2:28 PM ET Opening Bell: Kovalev reassessment FRISCO, Texas – As recently as 2016, Sergey Kovalev, then with three major light heavyweight world title belts and an impressive resume that included lopsided wins against Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal (twice), was viewed by most as an unstoppable force and one of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound talents.
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2:16 PM ET Flyweight world titlist Charlie Edwards will make the first defense against Angel Moreno at the Copper Box Arena on March 23 in London, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has announced. Edwards (14-1, 6 KOs), 25, of England, scored a major upset to win the 112-pound belt by unanimous decision from Cristofer Rosales
3:32 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was an eventful night of fights on Super Bowl eve at the Star in Frisco, Texas, capped off by Sergey Kovalev regaining the WBO light heavyweight title by conclusively outboxing Eleider Alvarez over 12 rounds. So what did we find out on Saturday night? Kovalev is still a force
Jan 31, 2019 Former world titleholders Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and Humberto Soto will square off on Feb. 23 at the Municipal Auditorium Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Soto’s adopted hometown of Tijuana, Mexico, in the main event of the first card promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in Mexico. Rios and Soto, while long past
5:01 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Six months after Sergey Kovalev lost his light heavyweight world title by upset knockout to Eleider “Storm” Alvarez, he regained it in clear unanimous-decision fashion in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card Saturday night. Kovalev, who called the first loss “an accident” and said
1:36 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Lightweight Teofimo Lopez Jr., the dynamic 2018 ESPN prospect of the year, continued on Saturday night what he calls his “takeover” and his insistence that he will win a world title this year. Lopez destroyed former lightweight and junior lightweight world title challenger Diego Magdaleno by seventh-round knockout in
11:05 AM ET Former light heavyweight world title challenger Callum Johnson and Seanie Monaghan, both coming off losses to top opponents, will look to get back on track against each other. Johnson and Monaghan will meet in a 10-round fight on March 9 (DAZN) at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, Matchroom
7:53 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez told ESPN that he will be moving up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight. “I am looking for another belt. That’s why I am moving up. Also, last time I fought it was a little bit hard to make
1:36 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — When Eleider “Storm” Alvarez won a majority decision against Isaac Chilemba on Nov. 28, 2015, he became the mandatory challenger for then-light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, but it would be a long wait for him to fulfill his world title dreams. Although Stevenson’s mandatory obligation was not yet
8:38 AM ET Anthony Joshua is “very likely” to scrap his world heavyweight title defence scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium on April 13, promoter Eddie Hearn has said. WBA-WBO-IBF-IBO champion Joshua was due to step into the ring for the second bout in a two-fight deal at England’s national stadium this spring, but