11:10 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 Unbeaten contender Anthony Yarde hopes to challenge WBO world light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev by the end of 2019. Yarde (17-0, 16 KOs), 27, faces
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5:26 PM ET Former world titleholders Robert Guerrero and Jesus Cuellar will both be in action on the undercard of the Shawn Porter-Yordenis Ugas welterweight world title bout, Premier Boxing Champions announced Monday. While Porter-Ugas headlines the PBC card Saturday (Fox, 8 p.m. ET) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, Guerrero and
2:45 PM ET Featherweight prospect Vladimir Nikitin, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist from Russia, will fight on his second Michael Conlan undercard in a row as Top Rank builds toward their eventual professional rematch. Top Rank announced on Monday that Nikitin will face Juan Tapia in a six-round bout on March 17 (ESPN+, 3 p.m.
2:04 PM ET Opening Bell: Lara now must-see TV What’s going on here? Suddenly, Erislandy Lara is in highly entertaining fights? Yes, sir. That certainly was not usually the case. Lara, for years, was one of the most frustrating fighters to watch because his tremendous boxing skill level and southpaw style typically did not translate
12:37 AM ET Brian Castano was looking for a breakout performance in his secondary junior middleweight title defense, and former longtime titleholder Erislandy Lara was seeking to rebound from a razor-close loss in the 2018 fight of the year. Both accomplished their goal to a degree, but their highly competitive and exciting fight was ruled
11:52 PM ET Heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz, hoping to earn a rematch with world titleholder Deontay Wilder or a shot at unified titlist Anthony Joshua, was forced to go the distance for a rare time in his career but he won his third fight in a row as he claimed a unanimous decision
1:11 PM ET Dave McWater, the manager of junior welterweight world titlist Ivan Baranchyk, was as surprised as anyone when he read a news release on Friday from the World Boxing Super Series with comments from Baranchyk’s trainer, Pedro Diaz, discussing his pupil’s preparation for a tournament semifinal bout against Josh Taylor. Why was McWater
4:31 PM ET Eusebio Pedroza, one of the greatest featherweight champions in boxing history, died from pancreatic cancer at home in Panama City, Panama, it was announced on Friday. He was 62. Pedroza, who boxed professionally from 1973 to 1992 and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999, had a remarkable
2:17 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titleholder Erislandy Lara is as known a commodity as there is in boxing, having had a long reign and having had several significant fights, including against Canelo Alvarez, Austin Trout, Alfredo Angulo and Paul Williams. And, of course, there is also perhaps Lara’s most famous fight, which was
11:13 PM ET Donnie Nietes has vacated his junior bantamweight world title, with the move coming ahead of a purse bid scheduled on Thursday for his mandatory defense against Filipino countryman Aston Palicte. Nietes, with belts in four divisions, is among his country’s all-time best. He decided he wanted to have a more meaningful fight