Patrick L. Stumberg

6 days ago | badlefthook.com | Patrick L. Stumberg

Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images ESPN’s Andreas Hale, confirming long-swirling rumors, reports that WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios will welcome the legendary Manny Pacquiao back to the ring atop a July 19th PBC on Prime PPV in Las Vegas. Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KO) hasn’t fought since dropping a competitive-but-clear decision to late replacement Yordenis Ugas in 2021, seemingly ending a 26-year career that saw him claim titles in an unprecedented eight separate divisions.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Patrick L. Stumberg

Claressa Shields announced today that she’ll defend her heavyweight titles on July 26th against IBF light heavyweight champ Lani Daniels in Detroit, Michigan. Shields (16-0, 3 KO) claimed “undisputed” heavyweight glory by stopping Danielle Perkins in February, a feat offset by the fact that the IBF belt had been vacant for over a year and the WBO belt straight-up didn’t exist beforehand.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Patrick L. Stumberg

Photo by Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo/Getty Images After something of a post-Superfly lull, the 115-pound division is once again picking up steam. Fernando Martinez and Kazuto Ioka will run back last year’s battle this coming Sunday and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez will face Phumelela Cafu in a unification in June. That said, the IBF has missed out on most of the fun since Martinez ditched their title in favor of the Ioka rematch, though we do have some new updates.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Patrick L. Stumberg

Frank Warren announced this morning that Britain’s most successful boxer of the 2024 Paris Games, super welterweight bronze medalist Lewis Richardson, will join teammate Delicious Orie on the Queensberry roster. The world saw his Olympic triumph. We saw a future World Champion Lewis Richardson’s journey has only just begun pic.twitter.com/CNYdpEu35D— Queensberry Promotions (@Queensberry) May 2, 2025Warren and co. have yet to announce a date for his professional debut.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Patrick L. Stumberg

Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images Eddie Hearn announced on Twitter this morning that undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue’s long-brewing mandatory clash with former unified titlist Murodjon Akhmadaliev is a “[d]one deal,” with Jake Donovan adding that it will land on its expected date of September 14th. Hearn goes on to call it the “[b]est fight in the division,” and so long as you’re talking about active super bantamweights, he might not be wrong.