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English news site The Guardian described the “desperately tight” contest as a close and bruising fight. "It was a shock opening for the favoured fighter (Parker) but he looked off balance as the blow to the back of his head landed with crude force. Chisora, seeking an early finish, poured forward but Parker was not badly hurt. The New Zealander managed to keep the marauding Chisora at bay to see out the rest of the round without further mishap." “Parker, the more skillful fighter, had sporadic success but he struggled to stem the brawling style of Chisora,” the newspaper’s repor...

Dmitry Bivol kept his 175 lb belt, while James Tennyson was upset in the opener.

MMA Fighting Share this story Daniel Cormier isn’t taking the bait. Following a first-round knockout of former ONE and Bellator champion Ben Askren this past Saturday, Jake Paul has begun to solicit for his next boxing match and several fighters have already volunteered their services including Tyron Woodley and B.J. Penn. Woodley cornered Askren against Paul, so that clash of personalities was seemingly inevitable. Boxer J’Leon Love has jumped to Paul’s defense and offered to fight Woodley himself, a suggestion that Paul finds appealing after Cormier addressed the Woodl...

Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images The June 12 Top Rank date is firm, but bouts involving Shakur Stevenson and probably Edgar Berlanga will not be unfolding at Madison Square Garden, as had been hoped. Top Rank bossman Bob Arum told Bad Left Hook that the June 12 card will be “outside of New York.” Related “That date is firm,” Arum said. “But it will not be in Madison Square Garden, because we can’t get any assurance that we could fill up the place. The problem with a big venue like that, even if a smaller number of people were let in, (between the) union co...

Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Jerwin Ancajas retained his IBF junior bantamweight title in a rugged, hard-hitting fight with unknown mandatory challenger Jonathan Rodriguez tonight on Showtime. Ancajas (32-1-2, 22 KO) won on scores of 115-112, 116-111, and 117-110, with Bad Left Hook unofficially scoring the bout 116-111 for the Filipino, who has now made nine successful defenses of the belt he won in 2016. The 29-year-old Ancajas had good success when he was able to keep range against Rodriguez (22-2, 16 KO), a 25-year-old Mexican who was mandatory but had never really fought at this level before...