10:34 AM ET Steve KimESPN LAS VEGAS — Still just 21, Teofimo “The TakeOver” Lopez has a three-fight plan to end his run at 135 pounds as the undisputed champion of the world. First, Lopez (13-0, 11 KOs) will face Masayoshi Nakatani (18-0, 12 KOs) in an IBF lightweight title eliminator bout Friday (ESPN+, 10
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9:00 AM ET Steve Kim Anthony Olivieri On July 20, Manny Pacquiao, 40, faces welterweight titlist Keith Thurman, who is a decade younger. Thurman, who hadn’t fought in nearly two years, survived his last fight against Josesito Lopez. The aging Pacquiao, for his part, will be fighting for the second time this year. We asked
9:00 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 Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will collide for the WBA world welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday
6:47 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Luis Collazo and former world title challenger Jose Benavidez Jr. will meet on Aug. 17 in the 10-round main event of the first boxing event scheduled to take place at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, Top Rank announced on Monday. The Top Rank Boxing on
5:37 PM ET Pernell Whitaker, a longtime pound-for-pound king and one of the greatest boxers in history, was killed Sunday night when he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 55. The Virginia Beach Police Department said the incident remains an active investigation but that Whitaker was apparently hit by a
3:49 PM ET Pound-for-pound legend Pernell Whitaker, who died Sunday night at age 55 after being hit by car at a Virginia Beach, Virginia, intersection, was a dazzling fighter, perhaps the greatest defensive wizard of all time, and the pound-for-pound king for much of the 1990s. In the amateur ranks, he won a 1984 Olympic
10:07 AM ET Pernell Whitaker, a longtime pound-for-pound king and one of the greatest boxers in history, was killed Sunday night when he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 55. The Virginia Beach Police Department said that the incident remains an active investigation but that Whitaker was apparently hit by
11:21 AM ET Rising featherweight star Shakur Stevenson made a triumphant homecoming as he blew out Alberto Guevara in a dominant third-round knockout performance Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey, to retain his regional belt and move to the precipice of a shot at a world title. Fighting before a partisan crowd of 5,150 in
1:19 AM ET Rising featherweight star Shakur Stevenson made a triumphant homecoming as he blew out Alberto Guevara in a dominant third-round knockout performance to retain his regional belt and move to the precipice of a shot at a world title on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey. Fighting before a partisan crowd of 5,150
3:23 AM ET Rising featherweight star Shakur Stevenson made a triumphant homecoming as he blew out Alberto Guevara in a dominant third-round knockout performance to retain his regional belt and move to the precipice of a shot at a world title on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey. Fighting before a partisan crowd of 5,150