The Best in Global Boxing News and Commentary
In his first year of eligibility, long-reigning middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin leads the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s class of 2026. In addition to “GGG,” the latest batch of inductees include: Golovkin, Fujioka, and Nava were in their first year of eligibility. All new inductees will be honored in a ceremony this coming June.
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One of the dumber title reigns in recent memory will finally come to an end later this week, as Carlos Linares reports that the WBA will strip Lamont Roach Jr of his 130-pound title upon entering the ring to face Isaac Cruz for the interim 140-pound title this Saturday. Interim champ Jazza Dickens, who blew […]
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Jai Opeteia’s long tenure with DAZN may be at an end, as his upcoming title defense against Huseyin Cinkara will air on UFC Fight Pass outside of Australia. Tasman Fighters’ Mick Francis tells BoxingScene that he just recently signed the broadcast deal. Opetaia (28-0, 22 KO) is still under a co-promotional deal with Matchroom, which […]
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After the news broke of the WBC stripping Terence Crawford of his super middleweight title for not paying their proposed sanctioning fees, Crawford took to social media to let his thoughts be known on the situation. Here, Crawford makes it exactly clear what he thinks of the WBC’s green belt and where their president, Mauricio […]
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22-year-old super welterweight contender Bakary Samake, who currently sits at the top of the WBC rankings, has joined forces with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions ahead of a final eliminator. Samake (18-0, 11 KO) is coming off of three consecutive knockouts, dispatching Aussie journeyman Wade Ryan, South African kinda-sorta-not-really contender Roarke Knapp, and most recently Venezuelan […]
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Following yesterday’s news that heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk was targeting an unexpected fight against Deontay Wilder going forward, the WBC has paved way for this to take place with the organization formally granting him permission to make a voluntary title defense against Wilder after bumping him up into their top 10 in the division. “Deontay […]
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Terence Crawford is at least one belt lighter this morning as ESPN reports that the WBC have stripped him of his super middleweight world title for failing to pay their sanctioning fees. Crawford won the title by beating Canelo Alvarez this past September as he went undisputed in his third weight class. As the WBC […]
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Janibek Alimkhanuly’s long-desired unification bout with Erislandy Lara is off after “Qazaq Style” tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. Per Andreas Hale and Dan Rafael, Lara will instead defend his WBA middleweight title against Johan Gonzalez, who got smashed by Yoenis Tellez last year but bounced back with a split decision over the incredibly […]
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During a video interview with Oleksandr Usyk as he’s in Thailand for this year’s annual WBC convention, he talks about where he’s currently at in his career, giving up his undisputed hold at heavyweight, and makes a rather surprising announcement that in the coming year he personally would like to make a fight against Deontay […]
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Justis Huni’s trip down the comeback trail will have to wait until 2026, as Tasman Boxing’s Mick Francis tells BoxingScene that his Saturday rematch with Kiki Toa Leutele is off. “He just had the death of his coach three weeks ago; Kiki was struggling with a bit of an injury from training,” Francis told BoxingScene. […]
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Lance Pugmire reports that Katie Taylor could end her self-imposed hiatus this coming summer against former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Rousey, at the time the most decorated female judoka America had ever seen, became the UFC’s first female champion and its first true female superstar with a lengthy string of one-sided demolitions. Only Miesha […]
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Jermall Charlo just appeared for a video interview with Brian Custer and discusses his upcoming career plans and how he’s honing-in on an overdue fight against Caleb Plant, with the pair having a history of turmoil outside of the ring. You can catch a few quotes from Charlo here with the full video interview in […]
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Heavyweight (Limit: None) Last Rank Name Record 1 1 Oleksandr Usyk 24-0-0 (15) 2 2 Fabio Wardley 20-0-1 (19) 3 3 Agit Kabayel 26-0-0 (18) 4 4 Joseph Parker 36-3-0 (24) 5 5 Daniel Dubois 22-3-0 (21) 6 6 Derek Chisora 36-13-0 (23) 7 7 Filip Hrgovic 19-1-0 (14) 8 8 Moses Itauma 13-0-0 (11) […]
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After a lot of talk and negotiations, it appears that a highly anticipated showdown between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson has finally gotten over the line. The bout has been set for January 31 in New York, headlining The Ring 6 event. The show will be promoted by Matchroom Boxing and broadcast live on DAZN. […]
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Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has a chat with boxing media members about his recent back-and-forth comments with Devin Haney, who he used to promote, and his feelings that Haney’s performances aren’t moving the needle for audiences despite the fact that he’s been winning. After Haney essentially called Hearn a ‘hater’, Hearn himself gives his response […]
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With David Benavidez lined up to take on Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez for a cruiserweight title in the coming year, one of Benavidez’s longtime promoters in Sampson Lewkowicz explains in a press release that Benavidez is thrilled for the opportunity and says he’s not going to sit around and wait for an opportunity against Canelo Alvarez. […]
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Tuesday, December 2nd TrillerTV+, 7:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. From the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee, not that any regular Bad Left Hook reader needs to be reminded. Main event is Maidel Sando vs Zachary Randolph, with Evan Holyfield on the undercard. The music is Presley Aaron. Thursday, December 4th DAZN, […]
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Jeamie “TKV” Tshikeva scored the biggest win of his career in Derby this afternoon, upsetting Frazer Clarke to claim the vacant British heavyweight title by split decision. In a fight that reportedly saw both men run out of steam well before the halfway point, Tshikeva (9-2, 5 KO) had the biggest moment of the night […]
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Results Polarizing but talented light heavyweight prospect Ben Whittaker returns and makes his Matchroom debut today in Birmingham, England, facing Benjamin Gavazi in a DAZN main event. The show streams live from 2 pm ET, and we’ll be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section. The 28-year-old Whittaker, an Olympic […]
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Light flyweight champion Carlos Canizales got yet another stroke of bad luck this week. After agreeing to return to Thailand to battle former minimumweight champ Knockout CP Freshmart, ESPN’s Renato Bermudez announced yesterday that Canizales had withdrawn. Canizales took to social media to reveal that the recent decision by several major international airlines to stop […]
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Former four-division titlist Kazuto Ioka isn’t done quite yet. After losing his second straight competitive decision to Fernando “Pumita” Martinez in May, he’s now set to fight Maikel Ordosgoitti in a WBA bantamweight eliminator on New Year’s Eve. Ioka (31-4-1, 16 KO) previously claimed belts at 105, 108, and 112 before a lengthy stay at […]
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Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom tells ESPN that he’s honing in on a women’s undisputed welterweight title fight between Mikaela Mayer and Lauren Price that would take place in the coming year. Mayer and Price had previously been in talks for a fight to take place this year but it never materialized as Shalom admits their […]
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Mike Coppinger has an update on Subriel Matias’ failed drug test for ostarine. Per the New York State Athletic Commission, Matias’ (23-2, 22 KO) “adverse finding” revealed a concentration of 0.085 ng/ml. While the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) treats any amount of ostarine as a violation, this was administered by VADA, which has a threshold […]
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Devin Haney just recently appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show to discuss his most recent world title win when he beat Brian Norman Jr last weekend. Here, Haney gives his reaction to what transpired in the fight and explains why he’s satisfied with the performance he put on before reacting to Conor Benn who was […]
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Moses Itauma has his next fight scheduled against Jermaine Franklin, and after spending some time having lamented the difficulty he faced in getting this fight scheduled due to avoidance in the heavyweight division, he explains why he feels Franklin will be a good test for him as he looks to move further up the food […]
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