It’s safe to say Alex Perez is making up for lost time. Just days after knocking out Matheus Nicolau on short notice in Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 55 headliner, Perez’s originally scheduled bout vs. Tagir Ulanbekov at UFC Fight Night on June 15 has been…

Good news, everyone. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is taking on Jaime Munguia this weekend, and the Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved the bout. They’re not going to stand in the way of Munguia taking a major leap up in class and testing himself against one…

Lithuania’s Eimantis Stanionis hopes to put two years of inactivity in the rear-view mirror when he returns against Gabriel Maestre on Saturday. The former amateur rivals meet on the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jaime Munguia bill at T-Mobile in Las Vegas for Stanionis’ WBA regular welterweight title.…

Brandon Figueroa is one of the world’s best featherweights and a former junior featherweight titleholder who now holds an interim title at 126 pounds. Just don’t call him a brawler. Figueroa (24-1-1, 18 KOs) is set to fight Jessie Magdaleno at T-Mobile Arena in Las…

LAS VEGAS – UFC light heavyweight Bogdan Guskov will have bragging rights over his fellow fighters from Uzbekistan. Guskov (16-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will likely find a number next to his name when the promotion releases its updated rankings following UFC on ESPN 55. In…

Oscar De La Hoya has predicted a “changing of the guard” when on Saturday Jaime Munguia challenges Saul Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight title. “Canelo” Alvarez enters the all-Mexican showdown, at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Cinco de Mayo weekend, as the significant favourite against…

Promoter Eddie Hearn expects Canelo Alvarez to stop Jaime Munguia this Saturday, but admitted the Mexican veteran’s age could come into play the longer the fight lasts. Canelo defends his undisputed title against fellow Mexican Munguia this Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 4), in what…

LAS VEGAS – Ivana Petrovic wasn’t thrilled with her performance at UFC on ESPN 55, despite getting a finish of Na Liang. Petrovic (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)) was largely dominant en route to a third-round submission of Liang (19-8 MMA, 0-4 UFC) on Saturday in…

Canelo Alvarez takes on fellow Mexican star Jaime Munguia this weekend. Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. Ahead of this weekend’s big main event between Canelo Alvarez and…