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CANELO DOMINATES GOLOVKIN TO END TRILOGY

Canelo Alvarez defeats Gennadiy Golovkin via unanimous decision.

USYK DEFEATS JOSHUA AGAIN

Oleksandr Usyk defeats Anthony Joshua via split decision in rematch.

HANEY CROWNED UNDISPUTED

Devin Haney schools George Kambosos Jr. in lopsided unanimous decision win.

BIVOL UPSETS CANELO

Dmitry Bivol shocks Canelo Alvarez for upset unanimous decision win.

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: "DIFFICULT" CRAWFORD, "DIMINISHED" SPENCE, WILLIAM ZEPEDA

Every Thursday, right here at FightHype, I take time out of my busy schedule of producing hateful content to address readers’ questions and comments regarding the sport we all love (and sometimes love to hate). This week, we tackle the ...... continue reading

MAYWEATHER CEO EPIC CANELO VS. CHARLO BREAKDOWN; WARNS CHARLO ON CANELO "BLACK FIGHTER" TRICKS

FightHype's Sean Zittel recently caught up with Mayweather CEO Leonard Ellerbe to talk about several topics, including Canelo vs. Jermell Charlo, the return of Gervonta Davis, Terence Crawford, and much more. You don't want to miss what he ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Social media is an eye-opener. I’ll admit that, despite needing it for work purposes, I’m not a fan of the medium. Running through that mess-- whether it be Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, or whatever-- is a little like running through the ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: FURY/USYK/WILDER, EUBANK, BAD STOPPAGES

Thursday's, in this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, are all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE TYSON FURY SHOW

Has the boxing world become universally united in their disgust for Tyson Fury? Did it take a gigantic Gypsy King-turned-wanker/dosser/sausage/bell’s end (not sure how our Brit brothers would say it) to pull together a deeply divided, ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CRAWFORD-SPENCE 2, STEVENSON-MARTIN, RAMOS-LUBIN

Every Thursday here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and give truth-minded boxing fans a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of truth all over comments/questions regarding Shakur-Martin, Crawford-Spence 2, and Ramos-Lubin. ...... continue reading

AMANDA SERRANO IN FIRST EVER WOMEN'S BOUT WTIH 12 THREE-MINUTE ROUNDS VS. DANILA RAMOS

Today, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) took another historic step on its mission to advance women in boxing to be treated equal to their male peers, announcing the first ever Women’s Unified Championship bout with the same rules as a ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: BOXING'S DEAD ZONES

This week’s Notes from the Boxing Underground column is going to be about three of boxing’s “glamour” divisions that are absolute dead zones at the moment and why they got that way. But it wouldn’t be a Paul Magno piece ...... continue reading

CANELO DRIVEN BY EGO AND DEFIANCE AHEAD OF CHARLO CHALLENGE

What do you do if you’ve already had a Hall of Fame career and have made more money than you could ever spend in a dozen lifetimes? If you’re me, you sit your ass down and give in to the wonderful world of gluttony and vice. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-CRAWFORD, ANDY RUIZ, MORE ON HANEY-SHAKUR

Every Thursday here at FightHype, we make a space among the video content for a good, old-fashioned written word money shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, get ready for some of that infamous Magno-rific gooey, salty, sometimes NSFW ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: NUTS AND BOLTS (A BELTLINE TO MADNESS)

Nut shot or gut shot? A 23-year-old continues his retirement tour. HOF silliness. PEDs dopiness. Here’s my mean, nasty, unfit for polite boxing company take on last week’s goings on. ...... continue reading

CANELO VS. CHARLO PPV UNDERCARD FEATURES RAMOS-LUBIN, UGAS-BARRIOS, & GARCIA-RESENDIZ

Three matchups featuring rising stars, top contenders and former world champions from 147 to 160 pounds will highlight a robust pay-per-view undercard leading up to the Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo undisputed super middleweight championship ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: SPENCE, USYK, UP AND COMING HEAVYWEIGHTS, PPV TRUTHS, MORE...

Every Thursday here at FightHype, we make a space among the video content for a good, old-fashioned written word money shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, get ready for some of that infamous Magno-rific gooey, salty, sometimes NSFW ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: MY PEDS COLUMN

Unified super featherweight champ Alycia Baumgardner reportedly tested positive for the banned substances Mesterolone and Androsterone three days before her July 15 unanimous decision over Christina Linardatou. To make matters worse, the fight ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-CHARLO, NAVARRETE-VALDEZ, AJ-WILDER, HANEY, MORE...

Thursday's, in this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, are all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: DUCK DYNASTY

In an appearance this week on “The Breakfast Club,” a popular New York-based radio show, undisputed, fully-unified welterweight champ Terence Crawford reminded us why we look like total dimwit assholes when we buy into any sort of ...... continue reading

FLOYD MAYWEATHER TO TRAIN ELON MUSK FOR BILLIONAIRE BRAWL WITH MARK ZUCKERBERG

The world's richest man has reached out to the world's richest fighter for some training assistance. Sources close to the information have informed us that billionaires Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and owner of X, and Hall of Fame boxing ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: JOSHUA, HELENIUS, DEVIN-SHAKUR, MORE...

This Thursday, like every Thursday her at FightHype, I ask you to pull up a seat alongside my bulging, bulbous sack and wait for a load of gooey, salty boxing truth to be shot right into the faces of boxing’s purveyors of ignorance. This week, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: ODDS AND ENDS

I’ve got a bit to say about a few different things, so why not get it all out there in one soul-cleansing NSFW column this week. Well, it didn’t take long for boxing fandom to turn Terence Crawford’s thing-of-beauty virtuoso ...... continue reading

TERENCE CRAWFORD: WHAT'S NEXT?

The boxing world is cold. We were barely hours removed from Terence Crawford’s virtuoso destruction of Errol Spence Jr. when the topic shifted from the conquest to “the next.” So, yeah, let’s go there, too. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CRAWFORD-SPENCE REVISITED, MORE...

A big fight demands a big load of gooey, salty truth from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, get ready for a monstrous post-Crawford-Spence money shot this week, plus a few bits on Stephen A Smith and a revisiting of pound-for-pound stuff. ...... continue reading

EMANUEL NAVARRETE: "WE'LL SEE WHOSE HEAD COMES OFF FIRST"

Three-division world champion Emanuel “Vaquero”  Navarrete is ready for an all-Mexican war. Navarrete puts his WBO junior lightweight world title on the line against former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez on Saturday, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: SPENCE-CRAWFORD, THE POSTMORTEM

What a performance. I've always been a Terence Crawford mark. I sang his praises and talked about his elite-level chops, even when his level of opposition had people forcing me to pull back and qualify my adulation. But this guy has always ...... continue reading

TERENCE CRAWFORD DROPS ERROL SPENCE 3 TIMES AND STOPS HIM IN 9TH ROUND

Undefeated three-division champion Terence “Bud” Crawford emphatically stamped his place in the history books with a ninth-round TKO over the previously unbeaten Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. to become the first undisputed ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: SPENCE-CRAWFORD, INOUE, UPCOMING MEGA-FIGHTS, MORE...

Welcome to another edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, a Thursday tradition here at FightHype that routinely rattles cages, rocks boats, and way too often hurts tough guys’ feelings. This week, we have comments/questions regarding ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE FIGHT WEEK OF ALL FIGHT WEEKS

This is THE fight week. The fight week of all fight weeks, at least among fight weeks in recent memory.  In modern times, we don’t get a lot of “legit elite-level” fights. And when we do, they’re spaced far apart. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: INOUE-FULTON, FIGHTERS SIGNING WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE, MORE...

Thursday's, in this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, are all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: 3 THINGS I ALWAYS GET WRONG

What’s the difference between me and so many other members of the boxing media (other than, like, me having 50% more testosterone and almost zero instances of swamp ass)? I actually own up to my mistakes and wrong calls-- and I do so publicly, ...... continue reading

FRANK MARTIN EDGES ARTEM HARUTYUNYAN TO WIN UNANIMOUS DECISION

With his famed trainer imploring him to get a knockdown, Frank “The Ghost” Martin rallied late and dropped Artem Harutyunyan in the 12th round to solve his more experienced opponent, capturing a close but unanimous decision in the ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: FURY-NGANNOU, TYSZYU, CHARLO

Welcome to another edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, a Thursday tradition here at Fight Hype that routinely rattles cages, rocks boats, and way too often hurts tough guys’ feelings. This week, we have comments/questions regarding ...... continue reading

TYSON FURY VS. FRANCIS NGANNOU SET FOR OCTOBER 28 IN SAUDI ARABIA

TYSON FURY, THE undefeated Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion of the world, and Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion, will collide on Saturday, October 28th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in an epic showdown between two giants of their ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: IS PBC WINNING THE CULTURE WAR?

I got into boxing writing shortly after I plugged into the internet and began seeing the aggressively awful boxing coverage being offered up by the online media. It was 2007-ish and I was working in gyms down here in Mexico, nearly off the grid, ...... continue reading

JARON ENNIS DROPS & STOPS ROIMAN VILLA IN 10TH ROUND

Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis retained his Interim IBF Welterweight Title with a 10th-round TKO over tough-as-nails 147-pound contender Roiman Villa in the SHOWTIME main event Saturday night from Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall ...... continue reading

FLOYD "KID AUSTIN" SCHOFIELD DROPS HASKELL RHODES THREE TIME IN DOMINANT DECISION WIN

In a dominant performance in front of thousands of excited fight fans in his home state of Texas, Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (15-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his WBA International Title when he defeated Haskell ...... continue reading

VERGIL ORTIZ JR. PULLS OUT OF FIGHT AGAINST EIMANTAS STANIONIS

Statement from Golden Boy Promotions: "Nothing is more important than the safety of our fighters, and we of course support Vergil's decision 100 percent." ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: SPENCE-CRAWFORD, BOOTS, ORTIZ, THE BOXING "EYE TEST," MORE...

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding Spence-Crawford, Vergil Ortiz, Jaron Ennis, ...... continue reading

ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. DILLIAN WHYTE REMATCH SET FOR AUGUST 12 AT THE O2 IN LONDON

British Heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte will meet in an explosive rematch at The O2 in London on Saturday August 12, shown exclusively live on DAZN around the world and on DAZN PPV in the UK and Ireland. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S TOP 10 AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN 2023

The Magno’s USA Top 10 has been a Fourth of July tradition for years, dating back to even before I started writing for FightHype.com. This year, however, inactivity among some of the nation’s top names made the rankings especially ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: HOW TO FIX BOXING (MEDIA)

Late last week, ESPN posted an article titled: “How to Fix Boxing,” written by Mike Coppinger. Spoiler Alert: It offered no “fix” and just rehashed old grievances and gripes about the boxing business. It ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO, HEARN, THE CHARLO BROTHERS, MORE...

Thursdays, in this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, are all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this week's ...... continue reading