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Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media today to give his take on the recent Zuffa Boxing event where Jai Opetaia won, but had the IBF sanctioning of the fight pulled as the Zuffa title was present as being a world championship. Needless to say, De La Hoya revels in the […]
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Zuffa Boxing announced during last Sunday’s Jai Opetaia vs Brandon Glanton broadcast that their next installment would land on Easter Sunday, April 5th, with Andres Cortes vs Eridson Garcia in the main event. They’ve now revealed the rest of the lineup, which features Mark Magsayo vs Feargal McCrory and Azat Hovhannisyan vs Eduardo Baez. Cortes […]
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Super lightweight veterans Arnold Barboza Jr and Kenneth Sims Jr receive the DAZN spotlight this Saturday evening, duking it out in a must-win main event in Anaheim, California. Bad Left Hook will have LIVE coverage of the card starting at 8:00 pm ET. Sims (22-3-1, 8 KO) saw a nine-fight winning streak go up in […]
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We’re now only a couple of weeks away from the March 28 super welterweight title defense between reigning titleholder Sebastian Fundora defending against challenger Keith Thurman. Both fighters have just appeared for a virtual press conference and to answer media questions, and here is some of what both had to say with the full video […]
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Newly minted WBA super featherweight champion Jazza Dickens will look to continue his improbable career revival this Saturday against the surging Anthony Cacace atop a DAZN show in Vegas. Bad Left Hook will have LIVE coverage of the card starting at 3:00 pm ET. Dickens (36-5, 15 KO) went from interim to full titlist after […]
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Agit Kabayel feels like he’s being avoided, and the German heavyweight is tired of sitting quietly. Kabayel says Oleksandr Usyk and others have ducked fights with him, including some where he’s agreed to stipulations only to see fights not come to fruition. Kabayel responded to questions and comments on his Instagram story, let’s break it […]
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We’re not quite in “definitively cursed matchup” territory yet, but we’re getting close. Cesar Seda reports and multiple outlets confirm that heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez is out of his scheduled IBF eliminator against Richard Torrez Jr on the upcoming Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman undercard. Sanchez (25-1, 18 KO), who went through multiple potential opponents […]
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Oleksandr Usyk just joined Ring Magazine’s show to discuss his upcoming bout against kickboxer Rico Vanhoeven and during the segment he was asked about his remaining plans in the sport of boxing as he’s now looking towards the finish line of a Hall of Fame career. Check out some of what he had to say […]
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ProBox will be enjoying the Jersey life next month. One day after Olympic gold medalist Hebert Conceicao headlines a show in Newark on the 10th, they’ll pack their bags for another night of fights in Atlantic City. The middleweight main event pits 23-year-old local favorite Vito Mielnicki Jr (22-1, 13 KO) against California’s Omar Ulises […]
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As WBO interim light heavyweight titleholder Callum Smith (31-2, 22 KOs) prepares for his next fight against David Morrell (12-1, 9 KOs) on April 18 in Liverpool, England, he quickly touches on the fight and explains that he’s certainly feeling good about his chances to beat Morrell despite the relatively even odds. “Very confident in […]
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Janibek Alimkhanuly may have retained his WBO middleweight title after testing positive for meldonium in December, but he wasn’t so fortunate with the IBF, as Dan Rafael and Jake Donovan report that the sanctioning body has elected to strip “Qazaq Style” of the belt he first took from Vincenzo Gualtieri in 2023. Donovan goes in-depth […]
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With a womens lightweight title unification on the horizon when Caroline Dubois takes on Terri Harper on April 5, both fighters sat down with Sky Sports for the latest iteration of The Gloves Are Off. Check out some of what both fighters had to say during a face to face conversation filled with tension. Harper […]
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Oleksandr Usyk’s May 23rd clash with Rico Verhoeven may have its first undercard fight, as Dan Rafael and Jake Donovan report that Dmitry Bivol and Michael Eifert have finally come to terms for their IBF-mandated light heavyweight title fight and intend to stage it that evening. Thus ends one of the dumber under-the-radar sagas in […]
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Fox Sports Australia brings word that Tim Tszyu’s first fight of 2026 will pit him against unbeaten Albanian Denis Nurja on April 5th in Wollongong, Australia. Tszyu (26-3, 18 KO), the former WBO super welterweight champion, is still recuperating from a disastrous 1-3 skid that saw him drop a competitive decision to Sebastian Fundora marred […]
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Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero just recently joined Brian Custer’s The Last Stand Podcast to discuss the state of his career, being that he hasn’t fought in nearly a year, and why recent talks about several different fights never quite came to fruition. Here’s some of what he had to saw below. Rolly on Haney targeting a […]
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Koki Kameda’s 3150Fight is headed back to Kyrgyzstan this April for another three-day Saikou x LUSH event, this one set to run from the 17th to the 19th. Though they’ve yet to announce the full roster, they did confirm what could be an electric clash of villains between Luis Nery and John Riel Casimero. The […]
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Willy Hutchinson and Ezra Taylor just recently sat down for a face to face interview with DAZN to discuss their March 28 fight, which all came about pretty quickly. During the conversation Taylor would talk about how he expects to break through with his performance in this outing while Hutchinson says he believes Taylor is […]
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Immediately following Jai Opetaia’s win yesterday, Zuffa promoter Dana White took to the post-fight press conference to talk about his event and sounded off on all of those who would try to stand in the way of his intended success, including the IBF and Eddie Hearn. Here are some excerpts of what he had to […]
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Jai Opetaia is still the clear No. 1 cruiserweight in the world following a dominant win over Brandon Glanton on tonight’s Zuffa Boxing card from Las Vegas. Opetaia improved to 30-0 (23 KO) with the victory, which was perhaps somewhat bittersweet as he was stripped of his IBF title over the weekend, due to an […]
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Friday, March 13th ProBox TV, 7:30 pm ET, Najee Lopez vs Manuel Gallegos. From Kissimmee, Florida. An old school ProBox show, other than the day of the week. Lopez, Dante Benjamin, and Dominic Valle all appear, with Gallegos and Eduardo Ramirez (fighting Valle) also ProBox vets. Saturday, March 14th DAZN, 3:00 pm ET, Jazza Dickens […]
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Jai Opetaia won’t be defending the IBF cruiserweight title, but the Zuffa cruiserweight title is on the line tonight when the world’s top cruiserweight returns to face Brandon Glanton. Zuffa Boxing 04 will stream live from the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, with the full card starting at 6:00 pm ET on Paramount+. Bad Left […]
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After days of speculation, Zuffa Boxing claimed at today’s press conference that both Jai Opetaia’s IBF cruiserweight belt and the promotion’s new titular title would be on the line when Opetaia met Brandon Glanton this weekend. Turns out that may have been premature, as the IBF has now withdrawn its sanctioning. Per the sanctioning body’s […]
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Jai Opetaia will be losing the IBF cruiserweight title this weekend, as the sanctioning body has withdrawn its sanctioning of Opetaia’s fight with Brandon Glanton on Sunday. The IBF made the decision official this evening. Opetaia vs Glanton is the main event of a Zuffa Boxing card in Las Vegas, and Zuffa will be putting […]
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ProBox TV has some Friday night action on tap, hitting Newark, New Jersey with an April 10th show headlined by Olympic gold medalist Hebert Conceicao. Conceicao (10-0, 5 KO), who famously knocked out Oleksandr Khyzniak in the 2020 finals, notably sports wins over both of the Falcao brothers as a professional. He’ll take a step […]
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Most Valuable Promotions has announced a “multiyear deal with ESPN,” which will host its newly created MVPW “global platform for women’s boxing” through 2028. Things kick off on April 5th with a previously announced lightweight unification between Caroline Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KO) and Terri Harper (16-2-2, 6 KO). Elif Nur Turhan made a strong case […]
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