Jaron “Boots” Ennis was persuaded to sign for Matchroom on the promise of fighting regularly in his home city of Philadelphia. The IBF welterweight champion’s first fight under his new promoters is scheduled to be against his mandatory challenger Canada’s 31-year-old Cody Crowley, and in Philadelphia, where he last fought when he stopped Raymond Serrano in November 2018. As is consistent...

Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Adrien Broner-Blair Cobbs Set For June 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 25 Apr by Jake Donovan | A spectacularly dysfunctional fight several weeks in the making has finally made its way to the schedule. Adrien Broner and Blair Cobbs are set to collide on June 7 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &...

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Jaron Ennis-Cody Crowley: Matchroom Boxing Outbids TGB Promotions To Land IBF Title Fight Photo by Amanda Wescott / SHOWTIME 23 Apr by Jake Donovan | Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Cody Crowley will earn with Eddie Hearn. Matchroom Boxing outbid TGB Promotions to gain promotional rights to the...

Callum Smith (29-2, 21 KOs) has urged light-heavyweight talent Ben Whittaker (7-0, 5 KOs) to cut down on his showboating and stick to basics after the former super middleweight champion admitted he found Whittaker’s antics “disrespectful.” Whittaker, a 2020 Olympic silver medalist, has emerged as one of the sport’s brightest talents and the British light heavyweight continues to light up...

Callum Smith says Ben Whittaker’s ‘antics’ are disrespectful to journeyman opponents Nick Potts and John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006. Callum Smith says that light heavyweight prospect Ben Whittaker “needs to do the basics a bit better,” and says he finds the way he show...

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Osleys Iglesias takes on Evgeny Shvedenko in Butler-Volny co-main event on June 6 17 Apr by Anson Wainwright | Hard-hitting Osleys Iglesias will face Evgeny Shvedenko in a scheduled 12-round super middleweight contest at the Montreal Casino, Montreal on June 6, ESPN+. This will be the chie...

Friday, April 12, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Steven Butler-Patrice Volny Set For June 6 In Montreal, Canada 12 Apr by Anson Wainwright | Steven Butler will enjoy a quick turnaround after barely breaking a sweat in his last fight. The former two-time title challenger is set to next face countryman Patrice Volny on June 6. ESPN+ will air ...

Thursday, April 11, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis-Cody Crowley IBF Purse Bid Back In Play For April 23 Photo Credit: Allen Alcantara, Matchroom Boxing 11 Apr by Jake Donovan | Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has a new promoter but is stuck—for now—with the same mandatory challenger. The Ring has confirmed that the IBF ...

Jaron Ennis looks forward to becoming undisputed champion at 147. Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. Fresh off the recent news of Jaron Ennis signing a multi-fight deal with Matchroom, Ennis sits down for a promotional interview with the company to discuss the change in his career and what he’s looking to do going forward....

All Star Boxing (France) have beat Premier Boxing Champions in a purse bid to stage the WBC welterweight final eliminator between Souleymane Cissokho and Canada’s Cody Crowley. The Paris based firm who promote Cissokho outbid PBC with a sum of $477,777. As per WBC rules, 10 percent of the purse will go to the winner, the remaining 90 percent will be split 50/50. “We are very happy that we w...

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Souleymane Cissokho-Cody Crowley WBC Title Eliminator Purse Bid Won By All Star Boxing Photo Credits: Christophe Simon, AFP (Cissokho); Ryan Hafey, Premier Boxing Champions (Crowley) 09 Apr by Jake Donovan | Cody Crowley is now part of another ordered welterweight fight. France-based prom...

Monday, April 08, 2024 | Follow Us: About Us FREE FRAZIER ALI ISSUE! NEW ISSUE ON DIGITAL Ring TV Erik Bazinyan Hit With Sinusitis, Bout Versus Shakeel Phinn Pushed Back To May 2 Erik Bazinyan - Photo by Vincent Ethier - Eye of the Tiger 08 Apr by Jake Donovan | Erik Bazinyan is forced to wait another three weeks for his next outing. A ten-round regional title fight versus Shakeel Phinn ...

Promoter Camille Estephan has said that super lightweight Steve Claggett won’t face Mike Ohan Jr. this coming Thursday on United Boxing Promotions-Eye of the Tiger co-promotion at the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Quebec. Claggett (38-7-2, 26 KOs) has racked up nine straight victories to find himself ranked No. 7 with the WBC, 13th by the WBO and he has also snuck into 15th place with the IBF. ...

Ben Whittaker believes Callum Smith remains Britain’s leading light heavyweight. Smith was stopped in January by Artur Beterbiev, and the combination of that defeat, the perception that Anthony Yarde was more impressive against the Russian, albeit also in defeat, and the anticipation surrounding a likely fight between Yarde and Joshua Buatsi – who in February recorded his finest victory when ...

Dan Azeez attended Sunday’s thrilling British heavyweight title fight between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, and being around the big-fight atmosphere seemed to stir something inside the light heavyweight. It is two months since Azeez and Joshua Buatsi produced on a domestic cracker of their own that ended with Buatsi claiming a decision victory after 12 hard-fought, quality rounds. The def...