9:21 AM ET As Robert Easter Jr. headed into his lightweight world title unification fight with Mikey Garcia last July, he was brimming with confidence. He was the bigger man and felt like the move of his training camp to trainer Kevin Cunningham’s gym in Palm Beach, Florida, would be a bonus that would help
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9:26 PM ET Featherweight Ruben Villa, one of the top prospects in boxing, will face Luis Alberto Lopez on May 10 at Omega Products International in Corona, California, co-promoters Thompson Boxing and Banner Promotions announced on Tuesday. The fight will headline a tripleheader on “ShoBox: The New Generation” (Showtime, 10:30 p.m. ET/PT). Villa (15-0, 5
7:25 PM ET Junior welterweight contender Amir Imam has filed a lawsuit against promoter Don King and manager Roosevelt “Stacey” McKinley for breach of contract and for violations of the federal Muhammad Ali Reform Act. Imam, who filed the suit in the 11th Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida, on April 16, is seeking an
4:49 AM ET Kash Ali has been handed a six-month ban from boxing after he was disqualified for biting opponent David Price last month. Ali has also been fined £10,000 by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) following the incident, which took place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England on Mar. 30.
4:37 PM ET It’s no secret that the fight former unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin wants most is a third crack at bitter rival Canelo Alvarez, who took his belts by disputed majority decision in their rematch last September, which came a year after an even more controversial draw that most thought GGG won.
3:59 PM ET Opening Bell: Another quagmire NEW YORK — For five years, the sports world waited and waited and waited for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to finally fight. It was an agonizing process that was horrendous to follow and even worse to cover. They finally met to unify welterweight belts in 2015, and
1:00 PM ET Who is the world’s best fighter, regardless of weight class? Check out ESPN’s latest top 10. Don’t forget to check out Dan Rafael’s divisional rankings, which are updated weekly. For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here. Note: Results are through April 21. THE PANEL: Dan Rafael,
12:47 AM ET NEW YORK — The argument over who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world has been largely a two-man discussion between unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and welterweight titlist Terence Crawford, who have had a chance to make their latest statements within eight days of each other. Last week it was
2:56 AM ET Steve KimESPN Ending aside, there’s no doubt that Terence Crawford was the far superior fighter on Saturday night. Crawford earned an unusual sixth round TKO as Amir Khan did not continue after getting hit with an accidental low blow. But before that occurred, it was Crawford who dominated the action. A counter
Apr 20, 2019 NEW YORK — Lightweight Teofimo Lopez Jr., the 2018 ESPN prospect of the year, has become a contender, and he showed it Saturday night. Lopez scored a one-punch, body-shot knockout of former world title challenger and former two-time European champion Edis Tatli in the fifth round of the co-feature of the Top