3:09 PM ET Opening Bell: Ramirez comes of age After Jose Ramirez’s 2012 U.S. Olympic appearance, he came into the pros as a heralded 21-year-old prospect with a great left hook who was still in need of a lot of development. I saw most of Ramirez’s early fights and always had questions about whether he
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10:27 PM ET Local hero Jose Ramirez pleased a crowd of 14,034 at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California, by rallying the second half of the fight to retain a junior welterweight title with a close 12-round majority decision over Jose Zepeda on Sunday. Zepeda (30-2, 25 KOs) out-boxed Ramirez (24-0, 16 KOs) for
2:30 PM ET Junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta “Tank” Davis could be back in the ring as soon as April — but not for an official fight. Instead, Davis could follow the lead of his promoter, Floyd Mayweather, and go to Japan for a boxing exhibition against Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa, whom Mayweather destroyed
1:19 AM ET Steve KimESPN Andrew Cancio pulled off a big upset by defeating Alberto Machado by TKO in Round 4 on Saturday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. It looked early on as though Cancio was simply overmatched against defending WBA regular junior lightweight titlist Machado, who was facing the champion
12:20 AM ET Junior lightweight world titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis didn’t get to add the big name to his record that he had hoped to, but he nonetheless took care of business and did so in violent fashion in the first round against late replacement Hugo Ruiz on Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports
11:20 PM ET Former junior welterweight and welterweight world titleholder Marcos Maidana, who was one of boxing’s most destructive punchers and entertaining fighters in his heyday, said he plans to end a 4½-year retirement. Maidana made the announcement on Friday night in a brief video made while he was sitting in a bubble bath that
7:29 PM ET Unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua and top contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller will meet on June 1 at Madison Square Garden after their promoters came to terms, multiple sources with knowledge of the specifics told ESPN on Friday. The fight, which will stream on DAZN in the United States, is not
5:15 PM ET Steve KimESPN Richard Commey captured the IBF lightweight title last weekend with a win over Isa Chaniev in Frisco, Texas, but his plans for a unification bout have been postponed. Commey (28-2, 25 KOs) will miss out on a planned fight against Vasiliy Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) due to a right-hand injury.
Feb 6, 2019 Steve KimESPN Just 21 days after defeating Alberto Guevara by unanimous decision, Hugo Ruiz will be facing WBA junior lightweight tileholder Gervonta Davis on Saturday at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. And in a twist, this time around, Ruiz is the late replacement. Back on Jan. 19, Ruiz (39-4,
Feb 8, 2019 Junior lightweight world titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis is ready to get back on track and put a rocky 2018 in which he had just one fight — albeit an impressive third-round knockout of Jesus Cuellar in April to win a 130-pound belt for the second time — behind him. Davis, whose 2017