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
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9:15 PM ET Top Rank has signed Jared Anderson, the No. 1 amateur heavyweight in the United States, to a multi-year promotional contract, the company announced on Tuesday. Anderson, 19, of Toledo, Ohio, who will be co-promoted by Antonio Leonard and managed by James Prince, will make his professional debut against an opponent to be
2:28 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Luis Collazo and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov will meet in a 10-round bout in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Oct. 18, Top Rank announced on Tuesday. The fight will be part of the card headlined by the Oleksandr Gvozdyk-Artur Beterbiev light heavyweight world title
Sep 24, 2019 Heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois faces Ebenezer Tetteh in a battle of unbeaten fighters in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET. The fight is for the for vacant commonwealth heavyweight title. Dubois (12-0, 11 KOs), of
7:33 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 Heavyweight boxing has not been this interesting since the 1990s and one rising contender hoping to be part of the mix soon is Daniel
5:38 PM ET Junior middleweights Erickson Lubin and Terrell Gausha will meet in a world title eliminator on Oct. 26, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Monday. The fight will take place at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania, and headline a Showtime- televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET). In the co-feature, former lightweight world titlist Robert Easter
2:16 AM ET Super middleweights Alfredo Angulo and “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin are both in the twilight of their nearly 15-year pro careers, but each still possesses enormous heart and determination. Both of those attributes were on full display as they waged a ferocious all-action battle that Angulo won by split decision in a candidate
9:18 AM ET In an era in which so many boxers are chiefly concerned with preserving their undefeated records, and taking fights they are favored to win, welterweight world titleholder Shawn Porter is the exception. Porter thrives on challenging himself against the best opponents available, and he will do so once again when he meets
10:11 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman announced that he has had surgery on his left hand and will be out of the ring for the remainder of the year. “I recently had surgery on my left hand to deal with a nagging injury,” Thurman said. “I feel great and can’t wait to
8:19 AM ET Steve KimESPN In August 2014, “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin was the WBO middleweight titlist and a rising star in the world of boxing. Roc Nation Sports, then a boxing promotional outfit, surprisingly won the purse bid for Quillin’s mandatory title defense against Matt Korobov with what seemed to be an exorbitant figure