5:18 PM ET Heavyweight Filip Hrgovic, one of the best prospects in boxing, signed a co-promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Thursday. Team Sauerland, which signed Hrgovic after he claimed a bronze medal for Croatia at the 2016 Rio Olympics, had been talking to various promoters to gauge their interest in a
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4:12 PM ET Rob Brant certainly knows his way around the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota, a venue in his home state where the St. Paul native has boxed 11 times in his 25 career fights. He knows where to park, where the dressing rooms are and where the news conference will be. He knows
3:42 PM ET With a month to go until the show, Premier Boxing Champions unveiled the undercard for the Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia pay-per-view card on Thursday, and it will feature three former world titleholders and a well-known former heavyweight contender. Former super middleweight world titlist David Benavidez will face J’Leon Love in the 10-round co-feature
11:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN The last we saw of welterweight standout Marcos Maidana was in 2014, when he went 24 rounds over two bouts with Floyd Mayweather. While he lost both fights, he earned a measure of respect in pushing Mayweather to the brink. Maidana then walked away from the sport, which at the
12:02 AM ET Former two-time light heavyweight world title challenger Andrzej Fonfara has announced his retirement from boxing, withdrawing from a cruiserweight bout with Edwin Rodriguez in the process. The 31-year-old Fonfara (30-5, 18 KOs) was due to fight fellow former title challenger Rodriguez (30-2, 20 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature of a Premier Boxing
10:11 AM ET The deal is done and unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua is coming to the United States. Joshua, the British superstar, will make his American debut by defending his three major world title belts against top contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York in
5:42 PM ET Steve KimESPN The formal announcement came Wednesday that unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua will make his stateside debut at Madison Square Garden June 1 against Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller. This is a solid matchup given that Joshua is ranked No. 1 by ESPN.com in the heavyweight division, while the bombastic Miller
10:54 PM ET The World Boxing Super Series announced on Tuesday that the bantamweight semifinal between world titlist Emmanuel Rodriguez and secondary titlist “Monster” Naoya Inoue will take place on May 18 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. However, it remains to be seen if the fight will actually happen on that date or
8:48 PM ET The purse bid for the rematch between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury, which was scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed for a second time as the sides get closer on a deal that could be only days away. “Things have gotten delayed a little, but as far as
3:10 PM ET Heavyweight contenders Dominic Breazeale and Dillian Whyte have clamored for a chance to fight for a world title and they will get one of sorts. The WBC announced on Tuesday that its board of governors has voted unanimously for Breazeale and Whyte to fight for the organization’s interim title. If their camps