Scott Christ
644 articles · Bad Left Hook
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What’s next for Terence Crawford? Jump to PBC presents best options, but making move may not be so simple
By Scott Christ
Terence “Bud” Crawford looked ferocious again on Saturday night, stopping Kell Brook in the fourth round of a fight that looked interesting for two rounds and became a wipeout shortly after, with…
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Bob Arum furious over Franco-Moloney 2 decision, threatens to take fights out of Las Vegas
By Scott Christ
Last night’s Crawford-Brook card from Las Vegas featured a highlight reel finish in the main event, with Terence Crawford stopping Kell Brook in the fourth round to retain the WBO welterweight title,…
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Preview: Terence Crawford looks to make pound-for-pound case against Kell Brook
By Scott Christ
Saturday night on ESPN (Nov. 14, 10 pm ET), Terence “Bud” Crawford will look to make a fourth successful defense of his WBO welterweight title, facing former IBF titlist Kell Brook in…
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The Big Question: Will Terence Crawford get a fight with a top PBC welterweight in 2021?
By Scott Christ
Last week’s Big Question asked if Gervonta “Tank” Davis, following a brutal KO win over Leo Santa Cruz to win a third 130-pound title and retain a secondary 135-pound title, had earned…
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The Big Question: Is Gervonta Davis top 10 pound-for-pound now?
By Scott Christ
Last week’s Big Question was a choice of what Saturday fight you were most looking forward to seeing of the three big main events we had coming. Usyk-Chisora won the poll with…
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Tim Bradley: Naoya Inoue is a special fighter, his skills are different
By Scott Christ
Naoya Inoue has carved out a big reputation over the years with boxing fans and media, and perhaps more often than not, the hardest people to truly impress are other fighters. While…
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What’s next for Naoya Inoue after beating Jason Moloney? Unification and move up both possible
By Scott Christ
Naoya Inoue’s Top Rank debut on Saturday night went more or less as most expected, as he dominated and knocked out Jason Moloney to retain the WBA and IBF bantamweight titles, and…
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Preview: Naoya Inoue brings ‘Monster’ show to Las Vegas against Jason Moloney
By Scott Christ
This Saturday night streaming live on ESPN+ (Oct. 31, 7:30 pm ET), unified bantamweight titlist Naoya Inoue will make his highly-anticipated Top Rank debut, defending the WBA and IBF belts against Jason…
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Davis-Santa Cruz, Usyk-Chisora, Inoue-Moloney, more: Boxing TV schedule and times for Oct. 29-Nov. 1
By Scott Christ
Thursday, Oct. 29 UFC Fight Pass, 7:00 pm ET, Toka Kahn Clary vs Jonathan Perez, Francis Hogan vs Jeyson Minda. CES Boxing show from Rhode Island. Would be a bit more intriguing…
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Errol Spence Jr wants Manny Pacquiao fight in 2021
By Scott Christ
Errol Spence Jr is set to return to action on Dec. 5, defending his WBC and IBF welterweight titles against former two-division titlist Danny Garcia, but if he gets past that, he’s…
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Bad Left Hook Boxing Rankings (Oct. 19, 2020): Teofimo Lopez takes over the lightweight division
By Scott Christ
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Welterweight: (8) Sergey Lipinets vs Custio Clayton, Oct. 24 Junior Bantamweight: (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs Carlos Cuadras, Oct. 23…
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Devin Haney: Teofimo Lopez is the “first undisputed asterisk champion”
By Scott Christ
Teofimo Lopez is riding a major high right now, and should be, as the 23-year-old went from rising star to bona fide star with Saturday’s upset win over Vasiliy Lomachenko. If you…
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Lomachenko vs Lopez results and highlights: Teofimo Lopez walks the walk, beats Vasiliy Lomachenko by decision
By Scott Christ
We’ve got a new superstar in the boxing world, as Teofimo Lopez unified three lightweight world titles tonight with an upset win over now-former pound-for-pound top dog Vasiliy Lomachenko. Lopez (16-0, 12…
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Lomachenko vs Lopez: Teofimo wants to muscle Loma, Loma wants to punish Teofimo
By Scott Christ
Both fighters made weight today in Las Vegas, and now Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez are geared up and ready to go for tomorrow night’s ESPN main event from the Top Rank…
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Who wins Lomachenko vs Lopez? Predictions and preview for the big fight
By Scott Christ
We’re just a day away now. Saturday on ESPN (10 pm ET), Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez will end the debates, and one man will walk out with three title belts, a…
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Lomachenko vs Lopez: Why Saturday’s fight is not for the undisputed lightweight championship
By Scott Christ
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez this Saturday (Oct. 17, ESPN, 10 pm ET) is absolutely a great fight. We cannot stress that enough. It is must-see, as good and as big a…
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Zepeda vs Baranchyk: Pros react to insane fight and knockout
By Scott Christ
In one of the best fights anyone’s ever going to see, Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk went to war tonight in Las Vegas, ending in the fifth round with Zepeda scoring the…
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Lomachenko vs Lopez to have small amount of fans, Top Rank giving tickets to first responders
By Scott Christ
The big Oct. 17 fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez is one that Top Rank and everyone else wish were going to have a live, rowdy crowd of fight fans, but…
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John Riel Casimero calls out Naoya Inoue: ‘He is scared of me’
By Scott Christ
John Riel Casimero was supposed to be fighting Naoya Inoue in a three-belt unification at bantamweight this summer, but when that fight was scrapped due to COVID issues, the two had to…
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Briedis vs Dorticos results: Mairis Briedis wins decision, takes World Boxing Super Series tournament
By Scott Christ
Mairis Briedis can now pretty confidently call himself the best cruiserweight in the world, following today’s clear — if not to all three judges — decision win over Yuniel Dorticos. The win…