1:59 PM ET Opening Bell: Light heavyweight landscape PHILADELPHIA — Light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk made it clear after he retained the legit world title for the first time — besides just owning a sanctioning organization belt, he’s the lineal champion — that what he wants next is the opportunity to fight for other belts.
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3:52 AM ET Kash Ali has had his boxing license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) after he was disqualified for biting opponent David Price on Saturday. Ali was on the ropes in the fifth round against forming sparring partner Price when he bit the Liverpudlian on the torso after the pair
11:36 PM ET Steve KimESPN Heavyweight Bogdan Dinu, who was stopped in seven rounds by Kubrat Pulev on March 23 in Costa Mesa, California, has filed a protest with the California State Athletic Commission after he was struck in the back of the head by Pulev following a knockdown. Pulev was penalized a point by
12:55 AM ET Steve KimESPN INDIO, Calif. — Lightweight Ryan Garcia has shown that with his vast social media following he has a certain star power. What’s not as clear is just how good the 20-year-old from Victorville, California, really is. Another victory added to his undefeated record certainly would help. Garcia did just that
1:19 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Coming into the first defense of his light heavyweight world title, many wondered if Oleksandr Gvozdyk would be able to put aside the near-tragedy of his title-winning effort on Dec. 1 against Adonis Stevenson. As it turned out, there was no need for concern. Gvozdyk scored a fifth-round stoppage victory
6:45 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Welterweight contender “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas, hoping to maintain his position for an eventual world title fight, fought to a disappointing draw with Ray Robinson on Saturday night at the 2300 Arena. Fighting in Robinson’s hometown in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card headlined by the
5:41 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 David Price branded Kash Ali “an animal” after his opponent was disqualified in the fifth round for biting him on the torso on Saturday.
7:11 PM ET Junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov, Canada’s only 2016 Olympic boxer and a sought-after prospect, signed a multifight deal with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Friday. Biyarslanov (2-0, 2 KOs), who was 85-13 as an amateur, including winning a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games and five Canadian titles, turned pro
4:11 PM ET Former lightweight world titleholders Robert Easter Jr. and Rances Barthelemy both want another belt and they will face each other in order to try to obtain it. Easter and Barthelemy, who is also a former junior lightweight world titleholder, will meet for a vacant secondary 135-pound title on April 27 in the
11:53 AM ET Light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk is a thoughtful man. Trainer Teddy Atlas calls him the smartest and most mentally-strong boxer he has ever worked with in a lifetime in the sport. Looking to watch the light heavyweight world title fight between Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Doudou Ngumbu on Saturday? Here’s how to