Edgar Berlanga will challenge Canelo Alvarez on September 14. Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. In this conversation with TMZSports, Edgar Berlanga discusses his big upcoming fight against…

The WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith has confirmed he is in negotiations to fight WBA titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez later in November. Billam-Smith has been searching for a unification fight since June, when he defeated Richard Riakporhe. He had been targeted by the IBF champion…

Edgar Berlanga is on the verge of fighting for the lineal super middleweight championship and three of the division’s four major world titles. But he also recognizes that his time in the 168-pound weight class won’t last forever. “It’s going to be hard for me…

Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images Patrick Stumberg is a freelance writer for SB Nation, first joining the network in 2011 before linking up with Bad Left Hook in 2015. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez brings word that Golden Boy Promotions and Riyadh Season…

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Premier Boxing Champions already had it penciled in to stage Alvarez’s eighth Mexican Independence Day weekend fight card since 2012 in Las Vegas when the four-division champion learned the UFC was planning a competing show that same Sept. 14 evening at…

Canelo hopes Edgar Berlanga’s fighting backs up his pre-fight talk Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006. Canelo Alvarez has been…

Super middleweight Caleb Plant has outlined Trevor McCumby’s inexperience at the top level, as well as his advanced age for a “prospect,” as reasons why his opponent may not be as confident as he seems. Plant is set to face McCumby on the Saul “Canelo”…

Middleweight titlist Erislandy Lara, 41, boxing’s oldest active world belt holder, will face Danny Garcia in the co-feature of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga pay-per-view on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bout, while a compelling matchup between veteran fighters, also has…

Leonard Ellerbe, who has been involved with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) since its inception, believes that if Danny Garcia defeats current WBA middleweight titleholder, Erislandy Lara, he will secure his place in the Boxing Hall of Fame. During Tuesday's media workout, Ellerbe participated in the…