Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer are ready for battle. The two ranked middleweights successfully made weight on Friday morning in Las Vegas at UFC Vegas 86’s official weigh-ins. Hermansson, a longtime middleweight contender, tipped the scales…

Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia have transformed years of talk into a budding superfight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a deal was reached for the pair of young stars to meet atop an April 20 DAZN pay-per-view event. Both sides acknowledged to Boxing Scene that advanced…

Teofimo Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) defended his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles with a unanimous decision win over Jamaine Ortiz (17-2-1, 8 KOs) Thursday evening at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez was the aggressor,…

Promoter Eddie Hearn is apparently doing all that he can to get his client-pal Devin Haney a significant fight, despite whatever Oscar De La Hoya may think. It was reported recently that there are serious talks between Haney, the WBC 140-pound titlist, and Ryan Garcia,…

Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia are set to meet in April Carmen Mandato/Getty Images and Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006. Devin Haney and Ryan…

The UFC Fight Night event on March 2 now has its headliner, and it features a pair of heavy-handed fighters. Meeting in the main event will be Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev. The heavyweight clash takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. MMA…

Gregory Rodrigues is ready to springboard his career off of Brad Tavares. Rodrigues (14-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets Tavares (20-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 236 (ESPN+) main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Tavares, a perennial middleweight contender, has…

Dan Ige is hoping a potentially once-in-a-career opportunity will give him an extra boost this week. Ige (17-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) takes on Andre Fili (23-10 MMA, 11-9 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 236 (ESPN+) featherweight co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las…

The term “gatekeeper” usually has a bad connotation in combat sports. To be one, it means regularly being on the cusp of greatness – but also regularly just short while someone else goes on to, in this case, a middleweight title. So to get to…