4:16 PM ET The WBC has scheduled a purse bid for Sept. 21 on the ordered bout between Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim for its super middleweight belt, though the organization has kept open a negotiation period until then. The news comes days after Alvarez filed a federal lawsuit against the streaming service DAZN and
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9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN After a long hiatus, boxing returned in the early summer months with a series of fight cards designed to get the business going. Those cards featured a handful of recognizable names and a few solid, if not spectacular fights. Heading into the fall, it’s time for the marquee events to
9:28 AM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, welterweight contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas and unified bantamweight world titlist Naoya Inoue are a few of the
1:31 AM ET Steve KimESPN Canelo Alvarez filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions and its CEO, Oscar De La Hoya, alleging that the parties have not lived up to the terms of an 11-fight, $365 million deal that was agreed upon in 2018. Alvarez is seeking at least
1:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight finals between Yuniel Dorticos and Mairis Briedis has been rescheduled for Sept. 26 at the Plazamedia broadcasting centre in Munich, Germany, according to Kalle Sauerland, chief boxing officer for the WBSS. The fight, which matches ESPN’s top two rated cruiserweights, has been postponed twice
11:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Yordenis Ugas captured a version of the WBA welterweight title by defeating Abel Ramos over 12 clinical rounds at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night. While it seemed like Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) dominated most of the fight behind his long left jab, this fight was actually
1:33 AM ET Jamel Herring waited months and battled through COVID-19 to show he was ready for a major fight as a world titleholder. After his performance on Saturday night in a title defense against Jonathan Oquendo, that status is very much uncertain. Inside the Top Rank bubble at the MGM Grand Convention Center in
1:18 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jamel Herring retained his WBO junior lightweight title by disqualification against Jonathan Oquendo on Saturday. The fight inside the Top Rank bubble at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas was stopped after the eighth round because of an intentional head-butt. Oquendo led with his head in the fifth
6:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Despite suffering two cuts near his left eye, Steven Nelson dominated De’Andre Ware in a sixth-round TKO victory on the Jamel Herring-Jonathan Oquendo undercard at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Nelson slowly built up momentum in the early rounds, walking down Ware and then closing
7:42 PM ET DeAndre Ware isn’t just a fighter. He’s an EMT and firefighter from Ohio who put his skills to work outside the ring ahead of Saturday’s bout in Las Vegas. Inside the MGM Grand Conference Center a half-hour before weigh-ins for his fight against Steven Nelson, Ware jumped into action when Pete Susens,