2:43 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he had surgery on his left bicep following his seventh round loss to Tyson Fury on Feb. 22. “Recovery is going well,” the 34-year-old Wilder told the PBC podcast. “I’m in therapy. I ended up injuring it in my last fight, somewhere up
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Apr 15, 2020 Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight finals between Yuniel Dorticos and Mairis Briedis, which was set for May 16 in Riga, Latvia, has been canceled. The bout had been originally scheduled for March 21, but it was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The organization released this statement: “WBSS is
9:06 AM ET There are no live boxing events for the foreseeable future because of the coronavirus pandemic, but boxing fans will have a chance to revisit some of the best fights in history on Saturday, starting at noon ET on ESPN. And when we say the best fights in history, we mean the best
12:08 AM ET Salvador Rodríguez Steve Kim The World Boxing Organization is ceasing all activity until at least June 15 and the annual conference scheduled for October is up in the air because of the COVID-19 pandemic, WBO president Francisco Valcarcel told ESPN. All fights, transactions, release of rankings and other administrative actions will be
3:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Promoter Bob Arum says he is looking into the possibility of scheduling boxing events in Florida this summer, using the WWE’s facilities, with Gov. Ron DeSantis having deemed WWE an “essential business” in the state. DeSantis’ decision, outlined in a memo Thursday from the governor’s office, freed up the possibility
8:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN As boxers worldwide are sidelined while the sports world (and almost everything else) is shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, promotional companies are doing their best to keep fighters in front of the public eye. Eddie Hearn, the head of Matchroom Sports, has been conducting a regular series of
8:05 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN It was the early ’80s, at the Golden Gloves Gym on Gragson Avenue in Las Vegas. Freddie Roach was a young pro in his early twenties, but the kid who caught his eye couldn’t have been more than five or six. That kid was working the mitts with his uncle
6:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN Keith Thurman has made it clear whom he wants to line up against when the boxinschedule resumes — the man who handed him his first professional loss last summer. “Every day no one is allowed to do anything, it makes me feel like I’m one day closer to my rematch
7:32 AM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he will be “one of the best trainers in the world” and follow in the footsteps of his late uncle. Roger Mayweather, who trained Floyd Jr. for much of his career, had been ill for some time before he died in March following complications relating to his
1:28 PM ET If Canelo Alvarez meets Gennadiy Golovkin for the third time in September, the middleweight champion’s trainer believes his superstar boxer will win by knockout and settle once and for all the debate over who is better. “Without a doubt. If this fight happens, Canelo-Golovkin III, no doubt we’ll knock him out,” Eddy