12:56 PM ET In an era when world titleholders usually fight only twice per year, junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete is set for his fifth bout in 12 months. Navarrete will make his fourth defense when he faces Mexican countryman Francisco Horta on Dec. 7 (ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET) at the Auditorio GNP Seguros
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Sep 28, 2019 Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder and Luis “King Kong” Ortiz put on one of the best fights of 2018, a dramatic, hard-hitting affair
6:33 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 Alex Dilmaghani has taken an unusual route in his boxing career, but he hopes his bold decision to move from the UK to Mexico
3:08 PM ET Four fight cards from Australia, England, Germany and Scotland, including two title fights, will air live on ESPN+ this weekend. On Friday, Andrew Moloney (20-0, 13 KOs) of Australia faces Guyana’s Elton Dharry (24-5-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round battle for the vacant WBA interim junior bantamweight title. The fight card will
7:34 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 Rocky Fielding is aiming to prove he is not finished after losing to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and is targeting a rematch with Callum Smith.
12:04 PM ET World junior lightweight titleholder Jamel Herring, lightweight titlist Devin Haney and super middleweight beltholder Billy Joe Saunders all retained their belts in their first title defenses on Saturday night. Herring was in the best of the three fights, Haney won in the most dominant fashion and Saunders struggled before a late knockout
2:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN LOS ANGELES — KSI edged out his archrival Logan Paul in what was a closely contested fight that was ultimately scored a split decision after six rounds. It was hard-fought, if not well fought by the two combatants. Perhaps there will be another chapter to this rivalry, but KSI ruled
11:35 PM ET Steve KimESPN Devin Haney retained his WBC lightweight title by blanking Alfredo Santiago over 12 rounds, winning 120-107 on all three cards, but the talented youngster wasn’t able to make the statement he wanted to as the KSI-Logan Paul co-feature at the Staples Center in Los Angles on Saturday. Haney didn’t have
1:17 AM ET Steve KimESPN LOS ANGELES — In their second fight to resolve their online rivalry, KSI got the better of Logan Paul on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles. KSI defeated Paul by split decision, with two judges scored the bout 57-54 and 56-55 for KSI, while a third judge had
12:40 AM ET Junior lightweight world titlist Jamel Herring, a Marine veteran who served two tours of duty in Iraq, won his belt in May on Memorial Day weekend. In his first defense, Herring retained the belt on another weekend very meaningful to him: Veterans Day and the Marine Corps’ birthday as he outpointed mandatory