5:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior lightweight contender Mikaela Mayer easily outclassed Helen Joseph in a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card on ESPN at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday. This was the first time a women’s fight has been the main
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7:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN Like everyone else, Mikaela Mayer found out about Jamel Herring’s positive test for COVID-19 on Monday morning. It postponed Herring’s junior lightweight world title defense against Jonathan Oquendo for the second time. Just like that, Mayer’s bout versus Helen Joseph was elevated to the main event spot of Tuesday’s Top
9:02 AM ET Steve KimESPN After winning the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in December, middleweight Javier Martinez believed he had taken another key step toward earning a spot representing the United States in the upcoming Games in Tokyo. Martinez entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the 165-pound division, and then won
4:06 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBO junior lightweight title bout between Jamel Herring and Jonathan Oquendo has been postponed for a second time, as Herring has confirmed to ESPN that he has tested positive for the coronavirus again. This fight was originally scheduled for July 2, but was initially postponed when Herring was pulled
8:40 AM ET Steve KimESPN Entering 2020, Clay Collard was a relatively unknown MMA fighter who dabbled in boxing. Collard’s greatest claim to fame was taking his first UFC fight, on short notice, against future UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in 2014. Collard lost via third-round knockout. A 1-3 record with the promotion brought Collard’s
9:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN When boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring this year, he could be making less money. Alvarez, the middleweight champion and super middleweight titlist, has said he wants to return on Mexican Independence weekend in September, but he doesn’t have an opponent yet and venues are still trying to
8:12 PM ET 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 Professional boxing looked very different on its return in the UK on Friday, but in the main event Brad Foster ensured his status as
5:33 PM ET Steve KimESPN A fight between unified junior welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez and Viktor Postol, his WBC mandatory challenger, will take place the last week of August, according to Top Rank president Todd duBoef. The fight will be broadcast on an ESPN network. While there is not a date set for the fight,
6:18 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson is vacating the WBO featherweight world title to move up to the junior lightweight division. “We’re moving on up … We’re getting all the belts, and everyone at 130 [pounds] can get it,” Antonio Leonard, who co-promotes Stevenson, told ESPN on Thursday. Stevenson, 23, won the vacant featherweight
11:59 AM ET 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 Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon will meet in a rematch on Aug. 22, according to Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn. The announcement came as