LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez’s promoter expects Demetrius Andrade to give his fighter more problems than Caleb Plant posed eight months earlier. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Ultimately, however, Sampson Lewkowicz favors Benavidez to defeat Andrade by knockout before the start of the 11th round Saturday…

Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Anthony Smith is stepping up on short notice to take on one of the UFC’s surging light heavyweights. On Friday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that due to illness, Azamat Murzakanov is out of his scheduled…

Jermall Charlo either had a healthy helping of food during Thanksgiving week or his lack of preparation following a 29-month layoff contributed to him missing weight Friday for his Saturday night bout against Jose Benavidez Jr. The 160-pound WBC champion Charlo called to negotiate a…

LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez was 19 years old the last time he encountered a southpaw in an official fight. Demetrius Andrade is not an ordinary left-handed opponent, either, but Benavidez feels completely comfortable as their 12-round super middleweight title fight nears. Unlike many orthodox…

Demetrius Andrade’s conditioning is expected to be tested by the pressure style of David Benavidez. Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. …

Loma Lookboonmee Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Rising strawweights Loma Lookboonmee and Bruna Brasil will collide at a UFC Vegas event on Feb. 10, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The Fight Night show is headlined…

LAS VEGAS – Jermall Charlo apparently took what will officially be his super middleweight debut entirely too literally. The WBC middleweight champion weighed in Friday morning at 166.4 pounds, 3.4 pounds above the contracted catch weight of 163 pounds, for his 10-round, non-title fight against…

LAS VEGAS – Unlike Jermall Charlo, David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade met their contractual obligations Friday morning by making weight for their 12-round, 168-pound title fight Saturday night. Benavidez was 167 pounds, one below the super middleweight limit, when he stepped on the Nevada State…

LAS VEGAS, NV – It will have been 10 months since Hector Luis Garcia (16-1) last fought when he steps in the ring against Lamont Roach (23-1-1) on Saturday night. The fight takes place at the Michelob Ultra Arena inside of the Mandalay Bay Hotel…