrios being long overdue for a mandatory defense, Mauricio Sulaiman and co. gave their blessing to […]
Former cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev scored his first major victory in nearly eight years earlier today, knocking out Kubrat Pulev to claim the WBA “world” heavyweight title. Gassiev (33-2, 26 KO) has long struggled to stand out since moving up to heavyweight, notably losing to Otto Wallin in 2023 and looking like a shadow of […]
After grievously missing weight in last Saturday’s super featherweight debut against O’Shaquie Foster, Stephen Fulton has predictably vacated his WBC featherweight belt. What was originally an interim title defense between titlist Bruce Carrington and challenger Carlos Castro, the co-feature for Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson on January 31st, will now have the full title on […]
While Jake Paul is currently slated to face a former unified heavyweight world champion in Anthony Joshua on Dec. 19, streaming live on Netflix, most believe it’s an unwinnable matchup for Paul (if the fight isn’t completely contrived). Paul, however, feels good about his chances against Joshua. There are however, a few names in the […]
Kubrat Pulev will face Murat Gassiev in a 12-round heavyweight main event from Dubai, with four more bouts of note set for the main card. The 44-year-old Pulev is defending his secondary WBA “world” title against Gassiev, a 32-year-old former cruiserweight titlist who has gone 6-1 since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2020. […]
Most Valuable Promotions just today announced some additions to a January 3 card headlined by Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz, which will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Just added to the bill is former IBF bantamweight champion Ebanie Bridges (9-2, 4 KOs), who will be make her return to the ring in a […]
WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will return to his usual stomping grounds of Liverpool’s Echo Arena to face former two-division titlist Brandon Figueroa on February 7th. The WBA ordered this bout in October despite Mirco Cuello winning what the sanctioning body specifically called a final eliminator in February. This, alongside the explosion of secondary belts […]
During today’s kickoff presser for Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson, two other fighters around their weight class were in attendance and ended up engaging in some full-length banter for the cameras. Both Richardson Hitchins and Keyshawn Davis went face-to-face to seemingly agree to square off in the coming year right in front of Matchroom promoter […]
Today was the opening press conference for the upcoming 140 lb title defense between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson on January 31. After some of the suits took their turns speaking on the event, we eventually got to hear a little from the fighters themselves, starting with Shakur. “I think that he did some great […]
Broadway Joel, who generally has his finger on the pulse of Dominican boxing, reported earlier today that WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames will defend his title against Austin “Ammo” Williams on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez’s January 31st clash with Shakur Stevenson. The historically reliable Francisco Salazar said the same hours later, so it seems […]
With all signs once again point to Tyson Fury returning to boxing in the coming year iFL TV just recently caught up with him to ask him a few questions, beginning with one about a potential fight against Anthony Joshua, reasoning that it would be awful if both of them retired for good without ever […]
Shortly after news broke that WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois has signed a deal with MVP, with an upcoming title defense set for Dec. 19, Sky Sports reports that Dubois already has her sights set for a bigger showdown as she intends to pursue a lightweight title unification with Terri Harper in the coming year. […]
Claressa Shields will have a familiar foe in her next bout, as she faces Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a rematch for Shields’ heavyweight championship on Sunday, February 22, in Detroit. Shields (17-0, 3 KO) and Crews-Dezurn (10-2, 2 KO) both turned pro against one another in November 2016, so the rematch will come just over nine […]
Caroline Dubois has officially signed with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, ahead of her WBC lightweight title defense on the Paul vs Anthony Joshua card on December 19. The move was expected, as we’ve seen the winds of change hit women’s boxing in a big way. With Turki Alalshikh controlling much of the bigger boxing […]
While a formal announcement for a January 31 140 lb title defense between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson was announced last week, the specifics around the venue had not been disclosed. ESPN is now reporting that the fight will take place at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The site will have both fighters competing close […]
21-year-old lightweight champion Abdullah Mason earned his stripes with a decision win over Sam Noakes last month to take the vacant WBO belt, and speaking to Sky Sports he says he expects this to be just the beginning for him. “I feel like I’m one of the great fighters in my division, and I’m going […]