9:18 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Former light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev has stuck to his talking points throughout the buildup to his rematch with titlist Eleider “Storm” Alvarez. Alvarez was trailing on all three scorecards when he rallied to score three knockdowns in the seventh round for an upset knockout victory to take
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8:19 PM ET Although newly crowned super middleweight world titleholder Caleb Plant lives in Las Vegas, he grew up in Ashland City, Tennessee, which gave him a hero’s welcome on Thursday and honored him with the key to the city and various proclamations to celebrate his title victory. Plant (18-0, 10 KOs), 26, scored a
5:07 PM ET Steve KimESPN Richard Commey, of Ghana, and Russia’s Isa Chaniev will meet for the vacant IBF lightweight title Saturday night at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET), and Commey couldn’t be happier about it. This is perhaps as neutral a setting as he could have asked for. In
Jan 29, 2019 WBO light heavyweight world titleholder Eleider Alvarez of Colombia will face Russia’s Sergey Kovalev in a rematch of their August bout on Saturday. The fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at midnight ET from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) won
10:39 PM ET Dave McWater, the manager for junior welterweight world titleholder Ivan Baranchyk, told ESPN on Wednesday that the fighter is withdrawing from the World Boxing Super Series tournament because they are frustrated over financial issues they have with tournament organizers and a lack of communication over when and where the semifinals — which
7:38 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion and pound-for-pound top-10 fighter Srisaket Sor Rungvisai has signed a multifight promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn and will fight in the United States. The deal, announced Wednesday, means that Sor Rungvisai will fight on sports streaming service DAZN, with which Hearn has a long-term deal
12:41 PM ET Steve KimESPN So after being ESPN’s prospect of the year in 2018, what does the upcoming year hold for Teofimo Lopez? “I’m going to say it right now: my son is going to win 2019 fighter of the year, easy,” said the boisterous and brash father of the highly regarded lightweight, who
4:17 PM ET Oleksandr Usyk, who was crowned the undisputed cruiserweight world champion, has been voted winner of the 2018 Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award in balloting results announced by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs), who was also the ESPN and Ring magazine fighter of the year
2:34 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN OXNARD, Calif. — After watching a former stablemate earn a decision at the Nassau Coliseum, Andre Ward returned to his hotel room late on the night of Aug. 4. Friends were already blowing up his phone. Did you see? They asked, somewhat gleefully. In fact, the video clips — Sergey
8:18 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has made an offer to heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller to challenge unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua in June, Miller co-promoter Greg Cohen told ESPN on Monday. Cohen said the offer is for Brooklyn, New York’s Miller to face Joshua on June 1 or June 8