2:03 PM ET In a surprising development, lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and trainer Ben Davison have split. That leaves Fury in need of a new head trainer just as he begins to prepare for his mega pay-per-view rematch with world titleholder Deontay Wilder on Feb. 22. Davison announced his separation from Fury on Sunday
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10:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Is Teofimo Lopez Jr. the real deal? That was the key question for the 2018 ESPN prospect of the year going into his shot at lightweight world titleholder Richard Commey, who was by far his most significant opponent, on Saturday night. The answer: A resounding yes. Lopez is for
12:59 AM ET Egidijus Kavaliauskas pushed Terence Crawford early and even buzzed him, but Crawford ultimately ran Kavaliauskas down and knocked him out. Teofimo Lopez Jr. stepped up to the biggest fight of his career and won a world title from Richard Commey with a clinical second-round knockout. It was a wildly entertaining night of
6:30 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 Ricards Bolotniks stole the show with a first-round knockout of Steven Ward in the final quarterfinal of the Golden Contract light heavyweight tournament Saturday
8:58 AM ET Former heavyweight world champion Leon Spinks, who was recently hospitalized in Las Vegas due to cancer and is in intensive care, has shown “small signs” of improvement. “Leon is currently in intensive care at a Las Vegas hospital receiving attentive medical care to suppress prostate cancer which he was diagnosed with earlier
5:16 PM ET Alicia Napoleon-Espinosa and Elin Cederroos will square off to unify their women’s super middleweight world titles on Jan. 10, organizers announced on Friday. The bout will take place at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the opener on a Showtime-televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET) topped by the previously
8:49 AM ET NEW YORK — A pound-for-pound star defending his world title against a hungry, unbeaten foe, a second title bout in the co-feature involving one of boxing’s hottest young fighters in a match in which nobody seems to be able to pick a winner with strong conviction, and an opening fight that is
9:09 AM ET Welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford puts his WBO belt on the line against Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Teofimo Lopez goes for his first world title against IBF lightweight titlist Richard Commey on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). At this point, the only question worth asking is:
7:43 PM ET Middleweight world titleholder Demetrius Andrade will defend his title against Luke Keeler on Jan. 30 (DAZN) in the main event of a world title tripleheader Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Thursday. The card, which also will include a much-discussed showdown between junior lightweight world titlist Tevin Farmer and Joseph Diaz Jr.
3:56 PM ET Former heavyweight world champion Leon Spinks is seriously ill with an undisclosed ailment and is hospitalized in Las Vegas. “Leon is currently hospitalized and in the care of an exceptional team of doctors,” Brenda Glur Spinks, the former fighter’s wife, told ESPN in a statement on Thursday. “We kindly request that privacy