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Isaac Cruz knocks out Nestor Bravo, referee steals show, Ryan Garcia called out
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Nestor Bravo didn’t put on a boxing classic, but we got a definitive knockout finish, and quite a performance from referee Thomas Taylor, who had his hands full with both, but seemed to lose his patience most with Bravo. Cruz (29-3-2, 19 KO) dropped Bravo (24-2, 17 KO) in the opening […]
Pitbull Cruz vs Nestor Bravo: Live blog, round-by-round and results
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz returns to face Nestor Bravo in tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions main event, live on DAZN from San Diego! We’ll be here with live, round-by-round updates and full results starting from 8 pm ET, with Wil Esco handling our round-by-round coverage, while I’ll be leading the live chat down in the comments section. […]
John Hedges vs Pat Brown: Live blog, round-by-round and results
John Hedges and Pat Brown will collide for the vacant British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles today in Manchester, England. Bad Left Hook will be here with live, fight-by-fight results and updates, plus round-by-round scoring and commentary for the main event here in the post. And we’ll have a live chat running all through the card […]
Oscar Collazo injured, flyweight title fight off
Oscar Collazo’s jump to flyweight will have to wait. The 105 lb titleholder suffered a rib injury in training ahead of his planned October 10 challenge against WBC and WBA flyweight titleholder Ricardo Sandoval, and the fight has been scrapped for now, according to Golden Boy. The Golden Boy and Most Valuable Promotions co-promoted event […]
Hamzah Sheeraz vacates WBO title after Janibek purse bid
Hamzah Sheeraz has decided to vacate his WBO super middleweight title, just two days after Queensberry Promotions won a purse bid for a fight between Sheeraz and former middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly. The WBO made it official with a release today, after Sheeraz and his team told them their decision. Sheeraz (24-0-1, 19 KO) beat […]
Boxing Mailbag: Canelo’s return, David Benavidez’s growing haters, Ryan Garcia and Oscar, more
Another week, another Mailbag! From GreatSouthernCowboy: Do you think Benavidez will go and relieve Cieslak of his emailed green belt or will he potentially be chasing only the big fights? Benavidez looked way above 200 on the weekend so undoubtedly a large portion of his camp will be based around losing weight. I could wind […]
Jesus Ramos Jr ill, pulled from Meiirim Nursultanov title defense
The most divisionally relevant fight on tomorrow’s “Pitbull” Cruz vs Nestor Bravo show, the co-feature between interim WBC middleweight champion Jesus Ramos Jr and long-suffering mandatory challenger Meiirim Nursultanov, is off after Ramos “fell ill” last night. Lance Pugmire cites food poisoning as the culprit and the press release claims the bout will be re-scheduled. […]
Bakhodir Jalolov vs Solomon Dacres joins Dubois vs Wardley 2
Dan Rafael reports that two-time Olympic gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov will meet Solomon Dacres in the co-main event of Daniel Dubois’ October 17th rematch with Fabio Wardley. Jalolov (17-0, 15 KO) made the quarters at Rio 2016 before losing to Joe Joyce, then ran the table at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, facing only […]
‘I’m hopeful we get an announcement soon’: Frank Smith discusses the dragging Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury negotiations
Matchroom’s Frank Smith just recently caught up with iFL TV to discuss the state of the much discussed showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Despite contracts supposedly having been signed, there’s been on ongoing dilemma with regards to the venue for the fight, and with Dana White recently lashing out at Eddie Hearn, Smith […]
‘I’m going to call a spade a spade’: Terence Crawford talks criticism of Boots Ennis
Terence Crawford just appeared on Ring Champs and naturally, the first order of business was to discuss his ongoing friction with Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. Crawford has maintained that he’s a happily retired fighter, but that hasn’t stopped him from consistently prodding Boots and feigning his intention to fight him on social media. Recently, Crawford would […]
‘Fans are going to get their money’s worth’: Pitbull Cruz focused on delivering the action in Nestor Bravo fight
Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz returns to action this weekend in a fight against Nestor Bravo, and in anticipation of the fight he speaks as the final press conference before the fight about how important it is for him to win this fight if he’s to move on to the bigger fights he hopes to land. Check […]
‘I didn’t put people to sleep, but I didn’t put people to sleep’: Tim Bradley fires back at Shakur Stevenson
The war of words between Shakur Stevenson and Tim Bradley continues to roll on as Bradley couldn’t help but make a public rebuttal to Stevenson after he recently made comments denigrating his career accomplishments. So, Bradley gives his response here, with some highlighted excerpts below. “Yeah, you may have more money than me but it’s […]
Pitbull Cruz vs Nestor Bravo: Predictions and preview, who will win?
Saturday night’s PBC main event on DAZN isn’t the biggest fight in the world, but we will see the return of Pitbull Cruz as he faces Nestor Bravo, with the potential for Cruz to land a much bigger title fight if he can get the victory. Is there any shot of the lesser-known B-side scoring […]
Queensberry win purse bid for Hamzah Sheeraz vs Janibek Alimkhanuly
Not long after questioning whether or not the fight was likely to happen, we’re at least a marginal step closer to an ordered WBO super middleweight title fight between Hamzah Sheeraz vs Janibek Alimkhanuly as Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions win the official purse bid for just over a million dollars, as reported by ESPN, which […]
‘Next contract I sign will be the most important of my career’: Hamzah Sheeraz carefully plots his move
Hamzah Sheeraz makes an appearance with Ring Magazine to talk about his coming of age story in the sport of boxing, how his career developed, and how he’s looking to make the most of this next portion of his career as he believes it’s paramount to both reach his goals and maximize his earnings. Here […]
‘Some type of insecurity’: Shakur Stevenson talks falling out with Tank Davis
In the midst of all the social media beef between fighters in the sport today, Shakur Stevenson spent a little time breaking down his ongoing beef with Tank Davis. While once on friendly terms, their relationship has soured over the years and while Shakur can’t pin it down to any one particular thing, he does […]
‘I’ll give the fans a little treat’: Ryan Garcia hopes to fight again this December
Ryan Garcia has been taking his victory lap following his knockout win over Conor Benn and rejoins Ariel Helwani’s show to talk about the fight, some of the promotional drama behind it, and where he’s looking to take his career now that he’s riding high again. Check out some excerpts below. Garcia on those who […]
Former heavyweight title challenger George Chuvalo dies at 89
Canadian heavyweight icon George Chuvalo, potentially the toughest man to ever live, passed this weekend on his 89th birthday after a lengthy battle with dementia. Chuvalo fought 93 times in 22 years as a professional, sharing the ring with icons like Floyd Patterson, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Muhammad Ali without ever once hitting the […]
WBC orders David Benavidez cruiserweight title fight, with Opetaia to face winner
The WBC have declared their cruiserweight title vacant, and have also declared a new, “elevated” champion, with David Benavidez ordered into a title fight. It’s a convoluted pathway to get to something pretty simple: Michal Cieslak is the new WBC cruiserweight champion, he’s been ordered to defend against Benavidez, and then the winner of that […]
‘You is booty’: Shakur Stevenson sounds off on Tim Bradley
Shakur Stevenson and his odd beef with Tim Bradley appears to have been reignited, with Shakur taking to social media to rake Bradley over the coals for what he believes to be unfair criticism thrown in his direction. Shakur, who apparently has had enough, sounds off with these words to Bradley. “Tim ‘Desert Bum, Storm’ […]
‘I have way more weapons’: Ryan Garcia says he still has more to show after swift stoppage of Conor Benn
Immediately following his stoppage win over the weekend, Ryan Garcia appeared at the post-fight press conference to share some thoughts on the fight, what he makes of Conor Benn, and more while fielding some media questions. Here’s some of what he had to say below. Garcia on vindicating himself as a focused fighter “I would […]
Isaac Cruz vs Nestor Bravo, Pat Brown, and Chrisean Malone: Boxing schedule and previews for September 19, 2026
Saturday, September 19th Pat Brown vs John Hedges (DAZN, 2:00 pm ET) BLH will have live results and updates From Manchester, England. For the vacant British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles. Brown was a 2024 Olympian, where he had the misfortune of a first round matchup against the man formerly known as Keno Machado, currently known […]
‘I’ll beat your a— right now!’: Ryan Garcia calls out Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney after win over Benn
Ryan Garcia scored what turned out to be a pretty easy win over Conor Benn tonight via second round TKO, and in his post-fight interview, it appeared that the “worship music” he’d listened to pre-fight hadn’t made him feel entirely as peaceful as he claimed. Garcia made aggressive call-outs toward fellow welterweight titleholders Teofimo Lopez […]
Ryan Garcia thrashes Conor Benn in two rounds: Highlights and results
Ryan Garcia made his point emphatically tonight, stopping Conor Benn in the second round of their highly-anticipated welterweight showdown in Las Vegas. Garcia retained his WBC welterweight title with the victory, making a successful first defense of the belt he won earlier this year. Benn (25-2, 14 KO) and Garcia (26-2, 21 KO) both came […]
Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn: Live blog, round-by-round and results
Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn meet tonight in the biggest Zuffa Boxing main event to date, and what should be one of boxing’s biggest fights of 2026! Bad Left Hook will be here starting at 8 pm ET with live, round-by-round coverage for all four main card fights. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round, […]
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