Boxing

3:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Naoya Inoue suffered an injury in training and his May 7 fight in Yokohama, Japan, vs. Stephen Fulton for the unified 122-pound championship has been postponed, sources tell ESPN. The fight, which was set to be streamed on ESPN+ stateside, is being rescheduled for the summer in Japan, sources said.

10:57 AM ET Two of the top young fighters in boxing will face off May 20 when Ellie Scotney challenges Cherneka Johnson for Johnson’s IBF junior featherweight title. The fight will take place on the undercard of the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron undisputed junior welterweight championship fight that is also Taylor’s homecoming fight in Ireland. This

9:12 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After the WBO gained recognition in the early 2000s — kicking off boxing’s four-belt era — it became that much more difficult to earn status as an undisputed champion. Even when a fighter can collect all four major world titles, as Josh Taylor did nearly two years ago when he

1:23 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title against Michael Conlan on May 27 in the challenger’s native Belfast, Northern Ireland, after the fighters struck a deal, sources told ESPN. The 126-pound title fight, which shapes up as a slugfest, will be streamed stateside on ESPN+ in the afternoon.

4:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gilberto Ramirez was unofficially 182.6 pounds ahead of Friday’s weigh-in and the former champion’s 175-pound fight vs. Gabe Rosado on Saturday in Long Beach, California, has been cancelled, sources told ESPN. Former champion Joseph Diaz Jr. will fight Mercito Gesta in the new Golden Boy on DAZN main event, sources

3:25 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez and Adam Lopez will meet in a 130-pound rematch on May 20 in Las Vegas, a source told ESPN on Friday. The bout will serve as chief support for the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight for the undisputed lightweight championship on ESPN+ PPV, per source. Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs)

1:56 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Adrien Broner has signed with Hall of Fame promoter Don King, it was announced Thursday. Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) won titles in four divisions while fighting for PBC, but the 33-year-old parted ways with Al Haymon’s company last year to headline a BLK Prime card. The Cincinnati native was set

4:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will defend his undisputed super middleweight championship versus John Ryder on May 6 in Jalisco, Mexico, the fighter announced Tuesday. Alvarez-Ryder will take place at Akron Stadium, a soccer venue with a capacity of nearly 50,000. The bout will be Alvarez’s first in Mexico since

6:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao, who announced his retirement in August 2021, plans to fight again, MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons told ESPN on Tuesday. Pacquiao, who turned 44 in December, is engaged in talks for a welterweight fight against U.K. star Conor Benn, Gibbons said. That fight is being eyed for June

4:28 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN A lightweight bout between Isaac Cruz and Giovanni Cabrera is set to take place this summer in the U.S., sources told ESPN. The fight is expected to take place in May or June, sources said. Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs), ESPN’s No. 5 lightweight, is best known for a close decision