3:22 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion Juan Francisco Estrada has not boxed in his hometown of Hermosillo, Mexico, since a nontitle fight in 2014, but that will change when he defends his belt against Dewayne Beamon on Aug. 24, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Wednesday. The fight, which will headline a card on
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8:51 AM ET Former junior featherweight title challenger James “Jazza” Dickens faces Nathaniel May in a 10-round featherweight battle in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the Liverpool Olympia in Liverpool, England, on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. Dickens (26-3, 11 KOs) lost his only title shot to Guillermo Rigondeaux
10:07 PM ET Junior lightweight world titlist Tevin Farmer will continue his extraordinary run of activity with his fifth fight in 11 months. Farmer will make his fourth defense when he takes on mandatory challenger Guillaume Frenois on July 27 (DAZN) at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made
6:47 PM ET The WBO has ruled that Mairis Briedis intentionally fouled Krzysztof Glowacki in their cruiserweight world title bout and that referee Robert Byrd made multiple errors in officiating the fight, but it acknowledged that it is powerless to overturn the decision to a no contest as sought by Glowacki in his formal protest.
9:15 AM ET Steve KimESPN Back in January, we compiled a list of fights we would like to see this year. After six months, some have been made, and some have been announced, but most are not even in the works. Here are our thoughts on the biggest fights we’d like to see in the
12:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Nordine Oubaali successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title, dominating Arthur Villanueva with a sixth-round TKO victory Saturday in Astana, Kazakhstan. From the onset, the hard-nosed Oubaali (16-0, 12 KOs) took control of this bout against the challenger from the Philippines, steadily outworking his opponent and fighting with more vigor and
6:27 PM ET Blue-chip featherweight prospect Shakur Stevenson is on his third opponent in two weeks. After a second opponent dropped out, Stevenson will take on former world title challenger Alberto Guevara when Stevenson makes his hometown professional debut at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on July 13 in the main event of
9:38 AM ET We are halfway through what has already been an eventful year in boxing. There have been unforgettable moments, big fights, action-packed bouts, great knockouts and plenty more is on the way. But here’s my look back as we hit the midpoint of 2019. Biggest story: Andy Ruiz Jr. Andy Ruiz Jr., right,
3:37 PM ET Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade’s campaign to get unified world champion Canelo Alvarez into the boxing ring with him just may have worked. Eric Gomez, the president of Alvarez promoter Golden Boy Promotions, exchanged messages with Andrade promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing on Tuesday and then spoke to him on the
10:38 AM ET Featherweight Michael Conlan, whose long-awaited pro rematch with amateur rival Vladimir Nikitin was scuttled last week when Nikitin suffered a torn biceps, got a replacement opponent on Wednesday. Conlan will face Diego Alberto Ruiz on Aug. 3 (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET) in the 10-round main event of a Top Rank Boxing on