Wil Esco

6 days ago | badlefthook.com | Wil Esco

Previewing the September 13 showdown between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, both fighters sat down with Piers Morgan for a lengthy interview where Morgan posed questions about their upbringing, mentality, and physical capabilities heading into their fight.

6 days ago | badlefthook.com | Wil Esco

Previewing the September 13 showdown between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, both fighters sat down with Piers Morgan for a lengthy interview where Morgan posed questions about their upbringing, mentality, and physical capabilities heading into their fight. Here’s some highlights of what both fighters had to say. “Canelo is a great fighter. We all have agreed on that. I cannot say that another man is better than me in anything because he ain’t proven it yet.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Wil Esco

Today Turki Alalshikh held the opening press conference for the upcoming fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford. Both fighters were respectful but didn’t shy away from a little jawing. Here’s some excerpts of what they both had to say. “However I got to fight, I’m going to win. Simple as that. I’m not going to let somebody else force me or tell me how to fight when I’ve been fighting my whole life. I won’t be running, I can tell you that. But I will be doing a lot of touching.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Wil Esco

Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Chris Eubank Jr appears to be back in hot water with the British Boxing Board of Control. Leading into his showdown with Conor Benn in April, Eubank had already been at odds with the British regulatory body for his ill-manned use of eggs at the fight’s press conference. That stunt would subject him to a £100,000 fine in addition to the roughly half-million fine he had to pay Benn for not making weight.

1 week ago | badlefthook.com | Wil Esco

An elated Brian Norman Sr got pretty animated following his son’s showstopping knockout of Jin Sasaski earlier today, immediately taking to social media to tell the world his son’s KO is exactly what Jaron “Boots” Ennis was afraid of and the reason he left the weight class. That’s certainly one take on the situation, even if it’s not exactly founded in reality. “Hey man, it’s been a beautiful trip out here, man,” Norman Sr would say.