8:54 PM ET Junior bantamweight world titleholder Khalid Yafai will make his mandatory defense against Norbelto Jimenez on June 29 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Wednesday. The bout will be part of the DAZN-streamed card headlined by middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade defending against Maciej
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8:40 PM ET Claressa Shields will aim for another slice of boxing history in her next fight. Shields, the only American boxer, male or female, to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals, has already unified two belts at super middleweight before dropping down to middleweight, where she unified all four major belts to become the undisputed
12:14 PM ET Heavyweight lineal champion Tyson Fury, of England, faces Germany’s Tom Schwarz in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. The undercard will air at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Fury
10:39 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 Anthony Joshua’s shock loss to Andy Ruiz Jr was a timely reminder for Josh Warrington never to underestimate his challenger. Warrington makes a second
7:11 PM ET Former unified cruiserweight world titleholder Murat Gassiev’s debut in the heavyweight division will come against Joey Dawejko, who served as former unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua’s main sparring partner going into Joshua’s massive upset loss to Andy Ruiz Jr., Matchroom Boxing announced on Monday. Gassiev will face Dawejko in a 10-round bout
2:22 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s fastest-rising prospects, is getting the homecoming fight he has wanted. Stevenson will take on Hairon Socarras in the 10-round main event of a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on July 13 (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10:30 p.m. with preliminaries streaming on ESPN+ beginning at 7
1:35 PM ET Former two-division world titleholder Zab Judah was released from Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, on Monday, Star Boxing announced. Judah had been hospitalized since Friday night after suffering a small brain bleed during an 11th-round knockout loss to Cletus Seldin in their junior welterweight fight at the Turning Stone Resort
9:14 PM ET Former two-division world titleholder Zab Judah remained hospitalized at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, on Sunday after suffering bleeding on his brain during an 11th-round knockout loss to Cletus Seldin on Friday night. “[Judah is] awake, communicating with his family and doctors and making progress,” Star Boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia
9:48 PM ET Associated Press CANASTOTA, N.Y. — Two-division champion James McGirt was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday, and he struggled with his emotions while thanking his family for the sacrifices they made during his time in the ring. “I warned you last night that I was going to cry,”
12:52 AM ET Steve KimESPN Oscar Valdez retained his WBO featherweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Jason Sanchez in an entertaining but one-sided fight at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday. All three judges scored the fight for Valdez 117-110 and 118-109 (twice). Sanchez (14-1, 7 KOs) was certainly