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The WBA champion stars in a new film from the makers of "Nomadland" and "The Wrestler"

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Triller Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger, hipper upstart Triller Fight Club. Paul headlined the second Triller boxing card on April 17, going knife through butter on Ben Askren. Triller boxing boss Ryan Kavanaugh told Bad Left Hook that Triller talked to 24-year-old Jake about options, b...

Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images A new venture connected to Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming exhibition fight may put the fighter at risk of violating a settlement agreement with the US government. Earlier this week, a team including Mayweather announced a non-fungible token (NFT) offering connected to his June 6th exhibition against Logan Paul. Bad Left Hook recently covered the announcement and results of a similar Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders NFT offering from DAZN. But in this case, there’s an additional wrinkle: Mayweather is currently bound by a settlement agreement with the...

Photos by RINGO CHIU and FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP Good things come to those who wait, and sometimes, great things. The pandemic has put the world off axis, but Covid is being beaten back in many spots on the global map and that means businesses can get back to normal. And in boxing, business back to normal means getting some of the superfights that the pandemic has put on hiatus off the ground. It’s looking like one such superfight — the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua heavyweight collision — is edging towards being solidified. Fury co-promoter Bob Arum told Bad Left Hook that he’s feeling ...

How successful was the first DAZN sale of NFTs?