3:23 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Danny Garcia is ready to chase a title in a third weight class. The former two-division champion has agreed to a deal with Jose Benavidez Jr. in a junior middleweight bout on July 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, sources tell ESPN. The PBC on Showtime main event
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7:50 AM ET Boxing’s top stars are easy to spot. Canelo Alvarez, Tyson Fury and Errol Spence Jr. are just a few of the names that are recognized in and out of the sport. Gervonta “Tank” Davis is also entering that category after carrying another big event this past weekend virtually on his own. To
Sydney boxing promoter Paul Nasari knew early on he had a good fighter in George Kambosos Jr. “George had his first professional fight on one of my cards, and then he won his NSW and Australian titles on [another one of my shows],” Nasari told ESPN. “And after he won his NSW title I said
10:14 PM ET Tim Tszyu is a step closer to a unified mega-fight with Jermell Charlo after the WBO ordered the American to defend his belt against the undefeated Australian. Tszyu has been the WBO’s No.1 mandatory challenger at super-welterweight for more than a year, prompting the sanctioning body to intervene following Charlo’s victory over
3:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Anthony Joshua will be trained by Robert Garcia for his heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on July 23 in Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN. Garcia, the boxing writers’ 2012 Trainer of the Year and a former 130-pound champion, coaches out of his Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Riverside, California,
1:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna will meet in the ring after all. The fighters have agreed to a deal for a 135-pound fight on July 16 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on DAZN, sources told ESPN. Garcia and Fortuna were set to fight last July, but Garcia withdrew to
1:10 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Gervonta Davis wasn’t letting his hands go, and Rolando Romero took advantage. He stalked “Tank” Davis and even forced him to hold on at times after he connected with a couple of power shots. But, as he always does, Davis found a way with his devastating left
2:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Madonna. Michael Strahan. Tracy Morgan. Every time Gervonta Davis fights, the stars come out in droves. Saturday at Barclays Center was no different, as 18,970 were in attendance to see “Tank” Davis send Rolando Romero crashing into the ropes for yet another highlight-reel finish. “Tank” proved once
12:58 AM ET Brianna Williams Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Rolando “Rolly” Romero entered the ring at Barclays Center in New York on Saturday with undefeated records and dozens of knockouts between the two of them. Davis, ESPN’s third-ranked men’s lightweight, looked to defend his WBA “regular” title, while Romero fought for a world title for
1:59 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta “Tank” Davis has blossomed into a star with the guidance of Floyd Mayweather, but after seven years, the relationship could be reaching its end. The 27-year-old meets Rolando “Rolly” Romero in a lightweight bout on Saturday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (9 p.m. ET, Showtime PPV), and Davis has stated