9:05 AM ET Steve KimESPN Former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk makes his heavyweight debut against late replacement Chazz Witherspoon at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Saturday. Usyk was scheduled to face Tyrone Spong, but Spong tested positive for banned substances in two urine samples and Witherspoon was selected as his replacement just a few
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10:55 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — As a kid in Manchester, England, Tyson Fury would scour the local flea markets in search of VHS tapes featuring the likes of Bret “The Hitman” Hart and Hulk Hogan, Mankind and The Undertaker. Then, as now, he was a real fighter, the only occupation men in
6:27 PM ET The mad scramble to find a short-notice opponent for 2018 fighter of the year and former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk to fight in his heavyweight debut is over. Usyk will face Chazz Witherspoon in a scheduled 12-round fight on Saturday night (DAZN) at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Matchroom Boxing
4:32 PM ET Junior bantamweight world titlist Jerwin Ancajas will make his eighth defense when he faces Jonathan Rodriguez on Nov. 2, Top Rank announced on Tuesday. The bout will be the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card headlined by the previously announced fight between junior lightweight world titlist Miguel Berchelt and
1:19 PM ET Rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia, a world title elimination fight and a women’s interim title bout will highlight the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight world title showdown. Golden Boy Promotions and Main Events on Tuesday laid out the undercard for the show, which will take place on Nov. 2
9:00 PM ET Heavyweight Tyrone Spong has tested positive for a banned substance, leaving 2018 fighter of the year and former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk in search of a new opponent. Usyk was supposed to make his heavyweight debut against Spong, a former kickboxing star, on Saturday night (DAZN) in a scheduled 12-round
1:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Father Time is, and always will be, undefeated. Yes, many thought that Sergiy Derevyanchenko, despite getting knocked down in the opening round and getting badly cut over his right eye in the second round, deserved the victory in his second shot at a middleweight world title, but it was
1:15 AM ET Steve KimESPN While Gennadiy Golovkin can once again call himself a middleweight world titleholder after defeating the rugged Sergiy Derevyanchenko over 12 memorable rounds at Madison Square Garden, the fight raised some questions about the long term viability of Golovkin as an elite fighter. The scores for this bout were 114-113, 115-112
11:56 PM ET NEW YORK — After a historic middleweight world title reign that came to an end in controversial fashion 13 months ago, Gennadiy Golovkin yearned for another title belt. He got it on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden but his brawl with Sergiy Derevyanchenko may have been the hardest fight of his
9:56 PM ET NEW YORK — Junior middleweight Israil Madrimov, one of boxing’s best prospects, dominated Alejandro Barrera en route to a fifth-round knockout victory on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Madrimov, who only turned pro 11 months ago, is on the fast track and showed why on the Gennadiy Golovkin-Sergiy Derevyanchenko undercard as