2:41 PM ET Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez, coming off a unanimous decision victory in a title unification fight against Daniel Jacobs on May 4, has yet to decide who he will fight in September, but super middleweight titlist Callum Smith, who is one possibility, is eager for the fight. In addition to his
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12:42 PM ET Heavyweight Joy Joyce, moving quickly up the ranks, will next face longtime contender Bryant Jennings in what is seemingly Joyce’s toughest test to date. They will meet in the co-feature of the vacant British heavyweight title fight between rising talents Daniel Dubois and Nathan Gorman on July 13 (ESPN+) at the O2
9:21 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 Unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua is a big betting favorite in his United States debut Saturday night, but fighting for a heavyweight title
11:25 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder announced on Tuesday night that his next fight will be a rematch with Luis “King Kong” Ortiz. That means regardless of if unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua retains his three major belts against Andy Ruiz Jr. on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York there
3:18 PM ET The biggest fight in boxing would be an undisputed heavyweight championship fight between titleholders Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, and although the fight has not been made yet despite efforts from both sides, Joshua trainer/adviser Robert McCracken believes it will happen. England’s Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs), in what will be his seventh
5:22 PM ET Carlos Canizales retained his secondary junior flyweight world title by lopsided unanimous decision over Sho Kimura in the main event of a world title doubleheader on Sunday in Fuzhou, China. Canizales (22-0-1, 17 KOs), 26, of Venezuela, used his movement and angles to frustrate Kimura, who pressed the action but could rarely
1:15 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jamel Herring defeated Masayuki Ito by unanimous decision Saturday night in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Fighting on the 10th anniversary of the death of his daughter, Ariyanana, and on Memorial Day weekend, Herring, who enlisted in
12:09 AM ET OXON HILL, Md. — Lightweight mega-prospect Devin Haney was supposed to get the toughest test of his career from Antonio Moran on Saturday night at the MGM National Harbor, but he got nothing of the sort. Instead, the 20-year-old turned in a dominating performance that concluded with a massive right hand to
1:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Former lightweight world titleholder Jose Pedraza used his superior skills and experience to nullify the pressure of Antonio Lozada in a ninth-round, TKO victory Saturday night on the Masayuki Ito-Jamel Herring junior lightweight title fight at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. From the very beginning, Lozada (40-3-1, 34 KOs)
5:34 PM ET Two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez has signed a multiyear promotional contract with Top Rank, the company announced Friday. The signing of Ramirez, one of the most sought-after amateur boxers in the world, comes nearly one year after he abandoned the Cuban national team during a training camp last July in