2:44 PM 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 WBA “regular” welterweight titleholder Manny Pacquiao defends his secondary world title against Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada,
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11:41 PM ET Ryan Songalia LAS VEGAS – Jhack Tepora didn’t have much to say upon arriving at the MGM Grand media room for Thursday’s press conference. He was brief with one word answers and his cheeks were sucked in. What does he think of his opponent Hugo Ruiz? “Magaling” (he’s good). Is it a
10:02 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titlist Erislandy Lara, coming off a close loss in the 2018 ESPN fight of the year, will return to challenge secondary titlist Brian Castano, Premier Boxing Champions announced Thursday. The fight will take place March 2 and headline a Showtime-televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in
5:52 PM ET When I wrote my annual boxing wishes column for the new year two weeks ago one of the top items on my list read like this: “(For) Canelo Alvarez to line up Daniel Jacobs for his May fight and then a third fight with Gennady Golovkin for his September bout.” Well, it
10:17 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The final news conference for Manny Pacquiao’s secondary welterweight world title defense against Adrien Broner on Wednesday at the MGM Grand’s David Copperfield Theater played out just as most would have expected. There was Pacquiao, the beloved eight-division world champion and regal senator from the Philippines, cracking jokes, smiling,
7:26 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Yo, Adrian, boxing is set to return to Philadelphia. Live Nation announced Wednesday a series of boxing matches set to run at the restored Metropolitan Opera House. The debut card is set for Feb. 23, and it’s the first time boxing will run in the venue since 1954.
4:53 PM ET Steve KimESPN Asked who the best heavyweight in the world is, Bryant Jennings — who faces undefeated Oscar Rivas (25-0, 17 KOs) on Friday at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York — delivered an emphatic reply. “Me! Me!,” stated Jennings (24-2, 14 KOs), who doesn’t want to hear
10:38 PM ET Ryan Songalia LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao was slipping around the floor outside the ring of the Wild Card Boxing club earlier this week, the result of downpours and a brand new pair of shoes which had not yet been broken in. “What size shoe are you?,” Pacquiao asked sparring partner Arnold
5:39 PM ET Former four-division world titlist Adrien Broner has always been confident, almost to the point of cockiness, going into his fights and nothing appears to have changed as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career. Broner challenges legendary eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao for his secondary welterweight belt on Saturday (Showtime
5:00 PM ET Light heavyweight world titlist Dmitry Bivol, the most coveted boxing broadcast free agent on the market other than Gennady Golovkin in the wake of HBO’s exit from the sport at the end of 2018, signed a co-promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Tuesday. Bivol will appear exclusively on sports