9:44 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Trash talk and over-the-top antics have long been a way to gain attention for a big fight. Just look at Floyd Mayweather in boxing, Conor McGregor in MMA — or even when they fought each other. Real or contrived, the trash talk can help sell events. But there are
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8:18 PM ET LAS VEGAS — There are few who expect anything less than a highly entertaining and competitive fight when Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs step into the ring to unify their three middleweight world titles on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. But just in case anyone needed a reminder, Jacobs handed
1:40 PM ET The ramparts surrounding the private world of heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua parted briefly in Sheffield for him to discuss Andy Ruiz Jr, drug cheats, expectations and those annoying rivals before his departure for New York. Joshua fights Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on June 1 in defence of his heavyweight titles; Ruiz
8:35 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s middleweight unification bout between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Alvarez by decisionTo me, this is the best fight that has been made so far this
3:33 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBA has passed a resolution suspending heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller for six months for failing multiple drug tests prior to his June 1 bout with unified champion Anthony Joshua, which has since been postponed. Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs), of Brooklyn, New York, tested positive for the substances GW1516, EPO
1:17 PM ET Former unified bantamweight world titleholder Ryan Burnett, who is moving up in weight to the junior featherweight division, has signed a multi-fight promotional agreement with Top Rank, which announced the deal on Monday. Burnett’s first fight of the deal will be his already-scheduled bout against Jelbirt Gomera, a 12-rounder for a vacant
11:00 AM ET What a great weekend of boxing. It featured what is so far the card of the year, on Friday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California, headlined by the highly entertaining junior bantamweight world championship rematch between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada. That great card also included a candidate for
1:35 AM ET Before Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy met for a vacant secondary lightweight world title on Saturday night, Easter predicted, “This fight is going to be a lot of action and I don’t think it’s going to make it to the final bell.” He was wrong on both counts, as the former
12:22 AM ET Steve KimESPN Regis Prograis captured the WBA junior welterweight title by halting the normally durable Kiryl Relikh in six rounds Saturday night and advanced to the final of the World Boxing Super Series 140-pound tournament with a TKO victory at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) got to work
7:07 PM 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 Daniel Dubois notched another knockout victim with a fourth-round win over Richard Lartey on Saturday. The unbeaten British heavyweight contender extended his unblemished professional