12:04 AM ET Former two-time middleweight world titlist Daniel Jacobs made a successful debut in the super middleweight division as he made the overweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. quit after the fifth round on Friday night at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. When the fight ended abruptly with Chavez, the favorite of the largely
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7:40 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 It’s been another wild year in boxing. From heavyweight-title redemption to the crowning of fighting queens, and a WWE crossover that nobody saw coming:
11:16 AM ET Former welterweight world titlist Kell Brook will end a 14-month layoff when he returns to the ring on Feb. 8. Brook will take on Mark DeLuca in a 12-round junior middleweight fight at the FlyDSA Arena (DAZN) in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. “I’m
8:27 AM ET As we get to the end of another decade, we reflect on the fighters who helped define the past 10 great years in boxing. There were three boxers in particular who made an impact from 2010 to 2019. One was a bright, young star in Canelo Alvarez, the four-division titleholder, current face
6:46 PM ET Top Rank, which already has a deep roster of junior lightweights, Wednesday announced that it has added another 130-pounder, unbeaten top prospect Abraham Nova, signing him to a multifight deal to co-promote him. Nova, who is also co-promoted by Murphys Boxing and 12 Rounds Promotion, will have his first fight of the
6:16 PM ET After being cleared Tuesday by a Nevada State Court judge to fight Daniel Jacobs, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weighed in nearly 5 pounds over the super middleweight division limit of 168 pounds for the Friday night bout in Phoenix. The 12-round fight will go on at Talking Stick Resort Arena (DAZN, 9
8:37 AM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Tony Harrison and former titleholder Jermell Charlo, the man Harrison controversially won the belt from a year ago, sat across from each other at a small table inside a Los Angeles television studio a few weeks ago, and one thing was clear: Neither man wanted to be there.
9:51 PM ET For the past seven months Jarrett Hurd has kept a low profile in the aftermath of his first defeat, which seemed to take a far greater toll on him mentally than physically. In May, Accokeek, Maryland’s Hurd entered the ring in front of a home region crowd a half-hour away in Fairfax,
9:19 AM ET Daniel Jacobs spent the better part of two months training in Atlanta preparing for his super middleweight debut against fellow former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., knowing that it was possible Chavez wouldn’t ultimately be in the ring with him on Friday night. Due to Chavez’s refusal to take a random
2:32 PM ET Former four-division world titleholder Mikey Garcia will return to the ring to face former two-division titlist Jessie Vargas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made official on Wednesday. The fight had been rumored for weeks and then it became clearer it would happen on Sunday when Garcia announced on his 32nd birthday that