5:13 PM ET Before welterweight world titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter meet to unify belts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, a lot of other good fights are taking place on the undercard. Anthony Dirrell puts his WBC super middleweight world title on the line against David Benavidez and Mario
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3:47 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder and Luis “King Kong” Ortiz made their long-expected rematch official on Saturday, formally announcing that they will meet again on Nov. 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight will headline a Fox PPV card and the fighters and their
1:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Welterweight world titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter both flexed, showed off their belts and predicted an unforgettable fight as they made weight Friday before a cheering crowd inside the Wilshire Grand Ballroom at the Intercontinental Hotel. It was the final time they will see each other before
6:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois put forth another display of explosive punching power and sound technique as he blew out Ebenezer Tetteh in less than one round at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Friday night. Coming out of the gate with great purpose, Dubois (13-0, 12 KOs) started quickly by
6:02 PM ET Super middleweight world titlist Callum Smith is coming home to defend his belt. Smith will make his second defense when he faces interim titlist and mandatory challenger John Ryder on Nov. 23 (DAZN) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. “I always love
2:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When Errol Spence Jr. got his first opportunity to fight for a welterweight world title in 2017, it came about only because he was a mandatory challenger. Nobody with a belt wanted to voluntarily give him a shot because facing him figured to be such a high-risk/low-reward proposition. Spence’s
1:35 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. has significant business to deal with in the form of fellow beltholder Shawn Porter, but that has not stopped Spence from talking about the bigger fights he wants. Spence and Porter meet to unify their 147-pound belts in one of the year’s most
1:15 PM ET Light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol has been scheduled to defend his crown on Oct. 12 for some time but on Thursday he finally got an opponent. Bivol will make his sixth title defense against Lenin Castillo in the co-feature of former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk’s heavyweight debut against Tyrone Spong,
8:19 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s welterweight unification title bout between IBF titleholder Errol Spence Jr. and WBC titlist Shawn Porter at Staples Center in Los Angeles? Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) is coming off a dominant unanimous decision victory over Mikey Garcia in March.
7:56 AM ET Steve Kim 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 Welterweight world title holders Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter face off at Staples Center on Saturday night, and the winner will