1:45 PM ET As a youngster featherweight Michael Conlan, the popular two-time Irish Olympian and unbeaten professional, would go to the annual Féile an Phobail summer festival with friends in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Now Conlan is thrilled to have a fight that is a centerpiece of this year’s annual event when he
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6:11 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published in March ahead of Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia. BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Everybody wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Unless you’re a fighter. Then you always want to be Irish. It’s good business, after all. Freddie Roach — who’s, in
5:40 PM ET The WBC on Tuesday withdrew, at least temporarily, recognition of Dillian Whyte as its interim heavyweight world titleholder because of his recent positive drug test. Despite having failed a pre-fight drug test, British regulators allowed Whyte to fight last Saturday in the main event of a Matchroom Boxing card at the O2
12:26 PM ET Britain’s Nicola Adams has become a world champion for the first time after previous champion Mexico’s Arely Mucino was unable to defend her title following an injury. The WBO have declared Adams as the world flyweight champion after Mucino was unable to fight Adams in a planned bout later this year having
8:41 PM ET Former two-time welterweight world titleholder Andre Berto has suffered a torn left biceps, forcing his return to the ring after a one-year layoff to be called off on Monday. Berto was due to fight Miguel Cruz in a 10-round welterweight bout in the opener of a Premier Boxing Champions tripleheader on Saturday
3:20 PM ET Opening Bell: Everything right about boxing ARLINGTON, Texas – From the negotiations that were handled quickly and professionally, to a good buildup, to a fantastic fight of the year contender, to sportsmanship and humility in the aftermath, the Jose Ramirez-Maurice Hooker junior welterweight title unification fight put everything that is right about
1:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN In what was a swift and sudden end to an incredibly entertaining battle, Jose Ramirez scored a 6th-round stoppage of Maurice Hooker to become the unified WBC and WBO junior welterweight champion. Overcoming Hooker in his hometown, Ramirez scored a statement victory. The kind that defines careers. What did we
12:38 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Junior welterweight Jose Ramirez dreamed of winning a world title as a youngster but said even beyond that, his goal was to unify belts. Ramirez realized his dream and did so in explosive fashion Saturday night in an action-packed fight, as he stopped Maurice Hooker in the sixth round
11:41 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Gervonta Davis stopped Ricardo Nunez midway through the second round to retain the WBA super featherweight title Saturday night in his first fight in his hometown in six years. After the fight, Davis referenced President Donald Trump’s critical comments about Baltimore. “It was amazing to fight in front
8:14 PM ET Maurice Hooker and Jose Ramirez meet to unify their junior welterweight belts Saturday night (DAZN, 9 p.m. ET) at the College Park Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. It’s a hometown defense for Hooker, who grew up in nearby Oak Cliff. The winner could face either Regis